44 Quotes by Anne Elisabeth Stengl

Regret and repentance do not always walk hand in hand.

A true name is a powerful thing. Dangerous. Many go through life asleep inside, because no one has ever called their true name. And so, they think themselves safe.

Sometimes the worst failures in our lives turn out to be for the best. Sometimes our path leads through darkness, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t walk it. Sometimes our path leads to loss. But that doesn’t mean we’ve gone astray.

My love,” she said, “I could never betray you. You betray yourself, but I will only ever bring you back.

Fear was not well-known to Sir Eanrin. He generally found it got in the way, so he bypassed the emotion entirely.

Our Prince does not give his servants hopeless tasks. They sometimes do not follow an expected path, but they are never hopeless.

I chose to long ago, long before we met. When my father sent me to win you, I loved you already.

She felt herself caught up in the greatness of a story far too big for her mortal understanding, caught up and carried in a rolling current. But she was unafraid. For the first time, she believed she was truly alive.

An awkward silence followed these bold declarations, because while both parties spoke with passion, one was a dying youth and one a ragged peasant girl with straw in her hair and no shoes. Neither was the stuff of heroes and legends, and both knew it.