“ Afraid of a wooden sword?""Just demonstrating my skills in evading an attack. Impressed? Jennifer A. Nielsen
“ You eat with your left hand. That's unacceptable. Can you do it with your right?""Can you do it with your left? Jennifer A. Nielsen
“ No offense, Jaron, but I don't want your life. Even locked away behind closed doors I got a taste for how awful it can be.""Did anyone try to kill you while I was gone?""No.""Then you didn't even get… Jennifer A. Nielsen
“ You stole it from the master.""Who stole it from me. What I did simply set the universe back in order. Jennifer A. Nielsen
“ Once we were alone, Imogen unfolded her hand. In it, she held the key to the chains. I had passed it to her while we were in the embrace. Roden noticed it and scowled. "You gave her the key and not me… Jennifer A. Nielsen
“ Villains and plots and enemies are simple things to me. But friendships are complicated, and love is harder still. It has wounded me deeper than a sword ever could. Jennifer A. Nielsen
“ With a grin, I told her, "I'll have more than ten minutes' notice that this battle is coming. In that way, this might be the most prepared I've ever been. Jennifer A. Nielsen
“ If you hurt deeply, then it means you love deeply too. love is powerful thing, Jaron. In the end, love will help you win this war."I chuckled, "that'd be a fine new strategy, I think. When the enemy w… Jennifer A. Nielsen
“ It had been a long time since i dared call anyone a friend. The concept was only theoretical to me now. Jennifer A. Nielsen
“ I couldn't see much, but it somehow seemed brighter across the wall, as if the sun gave more of it's light to the west. Maybe the people there were more selfish, I thought. Because we needed that sunl… Jennifer A. Nielsen
“ Master Graves was incensed and said, as punishment for my disruption, I would have to write my letters an extra ten times that day."Ten times the better I'll know them, then." I said. "How strange tha… Jennifer A. Nielsen
“ She placed a hand on my cheek and softly kissed the other one, then whispered, “Remember this moment, then, Sage, when someone of my status offered a kindness to someone of yours. Because next time we… Jennifer A. Nielsen
“ Wherever our lives lead us, one thing is certain. You and I will always be connected. You might be able to deny that, but I can't. Even I am not that good a liar. Jennifer A. Nielsen
“ And I want you to find something in the hills for the vigils to protect, like a rock or a thornbush. I don't want them around here. Jennifer A. Nielsen
“ Is it true?" Devlin asked me. "You're Prince Jaron?""KING Jaron, actually. News must travel slower amongst the illiterate." I glared at Gregor with every inch of disdain I felt. "Shouldn't you be grov… Jennifer A. Nielsen
“ Above all else, I think that you are a compulsive liar."My laughter was tense, but sincere. "Hardly. In fact, I consider myself a compulsive truth teller. It's only that everyone else seems compelled… Jennifer A. Nielsen
