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Annoyance and pathos warred in my breast, and after a short struggle, annoyance punched pathos in the snout like the voracious shark it was.

Kate Elliott

Annoyance and pathos warred in my breast, and after a short struggle, annoyance punched pathos in the snout like the voracious shark it was.

Tags: pathos, punching a shark

The skin of frozen snow crunched satisfyingly beneath my boots as I smashed each step into the ground just as I planned to smash my foes.

Kate Elliott

The skin of frozen snow crunched satisfyingly beneath my boots as I smashed each step into the ground just as I planned to smash my foes.

Tags: power, smash, snow

About Author
Kate Elliott may refer to:

Kate Elliott (actress) (born 1981), New Zealand television and film actress
Kate Elliott (writer), pen name of American fantasy and science fiction writer Alis A. Rasmussen (born 1958)

Can we ever see the truth when desire blinds us? Or do we call it the truth because it is what we wish to see?

Kate Elliott

Can we ever see the truth when desire blinds us? Or do we call it the truth because it is what we wish to see?

Tags: desire, perspective, truth

I am trapped, and for once in my life I see no path through these Rings. Four

Kate Elliott

I am trapped, and for once in my life I see no path through these Rings. Four

It's the ones who can't let go - of fear or anger, lust or greed, vanity or pride or power - who are most at risk of becoming corrupted.

Kate Elliott

It's the ones who can't let go - of fear or anger, lust or greed, vanity or pride or power - who are most at risk of becoming corrupted.

As he takes his place I know that just as the crowd sees him and his sister standing on either side of their cousin, reminding everyone they are royal cousins, the crowd also sees me within arm’s reac...

Kate Elliott

As he takes his place I know that just as the crowd sees him and his sister standing on either side of their cousin, reminding everyone they are royal cousins, the crowd also sees me within arm’s reac...

He, who the sword of heaven will bear Should be as holy as severe; Pattern in himself to know, Grace to stand, and virtue go; More nor less to others paying Than by self offenses weighing. Shame to hi...

Kate Elliott

He, who the sword of heaven will bear Should be as holy as severe; Pattern in himself to know, Grace to stand, and virtue go; More nor less to others paying Than by self offenses weighing. Shame to hi...

First and foremost, any great empire thrives on movement: stable lines of supply, of trade, of information. This movement must be unobstructed for officials on imperial business, and monitored and res...

Kate Elliott

First and foremost, any great empire thrives on movement: stable lines of supply, of trade, of information. This movement must be unobstructed for officials on imperial business, and monitored and res...

Words flooded like the storm's surge in a wild burst of anger that took me utterly by surprise.

Kate Elliott

Words flooded like the storm's surge in a wild burst of anger that took me utterly by surprise.

I don’t know, said Diana. I gave up a long time ago trying to decide whether we’re ever ourselves or are only playing roles. And who could tell which the role was, the passionate kisser or the ruthles...

Kate Elliott

I don’t know, said Diana. I gave up a long time ago trying to decide whether we’re ever ourselves or are only playing roles. And who could tell which the role was, the passionate kisser or the ruthles...

But if the gods only cursed us, then we would hate them. And if they only blessed us, then—well, then we’d care nothing for their laws because we’d respect nothing but our own pleasure.

Kate Elliott

But if the gods only cursed us, then we would hate them. And if they only blessed us, then—well, then we’d care nothing for their laws because we’d respect nothing but our own pleasure.

And once you saw the world from three, or five, different roads, the view was never the same. The map changed and altered, and its details became more accurate. The landmarks receded or grew, dependin...

Kate Elliott

And once you saw the world from three, or five, different roads, the view was never the same. The map changed and altered, and its details became more accurate. The landmarks receded or grew, dependin...

Most things are possible, if one decides they are.

Kate Elliott

Most things are possible, if one decides they are.

I lifted my chin. All right then. You are always very precise when it comes to magic. So I've observed. And really, really don't like to get things wrong. So when you saw there were two young women, t...

Kate Elliott

I lifted my chin. All right then. You are always very precise when it comes to magic. So I've observed. And really, really don't like to get things wrong. So when you saw there were two young women, t...

Why is it that you and I suppose that if we want something, it must come to pass? Charles’s lips quirked up into a smile so colored by grief that it felt almost as if other people had been brought by...

Kate Elliott

Why is it that you and I suppose that if we want something, it must come to pass? Charles’s lips quirked up into a smile so colored by grief that it felt almost as if other people had been brought by...

I am like you, Bloodheart, he said, his voice hoarse; but his voice always was hoarse now, for he had survived worse injuries than these. The iron collar, and his chains, weighed heavily on his neck....

Kate Elliott

I am like you, Bloodheart, he said, his voice hoarse; but his voice always was hoarse now, for he had survived worse injuries than these. The iron collar, and his chains, weighed heavily on his neck....

Tags: love, strength of will, undefeated

Never let it be said that I could not talk my way out of any trouble that I could not punch.

Kate Elliott

Never let it be said that I could not talk my way out of any trouble that I could not punch.

Tags: punching a shark, talking, trouble

He laughed. But I love to ride, just as—as fire loves to burn. I love to see the mountains in the winter, the sea and the northern hills in the summer. Would you live forever in one place, never seein...

Kate Elliott

He laughed. But I love to ride, just as—as fire loves to burn. I love to see the mountains in the winter, the sea and the northern hills in the summer. Would you live forever in one place, never seein...

Where do I start? Revolutions to plot. Enemies to crush. Handsome men to rescue.

Kate Elliott

Where do I start? Revolutions to plot. Enemies to crush. Handsome men to rescue.

Hyacinth, we all have our limits. I can’t save the world. I can’t stop this war. Maybe, just maybe, I can communicate a few things through art.

Kate Elliott

Hyacinth, we all have our limits. I can’t save the world. I can’t stop this war. Maybe, just maybe, I can communicate a few things through art.