Kenley Davidson > Quotes

“Maybe they were afraid. Maybe they didn’t think there was anything they could do.” “Maybe they never tried.” “Because they were afraid.” “Is that how you humans allow so many atrocities between you? By convincing yourselves that fear absolves you of responsibility?”
― Kenley Davidson, The Faceless Mage

“The ultimate freedom is to choose between hope and despair. As long as you feel you have no option but despair, you will always be a prisoner.”
― Kenley Davidson, The Faceless Mage

“Shared pain was not lessened, but it was far easier to bear.”
― Kenley Davidson, Traitor's Masque

“I might be weak, but that does not mean my life is without meaning. Physical strength is not a requirement for sacrifice.”
― Kenley Davidson, The Hidden Queen

“The ultimate freedom is to choose between hope and despair. As long as you feel you have no option but despair, you will always be a prisoner." —Leisa”
― Kenley Davidson, The Faceless Mage

“Unless you have the courage to ask and to listen, you will never know what battles have been fought and won in the lonely shadows of another person's mind. You will never know what courage is required for them to rise and face the day, to stand their ground with conviction, or to bear their burdens without flinching. So I challenge you to listen. To be worthy of trust and vulnerability. Do not judge strength by what you see, or one day, you will find that a true warrior has no need of weapons, accolades, or boasting to prove their worth.”
― Kenley Davidson, The Hidden Queen

“Anger weakened the mind and dulled the senses.”
― Kenley Davidson, The Unseen Heir

“the things we expect are not always the things that we need. And I believe at times we convince ourselves that what we are denied is the one thing we need to be happy, instead of looking for the possibilities in what we do have.”
― Kenley Davidson, Stolen Thorn Bride

“I do not pretend to know your past, night elf, and even if I did, I would not judge you for it. But I hope you will remain open to change. Open to the new and the uncomfortable. It is the only way to move past where we are now.” Leisa”
― Kenley Davidson, The Unseen Heir

“Her smile terrified him. It was fixed, predatory, and about as warm as a stone floor in winter.”
― Kenley Davidson, Traitor's Masque

“I told you before,” he said. “I will always recognize you. No matter what face you wear.” “But—” “Always.”
― Kenley Davidson, Faceless: Legends of Abreia Volume 1

“think," he said gently, "that you must begin as you mean to go on. Let them see who you are. There is no shame in starting a thing late, so long as you are willing to learn. The only shame is in never trying.”
― Kenley Davidson, Stolen Thorn Bride

“His heart ought to have made a sound as it tore in two. Someone ought to have heard it. Because as much as he loved his home and his people, he also loved… Yes. He loved her. To the very depths of his soul, he loved her.”
― Kenley Davidson, The Unseen Heir

“If you will remove these bindings, I will be on my way.”

The night elf blinked at her incredulously. “On your way? I have not yet told you where it is. You have no gear. No weapons.”

Aislin shrugged. “You must want me to succeed, or you would never have asked me to do it in the first place. So I assume you will provide what is needed for me to make the attempt.”

He shook his head. “Are all humans so foolhardy as you?”

“From where I stand, foolhardiness is just another word for desperation.” She could not let him intimidate her now. “Either I accept the task that you’ve offered me, or I accept that my family will die. Who is the fool, the one who gives up when the road looks impossible, or the one who walks on, hoping for a miracle?”
― Kenley Davidson, In Darkness Forged

“Not like I care if you end up being wrong. I’ll watch the bookstore then. I guess if you get into trouble, you can call me, but…” Her smile was as fake as mine. “I don’t know if I’ll be able to hear you.” “Well bless your heart,” I said sweetly. “They do say hearing is the first to go.”
― Kenley Davidson, Dragon Chained

“Is that how you humans allow so many atrocities between you? By convincing yourselves that fear absolves you of responsibility?”
― Kenley Davidson, The Faceless Mage

“Princesses did not display curiosity. They waited. And waited. Until someone else decided the outcome of their lives for them.”
― Kenley Davidson, The Faceless Mage

“Look, I’ll promise to see what I can find out, without letting on that we’re looking. But you have to swear you won’t go and do anything crazy without talking to me first.”

I scrunched up my nose thoughtfully. “What counts as crazy?”

“If you have to pause long enough to justify doing it without telling me, it’s crazy, and you should tell me.”
― Kenley Davidson, Dragon Crowned

“Trust did not always follow where the mind led. Trust was a matter of the heart, and the heart followed its own dictates.”
― Kenley Davidson, The Faceless Mage

“She wanted to spend what remained of forever smiling whenever she looked at him across a room. She wanted to talk to him about everything and about nothing. To laugh with him at the ridiculousness of life and cry with him at its inevitable sorrows. She wanted to run her fingers through his endearingly rumpled hair and make him happy when he was sad because the thought of him being sad broke her heart. And”
― Kenley Davidson, Traitor's Masque

“Dignity,” he replied, “is highly over-rated.”
― Kenley Davidson, Traitor's Masque

“Leisa dreamed, and in her dreams, Kyrion did rather a lot of shouting. He also turned into a storm cat the size of a horse, and then an enormous black wyvern that stooped down and carried her off in its talons. They flew for miles over a vast, beautiful forest while Kyrion’s voice echoed in her mind. Please don’t go. Hold on to me. I love you. Please.”
― Kenley Davidson, The Unseen Heir

“If romance is ever going to find me, it will have to sweep me off my feet and carry me away, because I’m done being in love alone.”
― Kenley Davidson, Path of Secrets

“If you will not cede my father’s place to me, I will take it in blood!”
― Kenley Davidson, The Unseen Heir

“Men who offer to marry me for nothing but my enchanted castle make me feel cheap.”
― Kenley Davidson, Shadow and Thorn

“You remember that somewhere in this world is one who has seen you and known you. Who believes in your courage, your wisdom, and your heart. Who values you not for what you can do, but for everything you are, and who wishes for nothing but your happiness.”
― Kenley Davidson, The Unseen Heir

“It was an unacknowledged truth that life’s least comfortable moments nearly always began with a lie.”
― Kenley Davidson, The Hidden Queen

“Vianne had been improvising recipes for years, and people, to her mind, were not that much different than food. Both were highly predictable if you paid attention. First,”
― Kenley Davidson, Traitor's Masque

“Letting go the breath he hadn’t realized he’d been holding, Kyrion carefully transferred the reins to one hand and wrapped the other arm around Leisa’s waist, tucking her closer to prevent her from sliding around in the saddle with the motion of the horse. And as he did so, he felt an overwhelming sense of rightness. Of being in the only place he would want to be in that moment—riding through this unfamiliar forest, into the shadows of evening, with this woman in his arms.”
― Kenley Davidson, The Unseen Heir

“But then, that was what was expected of a princess. To wait, to trust, to allow others to fight for her. Except, in this case, Leisa wasn’t sure whether anyone else in this entire palace actually cared enough to do so.”
― Kenley Davidson, The Faceless Mage