Brian-staveley Quote by Brian Staveley

“It doesn’t matter what the terms are, just that there are terms. It’s the goodwill that matters. When that runs out, the treaty is…

— Hilary Mantel

“How many marks do you think you’ll get for treason?” “One from the Scholar to make my skin fairer, one from the Weaver to…

— Jane Washington

“You and I are the remains of an unfulfilled legacy, heirs to a kingdom of stolen identities and ragged confusion.”

— Susan Abulhawa

“This was how an enemy should be dealt with: with a dagger, not a declaration.”

— George R.R. Martin

“Empresses," Vix said in disgust. "They're always trouble, the tricky bitches. Emperors might forgive you if you cross them, but never empresses.”

— Kate Quinn

“You do realize that you are addressing the emperor of the Crescent Empire." "And you are addressing a free woman of the desert. You…

— Sarah Beth Durst

“I started my career early.” At my raised brows, he said, “Assassin. My deadly gift made me well suited for the job. A single…

— Kresley Cole

“What treaty is it that finally separates those two territories, the hard resolve of our exteriors and the terrible disaster on our insides?”

— Ben Marcus

“Concealment, my dear Maria, is the foe of tranquility: however I may err in future, I will never be disingenuous in acknowledging my errors.…

— Fanny Burney

“I will claim her, and I will protect her, and any who become her enemy? I will destroy.”

— Danielle Monsch

“Look, he says: once you have exhausted the process of negotiation and compromise, once you have fixed on the destruction of an enemy, that…

— Hilary Mantel

“Splendid,” said the Emperor, without a hint of sarcasm. “I believe we’ve achieved a new level of doomed.”   Y”

— Christopher Moore