“I will need more than this, O God. If you love me as Aneaxi said, please send me something to go on.… — Rae Carson Copy Share Image
“I want to feel the victory of being desired by someone I once found desirable.” — Rae Carson Copy Share Image
“I love you, too," he whispers in my ear. "Wholly. Madly." "Does that mean you'll marry me?" "I suppose.” — Rae Carson Copy Share Image
“He doesn’t love me yet, but in this place of death, in this precious moment of shared relief, he holds me.” — Rae Carson Copy Share Image
“Belén shrugs. "It's a perfect plan." "As easy as falling in love," Mara adds. "Foolproof," Hector agrees. I don't deserve such friends.… — Rae Carson Copy Share Image
“Yes, our love is a mutual thing, a thing between equals, but we can't escape the fact that I am his queen.… — Rae Carson Copy Share Image
“I think sometimes when we find love we pretend it away, or ignore it, or tell ourselves we’re imagining it. Because it… — Rae Carson Copy Share Image
“Did you bring three personal items, recruit?” he asks. “Yes, my lord!” I say. “What are they?” “Love for my kingdom, love… — Rae Carson Copy Share Image
“Like all good teachers, he loves the moment of revelation, when the light of knowledge passes to his pupil.” — Rae Carson Copy Share
“Becky will be so disappointed in us.” “Becky lives to be disappointed in people. If we get out of her way, she’ll expand her… — Rae Carson Copy Share
“Cosmé is in constant attendance. Though no one will take Aneaxi’s place, Cosmé is the most efficient maid I’ve ever had. I tell her… — Rae Carson Copy Share
“It’s the highest art form, deceiving without lying. A word is the only thing in the world made more powerful by absence than existence.” — Rae Carson Copy Share
“You look beautiful," Alodia says. I startle at the compliment. Then I smile. "I’m beautiful to the one person who matters." She nods. "Hector’s… — Rae Carson Copy Share
“I could heal you-" "No," he says, sharply enough that it startles me. "Everyone is dead. Gavin, Jedro, Melita... All gone. My life, my… — Rae Carson Copy Share
“What can you tell me about this ship?” “She’s one hundred fifteen feet in length, with a beam of twenty-eight, and a depth of… — Rae Carson Copy Share
“I cover his hand with my own: "The Champion must not waver," he says in my ear. "Yea, though SHE pass through the shadow… — Rae Carson Copy Share
“It's nice to consider that God may not count imperfection as an obstacle to working out his will in the world.” — Rae Carson Copy Share
