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The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1) QUOTES

The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1) QUOTES

1 " When I was in the water," Mephi said, "I didn't know where to go. I had to find someone to help me. I swam to you because I knew you would help me. I know who you are...You are the person who helps "

― Andrea Stewart , The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)

2 " I would drink a thousand lies just to see your face again. "

― Andrea Stewart , The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)

3 " Fanatics were all alike, cut from the same cloth and dyed different colors. "

― Andrea Stewart , The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)

4 " I was now the only keeper of these memories, and that was the truest sort of loneliness. "

― Andrea Stewart , The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)

5 " And that was the worst thing about this grief – not just knowing that she was gone, but knowing that eventually new memories and experiences would layer on top of them, making the distance between us ever wider. "

― Andrea Stewart , The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)

6 " I didn’t live in a palace. I lived in a dollhouse of my father’s making, a living graveyard. Despite the fact that Ilith’s lair was the size of the dining hall, I felt I was being crushed by the weight of the surrounding stone. If he knew, why let me continue? Was this all some sort of test? And if the sickness hadn’t come from Bayan, where had I gotten it from? "

― Andrea Stewart , The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)

7 " A person who can’t see a future doesn’t have a future "

― Andrea Stewart , The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)

8 " I was now the only keeper of these memories, and that was the truest sort of loneliness "

― Andrea Stewart , The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)

9 " One foolish choice is like a rat you let go. It will spawn more consequences than you first thought possible. "

― Andrea Stewart , The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)

10 " And that was the worst thing about this grief – not just knowing that she was gone, but knowing that eventually new memories and experiences would layer on top of them, making the distance between us ever wider. The days we’d spent swimming and fishing at the beach, the first time I’d kissed her, the dreams we’d shared – I was now the only keeper of these memories, and that was the truest sort of loneliness. "

― Andrea Stewart , The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)

11 " I’ve given them that land, and they need to repay me somehow. It’s a fair bargain. The trees don’t take up all of the land, and they can grow crops on the rest. I didn’t force them to it; they took the bargain of their own volition. Any failure is laziness on their parts.” He shook his head and took another drink. “You sound like one of the Shardless. Save your pity for the unfortunate without choices. "

― Andrea Stewart , The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)

12 " When a shark offers up a pearl, be wary of its teeth. My father liked to tell me that when we were sailing, though I found this lesson most often applied on land. "

― Andrea Stewart , The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)

13 " The lie I told you… it’s something my father would have done.” I shook my head as though I could shake myself free of the guilt. But guilt was there to remind me of when I misstepped. "

― Andrea Stewart , The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)

14 " I was Lin. I was the Emperor’s daughter. And I would show him that even broken daughters could wield power. "

― Andrea Stewart , The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)

15 " I am hardened by the suffering of others. Another lie I told myself because I couldn't save everyone. "

― Andrea Stewart , The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)

16 " knowing that eventually new memories and experiences would layer on top of them, making the distance between us ever wider. "

― Andrea Stewart , The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)

17 " But guilt was there to remind me of when I misstepped. The only thing I could do now was to make amends. "

― Andrea Stewart , The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)

18 " Please,” I said, “what if I am never a whole person? "

― Andrea Stewart , The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)

19 " Sometimes I felt as if my entire life was a test. "

― Andrea Stewart , The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)

20 " If I thought too much on all the suffering, all the people I couldn’t help, I felt like I was drowning in the Endless Sea itself. I couldn’t carry that weight. "

― Andrea Stewart , The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)