“I've been afraid of being Cansrel,' she said aloud to her reflection. 'But I'm not Cansrel.' At her elbow, Musa said blandly, 'Any one of us could have told you that, Lady.' Fire looked at the captain of her guard and laughed, because she wasn't Cansrel- she wasn't anyone but herself. She had no one's path to follow; her path was her own to choose.” SaidPathFireReflectionLaughedCaptainsElbows Book:Fire Source: Fire
“Please, Katsa," he finally said. "At least talk to me". She swung around to face him. "What it there to talk about? You know how I feel, and what I think about it." "And what I feel? Doesn't it matter?” ThinkingKnowsFeelsSaidMatterFacesKnow HowPleaseTalk To MeKatsa Book:Graceling Source: Graceling
“Well then, "Katsa said. "Of course, we'll operate with the greatest possible secrecy, Bitterblue. And for what it's worth, we'll deny your involvement to our dying breaths, and I'll kill anyone who doesn't." Bann began to laugh into Raffin's shoulder. Smiling, Raffin said sideways to him, "Can you imagine what it would be like to be able to say that and mean it?” WellsMeanSaidWould BeAbleCoursesLaughingImagineDyingBreathsDenyShouldersSecrecyInvolvementSidewaysKatsa Book:Bitterblue Source: Bitterblue
“Isn't is lovely to be all together again?" Raffin said, throwing one arm around Po and the other around Bann. -------- She wanted them near, even if they were subsumed by their own affairs, she needed them at sword practice in the morning, at dinner at night, moving and shifting around her, there and gone, back again, arguing, teasing, acting like people who knew who they were.” PeopleIfsSaidWantedTogetherMovingNightActingPracticeMorningGoneArmsNeededAffairDinnerArguingLovelyThrowingShiftingTeaseBack AgainTogether Again Author:Kristin Cashore
“Katsa now sat calmly on the stomach of her vanquished foe. "He was handsome," said said. Po moaned. "Was he beat-to-a-pulp handsome, or perhaps just push-down-a-flight-of-stairs handsome?" "I would not push a seventy six year old man down a flight of stairs," said Katsa indignantly.” MenYearsSaidSixBeatsFlightSatOld ManStomachSeventiesHandsomeFoeStairsSix Year OldsPulpKatsa Author:Kristin Cashore