The Glittering Court

That easy, confident grin returned. “Don’t worry, it’s easily forgotten.” “Well,” I said huffily, “it shouldn’t be that easily forgotten.” “Would you like it better if I say I’ll eventually forget it but not without a great deal of struggle and torment?” “Yes.” “Done.

We’re all in charge of our own lives—and we have to live with the consequences of the choices we make.

Do you think my being someone else's wife will change anything? Don't you know that I'd lie with you in the groves, under the light of the moon? That I'd defy the laws of gods and men for you?

Bad things are always going to happen,” my father had told me in his last year. “There’s no way to avoid that. Our control comes in how we face them. Do we let them crush us, making us despondent? Do we face them unflinchingly and endure the pain? Do we outsmart them?

Mister Thorn, something tells me you could sell salvation to a priest.

Bad things are always going to happen. There’s no way to avoid that. Our control comes in how we face them. Do we let them crush us, making us despondent? Do we face the unflinchingly and endure the pain? Do we outsmart them?

We’re all in charge of our own lives—and we have to live with the consequences of the choices we make.” Those

I agree. I certainly like your mouth

For a moment, all I could think of was my cousin Peter. He was twice my age—and married. By the rules of decent, he would be the one to inherit the Rothford title if I died without children. Whenever he was in town, he'd stop by and ask how I was feeling

I realized then that I was taking the first approach to this "bad thing" with Lionel: I was letting it crush me. And so, I decided then and there that I would choose the nobler, unflinching approach. I would endure the pain.

I'd never really planned on stealing someone else's life.

Don't you know that I'd lie with you in the groves, under the light of the moon? That I'd defy the laws of gods and men for you?

You're too strong, too opinionated, to just let yourself go with the first offer. You deserve more. You deserve to have them lined up in front of you.

I certainly like your mouth." --Cedric