C.J. Redwine > Quotes

“It’s probably my job to tell you life isn’t fair, but I figure you already know that. So instead, I’ll tell you that hope is precious, and you’re right not to give up.”
― C.J. Redwine, Defiance

“I love how you still think if you tell me to do something, I'll just check my brain at the door and do it.”
― C.J. Redwine, Defiance

“Silent acquiescence in the face of tyranny is no better than outright agreement.”
― C.J. Redwine, Defiance

“You don't go into battle because you're sure of victory. You go into battle because it's the right thing to do.”
― C.J. Redwine, The Shadow Queen

“I never thought it was fair that anatomy decided what my brain was fit for.”
― C.J. Redwine, Defiance

“No matter what has happened. No matter what you've done. No matter what you will do. I will always love you. I swear it.”
― C.J. Redwine, Defiance

“His knives are nice. Mine is better.”
― C.J. Redwine, Defiance

“Losing your head in a crisis is a good way to become the crisis.”
― C.J. Redwine, Defiance

“I ache to hear her tell me she loves me, but forcing her to put words to how she feels pushes her further into the silence she seems comfortable calling home now. I tell myself to be patient and understanding, but inside there's a longing only those words will fill, and it hurts to ignore it.”
― C.J. Redwine, Defiance

“Healing is the hardest thing you'll ever do.' ~Quinn”
― C.J. Redwine, Deliverance

“What's the use in being diplomatic? I'd rather just pull my weapon and wing it.”
― C.J. Redwine, Defiance

“I love you best, and I'll miss you forever.”
― C.J. Redwine, The Shadow Queen

“I'm no longer a daughter.
No longer a granddaughter.
No longer a girl with dreams. With hope.
I'm a weapon, now.”
― C.J. Redwine, Defiance

“Besides, what do I know about being a wife? There are much more important qualities to have than a docile disposition.”
― C.J. Redwine, Defiance

“Don’t let the bad leg fool you, son. If you hurt my princess, I will be the nightmare you never see coming.”
― C.J. Redwine, The Shadow Queen

“Maybe that's what love is. Giving others the power to hurt you and trusting that they'll use it to heal you instead.”
― C.J. Redwine, Deception

“She stares at me, a tiny smile flitting across her lips, and the affection on her face makes me feel like the richest man in the world.”
― C.J. Redwine, Defiance

“Gabril’s voice was strong and sure. “I believe in you, and I’ve fought for you, because in a world full of people who crumble before an evil too terrifying to comprehend, you put up your fists and fight.”
― C.J. Redwine, The Shadow Queen

“Remember, sometimes diplomacy is the better side of warfare."
"Dipolomacy is a lot easier to accomplish if you've got your foe on his knees hoping you don't lop off his head.”
― C.J. Redwine, Defiance

“A warrior doesn’t focus on the odds stacked against her. She focuses on her heart, on her will to face the evil in her world and defeat it, and then she finds a way to do it.” Lorelai”
― C.J. Redwine, The Shadow Queen

“There are much more important qualities to have than a docile disposition.”
― C.J. Redwine, Defiance

“I promised I will always protect you. You've been wounded badly because I've failed to keep that promise.
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But I won´t fail you in this, Rachel. no matter what has happened. No matter what you've done. No matter what you will do. I will always love you. I swear it.”
― C.J. Redwine, Defiance

“We walked through the streets with our protectors. We wore our dresses. We gave up our education because that was the price of safety. That was the bargain we made with the devil we knew to escape the devil we didn't.”
― C.J. Redwine, Deliverance

“Tears aren't for the people we've lost. They're for us. So we can remember, and celebrate, and miss them, and feel human.”
― C.J. Redwine, Deception

“He pulls me to a stop in front of a stall selling steaming hot stew of beef an onions. "Two please."
"It's too expensive," I whisper to him, even though I know he won't listen.
he treats me one of his wide, gentle smiles, his dark eyes shining. "Who else am I going to spend my money on? I already know you won't let me buy you and of the pretty, frilly things girls your age like to have, and I'm not about to purchase another weapon to add to your collection."
"Because I don't like pretty, frilly things. And there's nothing wrong with having a nice collection of weapons.”
― C.J. Redwine, Defiance

“What could be worse than death?"

"I am.”
― C.J. Redwine, The Shadow Queen

“Please tell me you're not that stupid.

Rachel to Melkin”
― C.J. Redwine, Defiance

“My bird can drive her break straight through your neck and into your artery in less time than it takes for you to draw a weapon, and she already dislikes you intensely. If I were you, I'd do my best not to antagonize her further."

"I thought the bird obeyed you."

"Better not antagonize me either.”
― C.J. Redwine, The Shadow Queen

“Sometimes having courage means the hardest tasks fall onto your shoulders, and those leave the biggest scars.”
― C.J. Redwine, The Wish Granter

“Power is neither good nor evil. It just is. It's what people do with power that matters.”
― C.J. Redwine, The Traitor Prince