“I know you hate me. But don't let that make you stupid.”
― Rae Carson, quote from The Girl of Fire and Thorns
“From the mouths of the innocents flows truth.”
― Rae Carson, quote from The Girl of Fire and Thorns
“God's will. How many times have I heard someone declare their understanding of this thing I find so indefinable?”
― Rae Carson, quote from The Girl of Fire and Thorns
“The mind of God is a mystery and none can understand it.”
― Rae Carson, quote from The Girl of Fire and Thorns
“I loved and lost and survived.”
― Rae Carson, quote from The Girl of Fire and Thorns
“Sometimes it's best to let your opponent think he has control.”
― Rae Carson, quote from The Girl of Fire and Thorns
“He studies me thoughtfully. "You are a beautiful queen, Elisa," he says voice pitched low.
I never expected he would say such a thing. "A month or two of pastries will fix that," I say. Then I smile to show him I mean it flippantly.
His expression does not change. "Even then.”
― Rae Carson, quote from The Girl of Fire and Thorns
“Walking away from my desert companions feels like cutting off a limb. How does one say good-bye to an arm? One doesn't, I suppose. One pretends it isn't happening.”
― Rae Carson, quote from The Girl of Fire and Thorns
“I almost panic then. The pleasure-power feeling flees, replaced by humiliation. It's obvious my husband doesn't recognize his own wife. Yet even in this public place, he can't be bothered to hide his admiration for a woman that he finds attractive.
He used to stare at me so intently, like I was the only thing in the world. Have I changed so much? Or maybe that mesmerizing gaze was just a weapon in his arsenal of appeal. Maybe he never actually saw.
Anger carries me the remaining distance. He is the one who should feel grimy with shame, not me.”
― Rae Carson, quote from The Girl of Fire and Thorns
“He has the look of a mighty mind, whose thoughts spin hidden beneath the impassive surface.”
― Rae Carson, quote from The Girl of Fire and Thorns
“His Majesty, may he live forever and prosper greatly...
His Majesty, may sun finches warble sweet melodies in his ear...
His Majesty, may orchids bloom in the wake of his passing...
His Majesty, may minstrels compose epics at the sound of his glorious name...
His Majesty, may his magnificent sword shatter the breasts of his enemies...”
― Rae Carson, quote from The Girl of Fire and Thorns
“I knew someday you would realize your worth. Your worthiness.'
I shake my head. 'Oh Ximena, he was right to choose me but not becuase of my worth...You, Cosme, Hector...were already willing to be heroes. But I would have done nothing, become nothing, were it not for this thing inside me. So you see, God picked me becuase I was unworthy.”
― Rae Carson, quote from The Girl of Fire and Thorns
“I want to feel the victory of being desired by someone I once found desirable.”
― Rae Carson, quote from The Girl of Fire and Thorns
“Cosmé is in constant attendance. Though no one will take Aneaxi’s place, Cosmé is the most efficient maid I’ve ever had. I tell her so, frequently, and it gives me such a twist of pleasure to watch her react to praise from someone she despises. The Scriptura Sancta calls it “the fire of kindness.”
― Rae Carson, quote from The Girl of Fire and Thorns
“Even more than the cold, I’m frozen by the sadness in his beautiful eyes, deep and true. He squeezes them closed a moment and breathes deeply through his nose. Then, with one swift movement, he cups the back of my neck with a strong hand, pulls my head forward, and presses his lips to mine. He wastes precious moments kissing me, his tongue gliding across my lips, darting at my teeth. I open my mouth and kiss back just as eagerly.”
― Rae Carson, quote from The Girl of Fire and Thorns
“Gently, I reach forward and close her eyes with my fingertips, hoping it will make her seem merely asleep. But the stillness of sleep is nothing at all like the stillness of death.”
― Rae Carson, quote from The Girl of Fire and Thorns
“Has not God chosen those who are pained in this world to inherit his paradise? For it is through suffering we understand our need for his righteous right hand. Indeed, our spiritual needs outweigh our physical ones. Blessed be the name of God.”
