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You don't get what you don't go after.

She had never felt more alive than when she lay dying in Han Alister's arms.

If I could destroy the world, don't you think I could fight off the queen of the Fells? Crow snorted.

Did the destruction of one dream leave a vacuum that required filling with another? Is a broken heart more vulnerable?

Nobody's going to hand you anything. You don't get what you don't go after.

Weird is good, strange is bad.

Her clothes still smoked from the wizard's assault. But to him, she always smelled of flowers.

Raisa's breath caught. "They clubbed you?"
"Well." He looked sideways at her. "If you were any good, they'd miss.

We can't rely on magic to win the day.

We are invited to drink the the king's health.
To his good health or bad health? - Ash

But maybe it's better to go after something, and not get it, than to not even try.

Don't pick a fight you can't win.

You do not respond to an attempt on your life with a slap on the hand. Or a joke.

It's true what they say, then-history is written by the victors.

But music-good music-was by nature an intimate act.

It was one of the warm nights at the end of summer that makes promises that won't be kept.

There's too much to learn in a lifetime.

Why is it always easier to be optimistic about somebody else's worries?" Adrian said with a bitter laugh.

He swept Raisa up into his arms and kissed her like it was his first, last, and only

The time will come when you will be forced to make a choice," Hanalea said. "When that time comes, choose love.

(A)ny time you buy weapons, or build an army, you begin to look for an excuse to use them. Plus, you pose more of a threat to others.

You didn't have to go to the fireworks with him. Or - or let him fondle you."
"Fondle?" Raisa raised her eyebrows, "When did I mention fondling?

You don't have to understand, you just have to survive.

Road trip?"
"I'm going to dig up some dead relatives," she went on, "and ask them where the family money is.

Knowledge is power. In the wrong hands, knowledge is trouble.

Well, all right, Ash thought. Maybe freeing the dragon wasn't such a good idea.

Just a rat, she repeated to herself. After all, there were rats in the palace. Human and otherwise. Could be worse.

At least I fight my own battles, Alister,' Micah said.
'Really? And exactly why did you go cackling to the dean?

He forgot everything: the sorcerer upstairs, the mission, his own imperfection, and the shame and bitterness that came with it.

Leesha knew from experience that when parents don't parent, kids grow up fast.

Getawayfrommeyoumiserablelittlecreep.

I like to know the truth. That's all. I just wish the truth was different.

Crow walked toward her, arms outstretched like a man in a dream, which he was, in a way. Sometimes a dream is enough.

As if he'd guessed her thoughts, Micah said, "I've risked everything for you." His eyes spoke more than he said aloud.

He'd always found that he learned more if he kept quiet.

It was just a different kind of battle, one he'd have to learn to win

I do try to get my own way, but I think it's because I'll never get my way on anything that matters

Both Averill and Bayar were like actors speaking lines for their audience and not to each other.

You can't always pick where you fight, or who you fight ... or even ... how you fight. But do the picking ... whenever you can.

Sometimes you have to go somewhere else to appreciate what we have here.

If you're scared, you should've stayed at home," Byram said.
"If you're not scared, you're stupid.

The things you don't like talking about would fill a library."
"That's the kind of life I've had, all right?

I look like a Solstice cake," Jenna complained when they were finished.
"Well," Treece said, "everybody likes Solstice cakes.

Even when we win, we lose, Lyss thought.

Falling in love was like falling off a cliff. It felt pretty much like flying until you hit the ground.

...she'd learned not to ask every question that cane to mind, knowing some things would be understood in their own time

You can't give evil free reign because you're afraid to confront it.

How'd it go with Leesha?"
"It was great! We were bad cop and bad cop!

You're a quiet one. You keep to yourself, but when you speak up, you tell the truth: in your music and every other way.

If someone grabs you in the street, hit hard and fast, because you may not get a second chance.

Then talk to Hastings."
Leesha flinched. "He's so scary, you know?

