337 Quotes by Kristin Cashore

I forgive myself... today I forgive myself.

If I’d been trying to kill him, he’d be dead.

Danzhol. The one with the marriage proposal and the objections to the town charter in central Monsea. “Bacon,” Bitterblue muttered. “Bacon!” she repeated, then carefully made her way up the spiral stairs.

Living is too hard right now. Dying is easy. Let me die.

Great! He has indigestion, so let’s torture him with cake.

And what was it about the dark that made her question things she’d never questioned before, in the day.

You can’t help whom you love, Lady. Nor can you know what it’s liable to cause you to do.

Some people had too much power and too much cruelty to live. Some people were too horrible, no matter if you loved them; no matter that you had to make yourself terrible too, in order to stop them. Some things just had to be done. I forgive myself, thought Fire. Today, I forgive myself.

His last thought was that it hadn’t been stupidity that had allowed his son to enchant him so easily with words. It had been love.