Quotes from Cinda Williams Chima

What kind of love would drive a man for miles through solid rock?

Crow walked toward her, arms outstretched like a man in a dream, which he was, in a way. Sometimes a dream is enough.

I'd rather have a go at life, so there's something to talk about once we're gone.

I have to think it's possible to suffer a great wrong and walk away from it. To build a life of small, exquisitely important moments.

He keeps this up, he's bound to be caught, she thought. And this time they'll dangle him for certain.

I have lost everything, Han thought. Then he corrected himself. Every time I think I've lost everything, I find there's still something else to lose.

The time will come when you will be forced to make a choice," Hanalea said. "When that time comes, choose love.

That's what happens when you love someone... you notice and notice and notice.

If you want to be a writer, you must be in love with the process of writing, whether you achieve financial success or not.

A vocation is not something you slap on, like a coat of paint, and change whenever you want. A vocation is built into you. You have no choice. If you try to do something else, you fail.

But it's not enough to know right from wrong. You need the strength to do what's right, even when what you want most in the world is the wrong thing.

Weird is good, strange is bad.

He's not lazy. He's just highly inefficient.

But it's not enough to know right from wrong. You need the strength to do what's right, even when what you want most in the world is the wrong thing.

Ellen could have killed me," Jack said quietly, "but she didn't. She saved my life." "How come?" Fitch demanded. "After all this?" Ellen turned scarlet and stared at the ground. "Maybe none of my opponents ever gave me flowers before," she mumbled.

Falling in love was like falling off a cliff. It felt pretty much like flying until you hit the ground.

Just remember who you are... The world will try to change you into someone else. Don't let them. That's the best advice anyone can give you.

Nobody's going to hand you anything. You don't get what you don't go after.

Don't expect much and you won't be disappointed.

She had never felt more alive than when she lay dying in Han Alister's arms.

The time will come when you will be forced to make a choice," Hanalea said. "When that time comes, choose love.

And it's not just a matter of you hurting me. I will hurt you too, even if I don't want to, I'm not the girl you think I am. And you will remember this conversation , and wish that you'd listened to me.

I have lost everything, Han thought. Then he corrected himself. Every time I think I've lost everything, I find there's still something else to lose.

Crow walked toward her, arms outstretched like a man in a dream, which he was, in a way. Sometimes a dream is enough.