Quotes from Cinda Williams Chima

That—that's a Carthian sun dragon," he said, shooting a look at Strangward. "Isn't it?" Strangward nodded. "But . . . it is my understanding that dragons are not real," Botetort said. Strangward looked from the dragon to Botetort. "I assure you, this dragon is absolutely real. Touch it if you like.

It's not just the real, but the perspective of real that counts. If people perceive you as weak, then you are weak, even if it's a survival strategy.

He wasn't proud or arrogant, but there was a self-confidence about him that said he knew what he wanted and he was going to get it, and you'd better not get in his way.

There was something savage and elemental and feral in him. The fact that he was a savant only added to the intrigue. I always go for the dangerous boys, Leesha thought.

As if he'd guessed her thoughts, Micah said, "I've risked everything for you." His eyes spoke more than he said aloud.

There was no fair way to compare what had been with what might have been. He just had to find a way forward.

Han struggled to remember Master Leontus's lectures on healing, the recitations he'd drowsed through. I'll never have need of that, Han had thought. I'm being trained to kill people, not heal them. He'd thought everyone he'd ever want to heal was already dead. He'd been wrong.

How loud did the music have to be to drown out her thoughts?

Cat scowled at him. 'Why would I say anything about you? You think the whole world's sniffing your butt?

They fought for glory, but not for blood.

Courage wasn't lack of fear - it was doing what needed doing in the face of it.

Love makes you vulnerable, Raisa thought. And yet she'd always hoped for it

I'm beginning to realize that revenge is never as satisfying as you think it will be.

He'd always found that he learned more if he kept quiet.

Do you think I'm stupid? Only a fool would use a fast-acting poison on a target with a taster. The taster goes down before the king gets it into his system." Lila blinked at him, as if surprised by this display of logic.

We don't protect them because they're weak. We protect them because they are strong, and strong people make enemies.

I . . . what do you mean? I don't know any Angelique." Catherine stared at him in surprise. "Why, Garren, of course you know Angelique, the clerk in my shop in Whitehall?" Garren planted both hands on the table and pushed to his feet. "Let's go. This is a waste of time." "It says . . ." The seer frowned, as if trying to make out a hazy script. "It says, 'I'm not going to sleep with you anymore, you faithless bastard.

Maybe none of my opponents ever gave me flowers before," she mumbled.

We may be poor, but at least we've always been honest." Something broke inside Han, and when he opened his mouth the words came spilling out. "We're

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

We're all dangerous in our own way, I guess.

Whoever put steak and kidneys together in a pie made a serious error in judgment. — Nick Snowbeard

The things you don't like talking about would fill a library." "That's the kind of life I've had, all right?

Road trip?" "I'm going to dig up some dead relatives," she went on, "and ask them where the family money is.