Quote

We need an ally of Mydogg's or Gentian's pretending to be among the most loyal allies of the king,' Brigan said. 'Shouldn't be so hard, really. If I shot an arrow out the window I'd probably hit on.

Kristin Cashore

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Kristin Cashore
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: June 10
Novelist
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Need
Shot
Hard
Shouldn
Brigan
Needs
King
Arrow
Really
Shots
Ally
Kings
Arrows
Window
Loyal
Among
Allies
Probably
Pretending

More quotes by Kristin Cashore

Image
It's hard to wake from a nightmare when the nightmare is real.
Kristin Cashore
Image
Gratitude takes less energy than anger.
Kristin Cashore
Image
And, he continued, his strange smile gleaming, as I see it, our hearts are not so different in size. I murdered my father. You murdered yours. Is that something you did with a large heart?
Kristin Cashore
Image
If I wanted to stun anyone at dinner, I'd hit them in the face.
Kristin Cashore
Image
You're afraid of your own anger.
Kristin Cashore
Image
She would like to restrain from cruelty and receive no admiration for it.
Kristin Cashore
Image
He held up a finger and went to the hallway, where he tripped over Blotchy, and then over the two monster cats madly pursuing Blotchy. Swearing, he leaned over the landing and called to the guard that unless the kingdom fell to war or his daughter was dying, he better not be interrupted until further notice.
Kristin Cashore
Image
How absurd it was that in all seven kingdoms, the weakest and most vulnerable of people - girls, women - went unarmed and were taught nothing of fighting, while the strong were trained to the highest reaches of their skill.
Kristin Cashore
Image
She'd lost her fury, somewhere, as they'd talked. She didn't feel it anymore. She wished she did, because she preferred it to the emptiness that had settled in its place.
Kristin Cashore
Image
Now we just need to find someone who is close to the king but is really a spy for Mydogg. That should be easy. I could probably shoot an arrow out the window and hit one.
Kristin Cashore
Image
Normal. She wasn't normal. A girl Graced with killing, a royal thug? A girl who didn't want the husbands Randa pushed on her, perfectly handsome and thoughtful men, a girl who panicked at the thought of a baby at her breast, or clinging to her ankles.
Kristin Cashore
Image
What a horrifying notion, he said. A creature with the power to take over one's mind.
Kristin Cashore
Image
In the saddle again, Fire mulled over the commander's trust, prodding it around, like a candy in her mouth, trying to decide whether she believed it.
Kristin Cashore
Image
They seemed no closer to the tops of the peaks that rose before them. It was only by looking back, to the forest far below, that she knew they'd climbed.
Kristin Cashore
Image
Saf keeps a vast range of bullies on hand at all times.
Kristin Cashore
Image
His name was Death. It was pronounced to rhyme with teeth, but Bitterblue liked to mispronounce it by accident on occassion.
Kristin Cashore
Image
I don’t often know who should read what book. It’s a little bit like trying to set people up on a date - a good match is unpredictable and mysterious.
Kristin Cashore
Image
Are you determined to leave me in this world to live without my heart?
Kristin Cashore
Image
Katsa sat in the darkness of the Sunderan forest and understood three truths. She loved Po. She wanted Po. And she could never be anyone's but her own.
Kristin Cashore
Image
Wonderful, Garan grumbled when he'd gone. We'll grow a reputation for our kindness to lawbreakers.
Kristin Cashore