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Jessica Leake QUOTES

Jessica Leake QUOTES

1 " The gods of the old world have stood aside, obeyed the ancient laws giving free will to men, and now, when our realm and yours hang in the balance, we are still bound by our covenants. The laws are clear: we can act only through man. And in all the world, there are only two strong enough to defeat them. One born for it, the other through great sacrifice. "

― Jessica Leake , Beyond a Darkened Shore

2 " You should know better than to mount another's war-horse, I said with a smirk, Or perhaps he took offense to being called a mare. "

― Jessica Leake , Beyond a Darkened Shore

3 " take the reins, Leif said, dropping them into my lap. I nearly jumped out of my skin when I first felt his hands upon my hair. With gentle yet efficient movements, he combed the hair back from my face, His fingers were warm and strong as they brushed against my neck, and I could feel an answering warm stir inside me. No one but my handmaiden had ever touched my hair, and having a man touch it seemed intensely intimate. A few moments of a tugging sensation, and then my hair was neatly plaited behind me. Thank you, I said quietly, I reached back and felt the smooth braid. How strange that this Northman warrior should know how to do something so domestic. "

― Jessica Leake , Beyond a Darkened Shore

4 " Find the Northman's seer. There is a power you must master before you can complete your journey. The enemy is closer than you think. Every moment you waste brings them closer to their goal. "

― Jessica Leake , Beyond a Darkened Shore

5 " Though I suppose you would have like that better, since you Northmen are so eager to die.
Not just die, Leif corrected, Die in battle. "

― Jessica Leake , Beyond a Darkened Shore

6 " In all the world, there are only two strong enough. One born for it, the other through great sacrifice. "

― Jessica Leake , Beyond a Darkened Shore

7 " I think I've made it clear I would do anything for you. "

― Jessica Leake

8 " We had challenged the gods and won. "

― Jessica Leake , Beyond a Darkened Shore

9 " There is greatness in you, Ciara of Mide, beyond even what you have accomplished so far. It matters little where your power comes from "

― Jessica Leake , Beyond a Darkened Shore

10 " I learned to hate the sea. Not because it was unbearably cold, and not because I loathed swimming in its salty depths. I hated it because, in spite of its raw beauty, it brought death to our doorstep "

― Jessica Leake , Beyond a Darkened Shore

11 " Who knew you Northmen were so delicate?” “We’re as fragile as petals. "

― Jessica Leake , Beyond a Darkened Shore

12 " I am no maiden. "

― Jessica Leake , Beyond a Darkened Shore

13 " Demon, they called me in their minds. Changeling. Cursed. And every time I took hold of someone's mind, I wondered if perhaps they were right. "

― Jessica Leake , Beyond a Darkened Shore

14 " Honor is the only code we uphold and I would die for it. "

― Jessica Leake , Beyond a Darkened Shore

15 " Our tongues met, and the reaction within me was like the sudden flash of lightning. "

― Jessica Leake , Beyond a Darkened Shore

16 " I do not ask, he had said, I take. "

― Jessica Leake , Beyond a Darkened Shore

17 " Leif was a Northman, an outsider, but he accepted me more than any of my own clan ever had. "

― Jessica Leake , Beyond a Darkened Shore

18 " Honeyed words do nothing but anger me. "

― Jessica Leake , Beyond a Darkened Shore

19 " The bloodthirsty warriors I’d come to know transformed into loving husbands and fathers; even the most fearsome of them were surrounded by laughing children. Here they were not dragons, only ordinary family men. "

― Jessica Leake , Beyond a Darkened Shore

20 " Were we to fight the gods themselves? "

― Jessica Leake , Beyond a Darkened Shore