Top 100 Rae Carson Quotes
#1. Rae Carson's heroine is a perfect blend of the ordinary and the extraordinary. I loved her.
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#2. Truly, my bed is the greatest place in the world. I
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#3. Storm leans towards her and says in a teaching voice, "Joyans consider it is rude to express one's true opinion unless it is unequivocally flattering."
Her brow furrows. "Then how do the express anything at all?
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#6. My brother Felix used to say that my knives would never be as sharp as my tongue, which was a shame.
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#7. Walking away from my desert companions feels like cutting off a limb. How does one say good-bye to an arm? One doesn't, I suppose. One pretends it isn't happening.
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#8. Lying isn't going to make you into a hero.
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#9. I think sometimes when we find love we pretend it away, or ignore it, or tell ourselves we're imagining it. Because it is the most painful kind of hope there is.
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#10. Maybe you could heal her? You're the one who loves her."
"I don't know how to heal."
"What you mean is you're too afraid to try."
His face turns thoughtful. "Yes, that's exactly what I mean.
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#11. Well, we'll have no more of such foolishness," I say harshly, to cover the wavering in my voice. "We're getting married, and that's that.
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#12. Make no mistake," Enrico says finally. "I never would have accepted your application were it not for the King's order. I expect you will be expelled within the month."
His forthrightness makes me bold. "I expect you will be surprised, my lord.
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#13. Mara hurries over and takes my hands. "Er, congratulations on your pending nuptials?"
I whisper, "He'll be so angry when he learns I have engaged us without his knowledge.
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#14. His smile is like the sun rising huge and bright over the Siera Sangre.
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#15. all the magic in the world is rubbish compared to good people who take care of their own.
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#16. You faced him down like a seasoned warrior," he [Hector] says.
"Only because I had your daggers at my back.
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#17. He is never far, and every time I glance in his direction, I see huge brown eyes lingering on me, bright with feeling. He is aware of me in a way Alejandro never was, and it gives me a little thrill each time I notice him noticing me.
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#18. A plan will wait until we've camped for the night," I say.
From habit, I turn to look for Hector, seeking his quiet approval. I don't catch myself until it's too late, until I've lost him all over again.
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#19. In the same way that the best lies have an element of truth, maybe evil is made all the more powerful when it is accompanied by the startling presence of grace.
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#20. I know you hate me. But don't let that make you stupid.
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#21. I want to feel the victory of being desired by someone I once found desirable.
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#22. Everyone has doubts. Pray through them,
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#23. Given a choice between my life and yours, I will choose mine. Every time. Without hesitation.
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#24. We're tying off string at the edge of Hampton's claim when I notice Jefferson staring at me. "You don't have to watch my eyes," I grumble. "When I sense gold, I'll tell you straight."
"That's not why I'm looking," he replies, and Hampton fails to keep the grin from his face.
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#26. May sun finches warble sweet melodies in his ear,
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#27. Storm returns with close-cropped hair the color of corn silk and a new swagger.
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#28. That queen of yours played me like a vihuela, didn't she?
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#29. I scuff the toe of my boot through the dirt, uncovering pine needles and half-rotted leaves shed by the cottonwood looming over me. My dirt, I think. My land.
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#30. He doesn't love me yet, but in this place of death, in this precious moment of shared relief, he holds me.
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#31. Promise me you'll live," he insists. "Because when this is all over, we must discuss how you sometimes kiss me to shut me up, and how I'll no longer stand for it.
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#32. I'm relieved to hear that your vanity has weathered this egregious trial unscathed."
"Thank y
Oh. Sarcasm again.
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#33. You must not lose faith, child. No matter what. Do not doubt God or his choosing of you. He knows infinitely more than we can imagine.
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#34. Arina's face goes blank at his words, her brow smooth as butter.
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#35. Can't trust a man with only half his teeth, the gentleman agrees. They
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#36. All I know of Inviernos is bloodshed and cruelty and rage and ... " Her voice trails off as tears fill her eyes.
"And me," Storm says softly. "You know me.
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#37. How do women all know what to do with babies? It's like they have their own special kind of sorcery.
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#38. All the pain means that I am alive. I will think about that instead.
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#39. If a sweet dumpling took human form, it would look just like Aunt Tildy, right down to the flour-dusting of her gray hair.
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#40. I love you, too," he whispers in my ear. "Wholly. Madly."
"Does that mean you'll marry me?"
"I suppose.
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#41. Mara leans over and whispers in my ear, I know you're charmingly naive when it comes to matters of the heart, but you just stopped him in his tracks.
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#42. Every place there's people, there's badness.
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#43. You do realise, don't you, that I was present during the assassination attempt?
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#44. Seems like I've been waiting for you to come around my whole life, Lee. But a man can't wait forever and stay a man.
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#47. Hiding in relative comfort, I remember to be terrified.
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#48. Honor from death," I snap, "is a myth. Invented by the war torn to make sense of the horrific. If we die, it will be so that others may live. Truly honorable death, the only honorable death, is one that enables life.
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#49. Prophecy is a tricky thing, I have learned, full of edges and secret meanings and mischief. Prophecy can feel like the betrayal of a dear friends, the disappointment of a lifetime, the hope of a nation.
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#50. Murder is no less a crime when the victim is common born.
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#51. I will not pretend weakness. Not ever, not for anyone.
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#52. Painting the enemy as being as inhuman as possible is a great way to win a war.
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#53. Words. I think sometimes when we find love we pretend it away, or ignore it, or tell ourselves we're imagining it. Because it's the most painful kind of hope there is. It can be ripped away so easily. By indifference. By death.
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#55. I cover his hand with my own: "The Champion must not waver," he says in my ear. "Yea, though SHE pass through the shadow of darkness, SHE shall not fear, for God's righteous right hand shall sustain her and give her new life triumphant.
