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The Bird and the Sword (The Bird and the Sword Chronicles, #1) QUOTES

The Bird and the Sword (The Bird and the Sword Chronicles, #1) QUOTES

1 " Often-times, grass was more useful than gold. Man was more desirable than a beast. Chance was more seductive than knowledge, and eternal life was completely meaningless without love. "

― Amy Harmon , The Bird and the Sword (The Bird and the Sword Chronicles, #1)

2 " The world is alive with words "

― Amy Harmon , The Bird and the Sword (The Bird and the Sword Chronicles, #1)

3 " He'd been given every word he needed, and every word had been stripped from me. I wanted them back. All of them. "

― Amy Harmon , The Bird and the Sword (The Bird and the Sword Chronicles, #1)

4 " If I didn’t look too closely, I wouldn’t see that Tiras wasn’t there. If I didn’t breathe too deeply, I wouldn’t feel the hollow echo in my empty chest. If I didn’t move too quickly, I wouldn’t reach any painful conclusions. And if I didn’t listen, I wouldn’t hear the silence he always left behind. "

― Amy Harmon , The Bird and the Sword (The Bird and the Sword Chronicles, #1)

5 " I have all the power, but you will destroy me.
“Only your walls, Lark.” He deepened the kiss, licking into my mouth as if he knew he’d find me there hiding from him. "

― Amy Harmon , The Bird and the Sword (The Bird and the Sword Chronicles, #1)

6 " Maybe the secret to happiness is simplicity. "

― Amy Harmon , The Bird and the Sword (The Bird and the Sword Chronicles, #1)

7 " Every second I am a bird, I long to be a man. For you. For me. For the child I was so desperate to create. Not for Jeru. For us. You said I choose you because you are of use to me. And I did. But know this, Lark. I have loved you every moment of every day, and I will love you until i cease to be. Bird, man, or king, I love you, and I will always love you "

― Amy Harmon , The Bird and the Sword (The Bird and the Sword Chronicles, #1)

8 " I think I will keep you, "

― Amy Harmon , The Bird and the Sword (The Bird and the Sword Chronicles, #1)

9 " Suddenly yearning had a flavor. It tasted like a king, a beautiful, frightening, infuriating man who flew into my life and began to free my words. "

― Amy Harmon , The Bird and the Sword (The Bird and the Sword Chronicles, #1)

10 " You don't need wings to fly. "

― Amy Harmon , The Bird and the Sword (The Bird and the Sword Chronicles, #1)

11 " I have all the power, but you will destroy me. "

― Amy Harmon , The Bird and the Sword (The Bird and the Sword Chronicles, #1)

12 " I missed him with an intensity that made his absence painful and his return a celebration. In the dark or the light, in the great hall or in our bedchamber, he was gruff but gentle, arrogant yet attentive, and he made love with a ferocity and focus that made it impossible not to bend myself to his will, even as I found ways to challenge and defy him. "

― Amy Harmon , The Bird and the Sword (The Bird and the Sword Chronicles, #1)

13 " Cuando Tiras abrió los ojos, ojos tan profundos y oscuros como el cielo nocturno sobre nosotros, yo cerré los mios. "

― Amy Harmon , The Bird and the Sword (The Bird and the Sword Chronicles, #1)

14 " In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. "

― Amy Harmon , The Bird and the Sword (The Bird and the Sword Chronicles, #1)

15 " I have loved you every moment of every day, and I will love you until I cease to be. Bird, man, or king, I love you, and I will always love you. "

― Amy Harmon , The Bird and the Sword (The Bird and the Sword Chronicles, #1)

16 " Swallow Daughter, pull them in, those words that sit upon your lips. Lock them deep inside your soul, hide them 'til they've time to grow. Close your mouth upon the power, curse not, cure not, 'til the hour. You won't speak and you won't tell, you won't call on heav'n or hell. You will learn and you will thrive. Silence, daughter. Stay alive. "

― Amy Harmon , The Bird and the Sword (The Bird and the Sword Chronicles, #1)

17 " You glow, Lark.” His hand climbed back up again and swept over my unbound hair. I swallowed, suddenly close to tears. Then why does no one see me? “I see you,” he said. "

― Amy Harmon , The Bird and the Sword (The Bird and the Sword Chronicles, #1)

18 " without desire, there is only duty. "

― Amy Harmon , The Bird and the Sword (The Bird and the Sword Chronicles, #1)

19 " You don't need wings to fly, she chirped.
What do you need, Daughter? I asked softly.
She looked up at me, her big, black eyes alight with knowledge, and she smiled.
Words. "

― Amy Harmon , The Bird and the Sword (The Bird and the Sword Chronicles, #1)

20 " For the word is quick and powerful
Sharper than any two-edged sword
Piercing even to the dividing asunder
Of soul and spirit
Of joints and marrow
It is a discerner of the thoughts
And intents of the heart "

― Amy Harmon , The Bird and the Sword (The Bird and the Sword Chronicles, #1)