“It's not reasonable to love people who are only going to die," she said. Nash thought about that for a moment, stroking… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“Yes," Bitterblue said. "I suppose you could convert everything into minutes. Twelve times sixty is seven hundred twenty, and fifteen times fifty… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“And then, with all her might, she focused her attention on the back of Po's head and screamed his name, inside her… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“Katsa, only you would consider the collapse of the ceiling a good joke.” — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“She spoke to the bubbles gathered on the surface of the water. "If there's anyone I wish to stun at dinner, I'll… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“Katsa kicked off her shoes, hitched up her skirt, and climbed into the fountain, sighing as the cold water ran between her… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“Could you attempt, at least, to make yourself presentable? I know this is a war, but the rest of us are trying… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“Brigan, could you attempt, at least, to make yourself presentable? I know this is a war, but the rest of us are… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“Back onto their horses, and shortly thereafter word had come around from the command units that any soldier brawling over any matter relating to… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“The girls clipped and swept, and Katsa’s hair fell away. She thrilled at the unfamiliar chill of air on her neck. And wondered if… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“Raffin appeared again, a floor above her, on the balconied passageway that ran past his workrooms. He leaned over the railing and called down… — Kristin cashore Copy Share Image
“When you’re a monster, she thought, you are thanked and praised for not behaving like a monster. She would like to restrain from cruelty… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“She glanced up at him, and in that moment he pulled his wet shirt over his head. She forced her mind blank. Blank as… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“She had thought she'd already reached her capacity for pain and had no room inside her for more. But she remembered having told Archer… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“He thinks it's dangerous for us to leave each other so much freedom and make these vague plans to travel together in the future,… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
Ideas were growing in all directions and dimensions; they were becoming a sculpture, or a castle. And then everyone left her, to return to… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“Papa?” she said, turning in circles now, spinning to look at each of the entrances. “Do you mean Papa? Where?” He came through an… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“He decided to mark this new era in his life with a change of his foolish, sentimental name. The people of this land had… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
I know you don't want this, Katsa. But I can't help myself. The moment you came barreling into my life I was lost. I'm… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image