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The Last Namsara (Iskari, #1) QUOTES

The Last Namsara (Iskari, #1) QUOTES

1 " Iskari let others define her because she thought she didn't have a choice. Because she thought she was alone and unloved. "

― Kristen Ciccarelli , The Last Namsara (Iskari, #1)

2 " Then may Death send his worst. Cold to freeze the love in my heart. Fire to burn my memories to ash. Wind to force me through the gates. Time to wear my loyalty away. I'll wait for you at Death's gate. "

― Kristen Ciccarelli , The Last Namsara (Iskari, #1)

3 " Once there was a girl who was drawn to wicked things.
Things like forbidden, ancient stories.
It didn’t matter that the old stories killed her mother. It didn’t matter that they’d killed many before her. The girl let the old stories in. She let them in eat away at her heart and turn her wicked. "

― Kristen Ciccarelli , The Last Namsara (Iskari, #1)

4 " You could die," she whispered. "Everything dies," he whispered back. "I'm afraid of so much more than dying. "

― Kristen Ciccarelli , The Last Namsara (Iskari, #1)

5 " No one needs to ask for a woman’s opinion. It’s expected that she gives it freely. "

― Kristen Ciccarelli , The Last Namsara (Iskari, #1)

6 " The old heroes were called Namsara after a beloved god, he said. So she would be called Iskari, after a deadly one. "

― Kristen Ciccarelli , The Last Namsara (Iskari, #1)

7 " Greta used to say,” he said as he played, “that every one of us is born with a song buried deep in our hearts. A song all out own. And our mission in life is to find that song. "

― Kristen Ciccarelli , The Last Namsara (Iskari, #1)

8 " And with that thought came a loneliness so sharp and cruel, it felt like an axe cleaving her heart in two. "

― Kristen Ciccarelli , The Last Namsara (Iskari, #1)

9 " Haven’t we been through this? I love danger. "

― Kristen Ciccarelli , The Last Namsara (Iskari, #1)

10 " Asha glanced up. The look in his eyes made her breath catch. It was like looking into the heart of a star: bright and burning. "

― Kristen Ciccarelli , The Last Namsara (Iskari, #1)

11 " Death is a thief "

― Kristen Ciccarelli , The Last Namsara (Iskari, #1)

12 " Everything dies,” he whispered back. “I’m afraid of so much more than dying. "

― Kristen Ciccarelli , The Last Namsara (Iskari, #1)

13 " The son of a dragon queen dared to love a slave, and it did not end well for anyone. "

― Kristen Ciccarelli , The Last Namsara (Iskari, #1)

14 " Once there was a girl who was drawn to ancient wicked things. Things like forbidden, ancient stories. "

― Kristen Ciccarelli , The Last Namsara (Iskari, #1)

15 " The story of a girl who hunted dragons to soothe the hurt in her heart. The story of the dragon who changed her. "

― Kristen Ciccarelli , The Last Namsara (Iskari, #1)

16 " Asleep, he looked like a moonflower whose petals unfurled only at night, rare and beautiful in the starlight. "

― Kristen Ciccarelli , The Last Namsara (Iskari, #1)

17 " When she remained silent, the slave went back to work. He started humming the tune of a song only to stop, rearrange the notes, then sing them again in a different order. He did this over and over. Like he was testing the song and it kept failing him. Asha lay back, letting his voice distract her from the teeth-grinding pain of his needle sewing her up. A story rose to mind, unbidden. Rayan strode through his mother's orange grove and stopped sharp. Someone was singing. Someone with the voice of a nightingale. "

― Kristen Ciccarelli , The Last Namsara (Iskari, #1)

18 " Asha felt herself unravel. As if she were a carpet or a tapestry, and his words were claws tearing out all her threads. "

― Kristen Ciccarelli , The Last Namsara (Iskari, #1)

19 " Jarek kneep zijn ogen tot spleetjes. 'Had ik jou om je mening gevraagd, struiklander?'
...
'In het struikland,' zei Roa, 'hoeft er niemand om de mening van een vrouw te vrágen. Men gaat ervan uit dat ze die gewoon zal geven. "

― Kristen Ciccarelli , The Last Namsara (Iskari, #1)

20 " Weet je, Jarek, ik kijk echt uit naar je verbintenis. Vooral naar het moment waarop mijn zus tijdens je huwelijksnacht je ballen eraf snijdt en boven de muren hijst. - Dax "

― Kristen Ciccarelli , The Last Namsara (Iskari, #1)