Valten Quotes

#1. Valten took a step toward the tent and stopped. He turned back to Gisela, and the look in his gray-green eyes gentled instantly. His jaw relaxed, and her breath hitched in her throat at the sudden transformation.

Melanie Dickerson

#2. Valten turned to face her and she threw her arms around him again. We have to get out of here, his mind told him, but he decided he had enough time for another kiss. And Gisela obviously agreed.

Melanie Dickerson

#3. You tried to kill me with your dagger," Valten said calmly. "I can get you disqualified from this tournament." "Are you threatening me?" "Yes.

Melanie Dickerson

#4. Even a dozen soldiers couldn't make her feel as safe as Valten could.

Melanie Dickerson

#5. Gisela. She was beautiful and easy to talk to. And unlike Rainhilda, she didn't prattle on and on about things Valten didn't care or know anything about. She talked about horses-a subject he was quite comfortable with. And he always thought a love of horses was sign of gentleness and good character.

Melanie Dickerson

#6. Don't think I couldn't see the love in his eyes when he looked at you. He would have fought to the death for you, that handsome Valten Gerstenberg.

Melanie Dickerson

#7. Missing?" His father looked quite dangerous, as dangerous as Valten felt.

Melanie Dickerson

#8. Valten always did say you were the luckiest boy alive.

Melanie Dickerson

#9. Every eye was on her, including her stepmother's and stepsisters', she thought absently. But Gisela only had eyes for Valten.

Melanie Dickerson

#10. I see there's more cooking out here than the pheasant." Valten leaned over to turn the roasting birds on the spit and mumbled, "Not anymore.

Melanie Dickerson

#11. Ruexner chuckled and put away his knife. Gisela kept her eyes on Valten. Even though her bottom lip trembled, she still looked like the bravest woman he had ever seen.

Melanie Dickerson

#12. Valten's blood boiled at the thought of Ruexner holding Gisela, of him taking her by force, dragging her away from underneath Valten's nose, from his own home.

Melanie Dickerson

#13. Valten tightened his arms around Gisela. She buried her face against his chest, holding on to him as if her life depended on her grip.

Melanie Dickerson

#14. When he reached her, he put his hand on her shoulder and searched her face in the dim light. "Valten." She said his name on a happy sigh as she looked into his eyes. He put his arms around her, pulling her against his chest.

Melanie Dickerson

#15. Valten turned and grasped Gisela around the waist to help her down. She placed her hands on his shoulders and he set her on her feet, but slowly. After all, when one has a pleasant task to do, there's no reason to rush it.

Melanie Dickerson

#16. Ruexner will pay dearly for this, Valten promised, speaking to no one in particular, but imagining he had the fiend's neck between his hands. If he dared hurt Gisela ...

Melanie Dickerson

#17. Let Valten go save his own damsel in distress. I'm sure there are other maidens he can fall in love with.

Melanie Dickerson

#18. Valten paced the floor of the library, imagining the violence he would wreak on the person responsible for hurting Gisela.

Melanie Dickerson

#19. Valten turned and stomped back to the Great Hall. He just might put his unbroken hand through someone's face, if given the slightest bit of provocation.

Melanie Dickerson

#20. God is in control of all events and is able to protect and provide for you His child.

Jim George

#21. She whispered, Even with a broken hand, you are the knight I'd most want and trust to rescue me-and I know you can do it. You are the boldest, bravest, most noble knight in the Holy Empire.

Melanie Dickerson

#22. What had his life meant? All his success, all the tournaments he'd won ... they were like dust and ashes. Meaningless. Without Gisela, his life was meaningless.

Melanie Dickerson

#23. Or as Gabe had done, to rescue your betrothed from some evil force. That appealed to him. But he'd yet to find a damsel in distress, oppressed by evil and in need of rescue.

Melanie Dickerson

#24. I just like to stay busy, and I like to work with interesting people.

Adam Schlesinger

#25. My songs always tend to have a good element to the story. That is who I am - an optimistic person.

Rayvon Owen

#26. Anybody can be a runner ... We were meant to move. We were meant to run. It's the easiest sport.

Bill Rodgers

#27. Only a fool would be patient enough to stay in a totalitarian love affair, and only the insincere will use anarchy to commit the sin of unfaithfulness.

Michael Bassey Johnson

#28. Gisela looked more frightened now than she had before-frightened for him rather than for herself if he read the expression correctly. He looked her in the eye. I won't let you down. I will save you.

Melanie Dickerson

#29. The price decline is a result of having to pay debts. That drains income from the circular flow between production and consumption - that is, between what people are paid when they go to work, and the things that they buy.

Michael Hudson

#30. The heart is the window to the soul, the portal through which we can understand the desires of the spirit.

Steven Redhead

#31. I don't need to impress children.

Ion Tiriac

#32. The most valuable tasks you can do each day are often the hardest and most complex. But the payoff and rewards for completing these tasks efficiently can be tremendous.

Brian Tracy

#33. His hands wrapped around her upper arms, holding her gently. You are even more beautiful when you dance.

Melanie Dickerson

#34. I often meet adults in their 30s, 40s, or 50s who, as soon as they recognize me, suddenly become six years old again.

Clayton Moore

#35. Promise me that if you get a chance to escape without me, you will do it. He won't kill me. Go find your men and come back for me."
His eyelids and brows lowered. " You don't know me very well or you wouldn't say such a thing. I won't leave you.

Melanie Dickerson

#36. In this case I read on. And on. First with the sinking feeling that it was not bad enough to quit, then with a prickle of interest, then a growing excitement, and finally an incredulity: surely it was not possible that it was so good.

Walker Percy

#37. I can't think of a more mediocre human talent than George Bush. He obviously is a product of family advantage, and he's the worst American President of all time.

Randall Robinson

#38. He bent lower to whisper in her ear, I love you, queen of beauty and love.

Melanie Dickerson