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181 " So we stand, occupying the space, watching as ordinary ingredients combine into something we hope will be magic. "
― Kiersten White , My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories
182 " oh bleep I was going to die.I was going to die a horrible, gruesome, painful death.My hand twitched at my side, reaching for the pink taster I knew wasn't there. why had I ever wanted this? what was I thinking? working at the International Paranormal Containment Agency might have been close to indentured servitude, and sure, I had some nasty run-ins with vampires and hags and creeptastic faeries, but that was nothing compared to the danger I faced now.Girls' gym. "
― Kiersten White , Supernaturally (Paranormalcy, #2)
183 " Arianna, what's up?""Is there a reason there's a blond boy jumping on your bed, or should I kill him?""Don't bother," I growled. "I'll kill him myself. "
184 " Yeah, well, get Jack a GPS or something. He's a step above faeries, but only just. At least they never dropped me straight into a river. Don't give me any assignments near cliffs, okay? I shudder to think where Jack might toss me out.""Next time let him step out first."I laughed, shaking my head. "Good idea. "
185 " I’ll take care of her.” “She’s not yours to take care of. "
― Kiersten White , Mind Games (Mind Games, #1)
186 " I’m your big sister. I don’t have to see anything to know James is always something bad.” Fia snorts. “You wouldn’t think so if you could look at him. "
187 " We have another friend in common. Sweetest girl. She’s like a sane version of you. Goes by Annie. "
― Kiersten White , Perfect Lies (Mind Games, #2)
188 " It’s about Fia. Everything always is, even when she is nowhere near, even when she left all of us. We still orbit the brilliant, chaotic burning of her star. "
189 " You really care about my sister, don’t you?” I don’t want him to. He’s so sweet. I can’t imagine anyone loving Fia without being hurt by it. "
190 " I’m very familiar with how Fia fights.” I smirk. “I’m so glad one of us kicked your butt. "
191 " On our wedding night," she said, "I will cut out your tongue and swallow it. Then both tongues that spoke our marriage vows will belong to me, and I will be wed only to myself. You will most likely choke to death on your own blood, which will be unfortunate, but I will be both husband and wife and therefore not a widow to be pitied. "
― Kiersten White , And I Darken (The Conqueror's Saga, #1)
192 " As the baby latched on with surprising fierceness, the nurse offered her own prayer.Let her be strong.Let her be sly.And let her be ugly. "
193 " Souls and thrones are irreconcilable. "
194 " I know your brother’s past. And I know that he can still find happiness even in the darkest of circumstances, because his faith sustains him. What sustains you?” “The blood of my enemies. "
― Kiersten White , Bright We Burn (The Conqueror's Saga, #3)
195 " I heard she is giving land to anyone. Can you imagine? No family name, no boyar line. She gives it to those who deserve it. So I hope she never marries. I hope she lives to be a hundred years old, breathing fire and drinking the blood of our enemies. "
196 " What, then, was left to her? She had no allies. She had no throne. She had no Mehmed, no Radu. She had only these sharp men and sharp knives and sharp dreams, and no way to make use of any of them. "
― Kiersten White , Now I Rise (The Conqueror's Saga, #2)
197 " Marry me, Lada. It is the perfect solution." Lada laughed. Mehmed's smile grew, until he realized her laugh was not a sweet breeze of delight, but a brutal desert wind carrying stinging sand in its wake. "I will never marry. "
198 " Wallachia was not her mother. Wallachia did not care what happened to her. And every single person who might have was either dead or trying to kill her. "
199 " She drummed her fingers on the arms of the throne, looking out at the empty room. She was not stupid enough to think men would stop trying to take it from her. They would always be there, waiting for weakness, waiting for her to fall. They wanted what she had because she had it. And one day, eventually, someone would defeat her. But until that day she would fight with tooth and nail, with all the fire and blood that had formed her into who she was. She was a dragon. She was a prince. She was a woman. It was the last that scared them most of all. "
200 " After all, fire and blood and death were nothing to a country led by a dragon. "