289 Quotes by Cinda Williams Chima

I’d rather have a go at life, so there’s something to talk about once we’re gone.

He wasn’t proud or arrogant, but there was a self-confidence about him that said he knew what he wanted and he was going to get it, and you’d better not get in his way.

He’d serve himself, waiting and watching until he could take advantage. He wouldn’t play the fool anymore.

Love is the root of so much suffering and misery, so much loss. It’s the worst thing in the world, to risk yourself by loving someone. At the same time, it’s the best thing in the world – and worth the risk.

He expects nothing, she thought, because he’s never had anything. And nothing was expected of him. He was free in a way she never would be.

You don’t get what you don’t go after.

Do not forget duty. But choose love when you can.

Mellon is thirteen,” Raisa said. “I hope you have experience babysitting, Micah, because you’re going to need it. Assuming the Demonai don’t assassinate you first. Married at thirteen, widowed at fourteen. Poor Mellony.

It doesn’t make sense to dwell on things you can’t do anything about.