40 Quotes About Ruin-and-rising

Hope was tricky like water. Somehow it always found a way in.

The world seemed suddenly large again. I wasn't sure I liked it.

I will tell you a story, one I used to tell to a little boy with dark hair. A silent boy who rarely laughs, who listened more closely than I realized. A boy who had a name and not a title

Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. (...) The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach.

Do you think I could have come to you again and again, if you had been less alone?You called me and I answered

Remember me as a hero.

I'm the Sun Summoner. It gets dark when I say it does.

I want you to know my name.The name I was given, not the title I took for myself.Will you have it?"Yes""Aleksander

There are rumors that your Lantsov prince has been sighted.”I drifted nearer, trying to keep my voice casual. “Where?”He glanced up, his lips curling in a slight smile. “Do you like him?”“Does it matter?”“It’s harder when you like them. You mourn them more.”“Tell me, Alina,” said the Darkling. “Has he claimed you yet?”“Claimed me? Like a peninsula?”“No blushes. No averted eyes. How you’ve changed. What about your faithful tracker? Will he sleep curled at the foot of your throne?