She padded toward Han, barefoot, like a faerie startled out of a forest bower, bewitching mix of clan and flatland beauty.

Just because you're the enemy of my enemy don't mean you're my friend, Han thought.

It's not about what people think. It's about who you are.

Scummer," Mick muttered. Mick never said much, and when he did it was usually "scummer.

You look like a boy who has eaten the fruit of the tree of knowledge and doesn't like the taste.

If he weren't so thoroughly wrung out, he could kill the bastard on the spot. In his present condition, he'd be lucky to strangle a gnat

Maybe the hardest lesson Han had learned was that nobody is purely bad or good. Everybody seemed to be a mixture of both.

But I don't want your throne." "Then what do you want?" "You.

We may all end up dead, but we're sticking it to them in the meantime.

I have lost everything, Han thought. Then he corrected himself. Every time I think I've lost everything, I find there's still something else to lose.

But it's not enough to know right from wrong. You need the strength to do what's right, even when what you want most in the world is the wrong thing.

Well now, Jack," Hastings said from the sidelines. "I'm afraid you've been beheaded. Not a good start." He sounded amused.

I continue
to believe in miracles. But i know that miracles come to those
who work very hard

My mother was from the Fells, but I've never wanted to go. They say there are monsters there."
"There are monsters here, healer.

As with evil, you never know when you'll be blindsided by kindness.

We'll have supper in a little while, but I believe we should eat dessert first.

Even if the job you're assigned is not to your liking, a Matelon will see it done.

But adulthood slipped up on you, she thought. It was forced on you whether you liked it or not.

Plus he was naturally lucky at cards. As Mam had always said, lucky at cards, or lucky at life. One or the other. Not both.

His mood was so black that getting murdered was beginning to seem appealing

Hope is a dangerous thing, Raisa thought. Once kindled, it's hard to put out. It makes wise people into fools.

You lying lunatic bastard. They're going to kill you."
"I love you too," he murmured. "Go find Seph.

I like rough edges. That's what makes a person real.

Admit nothing - that was his first rule. Appeal to logic - second rule. Delay the inevitable - third rule.

I've found it wise to enjoy any time of truce, while recognizing it for what it is. A truce.

Uh, Miss, you have second and third degree burns that need treatment,"he said.
"They'll be okay. I'll just use concealer for a while.

It doesn't make sense to dwell on things you can't do anything about.

I wish I believed in something, Madison thought. I wish I belonged somewhere.

And they always slept better with blades beneath their beds.

Why aren't you dead?" Will demanded.

Maybe Charlotte was right, and I was hopelessly addicted to breaking rules oprinciple.

I live in the present because the future is always chancy. When it comes to being with you, I'm willing to take the risk.

The northern soldiers are just men," Hal told the men in his command. "And women," he amended. "When you cut them, they bleed, just like us.

His name was Theo.

She could Captain to his Your Majesty any time.

As I said, history is written by the victors. The truth is, the villains were less villainous, and the heroes less heroic, than you've been told.

He expects nothing, she thought, because he's never had anything. And nothing was expected of him. He was free in a way she never would be.

If you want to be a writer, you must be in love with the process of writing, whether you achieve financial success or not.

How loud did the music have to be to drown out her thoughts?

We're all dangerous in our own way, I guess.

Stupid. He was stupid. He was tired of being stupid.

His father always treated him as if he were capable of great things. Which made him want to accomplish great things.

In the outer city, the northern accents clamoring around

She could hear the rattle of hooves on stone evolve into a thunder of pursuit.

If a lady should do this, Raisa wondered, should a man do the same? Is he required to?

Either he's lying, which is bad. Or he could be telling the truth, which is worse

Surround yourselves with trustworthy people. If you don't, all the weaponry and tactics in the world can't save you.

For Hanalea the Warrior!

We train in strategy, geography, horsemanship, weaponry, that sort of thing. We study great battles in history and analyze the outcome. The