337 Quotes by Kristin Cashore

She wanted to cause him pain for taking a place in her heart she wouldn’t have given him if she’d known the truth.

Mercy was more frightening than murder, because it was harder.

She would like to restrain from cruelty and receive no admiration for it.

They seemed no closer to the tops of the peaks that rose before them. It was only by looking back, to the forest far below, that she knew they’d climbed.

It’s as if when I open myself up to every perception, things create their own focus.

Kasta looked from one of them to the other, the two of them shaking hands, understanding each other’s concern. She didn’t see where Giddon came off feeling insulted. She didn’t see how Giddon had any place in it at all. Who were they, to take her fight away from her and turn it into some sort of understanding between themselves? She would knock his nose from his face. She would thump them both, and she would apologise to neither.

And you may blame me for your feelings, but it isn’t fair to blame me for how you’ve chosen to behave.

Los amigos no te mienten. Los amigos intentan comprenderte.

I’m suspicious of the notion of a single book that would benefit everyone to read.