Wouldn't-- Kel began to say, but the words stuck in her mouth. She swallowed and tried again. Wouldn't it be well, not nice to flirt with somebody you don't want to fall in love with?
Why do boys say someone acts like a girl as if it were an insult?
Sweetheart, never listen to what my enemies say. They're very confused people. I know they are because I've spent years making them that way.
Sarra looked at her daughter and said reproachfully, Speaking of war, I never raised you to be always fighting and killing. That's not woman's work.It's needful, Ma. You taught me a woman has to know...
Sadly for my wedding plans, I learned that Nestor is a bardash. I envy the men who enjoy his favors. He has always treated me with friendship which I now value more than my old romantic feelings.
Raoul: Age and treachery!Neal: Youth and skill!
Pride is something only folk with money can afford.
It’s the only bad thing about animals, she told Cleon. Most don’t live as long as we do. I know, sweet, Cleon said, kissing first one of her eyelids, then the other. But think how bleak life would be...
Feelings, she learned, were hard to fight. She treasured his smiles and compliments and tried not to dwell on the fact that he gave this things to his friend Kel.His dreamy-eyed gazes, poems, and fits...
And she told you something about yourself you really ought to know: that you're beautiful, and worth loving.
Oakbridge did his work with dramatics and prophecies that all would go horribly awry. Having dealt with him over midwinter, Kel wondered why the man hadn’t died of a heart attack. Instead he seemed to...
This is what I've come to, he said mournfully. Following little birdies
Things change, Daja said softly. We change with them. We sail before the wind. We become adults. As adults, we keep our minds and our secrets hidden, and our wounds. It’s safer.
The hardest lesson any of us must learn is there’s only so much we can do, she informed him, her voice lemon-tart. We run into it headfirst all the time, knowing what we can do, what we can’t, how muc...
So were you always mad, or did it come on you when you was took?Aly smiled. I'm told it runs in the family.
She would have kissed him, if she kissed stupid men.
Never break a promise to an animal. They're like babies—they won't understand.
If thanks was what I wanted, Sandry replied in the same language, I would be sad indeed. Since I don't want it, I won't miss it.
If I have to 'catch' a man to get a husband, I don't want one.
Would I serve you or (Prince) Jon stolen goods? he asked. "No, don't answer me.