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1 " Remember when we told each other no distractions?Yes. He runs a blazing finger over my earrings, touching each one in turn.Distract me. "
― Victoria Aveyard , King's Cage (Red Queen, #3)
2 " Thank you,” I whisper. Words I never thought I would say to her. They unsettle us both.”“You want to thank me, Barrow?” she mutters, kicking away the last of my bindings. “Then keep your word. And let this fucking place burn.” (300) "
3 " In the palace, during my imprisonment, I learned that Maven had been made by his mother, formed into the monster he became. There is nothing on earth that can change him or what she did. But Cal was made too. All of us were made by someone else, and all of us have some thread of steel that nothing and no one can cut. I thought Cal was immune to the corruptive temptation of power. How wrong I was. He was born to be a king. It's what he was made for. It's what he was made to want. "
4 " In what life can I trust anything out of your mouth ever again? "
5 " Cameron, my heart is quite literally in this, "
6 " What I would do, to myself or anyone else, for the chance to go back home? But no one is there. No one I care about. They're gone, protected, far away. Home is no longer the place we're from. Home is safe with them. I hope. "
7 " As you enter, you pray to leave. As you leave, you pray to never return. "
8 " Only his eyes remain the same. Bronze, red-gold, like iron brought to blazing heat. "
9 " Cal stares ahead, as if his eyes alone can set the entire world on fire. I think he wants to. That would make this easier. "
10 " Weakness is acceptable, forgivable, around family. But not when lives and wars hang in the balance. "
11 " Monsters are most dangerous when they're afraid "
12 " ...and who looks at a shadow when then have a flame? Who would ever choose a monster over a god? "
13 " We are silver houses of noble and ancient blood, allied with rebels, criminals, servants and thieves. Abilities or not, our ways of life stand in direct opposition. Our goals are not the same. The council chamber is a powder keg. If I'm lucky it will explode. Blow apart any threat of marriage. Destroy the cage they want to put me back in. "
14 " Hi." I nod at them, overwhelmed by their presence and my own inability to act anywhere close to normal. "
15 " How many times does one wicked boy have to betray you people before you learn? "
16 " I know!" he growls back, his voice guttural. I wonder if all of his fire kind have eyes like his. Eyes that burn and smolder. "
17 " You." His fingers staying on mine, hot but steady in temperature. He's holding himself back as much as he can. "I am in love with you, and I want you more than anything else in the world. "
18 " An all-too-familiar ache rises in my chest as I settle onto my throne. I do my best to keep composed, quiet, and dutiful. Loyal to my blood. It’s all I know. "
19 " You lost your brother. Don’t take mine "
20 " Fear can be a good thing. Fear doesn't let you forget. "
