93 Quotes by Claire Legrand

As I understand it,” Ludivine replied wryly, “kissing involves not just one person, but two. If there is blame to be placed, it isn’t only for you to bear.

She curtsied before the king, the shadow of Saint Katell falling like a sword across her neck.

The mind is fragile, and time is pitiless.

He was the steady voice in her mind that spoke to her when she didn’t feel steady at all.

I’ve looked at you so many times that I see you when I close my eyes. I can’t shake you.

Papa one told me that, when I lay dying – because someday I will, we will we all – I must not think of the things that frighten me, and I must not think of my pain. I must think of everyone and everything I have ever loved, for if I do that, those thoughts will follow me into death, and that far black place will turn bright and golden, as the world long ago used to be.

Dread,” he murmured, his breath caressing her cheek, “is only a feeling, easily squashed. But wolves, my dear, have teeth.

Zoey aimed for wry nonchalance, to cover up how obviously chalant she was. Was that a thing?

But at the time I feared he had sensed my love and had run as fast as he could in the other direction... Every time I thought about it, my throat clenched up and my stomach flipped over, and I wished the world would swallow me up so I wouldn’t have to feel that way ever again.