337 Quotes by Kristin Cashore

Have you ridden over anyone you shouldn’t?

I’ve heard you could kill a man with the nail of your smallest finger.” She smiled. “Yes, Lord Prince.” “Does it make it easier?” She squinted at his form hunched in the saddle. “I don’t understand you.” “To have beautiful eyes. Does it lighten the burden of your Grace, to know you have beautiful eyes?” She laughed. “No, Lord Prince. I’d happily do without both.

There’s no shame in crawling when one can’t walk.

Katsa turned to Po with tears in her eyes. ‘He’ll be so angry.’ ‘He won’t stay angry forever.’ ‘Won’t he?’ she said. ‘People do sometimes.’ ‘Do they?’ he said. ‘Reasonable people? I hope that’s not true.’ Katsa gave him a funny look, but didn’t answer. Resumed hugging herself and kicking things.

When I stopped fighting all the things around me, all the things around me started to come together. All the activity, and the landscape, and the ground and the sky, and even people’s thoughts. Everything’s trying to form one picture. And I can feel my place in it like I couldn’t before.

And she would protect him as fiercely, if it were ever his need- if a fight ever became too much for him or if he needed shelter, or food, or a fire in the rain. Or anything she could provide. She would protect him from anything.

As she left the room, Po went to Katsa, pulled her up, sat himself in her chair, and drew her into his lap. Shushing her, he rocked her, the two of them holding on to each other as if it were the only thing keeping the world from bursting apart.

We are not made of money.

The girl entered the room, not looking at Fire, glaring mutinously at the feather duster in her own hand. Still, at least she had come. Some of them scurried away, pretending not to hear.