Quotes from book

The Kiss of Deception

“It can take years to mold a dream. It takes only a fraction of a second for it to be shattered.”

“If I could only reach out and touch the stars, I would know everything. I would understand.”

“Maybe there was no one way to define it. Maybe there were as many shades of love as the blues of the sky”

“Once upon a time, there was a man as great as the gods…
But even the great can tremble with fear.
Even the great can fall”

“Until one comes who is mightier,
The one sprung from misery,
The one who was weak,
The one who was hunted,
The one marked with claw and vine,
The one named in secret,
The one called Jezelia.”

“I trust you all slept well,” I said, deliberately keeping my tone light. I returned Malich’s glare with a tight-lipped grin.

“Yes, we did,” Kaden answered quickly.

“I’m sorry to hear that.”

“We all have our different skills. You’re patient to a fault, which sometimes doesn’t work to your advantage. I, on the other hand, have the patience of a wet cat. Only on rare occasions does that come in handy.”

“If one can't be trusted in love, one can't be trusted in anything. Some things can't be forgiven.”

“Taking another life, she had whispered, even a guilty one, should never be easy. If it were, we'd be little more than animals.”

“Don't be afraid, child,
The stories are always there.”

“Who was this girl who thumbed her nose at two kingdoms and did as she pleased?”

“Today was the day a thousand dreams would die and a single dream would be born.”

“A perfect night… a perfect forever”

“A six-inch blade. I smiled. Did he buy it? It was actually just shy of four—but very nicely weighted—and as Aunt Bernice noted, a little exaggeration was always expected when describing weapons, victories, and body parts.”

“Maybe there were a hundred different ways to fall in love.”

“Ascente cha ores ri ve breazza."
"Turn your ear to the wind," she interpreted. "Stand strong.”

“Sometimes the enemy is just one person who will bring down a kingdom.”

“I will find you.
In the farthest corner, I will find you.”

“I see only reminders that nothing lasts forever, not even greatness.”
“Some things last.”
I faced him. “Really? And just what would that be?”
“The things that matter.”