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A Promise of Fire (Kingmaker Chronicles, #1) QUOTES

A Promise of Fire (Kingmaker Chronicles, #1) QUOTES

1 " Happiness is a strange, frightening, fragile feeling when you're not used to it. "

― Amanda Bouchet , A Promise of Fire (Kingmaker Chronicles, #1)

2 " Unless they're utterly heartless, people put a certain value on human life. It keeps us from killing each other off for no reason. But for leaders like you and me, a moral high ground is too absolute. There are choices to be made. "

― Amanda Bouchet , A Promise of Fire (Kingmaker Chronicles, #1)

3 " The ice inside me melts. Suddenly, I'm burning up and terrified, scared I'll be too weak to resist.

Scratch that - I'm petrified I've already given in. "

― Amanda Bouchet , A Promise of Fire (Kingmaker Chronicles, #1)

4 " I dread this power he has over me. It makes me want to tell him all my secrets and see if he still wants me. "

― Amanda Bouchet , A Promise of Fire (Kingmaker Chronicles, #1)

5 " I want him everywhere. I burn for him in places he hasn't even touched. "

― Amanda Bouchet , A Promise of Fire (Kingmaker Chronicles, #1)

6 " Temporary homecomings are bittersweet. Sometimes it's better not to go back at all than to have to leave again. "

― Amanda Bouchet , A Promise of Fire (Kingmaker Chronicles, #1)

7 " I want you. I need you. For as many hours as possible, I don't want to think about anything but you. "

― Amanda Bouchet , A Promise of Fire (Kingmaker Chronicles, #1)

8 " Have I cheated death again? Hades must be allergic to me. "

― Amanda Bouchet , A Promise of Fire (Kingmaker Chronicles, #1)

9 " People talk about fight or flight? That's nonsense. It's fight and flight. "

― Amanda Bouchet , A Promise of Fire (Kingmaker Chronicles, #1)

10 " Maybe I'll trust him to fight my monsters while I sleep. Maybe I don't have a choice.
His voice is fierce in my ear. "You're mine now, Cat. Don't you dare die on me. "

― Amanda Bouchet , A Promise of Fire (Kingmaker Chronicles, #1)

11 " Never promise things you can't deliver," I whisper.
"I can try," he whispers back, and I hate myself because I smile. "

― Amanda Bouchet , A Promise of Fire (Kingmaker Chronicles, #1)

12 " Hades, Hera, and Hestia!" Flynn curses, pointing up.
"What in the Underworld is that?"
"A She-Dragon." Everyone turns to me, and as much as I love having four handsome men gape at me in stupefaction, right now, I could do without. "

― Amanda Bouchet , A Promise of Fire (Kingmaker Chronicles, #1)

13 " Griffin leans closer, his voice dropping to a low, suggestive rumble only I can hear. "There are things I could boast about, but I'd rather show than tell. "

― Amanda Bouchet , A Promise of Fire (Kingmaker Chronicles, #1)

14 " His tongue swirls against my skin, and I gasp. His voice rough with passion, he rasps, "You're living fire. I burn. "

― Amanda Bouchet , A Promise of Fire (Kingmaker Chronicles, #1)

15 " Now that that's settled, you're coming with me."

"Never in a billion suns. Not even if Zeus showed up as a swan and tried to peck me in your direction. I wouldn't go with you even if my other option was Hades dragging me to the Underworld for an eternal threesome with Persephone. "

― Amanda Bouchet , A Promise of Fire (Kingmaker Chronicles, #1)

16 " I conquered a kingdom and found a treasure." His voice turns gravelly, low. "I won't let you go. Not now. Not ever. "

― Amanda Bouchet , A Promise of Fire (Kingmaker Chronicles, #1)

17 " I've known all sorts of fear - fear of pain, fear of discovery, fear of capture. This is new. This is the kind of fear that teaches me the difference between trying to stay alive, and wanting to live. "

― Amanda Bouchet , A Promise of Fire (Kingmaker Chronicles, #1)

18 " For some reason, the strength and deadliness he keeps so easily leashed make him the most compelling man I've ever met. I envy his self-control. "

― Amanda Bouchet , A Promise of Fire (Kingmaker Chronicles, #1)

19 " That's what it comes down to for everyone. How much use we can be. "

― Amanda Bouchet , A Promise of Fire (Kingmaker Chronicles, #1)

20 " Who are you to decide what needs to be done? That's subjective by nature. No two people think alike."

"Someone has to decide. Without, rulers, there's chaos. "

― Amanda Bouchet , A Promise of Fire (Kingmaker Chronicles, #1)