Kiersten White, And I Darken Quotes
Lada made her face stone, her heart a mountain. A mountain that would never be pierced to let cold, clear water flow. “Nothing holds me here.
You once told me some lives are worth more than others. How many deaths before the scales tipout of our favor?”She had no answer.
If you are too weak to stand being hit and too stupid to avoid it, then you deserve more pain.
And so she cut out her heart and offered it as a sacrifice. She would pay whatever price her mother Wallachia demanded.“Make me prince, ” she said without feeling.
Lady's mouth tasted like blood and iron all the time now. It tasted like defeat.
Because I am in love with you. Because I cannot be around you for fear you will finally see what is written across my heart. Because the pain of you is one I cannot bear
The last time she was up here, she had been... staring up at the sky and dreaming of stars. Now, she looked down and plotted flames.
People respond to kindness. They trust a smile more than a promise that you will leave them choking on their own blood.
Fire burned in her heart, and her wounded soul spread out, casting a shadow like wings across her country.
I am yours, ” she whispered. The words cut like knives, barely out of her mouth before he stole them, sealing them with his own lips.
Religion was a means to an end. She had seen it wielded as a weapon. If she needed to use it, she would, but she would never allow herself to be used by it.
So the question becomes, Daughter of the Dragon, what will you sacrifice? What will you let be taken away so that you, too, can have power?
I cannot afford to lose you, too""You cannot lose something you do not own. Take me with you
