“Beautiful people, things are to easy for them. They don't know how to survive in this world. Somebody's ugly, or even plain, normal-looking, that means they got to work twice as hard for things. For anything. Just to get peple to listen to 'em, or take 'em serious. So yeah. I don't trust beautiful people.” BeautifulTrust Book:The Assassin's Curse Source: The Assassin's Curse
“They thought they were so different, Flame and Ice. Enemies always do. The Soviets and the West, they were the same. They looked at each other and saw monsters; they looked at themselves and saw men. But Jordan stood on the outside and knew them each for both monsters and men, the good and the bad bleeding together. They were only villains and heroes in their own stories.” SelfStorytellingOther Book:Cover the Silence Source: Cover the Silence
“Love is a wound," the assassin said. " Neither life nor death.” LoveDeathLiveWound Book:The Pirate's Wish Source: The Pirate's Wish
“I thought the assassin was moving kind of slow for an assassin. Maybe the magic had done something after all. Or maybe he felt sorry for me. That sort of thing happens among cutthroats more often than you'd expect.” HumorMagicKillingAssassinsPirates Book:The Assassin's Curse Source: The Assassin's Curse
“You!" I shouted. "What's wrong with you?" He blinked at me. "I thought you got turned into a fern." "Oh. Oh, Ananna, I'm sorry I didn't think-” FernThe Assassin S Curse Book:The Assassin's Curse Source: The Assassin's Curse
“Well, look who's on my front porch," he said, speaking Empire with this odd hissing accent. "A murderer and a cross-dressing pirate." I looked down at my clothes, ripped and shredded and covered in mud and sand and dried blood. I'd forgotten I was dressed like a boy. "So are you here to kill me or to rob me?" the man said. "I generally don't find it useful to glow when undertaking acts of subterfuge, but then, I'm just a wizard” HumourRoseCurseCassandraClarkeAssassin S Book:The Assassin's Curse Source: The Assassin's Curse
“He smelled like magic and sweat and the sea, but there was something else beneath all that, something sweet and warm like honey, and just for a moment I didn't feel afraid anymore.” The Assassin S CurseSweet And Warm Book:The Assassin's Curse Source: The Assassin's Curse
“Then I saw that sparkle in Naji's eye and knew he was laughing at me. "See?" he said. "Now you know how it feels" I glared at him for a few seconds. He looked kind of pleased with himself, but he also looked kind of happy, and that was enough for me to turn back to my equations.” EquationsThe Assassin S CurseNajiAnanna Book:The Assassin's Curse Source: The Assassin's Curse
“Your enthusiasm for learning gives me hope for the future," he said. "We can start right now if you'd like. You don't seem to be...working” The Assassin S CurseNaji Book:The Assassin's Curse Source: The Assassin's Curse
“This was why I hated beautiful people. They build you up and then they destroy you. And we let 'em.” BeautifulHate Book:The Assassin's Curse Source: The Assassin's Curse