“The truth is what I make it. I could set this world on fire and call it rain.”
“Words can lie. See beyond them.”
“I told you to hide your heart once. You should have listened.”
“Flame and shadow. One cannot exist without the other.”
“If you know someone's fear, you know them.”
“In the fairy tales, the poor girl smiles when she becomes a princess. Right now, I don't know if I'll ever smile again.”
“The gods rule us still. They have come down from the stars. And they are no longer kind.”
“You should know the difference between secrets and lies.”
“What I need and what I want are two very different things.”
“There's nothing wrong with being different.”
“I see a world on the edge of a blade. Without balance, it will fall.”
“To look powerful is to be powerful.”
“I will never make the mistake of loving you ever again."
"So you choose him?"
That's all this ever was. Jealousy. Rivalry. All so shadow could defeat the flame.”
“It's our nature. We destroy. It's the constant of our kind. No matter the color of blood, man will always fall.”
“A lie will raise me up, and one day another lie will bring me down.”
“I'm a Red girl in a sea of Silvers and I can't afford to feel sorry for anyone, least of all the son of a snake.”
“I'll make the other scream for you, Mare, every last one. Not just your parents. Not just your siblings. But every single one like you. I'm going to find them, and they will die with you in their thoughts, knowing this is the fate you have brought them. I am the king and you could've been my Red Queen. Now you are nothing.”
“So you choose him?'
'Cal betrayed me, and I betrayed him. And you betrayed us both, in a thousand different ways.' The words are heavy as stone but right. So right. 'I choose no one.”
“There are worse lives to live. Don't feel sorry for me.”
“His lips are on mine, hard and warm and pressing. The touch is electrifying, but not like I'm used to. This isn't a spark of destruction, but a spark of life. As much as I want to pull away, I just can't do it. Cal is a cliff and I throw myself over the edge, not bothering to think of what it could do to us both. One day he'll realize I'm his enemy, and all this will be a far-gone memory. But not yet.”
“Red in the head, Silver in the heart”
“Many things led to this day, for all of us. A forgotten son, a vengeful mother, a brother with a long shadow, a strange mutation. Together, they've written a tragedy.”
“I can’t believe I didn’t see him for what he was from the beginning: a wolf in sheep’s clothing. And now I’m the sheep pretending to be a wolf.”
“Are you going to babysit me every day or just until I learn my way around?"
"What do you think?"
"Here's to a long and happy friendship, Officer Samos."
"Likewise, my lady."
"Don't call me that."
"Whatever you say, my lady.”
“This was the shadow controlling the flame.”
“You better hide that heart of yours, Lady Titanos. It won't lead you anywhere you want to go.”
“I'm an accident. I'm a lie. And my life depends on maintaining the illusion.”
“Mare?"
"Are you afraid, Maven?"
"I am. I'm afraid of failing. I'm afraid of letting this opportunity pass us by. And I'm afraid of what happens if nothing in this world ever changes. That scares me more than dying.”
“I shall have to believe even though I cannot understand”
“I'd storm heaven for you, if I knew where it was.”
“Self respect, Colie. If you don't have it, the world will walk all over you.”
“You served too long under Lord Vader, Captain. I Have no qualms about accepting a useful idea merely because it wasn't my own. My position and ego are not at stake here.”
“Scuse me, ’scuse me,” said a voice from beside him. He looked down this time at a dirty, half-scorched cat, who grinned at him. “Did that cat just speak?” asked the mayor. Maurice looked around. “Which one?” he said. “You! Did you just talk?” “Would you feel better if I said no?” said Maurice.”
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