Quotes from Daughter of the Pirate King

“I am me because I choose to be me. I am what I want. Some people say you have to find yourself. Not I. I believe we create ourselves to be what we want.”
― Tricia Levenseller, quote from Daughter of the Pirate King

“Everyone has something dark in their past. I suppose it's our job to overcome it. And if we can’t overcome it, then all we can do is make the most of it.”
― Tricia Levenseller, quote from Daughter of the Pirate King

“Oh, the ridiculous things one has to do when one is a pirate.”
― Tricia Levenseller, quote from Daughter of the Pirate King

“Lass, you've the face of an angel but the tongue of a snake.”
― Tricia Levenseller, quote from Daughter of the Pirate King

“I value other traits above an affinity for torture and power over those weaker than oneself. I value brilliant minds, honest souls, and those with long endurance. I forge relationships based on trust and mutual respect, not fear and control.”
― Tricia Levenseller, quote from Daughter of the Pirate King

“I live on the cusp of two worlds, trying desperately to fit into one.”
― Tricia Levenseller, quote from Daughter of the Pirate King

“If you’re sorry, that means you want forgiveness. Is that what you’re asking for? If you want forgiveness, that means you want to make things right. And if you want to make things right, that means that you don’t intend to put me in harm’s way again. So, if you are saying you’re sorry, I don’t think you understand what that entails.”
― Tricia Levenseller, quote from Daughter of the Pirate King

“I'm a pirate," I remind him.
"Yes. I just can't figure out if you're a good pirate or a really good pirate.”
― Tricia Levenseller, quote from Daughter of the Pirate King

“I am me because I choose to be me. I am what I want. Some people say you have to find yourself. Not I. I believe we create ourselves to be what we want. Any aspect of ourselves that we do not like can be altered if we make an effort.”
― Tricia Levenseller, quote from Daughter of the Pirate King

“Even a man who’s spent his whole life at sea has reason to fear her when she’s angry. But not I. I sleep soundly. Listening to her music. The sea watches over me. She protects her own.”
― Tricia Levenseller, quote from Daughter of the Pirate King

“Imagine that you traveled all over the world, looking for happiness, looking for thrills to pass the time. Imagine seeing everything there is to see and still not finding happiness. Well, that would give you a very bleak outlook on life, would it not?”
― Tricia Levenseller, quote from Daughter of the Pirate King

“Anyone ever tell you, you can't be hurt by something you don't believe in?"
Realization lights up Enwen's eyes. "That's why everything is out to get me.”
― Tricia Levenseller, quote from Daughter of the Pirate King

“Everyone has something dark in their past. I suppose it's our job to overcome it. And if we can't overcome it, then all we can do is make the most of it.”
― Tricia Levenseller, quote from Daughter of the Pirate King

“How can I be betrayed by someone who was never on my side to begin with? My”
― Tricia Levenseller, quote from Daughter of the Pirate King

“He wears his confidence as if it is merely another article of clothing upon his person.”
― Tricia Levenseller, quote from Daughter of the Pirate King

“Which means if I’m to keep up appearances, I’ll have to escape the ship. Then get caught on purpose. Oh, the ridiculous things one has to do when one is a pirate.”
― Tricia Levenseller, quote from Daughter of the Pirate King

“I am mostly human. But when I allow myself to use the gifts my mother gave me, I become something else. And it kills me a little inside each time I have to fight it back off.”
― Tricia Levenseller, quote from Daughter of the Pirate King

“Lass, you’ve the face of an angel but the tongue of a snake.” I”
― Tricia Levenseller, quote from Daughter of the Pirate King

“Everyone has something dark in their past. I suppose it's our job to overcome it. And if we can’t overcome it, then all we can do is make the most of it. * * *”
― Tricia Levenseller, quote from Daughter of the Pirate King

“Many can’t even grow hair on their chins.”
― Tricia Levenseller, quote from Daughter of the Pirate King

“Submissiveness. I try not to cringe as the word enters my mind. Horrid word, that one. But it is what I must be if this is to work. For my father, I’m willing to become everything that I hate.”
― Tricia Levenseller, quote from Daughter of the Pirate King

“When fancy strikes, a man gets this notion in his mind that everything a woman does is for him.”
― Tricia Levenseller, quote from Daughter of the Pirate King

“But by the end of today, it seems I will have lost my sense of safety, my secrecy, and my dignity.”
― Tricia Levenseller, quote from Daughter of the Pirate King

“I value brilliant minds, honest souls, and those with long endurance. I forge relationships based on trust and mutual respect, not fear and control.”
― Tricia Levenseller, quote from Daughter of the Pirate King

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