289 Quotes by Cinda Williams Chima

He radiated a calm focus--like he knew who he was and where he was going. He was a steady mooring in a sea of change. Hr was honest and kept his word, and he was unrelentingly fair. It made people want to follow him.

As if he'd guessed her thoughts, Micah said, "I've risked everything for you." His eyes spoke more than he said aloud.

Think of what we could accomplish if we were not focused on murdering each other.

Matelon gripped both her hands. “We are soldiers,” he said. “We are not game pieces on a board. Don’t let them play us. Give this thing a chance.”Lyss gently pulled free. “You’re wrong, Captain,” she said. “We never had a chance. At the end of the day, that is all that we are—game pieces. If you don’t know that by now, you soon will.

Her clothes still smoked from the wizard’s assault. But to him, she always smelled of flowers.

He would find a way to make it work, because he finally understood that sometimes you have to raise your expectations. And sometimes you need to make a claim on the world and the people you love to get what you most desire.

Strong men do choose strong women, he thought. It’s only the weak that are threatened by them.

Don’t expect much and you won’t be disappointed.

I have to think it’s possible to suffer a great wrong and walk away from it. To build a life of small, exquisitely important moments.