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1 " You're kind and patient and honorable, and yes, maybe those aren't flashy, magical, extraordinary traits. Maybe being all those things does make you a bit ordinary, but the ordinary things are the important things. "
― H.L. Burke , An Ordinary Knight: A Fairy Cursed Fable (An Ordinary Knight, #1)
2 " That someone would mourn her death made her want to live in the fiercest way. "
― H.L. Burke
3 " They do not so much as hesitate in their actions, and I realize they cannot see my slick dark coat in the unlit room. Nor can they scent me with their clumsy human noses. They are indeed foolish predators, not only to hunt on another’s territory, but to hunt where their limited senses are useless. And they are very foolish to hunt my Lady. "
― H.L. Burke , Hall of Heroes
4 " Even from a distance, she had a sort of glow around her, the glow of the sort of girl who would never talk to Percy. Who would usually look right through him. But there she was, looking. "
5 " as a free woman, I retain the right to be ridiculous whenever I wish. "
― H.L. Burke , Dragon's Curse (The Dragon and the Scholar #1)
6 " Forget? No.” Conner frowned. “It has been decades, and I still remember every detail about her: her smell, her touch, the way her voice hummed in my ears. Why would I want to forget any of that? Those memories are my treasures. "
― H.L. Burke , Dragon's Rival (The Dragon and the Scholar #3)
7 " Besides, who makes all these silly rules? "
8 " That someone would mourn her death made her long to live in the fiercest way."Alancia's Dance, Hall of Heroes Anthology "
9 " I'll be fine." She kissed his cheek. "Styles nearly killed the two men I love most. Trust me, he's going to regret that. After all, it is foolish to get on the bad side of either Spellsmith or Carver...and I just happen to be both. "
― H.L. Burke , Magicians' Trial (Spellsmith & Carver #2)
10 " I warned Harold against him, but he didn’t listen. I think he liked him because their names rhyme, if you want my honest opinion. Kings can be frivolous that way.” Percy "
11 " Dusty’s methods I don’t particularly care for, but if he wants to kill a flea with an axe, more power to him.” She "
12 " Whoever had set up this security system had somehow incorporated biological and man-made components. She’d heard such things theorized, but no one had even come close. "
― H.L. Burke , Nyssa Glass and the House of Mirrors (Nyssa Glass, #1)
13 " Love is nature’s way of clouding our common sense so we breed first and ask questions later. "
― H.L. Burke , Dragon's Debt (The Dragon and the Scholar #2)
14 " Fortunately it’s warded against magic but not common sense. "
― H.L. Burke , Magicians' Rivalry (Spellsmith & Carver #1)
15 " This place is as dead as dice. Nothing safer to rob than a grave, if you can push past the creep factor. "
16 " I can offer you a way out, an escape, a new beginning.” Albriet reached under the seat and pulled out a black case with silver filigree around the edges. “I don’t want a new beginning. I have … I have a good life.”“You had a good life. That’s gone now. "
17 " There’s no such thing as normal. We all have thorns, but most of us carry them inside where no one can see how they hurt us. "
― H.L. Burke , Fantastic Creatures
18 " We aren’t going to kill you yet. "
19 " Whatever the days are, evil or not, they made us who we are, and perhaps there’s a reason for that. "
― H.L. Burke , Lands of Ash (Elemental Realms #1)
20 " Tomorrow they would be facing a dragon. Tonight, however, they were together, and even with their twisted circumstances, that was a gift. "
― H.L. Burke , Coiled
