Written in Starlight Quotes

“Manuel’s chuckle dies as he catches sight of the expression on my face. He reads me easily, and his glowing eyes seem to dim. Or maybe I think they do because I want him to hold on to this moment and remember it forever, like I will.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Written in Starlight

“Brave,” he says at last. “Determined. Intelligent. Unsure. Lost and angry. Sad, too, I think. But”
― Isabel Ibañez, Written in Starlight

“Your people are conquerors. Destroyers of culture and traditions. Murderers and thieves.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Written in Starlight

“He studies me carefully and quietly. As each second passes, dread pools in my belly. I know where this conversation is going, and I’m not prepared for it. I’d hoped finding the flower in the city would be enough to prove myself. I don’t want to marry him, but I do need his army.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Written in Starlight

“I’m starting to think that maybe her choice was warranted.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Written in Starlight

“I let out a humorless laugh. Considering that my people are miles and miles away, living under the reign of a new queen, do I still have the right to be called by my birthright?”
― Isabel Ibañez, Written in Starlight

“Of course not,” she says. “We’re human. How can we fully know the ways of the gods? For now we must be open and listen, and be thankful for their gifts.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Written in Starlight

“Why is she pregnant?” “Because the tribes believe she’s a symbol of motherhood and fertility. The earth gives life every season.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Written in Starlight

“I’ve forgotten how loud the jungle is, the constant thrum of activity and life, bursting and straining like a bird clamoring against its cage, desperate for freedom.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Written in Starlight

“you sleep on the ground, you’ll wake up with several nasty bed companions. Scorpions, snakes, and spiders.” He finishes tying each end, and somehow the rope doesn’t slide. “Still think it’d be easier?”
― Isabel Ibañez, Written in Starlight

“The sharp trill of birds and buzzing locusts are the only sounds coming from the jungle fringes, but even I know there are monsters lurking beneath the vivid green canopy.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Written in Starlight