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#56. The less you say, the more your words will matter.
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#57. They're still warm, and I burrow into my pillows, catching the faint scent of rosewater. Truly, my bed is the greatest place in the world.
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#58. I won't lie to you. There is always a cost. All I can gurantee is that it will be the right thing."
"It's insane," he says, but without vehemence.
"It's faith," I say.
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#59. A quarterstaff is not very subtle. Or handy. If an kidnapper comes at me, what am I supposed to do? Say, 'Excuse me, my lord, while I pull my enormous quarterstaff out of my bodice?
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#60. Maybe a large, single dose of pain now is better than the slow, burning pain of withering hope.
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#61. From the mouths of the innocents flows truth.
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#62. One thing I have learned from many years of watching my father is that some people, the best ones, are motivated more by the chance to prove themselves than by a command to serve. It is the work itself that calls them onward, especially if they believe they are the only ones who can do it.
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#63. Just thinking about her makes you shine with her fire.
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#64. Yes!" Belen raises his fist in a victory gesture. "We shall save the world from Invierne with slings!
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#65. I could heal you-"
"No," he says, sharply enough that it startles me. "Everyone is dead. Gavin, Jedro, Melita ... All gone. My life, my friends. I lived for the blink of an eye. But I've been dying for a very long time.
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#66. I crouch hidden among the boulders, my body broken and bloodied. Below me, someone is about to murder my best friend, the one person who understands me. If I act, I will likely lose my own life. If I don't, I'll lose so much more ...
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#67. I make my hand my whole world. Hand hand hand hand. I push through the sand and light and heat, and with every bit of strength I have in me, I squeeze back.
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#68. Has not God chosen those who are pained in this world to inherit his paradise? For it is through suffering we understand our need for his righteous right hand. Indeed, our spiritual needs outweigh our physical ones. Blessed be the name of God.
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#69. It is human nature to concoct explanations to fill the great void of the unknown.
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#70. I will need more than this, O God. If you love me as Aneaxi said, please send me something to go on. Something soon.
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#71. Harsh winds, rough seas, still hearts.
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#72. I just hope His Majesty, may minstrels compose epics at the sound of his glorious name, will do as you say and give this land to its people.
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#73. Pummel me all you want," I say. "Pummel me to death, in fact. My answers will not change."
The Invierno step back, frowning. "You must love her very much," he says, not unkindly.
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#74. It seems to me that when God decided he wanted to communicate with humankind, he could have come up with a much better plan.
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#75. Lord-commander, I won't pretend to love her the way you do. But I do owe her my life and my honour. I am Joyan now. And we are, all of us, filthy liars.
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#76. I lie awake for a long time, wondering which would be more foolish, to prepare for something that may never happen, or not to prepare for something that might.
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#77. she glides away as if she were the princess and I a dumpy maid in a sooty dress. While
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#78. No, no." I motion vaguely. "Relax. Don't look so ... guardlike." They drop formation at once, glancing at one another shamefaced. Hector draped an arm around my shoulder as if we were out for a companionable stroll. He leans down and says, "So. Horrible heat we've been having lately.
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#79. Widow Joyner is repacking a trunk with clean clothes when I return. She looks up as I approach, and her expectant smile instantly disappears. "What happened?" "The reverend and I had a theological disagreement that ended in a permanent schism." "So ... no congratulations are in order?
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#80. Alone is such a nebulous state when one is queen.
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#81. I wasn't done with you. I was just getting started with me.
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#82. Storm chuckles. Queen, chosen one, horse thief. Let it never be said that you are not accomplished.
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#83. You look beautiful," Alodia says.
I startle at the compliment. Then I smile. "I'm beautiful to the one person who matters."
She nods. "Hector's mouth is going to drop open when he sees you."
"I hope so. But I meant me. I'm beautiful to me.
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#84. My face warms under the scrutiny of silence, and I'm almost relieved when he launches into his eulogy. To my dismay, it turns out to be a sermon.
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#85. I want to be queen of this great country not because someone is holding my hand,but because I can do it.Me.Elisa.
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#86. It's a night for shimmering, for catching the light just so.
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#87. I should have let you bust Frank Dilley's nose," I say.
"That would have made things worse," he says.
"But it would have been a pleasure to watch.
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#88. Bad men are never all bad, and good men are never all good, and it makes it hard to know up from down.
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#89. May I document your recovery? It's such a devastating and fascinating injury.
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#90. Don't be daft, I love you."
He grins, "You've never said.
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#91. It's utterly infuriating, the number of people I've encountered in my life who claimed to be the authority on God's will.
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#92. Thank you for lending me the use of your maid. I tragically lost my lady-in-waiting on our journey and found Cosme's presence such a comfort.
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#93. Men can be relentless," she agrees, "when they think a woman belongs to them.
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#94. The Champion must not waver. The Champion must not fear. The Gate of Darkness closes.
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#95. Do you realise what you've done?" he says.
"I believe I just succeeded in using magic to pass your gate," I say. "Doesn't that make me an animagus?
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#96. It's not our place to question God's will, and it is clearly God's will that the two of us become man and wife." It's a testament to my fine character that I don't smash that Bible right into his nose. "You wouldn't know God's will if it tipped its hat and said howdy.
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#97. Yes, well, everyone is ignorant when it comes to their own life and love.
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#98. Storm explains, "Joyans find Invierno names complicated and incomprehensible."
I glare at him. Storm and I were going to have a conversation about 'complicated and incomprehensible" versus 'over-wrought and inefficient'.
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#99. I am Queen of Joya d'Arena and bearer of a living Godstone. I kneel to no one. - Elisa
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#100. Her love for me has always been a foolish thing, but I'm grateful for it.
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