“Burn my books, and go lift the world!”
Source: Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of Dawn
“the biggest sacrifice you make is listening to people talk about something they're fully exited for, encouraging them while you detest what you're hearing.”
“The Queen gave no reply. A calmness had come over here. One born from being pushed beyond the Queen’s limit.
No punishment, no act of vengeance, no war, no amount of blood, and no retribution that the realm had already seen, would hold a candle to what she would bring”
Source: A Flood of Faith and Folly
“This,” He started, giving a sudden twinge of his hips so that Ariana could feel the intensity of his throbbing within her. “And you, are mine.”
Source: A Flood of Faith and Folly
“Cassian's arm shook, and Nesta braced herself for the blow, showing him her forgiveness, her unending, unbreakable love for him-
But Cassian roared.
And then the knife twisted in his hand, angling not toward her, but toward his own heart.
Of his own free will.
Against the Crown's hold, against a gasping Briallyn, he chose to drive the knife into his own heart. Kill, she had said. But had not specified who.
And as the sun broke over the horizon, as Cassian's knife plunged for his chest, Nesta erupted with the force of the Cauldron.”
Source: A Court of Silver Flames
“die daily.
hourly, if you've
got the energy.”
Source: The World Is a Heartbreaker
“You gave everything, Rhys. You went through that hell for us, for fifty years.' He'd never addressed it- not fully. 'You think I don't know what happened? I know, Rhys. We all do. And we know you did it to save us, spare us.' He shook his head, sunlight glinting off that dark, winged helmet. 'Let us return the favour. Let us repay the debt.'
'There is no debt to repay.' Rhys's voice broke. The sound of it cracked my heart.
Cassian's own voice broke as he said, 'I never got to repay your mother- for her kindness. Let me do it this way. Let me buy you time.'
'I can't.'
I wasn't sure if in the entire history of Illyria, there had ever been such a discussion.'
'You can,' Cassian said gently. 'You can, Rhys.' He gave a lazy grin. 'Save some of the glory for the rest of us.'
'Cassian-”
Source: A Court of Wings and Ruin
“Before I could warn Azriel to hurry, the other two hounds were on me.
One leaped right for me. I lifted my bow to intercept its jaws.
The hound snapped it in two, hurling the wood away. I grabbed for a knife, just as the second one leaped-
A roar deafened me, made my head ring. Just as one of the hounds was thrown off me.
I knew that roar, knew-
A golden-furred beast with curling horns tore into the hounds.
'Tamlin,' I got out, but his green eyes narrowed. Run, he seemed to say.
That was who had been running alongside us. Trying to find us.
He ripped and shredded, the hounds launching themselves wholly on him.”
Source: A Court of Wings and Ruin
“A physical cross is the death of our bodies. A spiritual cross is the death of our will. While you might not be called to take up a physical cross in your lifetime, you are still called to take up a spiritual cross every day.”
Source: A Leader Worth Imitating: 33 Leadership Principles From the Life of Jesus
“King David in Psalm 37 writes "Take delight in the Giver, and He will give you the desires of your heart," intimating that the secret to finding our way in the world is more about cooperating with God than appeasing God.
That the Giver of life is also the Giver of our desires, which means that life has an invitational co-creative nature to it...
Why do we always believe that the path of our deepest desire would be so far from the path that God would have us walk? How is the path of desire so different from the path to the Giver of that desire?”
Source: Say Yes: Discover the Surprising Life Beyond the Death of a Dream