Kristin Cashore

Bacon improved things dramatically.

— Kristin Cashore

Gratitude takes less energy than anger.

— Kristin Cashore

You're afraid of your own anger.

— Kristin Cashore

Children are geniuses.

— Kristin Cashore

“We are not made of money.”

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“Thiel, tall, troubled, bewildered”

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He thinks we're made of money.

— Kristin Cashore

“Waste is Criminal.”

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Great! He has indigestion, so let's torture him with cake.

— Kristin Cashore

“Could she be his lover and still belong to herself?”

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“I've grown quite fond of your warhorse Big. Will you give her to me?”

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That's interesting," Bitterblue said. "You think a conscience requires fear?

— Kristin Cashore

Why does everybody throw every troublesome thing into the river?

— Kristin Cashore

People want incongruous, impossible things.

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I'm not good at love. I'm like a barbed creature. I push everyone I love away.

— Kristin Cashore

There isn't a simple person anywhere in this world.

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It's not fair. It's not fair," she cried, knowing it was a child's argument but not caring, because being childish did not…

— Kristin Cashore

“Fire looked into his quiet eyes, touched his dear familiar face and considered the question.”

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I’m as old as both of you,” she said, even though she suspected she wasn’t, “and I’m smarter, and I can probably…

— Kristin Cashore

“My favorite genre is Beautifully Written Books of Any Genre. Could we make that a genre?”

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“I think,” she said, “that sometimes we don’t feel the things that we are. But others can feel them. I feel your…

— Kristin Cashore

“They always eased her lonesomeness. She thought of them as beautiful creatures, burning and cold; each solitary, and bleak, and silent like…

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Part of avoiding thoughts about something was not encouraging opportunities for that something to makes itself felt.

— Kristin Cashore

It hurt her eyes, almost, Ror City; and it didn't surprise her that Po should come from a place that shone.

— Kristin Cashore

We need an ally of Mydogg's or Gentian's pretending to be among the most loyal allies of the king,' Brigan said. 'Shouldn't…

— Kristin Cashore

Helda's been trying to impress me with the embroidery on the sheets. One more minute and I thought I might use them…

— Kristin Cashore

“For every peaceful man, there was a man who wanted to hurt her, even kill her, because she was a gorgeous thing…

— Kristin Cashore

“They did not practice fighting, for Katsa was shy of his touch. And he didn’t press it upon her. He pressed nothing…

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“Not all sons were like their fathers. A son chose the man he would be. Not all daughters were like their fathers.…

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“His eyes. Katsa had never seen such eyes. One was silver, and the other, gold. They glowed in his sun-darkened face, uneven,…

— Kristin Cashore

I was doing science," Giddon said. "He threw a bean." "I was testing the impact of a bean upon water," Bann said.…

— Kristin Cashore

I love you," he said. "You're more dear to my heart than I ever knew anyone else can be. And I've made…

— Kristin Cashore

Suddenly Po shot into the courtyard from the north vestibule whooping. Katsa, seeing him, broke into a run and they tore at…

— Kristin Cashore

“He rubbed his head. “I’ve always thought it strange that my mother and father have no suspicions about Leck, even knowing his…

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“As they rode, Katsa couldn’t content herself with imagining the strange landscapes ahead. For when she’d awakened to morning in the Sunderan…

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“I’m sorry, Lord King. I only take control of people’s minds for the sake of self-defense.” Nash struck her across the face,…

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There is nothing unnatural in this world," he said. "An unnatural thing is a thing that could never happen in nature. I…

— Kristin Cashore

“They’re all in the King’s Army,” Roen said, “all trained by Brigan’s people, all equally competent, and the men who went to…

— Kristin Cashore

“It’s what they do, Father,” Immiker explained to him, over and over. “It’s part of their monstrous power. They stun you with…

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“He cleaned her fingers and bandaged them. He sat her down for a lesson on the control of animal minds. When finally…

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