The only way for you to keep your mind straight is to run from those who would confuse you. — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
What a horrifying notion," he said. "A creature with the power to take over one's mind. — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“The power of the rumor mill, if you could feel it as I do, would boggle your mind.” — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“The monsters appraised each other. He was bright green with gold feet, this kitten, and his daft little mind was reaching for… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“I was only testing that you were awake and in your right mind. The sight of you taking a nap against the… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“It was one thing to take over a man’s mind to prevent her own death, and another thing entirely to steal his… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“It's part of their monstrous power. They stun you with their beauty, and then they overwhelm your mind and make you stupid.… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“How strange it was to have the power to cause others to feel something she herself did not feel; and then catch… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
There is nothing unnatural in this world," he said. "An unnatural thing is a thing that could never happen in nature. I… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
Brigan was saying her name, and he was sending her a feeling. It was courage and strength, and something else too, as… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
I'd thought once, actually, of taking your mind, if you asked. I'd thought I could help you fall asleep at night." He… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“I want to have the heart and mind of a queen,” she whispered. “I want it more than anything. But I’m only… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“Katsa couldn’t say where the notion had come from, but once it pushed its way into her mind, it would not leave.… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“A long moment of silence stretched out between them. Her conversation to this point had mostly been an attempt to distract him… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“Fire found that she was holding the kitten close, cradling him against her breast, as if she were shielding him from something.… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I think you take over my mind,” Larch said, “with your words.” Immiker’s smile widened, and then he began to laugh.… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“It’s what they do, Father,” Immiker explained to him, over and over. “It’s part of their monstrous power. They stun you with… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“He cleaned her fingers and bandaged them. He sat her down for a lesson on the control of animal minds. When finally… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“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,… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“Her mind was on fire. Cansrel. In the light of the flames his hair flashed silver and blue, his eyes blue and… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“The warming of Cansrel’s mind took enormous burning energy. Then calm, to soothe the bottomless appetite, and then she would begin to… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“And then she wondered: Could she get his attention, without saying a word? If she needed his help or wanted to stop,… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“She grabbed wildly at Nash’s mind, caught hold of it, lost it again; and decided in a fit of temper that she… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“I have rules,” she said to him. He stilled his pen, raised expressionless eyes to her face, and waited. “When you bring… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“Cansrel could sit with Fire and do something no one else could: give her lessons to improve the skill of her mind.… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“The blacksmith should be the one to feel humiliated, for he was the dunce who chose to give up his self-control. What… — 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
“She was avoiding specific mention of the thing that was on all their minds. Archer spoke plainly. “Will the king or the… — 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.… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“Her feeling was strange and wild, her mind a marvelous unbroken thing that Fire could touch and influence, but never truly comprehend.… — 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
