75 Quotes by Laura Sebastian

Everything is the same, even though I am not.

I died the Queen of Peace, and peace died with me,” she says after a moment. “But you are the Queen of Flame and Fury, Theodosia, and you will set their world on fire.

No,” Heron says. “I mean you’re blind – you aren’t dead. You want to help, you want to save your people, then do it. You don’t have to lead an army to do that.

I didn’t want to live in fear that I would make a misstep and bring my entire life to ruin. I didn’t want to live where people whispered about me behind my back and made jokes at my expense. I wanted a home, not a lonely tower where I felt more ghost than human.

Because that’s how water works. The river flows, pushing against a stone, even as it knows it won’t move it. It doesn’t have to. Enough currents go by, over enough time, and even the strongest stone gives in. It might take a lifetime or more, but water doesn’t give up.

Your judgment is flawed.

There’s no grace to battle, no need for style. You only need to move faster and hit harder than your opponents. Dueling is more like a dance – you respect your partner, you understand them. It’s as much a chess match as a physical sport.

My mother was known as the Fire Queen, regal and strong. But I am the Ash Princess, a living joke.

I hear congratulations are in order, Father, on your nuptials,” he says with a grim smile before turning his attention to Cress. “And you, Lady Crescentia, have my deepest condolences.