Quotes About Legacy

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One is roots the other, wings.

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.

Farewell, Father," she said. He fell back upon his chair, choking. She laughed, not with mirth or even mockery, but something that was closer to a sob. "You crafted me so sharp, I cut even myself.

You sure you want to cross me?" In that moment she's her father's daughter.

Downstairs, Grandad's warning Barron about something. His voice swells, and I catch the words, "In my day we were feared. Now we're just afraid.

You are nothing. You barely exist at all. Your only purpose is to create more of your kind before you die. He's wrong about me. I am going to make my mayfly life count for something. I won't be afraid of him or of Prince Dain's censure. If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse. -Pg. 210

Love was a family religion, passed down to her when she'd been too young to protect herself from belief.

Prince Oak, heir to Elfhame. Son of the traitorous Grand General and brother to the mortal High Queen. Oak, to whom I was once promised in marriage. Who had once been my friend, although he doesn't seem to remember it.

He will be the destruction of the crown and the ruination of the throne.

You will make an interesting High King,' I tell him. He looks alarmed. 'I most definitely will not. The Folk adore Cardan and they're terrified of my sister, two excellent things. I hope they rule Elfhame for a thousand years and then pass it down to one of a dozen offspring. No need for me to be involved.

Only out of his spilled blood can a great ruler rise.

I have often wondered if my past is the reason I am the way I am, if it has made me monstrous. If so, will I make a monster out of him"?

Hole in the head, hole in the heart, or hole in the pocket. The Hall family curse.

But for one final night, he's the father I remember best, the one in whose shadow I have -- for better or for worse -- become who I am.

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People remember the Enemy of Death," said Alma. "But they forget the man who made him who he was.

But for one final night, he's the father I remember best, the one in whose shadow I have- for better or worse- become what I am.

I have often wondered if my past is the reason I am the way I am, if it has made me monstrous. If so, will I make a monster out of him?

It's important that we learn the lessons our mother didn't.

He doesn't die very differently than mortals, although I am sure it would gall him to know that.

Sabes lo que significa «mortal»? Significa «nacido para morir». Significa «aquel que merece la muerte». Eso es lo que eres, eso es lo que te define: la muerte.

He made me into a story, and now I am going to make a story out of someone else

Father, I am what you made me. I've become your daughter after all.

Our lives are the only real thing we have, our only coin. We get to buy what we want with them