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...alone is such a nebulous state when one is queen.

Do you want to get married someday?" he persists. And never have anything of my own? "Lord, no. [...]

Every place there's people, there's badness.

His gaze drops to my lips. "I shouldn't do this--" "You really should." And I close the distance between us.

His Majesty, may he live forever and prosper greatly... His Majesty, may sun finches warble sweet melodies in his ear... His Majesty, may orchids bloom in the wake of his passing... His Majesty, may minstrels compose epics at the sound of his glorious name... His Majesty, may his magnificent sword shatter the breasts of his enemies...

Hope. Such a dangerous thing.

I don't care if it's Twilight or Fifty Shades or War and Peace; never let someone make you ashamed of what you love to read.

I hadn't realized having ones life saved could be so humiliating.

I loved and lost and survived.

Thank you, friend, the little blue droid called to him. You may have saved the galaxy today. I will never forget you.

It's nice to consider that God may not count imperfection as an obstacle to working out his will in the world.

It's possible I've been through too much, lost too much. War damages different people in different ways; Hector taught me that. King Alejandro became spineless and incapable. His father before him was rash and unpredictable, if I'm to believe court gossip. Perhaps this is my damage. Maybe I am numb to fear because I am broken.

. . . it's probably been a year or more since I've had beef." - Jacián

It's the easiest thing in the world to get to California-you just aim yourself west and start walking.

I want to feel the victory of being desired by someone I once found desirable.

Men can be relentless," she agrees, "when they think a woman belongs to them.

My home is not a place; it's people.

My supposed destiny can drown itself in the deepest part of the sea. Along with everyone else's plans for me.

One thing I have learned from many years of watching my father is that some people, the best ones, are motivated more by the chance to prove themselves than by a command to serve. It is the work itself that calls them onward, especially if they believe they are the only ones who can do it.

Painting the enemy as being as inhuman as possible is a great way to win a war.

Peace is such hard work. Harder than war. It takes way more effort to forgive than to kill.

Reading can only take you so far, up to the moment where you must take action with your own hands

Sometimes it's best to let your opponent think he has control.

The mind of God is a mystery and none can understand it.

The people around me gasp in recognition of the seal.

There's not a place in the whole world where everyone isn't willing--no, eager--to give a girl up to a man.

Walking away from my desert companions feels like cutting off a limb. How does one say good-bye to an arm? One doesn't, I suppose. One pretends it isn't happening.

Well, we'll have no more of such foolishness," I say harshly, to cover the wavering in my voice. "We're getting married, and that's that.

When the rain finally abates, I decide to wait out the night instead of trying to climb in the dark.

You look beautiful," Alodia says. I startle at the compliment. Then I smile. "I’m beautiful to the one person who matters." She nods. "Hector’s mouth is going to drop open when he sees you.” “I hope so. But I meant me. I’m beautiful to me.