I've found it wise to enjoy any time of truce, while recognizing it for what it is. A truce. — Cinda Williams Chima Copy Share Image
The human mind had a remarkable ability both to discount what it sees and make reality conform to expectation. — Cinda Williams Chima Ability Copy Share Image
I continue to believe in miracles. But i know that miracles come to those who work very hard — Cinda Williams Chima Copy Share Image
You touch me again, you arrogant Ardenine swine, and I swear on the blood of Hanalea the warrior, I will geld you.… — Cinda Williams Chima Arrogant Copy Share Image
“If a lady should do this, Raisa wondered, should a man do the same? Is he required to?” — Cinda Williams Chima Copy Share Image
He keeps this up, he's bound to be caught, she thought. And this time they'll dangle him for certain. — Cinda Williams Chima Copy Share Image
Hope is a dangerous thing, Raisa thought. Once kindled, it's hard to put out. It makes wise people into fools. — Cinda Williams Chima Copy Share Image
“She could hear the rattle of hooves on stone evolve into a thunder of pursuit.” — Cinda Williams Chima Change Copy Share Image
His aster-blue eyes shown out from a face blackened by bruises and soot, his fair hair glittering in the firelight. Dressed all… — Cinda Williams Chima Asters Copy Share Image
A vocation is not something you slap on, like a coat of paint, and change whenever you want. A vocation is built… — Cinda Williams Chima Career Copy Share Image
“Han smiled, then, a bright, charming smile that lit up the room, more dangerous than any blade. All you ever needed was… — Cinda Williams Chima Copy Share Image
Ellen could have killed me," Jack said quietly, "but she didn't. She saved my life." "How come?" Fitch demanded. "After all this?"… — Cinda Williams Chima Flower Copy Share Image
So you questioned him?" Raisa prompted. "What did he say for himself?" "Well, the first thing Gillen does is steal his purse… — Cinda Williams Chima Copy Share Image
It was one of the warm nights at the end of summer that makes promises that won't be kept. — Cinda Williams Chima End of summer Copy Share Image
(A)ny time you buy weapons, or build an army, you begin to look for an excuse to use them. Plus, you pose… — Cinda Williams Chima Army Copy Share Image
Just because you're the enemy of my enemy don't mean you're my friend, Han thought. — Cinda Williams Chima Enemy Copy Share Image
“As if he'd guessed her thoughts, Micah said, "I've risked everything for you." His eyes spoke more than he said aloud.” — Cinda Williams Chima Copy Share Image
The only way to get what you want is to make them more afraid of you than they are of each other. — Cinda Williams Chima Copy Share Image
“Complicated. And yet—simple. They were like two pieces of a failed star, drawn together by a shared history and a memory of… — Cinda Williams Chima Copy Share Image
Just a rat, she repeated to herself. After all, there were rats in the palace. Human and otherwise. Could be worse. — Cinda Williams Chima Humans Copy Share Image
Did the destruction of one dream leave a vacuum that required filling with another? Is a broken heart more vulnerable? — Cinda Williams Chima Copy Share Image
You look like a boy who has eaten the fruit of the tree of knowledge and doesn't like the taste. — Cinda Williams Chima Boys Copy Share Image
Her clothes still smoked from the wizard’s assault. But to him, she always smelled of flowers. — Cinda Williams Chima Assault Copy Share Image
“We'll have supper in a little while, but I believe we should eat dessert first.” — Cinda Williams Chima Copy Share Image
I live in the present because the future is always chancy. When it comes to being with you, I'm willing to take… — Cinda Williams Chima Anger Copy Share Image
He swept Raisa up into his arms and kissed her like it was his first, last, and only — Cinda Williams Chima Copy Share Image
“Sometimes she wondered if she was doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past, since she'd trained herself not to look back… — Cinda Williams Chima Failure Copy Share Image
“Adrian. Adrian was alive, and he was at Oden’s Ford. And no one had told her these four long years, because they… — Cinda Williams Chima Copy Share Image
I'd rather have a go at life, so there's something to talk about once we're gone. — Cinda Williams Chima Copy Share Image
“Every time I think I’ve lost everything, I find there’s still something else to lose.” — Cinda Williams Chima Life Copy Share Image
“He forgot everything: the sorcerer upstairs, the mission, his own imperfection, and the shame and bitterness that came with it.” — Cinda Williams Chima Copy Share Image
“Good news,” he said, releasing a sigh of relief. “It’s bleeding like a champ, so the risk of dying from poison is… — Cinda Williams Chima Good news Copy Share Image
“We don’t protect them because they’re weak. We protect them because they are strong, and strong people make enemies.” — Cinda Williams Chima Enemies Copy Share Image
Falling in love was like falling off a cliff. It felt pretty much like flying until you hit the ground. — Cinda Williams Chima Copy Share Image
“Didn't you say that the key is to live in the moment?" Metelon asked. "That's the excuse people use for foolish behavior.” — Cinda Williams Chima Copy Share Image
“The northern soldiers are just men,” Hal told the men in his command. “And women,” he amended. “When you cut them, they… — Cinda Williams Chima Army Copy Share Image
