Quotes from The Mirror King

Jodi Meadows ·  531 pages

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“Reasons we should get married:
Because I love you.
We both look good in black boots.
I spent some time without you, and I didn’t like it.
You make me happy.
I make you laugh.
I like the way you fight.
You see through my masks.
I really love you.
You love me, too. (Though you’ve mostly said this while yelling, so perhaps I should have double-checked.)
Army of tiny vigilantes. (I have name ideas.)
Various political reasons that make sense but don’t fit with the theme of this list.
I’m holding your handwriting hostage. You can have it back when you say yes.”
― Jodi Meadows, quote from The Mirror King


“No matter the masks we wear, we always end up together.”
― Jodi Meadows, quote from The Mirror King


“Mirrors are both truth-speakers and liars.”
― Jodi Meadows, quote from The Mirror King


“There's this truth about mirrors. It's inescapable. But they can lie, too. They can distort the truth, even hide the truth. They create illusion.”
― Jodi Meadows, quote from The Mirror King


“Sometimes we hate others for the things we hate in ourselves”
― Jodi Meadows, quote from The Mirror King



“Do you know how hard it is to climb over a roof while wearing a gown?"
A sly smile welled up in the corner of his mouth. "None of the court ladies will loan me a gown to try.”
― Jodi Meadows, quote from The Mirror King


“I'm not trying to rescue you, but I am trying to help you succeed. There's a difference.”
― Jodi Meadows, quote from The Mirror King


“The prince's blood was on my hands.”
― Jodi Meadows, quote from The Mirror King


“The best mask is a face no one will remember”
― Jodi Meadows, quote from The Mirror King


“You don’t know what I am, anymore. You cannot fathom what I’ve endured. Don’t imagine you’ve tamed me.”
― Jodi Meadows, quote from The Mirror King



“Not even the strongest could defend against everything. Not forever.”
― Jodi Meadows, quote from The Mirror King


“Imagine what could happen if we stopped fighting each other and started fighting our enemies. You and me together.”
― Jodi Meadows, quote from The Mirror King


“Maybe my descendants will make better choices where I failed."

"Your descendants? Are you planning on having a lot of descendants?"

"One day I'd like a whole army of tiny vigilantes."

"A worthy goal.”
― Jodi Meadows, quote from The Mirror King


“He smiles now, in spite of everything." She hesitated and dropped her voice. "He smiles at you.”
― Jodi Meadows, quote from The Mirror King


“It isn't easy to trust or be close to someone when the person I love won't even follow his own heart.”
― Jodi Meadows, quote from The Mirror King



“Fear doesn't excuse a hundred years of oppression and abuse.”
― Jodi Meadows, quote from The Mirror King


“Would dream-me threaten to split you from stomach to sternum only a day after healing you from a similar injury?"
He gave a soft snort. "Yes. Absolutely.”
― Jodi Meadows, quote from The Mirror King


“Now the words are on paper and I can't take them back. Sometimes I hate ink. Its so permanent.”
― Jodi Meadows, quote from The Mirror King


“Sometimes we hate others for the things we hate in ourselves.” He”
― Jodi Meadows, quote from The Mirror King


“It is human nature to avoid what makes us uncomfortable.”
― Jodi Meadows, quote from The Mirror King



“I do trust you." I bumped my elbow against his, a pathetic attempt at levity, but he caught me, turned me, and held me in place. We stood dangerously close. "It's myself I don't always trust," I whispered.

"That's strange." He released my arm and took a step backward. "I trust you, but I don't always trust myself.”
― Jodi Meadows, quote from The Mirror King


“Yours is the face that matters most. So yours is the one I wear. My unconscious reflection of you.”
― Jodi Meadows, quote from The Mirror King


“If you think that trusting someone—allowing them to help you by performing their own duties honorably—somehow makes you less, then it might be time to reexamine yourself. Start asking why you need to do everything. How can you really be close to someone if you never let them in?” “Forgive”
― Jodi Meadows, quote from The Mirror King


“Mirrors are both truth-speakers and liars: a contradiction made of glass and shiny backing.”
― Jodi Meadows, quote from The Mirror King


“I hugged both of them. Melanie for the friends we'd lost. And James for the hope he still carried.”
― Jodi Meadows, quote from The Mirror King



“There’s this truth about mirrors. It’s inescapable. But they can lie, too. They can distort the truth, even hide the truth. They create illusion.” Like”
― Jodi Meadows, quote from The Mirror King


“I miss it," she said. "That certainty of knowing we were right and we would take bake our kingdom because of our rightness - that was comforting. Now everything seems so gray.”
― Jodi Meadows, quote from The Mirror King


“But the Indigo Kingdom conquered Aecor during the One-Night War. It belongs to me, and to my uncle, as much as I want you to have your kingdom, we both must wait."
"Until when? Until the barrier is built? Until the wraith has flooded the Indigo Valley? Until there is nowhere to go but Aecor? I imagine my kingdom will be very useful to you then.”
― Jodi Meadows, quote from The Mirror King


About the author

Jodi Meadows
Born place: in Austin, The United States
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