Cinda Williams Chima Quotes - Page 2

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• Well now, Jack," Hastings said from the sidelines. "I'm afraid you've been beheaded. Not a good start." He sounded amused.

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  Said, Sidelines, Wells

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• Commander! Sir! Wake up!" Jack surfaced from sleep, wondering who the commander was and wishing he'd respond so he could go back to sleep - until he remembered that he was the commander.

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  Sleep, Wish, Wake Up

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

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  Forget, Duty

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• He would find a way to make it work, because he finally understood that sometimes you have to raise your expectations. And sometimes you need to make a claim on the world and the people you love to get what you most desire

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  People, Expectations, Desire

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• One more thing: Linda, can you get to Canterbury and take over my Chaucerian Society? They're at Dovecote Hostelry in the old city. We're visiting all the scenes of the great murders. Tomorrow they want to see where Becket was killed. They're a bloodthirsty lot, it seems.

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  Cities, Want, Tomorrow

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• Just tell me you don't love me, and I'll let the matter drop." "What?" "What I said. Just say, 'Rai, I don't love you and I never will'. It's that simple." "Raisa, this is getting us nowhere." "Say it!

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  Love You, Simple, Matter

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• Why aren't you dead?" Will demanded.

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• Fitch is on his way. He's coming after he blows up some wizards.

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  Blow, Wizards, Way

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• Hope is a dangerous thing, Raisa thought. Once kindled, it's hard to put out. It makes wise people into fools.

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  Wise, People, Fool

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• I live in the present because the future is always chancy. When it comes to being with you, I'm willing to take the risk.

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  Risk, Live In The Present, Willing

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• (A)ny time you buy weapons, or build an army, you begin to look for an excuse to use them. Plus, you pose more of a threat to others.

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  Army, Use, Weapons

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• So you questioned him?" Raisa prompted. "What did he say for himself?" "Well, the first thing Gillen does is steal his purse and beat him with a club." Amon said.

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  Doe, Clubs, Purses

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• Raisa felt relieved, yet oddly disappointed. She was the blooded princess heir, yet in servants' clothes she was apparently unrecognizable. In the stories, rulers had a natural presence about them that identified them as such, even dressed in rags. What's the nature of royalty, she wondered. Is it like a gown you put on that disappears when you take it off? Does anyone look beyond the finery? Could anyone in the queendom take her place, given the right accessories? If so, it was contrary to everything she'd ever been taught about bloodlines.

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  Princess, Clothes, Rags

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• I've found it wise to enjoy any time of truce, while recognizing it for what it is. A truce.

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  Wise, Found, Enjoy

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• Crow paced back and forth, his form flickering like flame. "It's been a thousand years, Alister. I never intended for anyone to find it, so it's very well protected. One little misstep, and you and my line will be history." "Since when are you so concerned about your line?" Han said. Crow stared at him for a long moment. "Since I found out I had one.

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  Flames, Years, Long

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• As for my family, my father was Danel; he died as a mercenary in the southern wars," Han went on. "My mother's name was Sarah, called Sali, and my sister was Mari. They died last summer. But then, you already knew that. Every time you forget, I'll remind you. That's the blood sacrifice I made to be here, and that's enough.

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  Summer, Mother, Father

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• The next chamber is full of songbirds, if I remember right. Their music is like turtleweed. It will put you to sleep if you listen to it. They sleep most of the time, so the best thing is to pass through without waking them up. If they do awaken, then you must sing loud enough to drown out their music." "Great," Han said. "Whose idea was that?" "It seemed like a good idea at the time," Crow said. "I was an excellent singer.

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  Sleep, Ideas, Bird

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• Oh, I am getting married," Raisa said sleepily. "You promised me that if I agreed to marry you, that you would make it happen." She extended her hand, the one with the ring Han had given her, and waved it under his nose. "So. It's time to pay up.

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  Hands, Noses, Pay

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• She padded toward Han, barefoot, like a faerie startled out of a forest bower, bewitching mix of clan and flatland beauty.

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  Forests, Clans, Barefoot

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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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• They were like two pieces of a failed star, drawn together by a shared history and a memory of illicit kisses.

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  Stars, Memories, Kissing

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• He expects nothing, she thought, because he's never had anything. And nothing was expected of him. He was free in a way she never would be.

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  Would Be, Way, Expect Nothing

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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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• You didn't have to go to the fireworks with him. Or - or let him fondle you." "Fondle?" Raisa raised her eyebrows, "When did I mention fondling?

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  Eyebrows, Fireworks, Raised

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• Whoa, Rebecca," Talia said smiling even wider, "Walking on the wild side, are we?" Raisa seemed to think the situation needed more explaining. "He - uh - I'm tutoring him." "She is," Han said solemnly. "She's very good. I'm learning a lot." Pearlie snickered. "What's she teaching you?" "Well," Han said, "we're jumping around a lot.

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  Teaching, Thinking, Jumping

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