Quotes from Cinda Williams Chima

You don't have to come with me," Ash said. "I only brought you along because you're good with a knife. And got us the uniforms. And the explosives." Lila snorted. "Sorry I'm not pulling my weight.

Truth be told, Raisa had no intention of marrying anyone any time soon. Her mother was young—she would rule for many years yet, so there was no need to rush into the confinement of marriage.

I can't make you, Rebecca, but you'll probably feel better if you eat.

Even if the job you're assigned is not to your liking, a Matelon will see it done.

she'd learned not to ask every question that cane to mind, knowing some things would be understood in their own time

Sometimes a dream is enough.

Emma was horrified and transfixed at the same time. She was watching Jonah Kinlock doing what he did best. There was a certain macabre beauty in watching form and function wedded together. In Jonah's case, a dance of beauty and death.

I always say yes to the man with the sword.

She might be building a house around a single brick, but this brick was all she had.

I thought I could play at love...But I've found out I'm not made that way...I can't play this game if my heart's not in it.

Friendship didn't mean much if it was inflicted.

You don't have to understand, you just have to survive.

She was supposed to be writing an essay on how geography had shaped the great battles of the past, but she was having trouble concentrating. In fact, all she'd managed so far was a title. "How Geography Has Shaped the Great Battles of the Past.

There needed to be places like this - places to read and write and study and argue and debate with all different kinds of people and not to have to look over your shoulder all the time. Places where the desire for knowledge overwhelmed boundaries and differences.

I'm not going to let you hit me anymore," Han said quietly. "I've already had one beating today. That's enough.

We can't rely on magic to win the day.

Nah," Han said, falling into his old habit of making a bad situation worse.

You can't give evil free reign because you're afraid to confront it.

You can't assume that because you have plenty to eat that everyone does.

Don't pick a fight you can't win.

Leesha knew from experience that when parents don't parent, kids grow up fast.

I wish I believed in something, Madison thought. I wish I belonged somewhere.

It's easy to die, Mageling . . . It's staying alive that's hard work.

I didn't do anything," Han complained, the refrain of his entire life.