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“Deep down under where his heart resided, strangled up in thorny vines of guilt, anger, fear and longing, there lay something deeper in him, something that he couldn’t see but she could.”

Book:Ember

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“I feel a guard's hand close on my arm. Then Cardan's voice comes. "Do not touch her." A terrible silence follows. I wait for him to pronounce judgement on me. Whatever he commands will be done. His power is absolute. I don't even have the strength to fight back. "Whatever can you mean?" Randalin says. "She's-" "She is my wife," Cardan says, his voice carrying over the crowd. "The rightful High Queen of Elfhame. And most definitely not in exile.”

Fantasy Command Jude Cardan Queen The Queen Of Nothing Elfhame

Book:The Queen of Nothing

Source: The Queen of Nothing

“Cardan ought to have been the boy with the heart of stone in Aslog’s story, but somehow he had let his heart turn to glass.”

Cardan Heart Of Stone

Book:How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

Source: How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

“Why am i the way i am?" His tone makes it clear he's proposing something i might suggest he ask, not really wondering about it. "There are no real answers,Jude.Why was i cruel to Folk? Why was i awful to you? Because I could be. Because I like it. Because, fot a moment, when i was at my worst, i felt powerful, and most of the time, i felt powerless, despite being a prince and the son of the High King of Faerie.”

Cardan

Book:The Wicked King

Source: The Wicked King

“I didn't like any of this. "What about you?" He gives me a quick, odd look. "Locke hasnt gotten around to seducing me yet, if that's what you're asking. I suppose I should be insulted.”

Cardan

Author:Holly Black

“He rises from the throne. “Come, have a seat.” His voice is replete with danger, lush with menace. The flowering branches have sprouted thorns so thickly that petals are barely visible. “This is what you wanted, isn’t it?” he asks. “What you sacrificed everything for. Go on. It’s all yours.”

Jude Cardan

Book:The Cruel Prince

Source: The Cruel Prince

“Cardan stands, too. 'Everyone finds different lessons in stories, I suppose, but here's one. Having a heart is terrible, but you need one anyway.”

Cardan Jurdan

Book:How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

Source: How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

“You can't eat some of a dumpling and put it back,' Oak insists. 'That's revolting.' Cardan considers that villainy takes many forms, and he is good at all of them.”

Humor Cardan

Book:How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

Source: How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

“Go ahead. Insult me." His eyebrows go up. "I don't take commands from mortals," he says with his customary cruel smile.”

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Book:The Cruel Prince

Source: The Cruel Prince

“Choose a future, Balekin had commanded him when he’d first brought Cardan to Hollow Hall. But no one chooses a future. You choose a path without being certain where it leads. Choose one way and a monster rends your flesh. Choose another and your heart turns to stone, or fire, or glass.”

Cardan

Book:How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

Source: How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

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