11 Quotes by Elly Blake

Ice no longer scared me. Its facets were beautiful, especially when it caught and held the vibrancy of flame.

Those who can't control themselves will find themselves under control of others.

—Como un conejo al horno —contesté.

You don’t know the effect your words have on me, Lady Firebrand. It took years to build up this ice. You will melt it and then I will be broken.

Did Brother Thistle train you in the most effective methods of communicating with me?"His head lifted and his lips curved. “He may have given me some advice.”“And you took it?” My brows rose.“I’m experimenting with it. If it doesn’t work, I’ll go back to my tried and true method.”“By which you mean threats and orders.”His smile widened.

How handsome he must have been before he was burned. Heat flared over my skin. How handsome he was now.

His reasoning was sound, but his remark about carrying me all the way to the river still rankled. “You speak as if I’m as heavy as an ox,” I said. “Last week I was a bundle of sticks.”“You’re still too thin.”“Perhaps if I gain some weight, you won’t call me a stick anymore.”“You may hope to one day be a branch.”I glanced at him sharply, unable to repress a little flutter of delight that he was bothering to joke with me.“A log, even,” I suggested.“Doubtful,” he said wryly.

If we all had names to suit us, you’d be called Thorn in My Backside. Or Plague of the Gods.”I prickled at his scathing tone. “And you’d be Miserable Blockhead.”“Is that the best you can do?”“Give me time. I’m half frozen.

Stillness was a kind of violence in the hands of people who played at handing out pain.