― Rae Carson, quote from The Girl of Fire and Thorns
“You must not lose faith, child. No matter what. Do not doubt God or his choosing of you. He knows infinitely more than we can imagine.”
― Rae Carson, quote from The Girl of Fire and Thorns
“He doesn’t love me yet, but in this place of death, in this precious moment of shared relief, he holds me.”
― Rae Carson, quote from The Girl of Fire and Thorns
“I hadn't realized having ones life saved could be so humiliating.”
― Rae Carson, quote from The Girl of Fire and Thorns
“Thank you for lending me the use of your maid. I tragically lost my lady-in-waiting on our journey and found Cosme's presence such a comfort.”
― Rae Carson, quote from The Girl of Fire and Thorns
“Everyone has doubts. Pray through them,”
― Rae Carson, quote from The Girl of Fire and Thorns
“Do not doubt God or his choosing of you. He knows infinitely more than we can imagine.”
― Rae Carson, quote from The Girl of Fire and Thorns
“Hiding in relative comfort, I remember to be terrified.”
― Rae Carson, quote from The Girl of Fire and Thorns
“it gives me such a twist of pleasure to watch her react to praise from someone she despises. The Scriptura Sancta calls it “the fire of kindness.”
― Rae Carson, quote from The Girl of Fire and Thorns
“Yes!" Belen raises his fist in a victory gesture. "We shall save the world from Invierne with slings!”
― Rae Carson, quote from The Girl of Fire and Thorns
“I just hope His Majesty, may minstrels compose epics at the sound of his glorious name, will do as you say and give this land to its people.”
― Rae Carson, quote from The Girl of Fire and Thorns
“may sun finches warble sweet melodies in his ear,”
― Rae Carson, quote from The Girl of Fire and Thorns
Rae Carson
Born place: in The United States
Born date August 17, 1973
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“We carry the lives we've imagined as we carry the lives we have, and sometimes a reckoning comes of all the lives we have lost.”
― Helen Macdonald, quote from H is for Hawk
“Wilbur, as George Spratt once told Octave Chanute, was “always ready to oppose an idea expressed by anybody,” ready to “jump into an argument with both sleeves rolled up.” And as Wilbur himself would explain to Spratt, he believed in “a good scrap.” It brought out “new ways of looking at things,” helped “round off the corners.” It was characteristic of all his family, Wilbur said, to be able to see the weak points of anything.”
― David McCullough, quote from The Wright Brothers
“It isn’t really possible for men to understand how much the world doesn’t want women to be complete people. The most important thing a woman can be, in our society—more important, even, than honest or decent—is identifiable. Even when Libby’s evil—perhaps most of all when she’s evil—she’s easy to categorize, to stick to a board with a pin like some scientific specimen. Those men in Stillwater are terrified of her because being terrified lets them know who she is—it keeps them safe. Imagine how much harder it would be to say, yes, she’s a woman capable of terrible anger and violence, but she’s also someone who’s tried desperately to be a nurturer, to be a good and constructive human being. If you accept all that, if you allow that inside she’s not just one or the other, but both, what does that say about all the other women in town? How will you ever be able to tell what’s actually going on in their hearts—and heads? Life in the simple village would suddenly become immensely complicated. And so, to keep that from happening, they separate things. The normal, ordinary woman is defined as nurturing and loving, docile and compliant. Any female who defies that categorization must be so completely evil that she’s got to be feared, feared even more than the average criminal—she’s got to be invested with the powers of the Devil himself. A witch, they probably would have called her in the old days. Because she’s not just breaking the law, she’s defying the order of things.”
― Caleb Carr, quote from The Angel of Darkness
“Honor was never taking the easy way when it was also the wrong one. Never telling a falsehood unless the truth was painful and unnecessary, or a lie was necessary to save others. Never manipulating the truth to serve only yourself. Protecting the weak and helpless; standing fast even when fear made you weak. Keeping your word.”
― Mercedes Lackey, quote from Exile's Honor
“I think we should begin with a little exercise to flex our writing muscles,’ Martha said, speaking very slowly as if she was on prescription drugs but I think it was just her way of trying to communicate with people less intelligent than she thought she was.”
― Kate Atkinson, quote from Emotionally Weird
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