Kristin Cashore Quotes - Page 3

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• She didn't want to go far, just out of the trees so she could see the stars. They always eased her loneliness. She thought of them as beautiful creatures, burning and cold; each solitary, and bleak, and silent like her.

  Kristin Cashore

  Beautiful, Stars, Loneliness

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• I was doing science," Giddon said. "He threw a bean." "I was testing the impact of a bean upon water," Bann said. "That's not even a real thing." "Perhaps I'll test the impact of a bean upon your beautiful white shirt.

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  Beautiful, Real, Impact

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• I push everyone I love away." He shrugged. "I don't mind you pushing me away if it means you love me, little sister.

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  Mean, Little Sister, Mind

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Fire”, p.154, Hachette UK

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• How unjust then to meet that person you love, and be kept away from them only because ones bed is made of hay , and the other, feathers.

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  Bed, Hay, Unjust

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• That was a perfectly reasonable explanation," she said grumpily. "Perhaps my advisers don't lie to me." "Isn't that what you'd want?" asked Giddon. "Well, yes, but it doesn't elucidate my puzzle!" "If I may say so, Lady Queen," said Giddon, "it's not always easy to follow your conversation." "Oh, Giddon," she said, sighing. "If it's any comfort, I don't follow it either.

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  Queens, Lying, Comfort

  Kristin Cashore (2012). “Bitterblue”, p.87, Penguin

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• The fellow who tends the greenhouse gardens? Trust me, Lady, you'd let him stake your tomatoes.

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  Garden, Tomatoes, Trust Me

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Fire”, p.108, Penguin

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• It was a strange monster, for beneath its exterior it was frightened and sickened by its own violence. It chastised itself for its savagery. And sometimes it had no heart for violence and rebelled against it utterly.

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  Heart, Monsters, Violence

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Graceling”, p.137, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• He leaned heavily on the desk now, as if danger had strengthened him before and its lack now made him weak.

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  Weak, Danger, Made

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Graceling”, p.134, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Some people had too much power and too much cruelty to live. Some people were too horrible, no matter if you loved them; no matter that you had to make yourself terrible too, in order to stop them. Some things just had to be done. I forgive myself, thought Fire. Today, I forgive myself.

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  Fire, Order, People

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• Art glows with faith even in its weakest parts. At every moment, writing is an act of self-confidence – the sheerest, most determined, most stubborn self-belief. You CAN have faith and doubt at the same time; the most insecure writer on the planet has faith that shines just as bright as her doubt, and she deserves props for that. It might be hidden deep, she might not feel it and you might not see it, but it’s in there, or she wouldn’t be able to write.

  Kristin Cashore

  Art, Writing, Insecure

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• She wanted to cause him pain for taking a place in her heart she wouldn't have given him if she'd known the truth.

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  Pain, Heart, Causes

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Graceling”, p.146, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Tess had said that the river was liable to wash the palace and the city and the whole kingdom off the rocks, and then there would finally be peace in the world. "Peace in the world," Brigan repeated musingly when Fire told him. "I suppose she's right. That would bring peace to the world. But it's not likely to happen, so I suppose we'll have to keep blundering on and making a mess of it." "Oh," Fire said, "well put. We'll have to pass that on to the governor so he can use it in his speech when they dedicate the new bridge.

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  Rocks, Bridges, Cities

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• I truly thought I might hurt that man," he said, "very badly." "I didn't know you were capable of such bad temper." "Apparently I am.

  Kristin Cashore

  Hurt, Men, Might

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• It's hard to wake from a nightmare when the nightmare is real.

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  Real, Nightmare, Hard

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Fire”, p.99, Penguin

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• A consciousness was like a face you saw once and forever recognized.

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  Forever, Faces, Saws

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Fire”, p.133, Penguin

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• It's not fair. It's not fair," she cried, knowing it was a child's argument but not caring, because being childish did not make it untrue.

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  Children, Caring, Knowing

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Fire”, p.159, Hachette UK

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• She crossed the room to him, put her arms around him, clung to him, turning her face to the side, learning all at once that it was awkward to show a person all of one's love when one's nose was broken.

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  Broken, Awkward, Noses

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Fire”, p.217, Penguin

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• Roen snorted. "You two have the strangest relationship in the Dells." Archer smiled slightly. "She won't consent to make it a marriage." "I can't imagine what's stopping her. I don't suppose you've considered being less munificent with your love?" "Would you marry me, Fire, if I slept in no one's bed but yours?" He knew the answer to that, but it didn't hurt to remind him. "No, and I should find my bed quite cramped.

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  Hurt, Archer, Fire

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Fire”, p.64, Penguin

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• Why are you still here?" she asked. "Shouldn't you be in a cave somewhere inspiring people?

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  People, Caves, Stills

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Fire”, p.217, Penguin

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• Brigan threw his head back and smiled at the sky. "Well said, Lady. The world may be falling to pieces, but at least the lot of us can have a bath.

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  Fall, Sky, Pieces

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Fire”, p.101, Penguin

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• Well then," Roen said briskly, "are you sleeping?" "Yes." "Come now. A mother can tell when her son lies. Are you eating?" "No," Brigan said gravely. "I've not eaten in two months. It's a hunger strike to protest the spring flooding in the south." "Gracious," Roen said, reaching for the fruit bowl. "Have an apple, dear.

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  Mother, Lying, Spring

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Fire”, p.92, Penguin

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• It was a very hard thing to have crushed the heart, and the hopes, of a friend.

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  Heart, Crushed, Hard

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Fire”, p.157, Penguin

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• Do you understand? I don't want you to do a thing if you don't understand it.

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  Want, Ifs

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• When you're a monster, you are thanked and praised for not being a monster.

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  Monsters

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• Sit, Your High Majestic Lord Princes," she said. She yanked a chair from the table and sat herself down. "You're in fine temper," Raffin said. "Your hair is blue," Katsa snapped back.

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  Hair, Blue, Tables

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