Cinda Williams Chima Quotes

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Dreams Sleep Warrior

But maybe it's better to go after something, and not get it, than to not even try.

Cinda Williams Chima

Trying

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Han spotted a child‟s homespun dolly in the ditch, pressed into the mud. He reined in, meaning to climb down and fetch it so he could clean it up for his little sister. Then he remembered that Mari was dead and had no need of dollies anymore. Grief was like that. It gradually faded into a dull ache, until some simple sight or sound or scent hit him like a hammer blow.

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Children, Grief, Blow

Cinda Williams Chima (2011). “The Exiled Queen (The Seven Realms Series, Book 2)”, p.12, HarperCollins UK

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Nobody's going to hand you anything. You don't get what you don't go after.

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Hands

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Ellen could have killed me," Jack said quietly, "but she didn't. She saved my life." "How come?" Fitch demanded. "After all this?" Ellen turned scarlet and stared at the ground. "Maybe none of my opponents ever gave me flowers before," she mumbled.

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Flower, Opponents, Said

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Just remember who you are... The world will try to change you into someone else. Don't let them. That's the best advice anyone can give you.

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Giving, Advice, Trying

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Will you give the girl to me?" she said. "Will you let me try?" He nodded, dizzy with relief. "Please, Willo. Please. Save her. It doesn't matter...what happens to me.

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Girl, Giving, Trying

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And, like a fool, she kissed him back. Kissed him a way that would leave no doubt about the way she felt about him. Kissed him because she knew the chances were slim she'd have very many kisses like that in her lifetime. Which is a sad thing when you're only seventeen.

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Kissing, Doubt, Slim

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Weird is good, strange is bad.

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Strange

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We may all end up dead, but we're sticking it to them in the meantime.

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May, Sticking It, Ends

Cinda Williams Chima (2011). “The Wizard Heir”, p.303, Hachette UK

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If you want to be a writer, you must be in love with the process of writing, whether you achieve financial success or not.

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Writing, Want, Financial

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He swept Raisa up into his arms and kissed her like it was his first, last, and only

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Arms, Lasts, Firsts

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Han made no effort to put up a brave front. Most of the time he just screamed himself hoarse, though a couple of times he amused himself by screaming Fionas's name as if he were in the throes of passion. FEEE-OHHH-NAAA! Lord Bayar made him pay for that, but afterward, Fiona didn't come down anymore, which Han appreciated.

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Couple, Passion, Names

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Plus he was naturally lucky at cards. As Mam had always said, lucky at cards, or lucky at life. One or the other. Not both.

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Lucky, Cards, Said

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Well, I believe she went in to rescue some Raggers from the pits,” Cuffs said. “She wasn’t all that specific.” “She went in to rescue — why would she do that?” Amon gripped the ironwork, studying the streetlord’s face. Was he lying? And if so, what was the purpose? “Guess she’s kind of taken with us,” Cuffs said. “You know, the glamor of the gang life and all. Getting beat up every other day, arrested for crimes you didn’t commit, long nights in gaol, sleeping in the cold and wet. It’s...seductive.” He raised an eyebrow.

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Lying, Believe, Taken

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The bluejacket girlie rode like a clan warrior, but there was no way she'd escape. It was a private life-and-death contest that had nothing to do with him. He told himself he should ride on, grateful that the chase would keep them occupied while he took a different path. But what had he told Rebecca when she'd asked what he meant to do when he returned to the Fells? 'I'm tired of people in power picking on the weak. I'm going to help them.

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Grateful, Tired, Warrior

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For Hanalea the Warrior!

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Warrior

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Admit nothing - that was his first rule. Appeal to logic - second rule. Delay the inevitable - third rule.

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Delay, Firsts, Logic

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But it's not enough to know right from wrong. You need the strength to do what's right, even when what you want most in the world is the wrong thing.

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Life, Needs, World

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That's what happens when you love someone... you notice and notice and notice.

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When You Love Someone, Love Someone, Happens

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Do not forget duty. But choose love when you can.

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Forget, Duty

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There's something about a roof isn't there? It makes you feel like it doesn't matter what's going on below. All of those things that get in the way of your dreams - you're above them. Anything is possible.

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Dream, Matter, Way

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I like rough edges. That's what makes a person real.

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Real, Rough Edges, Persons

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

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Gone

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I have to think it's possible to suffer a great wrong and walk away from it. To build a life of small, exquisitely important moments.

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Thinking, Suffering, Important

Cinda Williams Chima (2011). “The Wizard Heir”, p.280, Hachette UK

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You do not respond to an attempt on your life with a slap on the hand. Or a joke.

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Hands, Slap, Jokes

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