It's only water," she said. "Tell that to a drowning man," Giddon said. — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
I'll teach you how to defend yourself, how to maim a man. We can use Po as a model.' 'Wonderful,' Po said.… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
He made her drunk, this man made her drunk; and every time his eyes flashed into hers she could not breathe. — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
To Garan's credit, the treatment of Dellian prisoners did change after that. One particularly laconic man, after a session in which Fire… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
I truly thought I might hurt that man," he said, "very badly." "I didn't know you were capable of such bad temper."… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
Brigan spun around to face the man, swearing with as much as exasperation and fury as Fire had ever heard anyone swear.… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
Bitterblue had never seen a man naked, and she was curious. She decided the universe owed her a few minutes, just a… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
It made Fire so angry, the thought of such a medicine, a violence done to herself to stop her from creating anything… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
King Drowden has given his men instructions to infiltrate the town, bribe townspeople for the secrets of their neighbors, steal the neighbors’… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
Normal. She wasn't normal. A girl Graced with killing, a royal thug? A girl who didn't want the husbands Randa pushed on… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
Some of the smartest men have a hard time comprehending the obvious. — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
Katsa now sat calmly on the stomach of her vanquished foe. "He was handsome," said said. Po moaned. "Was he beat-to-a-pulp handsome,… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
A man who fights you as he does is no better than an opportunist and no worse than a thug. — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
Lady Katsa, is it?" "Yes, Lord Prince." "I've heard you have one eye green as the Middluns grasses, and the other eye… — 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
