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The Exiled Queen (Seven Realms, #2) QUOTES

The Exiled Queen (Seven Realms, #2) QUOTES

1 " Did the destruction of one dream leave a vacuum that required filling with another? Is a broken heart more vulnerable? "

― Cinda Williams Chima , The Exiled Queen (Seven Realms, #2)

2 " You touch me again, you arrogant Ardenine swine, and I swear on the blood of Hanalea the warrior, I will geld you. Do you understand? "

― Cinda Williams Chima , The Exiled Queen (Seven Realms, #2)

3 " Surround yourselves with trustworthy people. If you don't, all the weaponry and tactics in the world can't save you. "

― Cinda Williams Chima , The Exiled Queen (Seven Realms, #2)

4 " Han spotted a child‟s homespun dolly in the ditch, pressed into the mud. He reined in, meaning to climb down and fetch it so he could clean it up for his little sister. Then he remembered that Mari was dead and had no need of dollies anymore.
Grief was like that. It gradually faded into a dull ache, until some simple sight or sound or scent hit him like a hammer blow. "

― Cinda Williams Chima , The Exiled Queen (Seven Realms, #2)

5 " You do not respond to an attempt on your life with a slap on the hand. Or a joke. "

― Cinda Williams Chima , The Exiled Queen (Seven Realms, #2)

6 " Plus he was naturally lucky at cards. As Mam had always said, lucky at cards, or lucky at life. One or the other. Not both. "

― Cinda Williams Chima , The Exiled Queen (Seven Realms, #2)

7 " Which is a sad thing when you're only seventeen. "

― Cinda Williams Chima , The Exiled Queen (Seven Realms, #2)

8 " If someone grabs you in the street, hit hard and fast, because you may not get a second chance. "

― Cinda Williams Chima , The Exiled Queen (Seven Realms, #2)

9 " Just tell me you don't love me, and I'll let the matter drop."
"What?"
"What I said. Just say, 'Rai, I don't love you and I never will'. It's that simple."
"Raisa, this is getting us nowhere."
"Say it! "

― Cinda Williams Chima , The Exiled Queen (Seven Realms, #2)

10 " You didn't have to go to the fireworks with him. Or - or let him fondle you."
"Fondle?" Raisa raised her eyebrows, "When did I mention fondling? "

― Cinda Williams Chima , The Exiled Queen (Seven Realms, #2)

11 " And it's not just a matter of you hurting me. I will hurt you too, even if I don't want to, I'm not the girl you think I am. And you will remember this conversation , and wish that you'd listened to me. "

― Cinda Williams Chima , The Exiled Queen (Seven Realms, #2)

12 " And, like a fool, she kissed him back. Kissed him a way that would leave no doubt about the way she felt about him. Kissed him because she knew the chances were slim she'd have very many kisses like that in her lifetime.
Which is a sad thing when you're only seventeen. "

― Cinda Williams Chima , The Exiled Queen (Seven Realms, #2)

13 " I live in the present because the future is always chancy. When it comes to being with you, I'm willing to take the risk. "

― Cinda Williams Chima , The Exiled Queen (Seven Realms, #2)

14 " It was just a different kind of battle, one he'd have to learn to win "

― Cinda Williams Chima , The Exiled Queen (Seven Realms, #2)

15 " But it's not enough to know right from wrong. You need the strength to do what's right, even when what you want most in the world is the wrong thing. "

― Cinda Williams Chima , The Exiled Queen (Seven Realms, #2)

16 " Nobody's going to hand you anything. You don't get what you don't go after. "

― Cinda Williams Chima , The Exiled Queen (Seven Realms, #2)

17 " You couldn’t keep your mouth shut? I’m calling you Glitterhair from now on. Or Talksalot. "

― Cinda Williams Chima , The Exiled Queen (Seven Realms, #2)

18 " Whoa, Rebecca," Talia said smiling even wider, "Walking on the wild side, are we?"
Raisa seemed to think the situation needed more explaining. "He - uh - I'm tutoring him."
"She is," Han said solemnly. "She's very good. I'm learning a lot."
Pearlie snickered. "What's she teaching you?"
"Well," Han said, "we're jumping around a lot. "

― Cinda Williams Chima , The Exiled Queen (Seven Realms, #2)

19 " Han stroked her hair, shifting his body under her. “Why? What are you afraid of? Thieves or wizards?”
“Both,” she said.
“Is it because I‟m not a blueblood?” He asked this matter-of-factly, as if he really wanted to know.
“That‟s the least of it,” Raisa said, taking a shuddering breath. “This is just going to lead to heartbreak, and I refuse to have my heart broken again.” She looked up at him. “I thought I could play at love. I thought I had the right, same as — as any courtier or a — a streetlord.”
He shook his head. “Rebecca, listen, I—”
“But I‟ve found out I‟m not made that way,” she interrupted. “I can‟t play this game if my heart‟s not in it. That‟s me personally. I‟m not judging anyone else.”
“I see,” he said. He tightened his arms around her, brushing his fingers along her collarbone, setting her nerves tingling. “What‟s your heart saying now?”
She wanted to be honest with him, even though she‟d probably pay for it. “I‟m in trouble,” she whispered. "

― Cinda Williams Chima , The Exiled Queen (Seven Realms, #2)

20 " Han smiled, then, a bright, charming smile that lit up the room, more dangerous than any blade.
All you ever needed was that smile, she thought. I'd have given in immediately. "

― Cinda Williams Chima , The Exiled Queen (Seven Realms, #2)