Falling Kingdoms

Even paradise could become a prison if one had enough time to take notice of the walls.

Even in the darkest and most cruel person, there is still a kernel of good. And within the most perfect champion, there is darkness. The question is, will one give in to the dark or the light? It's something we decide with every choice we make, every day that we exist. What might not be evil to you could be evil to someone else. Knowing this makes us powerful even without magic.

You're the same as you were yesterday and the day before. Nothing has changed. Not really. Forget what troubles you. Regret nothing, but learn from any mistakes you make. Tomorrow will be a brighter day, I promise.

You must continue to believe with all your heart. Sometimes belief is all if takes to make something real.

Then his heart, now broken into a thousand pieces, slowly began to turn to ice.

Magic will find those with pure hearts, even when all seems lost.

Hate is such a strong emotion. Much more powerful than indifference. But those who burn with hate can also love just as intensely. Can't they? When you hate--or love--do you do so with all your heart? So much that it feels as if you might die from it?

I have stories. But stories are not facts.' 'I like stories. Love them, actually. Most of the time they're better than facts.

You must draw from that strength. You must increase it. And you must hold on to it because sometimes that small glimmer of inner strength is all that we have to help us press forward through the darkness.

The truth is only dangerous if it can inflict injury.

Love is stronger than anger. Love is stronger then hate-stronger than anything. Remember that.

Those who appeared to be victims were always the easiest to victimize.

But perhaps a heart takes experience and time to harden.

Follow you heart wherever it leads. Appreciate life, Cleo. It's a gift that can be stolen at any time.

That which one fears, one typically won't embrace with open arms.

Even in the darkest and most cruel person, there is still a kernel of good. And within the most perfect champion, there is also darkness. The question is, will one give in to the dark or the light?

My grief has burrowed into me like a dark thing that eats away at my life.

If you want something, you have to take it. Because nobody's ever going to give it to you. So we're going to take back what has been taken from us. Ad then we'l' create a better future for Paelsia. A better future for us all.

He said we'd become stars when we died watching over the ones we love. Now I watch the sky every night hoping to find him there.

Sometimes I feel as if I'm cursed. A slow, hungry curse that has worked its way across my entire life, stripping me of everything I love.

I guess I have a hard time believing in things I can't see.

Allow your heart to have faith no matter what. It's what will give you strength in troubled times.

So my happiness that you're safe is more powerful than any anger. Love is stronger than anger. Love is stronger than hate--stronger than anything. Remember that.

I've found rumors have much in common with feathers. It's rare that either holds much weight.

If you want something," Tomas had always said, "you have to take it. Because nobody's ever going to give it to you.

Sometimes you don't realize how strong you are until you're tested

I’m just trying to make sense of everything and finding that nothing at all makes sense.

I never said she was evil. Nor was she good. Even in the darkest and most cruel person, there is still a kernel of good. And within the most perfect champion, there is also darkness. The question is, will one give in to the dark or the light? It's something we decide with every choice we make, every day that we exist. What might not be evil to you could be evil to someone else. Knowing this makes us powerful even without magic.

Lies can make harsh truths less painful. But I believe pain is essential for growth.

...You need to think with your head, not only your heart." He couldn't help but snort softly at that. "You think I'm using my heart right now?" Brion rolled his eyes. "Yes. And in case there's any doubt, your heart is an idiot just like the rest of you...