Cinda Williams Chima: Doing

“But I don't want your throne."
"Then what do you want?"
"You.”

“You touch me again, you arrogant Ardenine swine, and I swear on the blood of Hanalea the warrior, I will geld you. Do you understand?”

“History,' Mari muttered, as if she'd overheard his thoughts. 'Why do we need to know what happened before we were born?'

'So hopefully we get smarter and don't make the same mistakes again.”

“A vocation is not something you slap on, like a coat of paint, and change whenever you want. A vocation is built into you. You have no choice. If you try to do something else, you fail.”

“You can't always pickyou fight, oryou fight… or even… you fight. But do the picking… whenever you can.”

“Do not
forget duty. But choose love when you can.”