Kingmaker Chronicles Quotes

#1. I dread this power he has over me. It makes me want to tell him all my secrets and see if he still wants me.

Amanda Bouchet

#2. Votes are like trees, if you are trying to build a forest. If you have more trees than you have forests, then at that point the pollsters will probably say you will win.

Dan Quayle

#3. But I can't force myself to remember my hidden past or purposefully unravel the mystery of my heart. Secrets are usually buried for a reason.

Siobhan Davis

#4. The IPCC summary for policymakers is used to scare politicians and goad the public into action. The UN is all about politics.

Marc Morano

#5. I believe journalism or news will migrate to the online medium.

Raghav Bahl

#6. The ice inside me melts. Suddenly, I'm burning up and terrified, scared I'll be too weak to resist.

Scratch that - I'm petrified I've already given in.

Amanda Bouchet

#7. Men don't understand discretion. My goal is to survive on my weakest abilities. That saves other talents for when I really need them and doesn't reveal important skills to any idiot who might be watching.

Amanda Bouchet

#8. Happiness is a strange, frightening, fragile feeling when you're not used to it.

Amanda Bouchet

#9. Who are you to decide what needs to be done? That's subjective by nature. No two people think alike."

"Someone has to decide. Without, rulers, there's chaos.

Amanda Bouchet

#10. Unless they're utterly heartless, people put a certain value on human life. It keeps us from killing each other off for no reason. But for leaders like you and me, a moral high ground is too absolute. There are choices to be made.

Amanda Bouchet

#11. That's what it comes down to for everyone. How much use we can be.

Amanda Bouchet

#12. People talk about fight or flight? That's nonsense. It's fight and flight.

Amanda Bouchet

#13. I've known all sorts of fear - fear of pain, fear of discovery, fear of capture. This is new. This is the kind of fear that teaches me the difference between trying to stay alive, and wanting to live.

Amanda Bouchet

#14. Temporary homecomings are bittersweet. Sometimes it's better not to go back at all than to have to leave again.

Amanda Bouchet

#15. I want him everywhere. I burn for him in places he hasn't even touched.

Amanda Bouchet

#16. Kids make their mark in life by doing what they can do, not what they can't ... School is important, but life is more important. Being happy is using your skills productively, no matter what they are.

Howard Gardner

#17. I conquered a kingdom and found a treasure." His voice turns gravelly, low. "I won't let you go. Not now. Not ever.

Amanda Bouchet

#18. Now that that's settled, you're coming with me."

"Never in a billion suns. Not even if Zeus showed up as a swan and tried to peck me in your direction. I wouldn't go with you even if my other option was Hades dragging me to the Underworld for an eternal threesome with Persephone.

Amanda Bouchet

#19. I don't know if you can catch my vibe, but I'm a pretty laid-back guy.

Adam Pally