“Brigan," she said, annoyed that he had not understood. "I’ll always be beautiful. Look at me. I have one hundred and sixty two bug bites, and has it made me any less beautiful? I’m missing two fingers and I have scars all over, but does anyone care? No! It just makes me more interesting! I’ll always be like this, stuck in this beautiful form, and you’ll have to deal with it." He seemed to sense that she expected a grave response, but for the moment, he was incapable. "I suppose it’s a burden I must bear," he said, grinning.” LooksDoeMadeSaidTwoMomentsCareBeautifulFormInterestingDealsMissingBearsUnderstoodHundredResponseFingersBurdenExpectedStuckGravesBitesScarSixtyIncapableLook At MeBugsAnnoyedGrinning Book:Fire Source: Fire
“Through an arrow loop in the wall she saw a familiar horse and rider tearing across the camp toward the healing rooms. Brigan pulled up at Nash's feet and dropped from the saddle. The two brothers threw their arms around each other and embraced hard. Shortly thereafter he stepped into the healing rooms and leaned in the doorway, looking across at her quietly. Brocker's son with the gentle gray eyes. She abandoned all pretense of decorum and ran at him.” TwoHardEyeRoomsHealingSawsFeetSonBrotherWallArmsHorseFamiliarGentleRanGrayCampsAbandonedArrowsPretenseRidersDoorwaysLoopsSaddlesDecorumTwo BrothersGray EyesHorse And Rider Author:Kristin Cashore
“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.” WellsSaidTwoLyingMotherSleepSonMonthsEatingSpringSouthFruitDearHungerStrikesApplesReachingProtestBowlsGraciousTwo MonthsFloodingHunger Strike Book:Fire Source: Fire
“She cried like a person whose heart is broken and wondered how, when two people loved each other, there could be such a broken heart.” PeopleHeartPersonsTwoBrokenCried Book:Graceling Source: Graceling
“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.” WorldWantMindSaidTwoHappensFacesNaturalHappenedWeekThis WorldGreenBottomBoatCoveredYour FacePurpleTwo WeeksUnnaturalGrime Book:Fire Source: Fire
“If her enemies were Brigan's friends and her friends were Brigan's enemies, then the two of them could walk through the world arm in arm and never be hit by arrows again.” IfsWorldTwoWalksEnemyArmsArrows Book:Fire Source: Fire
“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.” TwoWarDyingDaughterCatFingersMonstersKingdomsLandingInterruptedSwearingHallways Book:Fire Source: Fire
“Archer, is there a servant girl in my fortress you haven't taken to bed? I announce you're leaving and within minutes two of them are at each other's throats, and another is crying her eyes out in the scullery. Honestly. You've been here all of nine days." - Roen, "Fire” TwoEyeGirlTakenFireMinutesHavensCryBedLeavingHonestlyNineServantThroatHer EyesFortressesArcher Book:Fire Source: Fire
“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.” IfsShouldI CanTwoHurtAnswersFireImagineBedConsentStoppingMarry MeArcherDell Book:Fire Source: Fire
“That was what they did with themselves, those two Gracelings, along with a small band of friends: They stirred up trouble on a serious scale—bribery, coercion, sabotage, organized rebellion—all directed at stopping the worst behavior of the world’s most seriously corrupt kings.” WorldTwoTroubleWorstSeriousKingsBandBehaviorScalesOrganizedRebellionStoppingCoercionSabotageBriberyGraceling Book:Graceling Source: Graceling
“As she left the room, Po went to Katsa, pulled her up, sat himself in her chair, and drew her into his lap. Shushing her, he rocked her, the two of them holding on to each other as if it were the only thing keeping the world from bursting apart.” IfsWorldTwoLeftRoomsSatChairsLapHolding OnBurstingKatsa Book:Bitterblue Source: Bitterblue
