Kristin Cashore Quotes - Page 9

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• There isn't a simple person anywhere in this world.

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  Simple, World, Persons

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• Part a of scene from 'Bitterblue' between Madlen (Bitterblue's medicine woman) and Bitterblue: Madlen came to sit beside her [Bitterblue] on the bed. "Lady Queen," she said with her own particular brand of rough gentleness. "It is not the job of the child to protect her mother. It's the mother's job to protect the child. By allowing your mother to protect you, you gave her a gift. Do you understand me?

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  Mother, Jobs, Queens

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• Your horse is named Small. Yes. Mine is named Big. -Fire and Brigan

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  Horse, Fire, Bigs

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• Brigan spun around to face the man, swearing with as much as exasperation and fury as Fire had ever heard anyone swear. The man scuttled away in alarm.

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  Men, Fire, Alarms

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Fire”, p.210, Penguin

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• It was just that she had the need to tell him something honest, something honest and unhappy, because cheerful lies tonight were too depressing and too sharp, turning in on her like pins

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  Depressing, Lying, Unhappy

  Kristin Cashore (2012). “Bitterblue”, p.73, Penguin

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• Katsa and Po were trying to drown each other and, judging from their hoots of laughter, enjoying it immensely.

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  Laughter, Judging, Trying

  Kristin Cashore (2012). “Bitterblue”, p.84, 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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• Then she'll know I'll want to knock her senseless if she so much as looks at me.

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  Looks, Want, Look At Me

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Graceling”, p.37, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Normal. She wasn't normal. A girl Graced with killing, a royal thug? A girl who didn't want the husbands Randa pushed on her, perfectly handsome and thoughtful men, a girl who panicked at the thought of a baby at her breast, or clinging to her ankles.

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  Girl, Baby, Husband

  Kristin Cashore (2008). “Graceling”, p.24, Hachette UK

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• Helda's been trying to impress me with the embroidery on the sheets. One more minute and I thought I might use them to hang myself." "My mother did the embroidery," Bittterblue said. Katsa clapped her mouth shut and glared at Helda. "Thank you, Helda, for mentioning that detail.

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  Mother, Might Use, Trying

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• He held up a finger and went to the hallway, where he tripped over Blotchy, and then over the two monster cats madly pursuing Blotchy. Swearing, he leaned over the landing and called to the guard that unless the kingdom fell to war or his daughter was dying, he better not be interrupted until further notice.

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  Daughter, War, Cat

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Fire”, p.240, Penguin

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• I’m bored to death. Perhaps I should pillage one of my neighbors for my own amusement. It seems to work for Drowden.

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  Bored, Amusement, Neighbor

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• Would you please do me the honor of telling me WHAT THE BLAZES IS GOING ON?

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  Honor, Please

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• King Drowden has given his men instructions to infiltrate the town, bribe townspeople for the secrets of their neighbors, steal the neighbors’ hidden treasures. Much more subtle than Drowden’s usual smash and burn technique. We do hope Drowden isn’t growing a brain.

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  Kings, Men, Secret

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• Fire supposed he needed to be there in order to give rousing speeches and lead the charge into the fray, or whatever is was commanders did in wartime. She resented his competence at something so tragic and senseless. She wished he, or somebody, would throw down his sword and say, 'Enough! This is a silly way to decide who's in charge!' And it seemed to her, as the beds in the healing room filled and emptied and filled, that these battles didn't leave much to be in charge of. The kingdom was already broken, and this war was tearing the broken pieces smaller.

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  War, Silly, Healing

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Fire”, p.250, Penguin

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• A quote from 'Fire' where Fire projected a thought to her best friend Archer: "Love doesn't measure that way, she [Fire] thought to him [Archer]. And you may blame me for your feelings, but it isn't fair to blame me for how you've chosen to behave.

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  Archer, Fire, Feelings

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• Not all people who inspire devotion are monsters.

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  People, Inspire, Monsters

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• And is it the way, in these kingdoms you fell from, for a woman to join forces with an unnatural child who's murdered her friend? Or is that expectation unique to you, and your infinitesimal heart?

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  Children, Heart, Unique

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Fire”, p.235, Penguin

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• What man can hate or love well when he is drugged?

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  Hate, Men, Wells

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• There is nothing unnatural in this world," he said. "An unnatural thing is a thing that could never happen in nature. I happened. I am natural, and the things I want are natural. The power of your mind, and your beauty, even when you've been drugged in the bottom of a boat for two weeks, covered in grime and your face purple and green - your unnatural beauty is natural. Nature is horrifying.

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  Two, Purple, Mind

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Fire”, p.235, Penguin

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• And," he continued, his strange smile gleaming, "as I see it, our hearts are not so different in size. I murdered my father. You murdered yours. Is that something you did with a large heart?

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  Father, Heart, Size

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Fire”, p.235, Penguin

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• If we knew a person was going to die, we'd hold harder to the memories." Fire corrected him, in a whisper. "The good memories.

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  Memories, Fire, Harder

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Fire”, p.103, Penguin

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• Everyone wants a bit of something beautiful.

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  Beautiful, Want, Something Beautiful

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Fire”, p.129, Penguin

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• I love you," he said. "You're more dear to my heart than I ever knew anyone else can be. And I've made you cry; and there I'll stop." She was crying, but not because of his words. It was because of a certainty she refused to consider while she sat before him.

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  Love You, Heart, Cry

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Graceling”, p.231, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Children are geniuses.

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  Children, Genius

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