The Prison Healer Quotes

“Never apologize for loving someone. Even when it hurts. Especially when it hurts.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“So you’re right, you don’t need me fighting your battles. But if you’ll let me, I’d like to be standing beside you as you fight them.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“Hope was a drug and Kiva, an addict.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“Our scars define us. They tell a story of courage and survival. They tell of who we are at our deepest being, of the challenges we've faced and overcome”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“It's a shame about the c-c-cut on his face," Tipp said.
"Why's that?" Kiva murmured only half-listening.
"It'll ruin his pretty face."
"Pretty face or not, he's still a man, Tipp."
"So?"
"So", Kiva said, "most men are pigs".
"I'm a man. I'm not a p-pig."
"You're still young", Kiva returned. "Give it time.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“Never forget, little mouse: no two people look the same, but we are each beautiful in our own ways. The human body is a masterpiece that deserves our respect. Always.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“I wish I could say they lived happily ever after. They did, for a time. Very happily [...] But things happen in life that you don't expect, that you can't plan for and you're helpless to stop. Their story didn't end as it should have. But I know for a fact that they'd live it all over again, even the ending, as long as it meant they could keep their beginning.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“I have a lot of dreams. A lot of nightmares, too. Only time will tell which path my life will take.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“I know for a fact that they’d live it all over again, even the ending, as long as it meant they could keep their beginning”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“My name is Kiva Meridan, and I claim her sentence as my own.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“People—especially men—could react poorly if they thought their intelligence was being criticized.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“But, Papa, the endings are the best part.
Sometimes, sweetheart. But other times, the beginnings are.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“It helps if you have something to live for. To fight for. It grounds you, gives you a reason to get up every morning. It gives you a reason to want to survive. And sometimes, it’s the wanting that makes all the difference. Because once you give up in here”—she pointed to her heart—“then you’re already as good as dead.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“She’d never held much of an interest in art, but looking at him now, her fingers itched for some paint, for some charcoal, for anything that could capture his near-perfect angles.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“Mother is dead.
I'm on my way to Vallenia.
It's time to reclaim our kingdom.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“It’s for your hands,” she said. “You should’ve come to see me about them sooner.” Jaren cocked his head to the side. “Is that your way of saying you missed me?”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“So you’re right, you don’t need me fighting your battles.” He moved a step closer, his tone husky as he finished, “But . . . if you’ll let me, I’d like to be standing beside you as you fight them.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“But things happen in life that you don’t expect, that you can’t plan for and you’re helpless to stop. Their story didn’t end as it should have.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“Kiva’s heart clutched at his words. Not at his threat, but because he hadn’t said anything about going with them. “Mot—” “Get outta ’ere, Kiva luv,” Mot said, his gaze softening as he looked her way, then settled on Tipp in her arms. “Give ’im a good life, yeah? Yeh both deserve to find ’appiness.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“But when it became an addiction, I knew I had to stop. I recognized the signs once I started craving the pain, the rush of endorfins that broke through the all-consuming numbness I felt. And I knew it wasn't healthy, knew I wouldn't be able to help anyone else if I didn't first help myself.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“The Rebel Queen may have perished at Zandilov, but her daughter was alive and well, and free of Zandilov after ten long years.
The Rebel Princess was finally ready to rise.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“Please, don’t look at me like that. Don’t look at me like I’m broken.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“But things happen in life that you don’t expect, that you can’t plan for and you’re helpless to stop.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“I’m the prison healer,” Kiva answered. “That’s not your name.” He waited a beat, then offered, “I’m Jaren.” “You’re not,” she returned, looking away from him. “You’re D24L103.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“So, for every person I carved, I . . .”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“And so, the healer and the guard worked side by side into the night, the balance of power between them blurring— and perhaps, as Kiva was beginning to realize, fading entirely.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“Never apologize for loving someone. Even when it hurts. Especially when it hurts.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“Congratulations, you're about to die together" Warden Rook”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“I l-l-love you, K-Kiva,” Tipp kept whispering, his voice fading more, as if he’d only been holding on long enough to see her one last time. “Thank y-you . . . f-f-for everything.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“It's not really her. It's the angeldust. She has a problem with it, sometimes takes too much. Too often. When that happens, she forgets who she is, gets confused, loses control."

"My name is Kiva Meridan, and I claim her sentence as my own."

"I value everything you say, Kiva.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer