Heart Quotes by Marie Rutkoski

9 Heart quotes by Marie Rutkoski

Marie Rutkoski weaves yearning into each line, and these nine selections give a taste of her lyrical tenderness. A brief but evocative collection, it’s a useful starting point for anyone curious about her take on matters of the heart.

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“She was learning to live around it.”

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“It seemed to Kestrel that her life had taken the shape of a folded knife, her heart a blade inside a body…

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“She saw him and didn’t understand how she had ever missed his beauty. How it didn’t always strike her as it did…

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“She could've slept then. She wanted to. Sleep was blind, it was deaf, and it would take her away from this room…

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“She reminded herself bitterly that this was what curiosity had bought her: fifty keystones for a singer who refused to sing, a…

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“She remembered how her heart, so tight, like a scroll, had opened when Arin kissed her. It had unfurled. If her heart…

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“How much easier everything would be if that were so. But Kestrel wouldn't let herself consider the truth. She didn't want to…

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“She saw, yet again, that her friend's compliments were just bits of art and artifice. They were paper swans, cunningly folded so…

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“Kestrel studied her fingers, the way they wove together. She didn’t say Come back safely, and he didn’t say I always have.…

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“Cold without, color within. This was how it had been.”

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“An emotion clamped down on her heart. It squeezed her into a terrible silence. But he said nothing after that, only her name, as…

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“Tch. Lovely lady, won’t you hear my plan? It is the very best. You’ll like it. Here it is: I am waiting.” “Sunbathing.” “Waiting,…

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“Kestrel's eyes slipped shut. She faded in and out of sleep. When Arin spoke again, she wasn't sure whether he expected her to to…

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