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“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

“A person can be educated and still be stupid, and a wise man can have no education at all.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The False Prince

“Everyone gets scared at times. It's only the fools who won't admit it.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Runaway King

“There's an old saying in Avenia that goes, "Just because it's calmer than a hailstorm doesn't mean it's calm.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The False Prince

“Nobody gives you respect in this life. You must take it, you must earn it, and then you must hold it sacred, because no matter how hard respect is to attain, it can be lost in an instant.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Shadow Throne

“...a strong heart will always overcome a strong body”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The False Prince

“Kneel, please," Connor said. "I wish to study you better."
Come as close to me as you'd like," I answered. "Study me here, on my feet."
"You won't kneel?"
"Would a prince?"
Conner raised his voice. "You're not a prince until I say so."
"I don't need you to say so, sir. As you see me standing here, I am the prince of Carthya.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The False Prince

“I won't start the battle, but if it comes, I'll finish it.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Runaway King

“Avenia thinks they're battling a king. I doubt they're prepared to fight a boy who thinks childish pranks are practical strategies for war."

"Aren't they?”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Shadow Throne

“I follow my orders without question, as a good soldier would. You ask the same from your soldiers.'
'No, I ask them to be good people. That way if they follow my orders, I will know I am doing the right thing.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Shadow Throne

“Let the winds blow, lad
Let fall the deep snow.
Let the stars fall, lad
We'll answer the call.

Let the dark come, lad
Ask not where it's from.
After the fight, lad
We'll see morning's light”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Shadow Throne

“if you hurt deeply, then it means you love deeply too. love is powerful thing, Jaron. In the end, love will help you win this war."
I chuckled, "that'd be a fine new strategy, I think. When the enemy wields a sword against me, I'll simply express my love for them. They'll be so shocked, they'll collapse on the spot and the victory will be mine."
"I daresay you will be the first to claim victory that way”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Shadow Throne

“He’s no king,” I said. “Rulers aren’t made just because they sit on the throne. A true king serves his people, protects them, and sees to their happiness if he can.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Shadow Throne

“You were wrong, commander. Whatever chains you try to place on me, I will always, always, rise from them. I'm not buying my freedom, because you never owned it. But I am taking it back, for me, and for my country.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Shadow Throne

“Courage isn't knowing you can do something; it's only being willing to try . . .”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

“May we never forget. May we live with honor at all times, regardless of our circumstances. And may we choose love, a weapon that will defeat hate every single time. Love is the resistance.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, Resistance

“I risked my life for you. So don’t you ever again disrespect the risks I took by claiming you weren’t worth it!”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Shadow Throne

“Books themselves are freedom. Freedom to think, to believe, to dream.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, Words on Fire

“Truly, it is in the darkness that one finds the light”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

“I realized that I couldn't expect them to think better of me that I thought of myself. So if I believed I was too young or stupid or inexperienced to be a captain, then that's all I would ever be.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Shadow Throne

“I never denied being a fool, that's the difference between us.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Shadow Throne

“And if doing what’s right makes someone angry with me, then may I cause rage and fury wherever I go.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Captive Kingdom

“Life doesn’t give us what we want. It gives us what we need and asks what we will do with it.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Traitor's Game

“I became who I was meant to be and you should do the same.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Runaway King

“I am commanded by the king of Avenia to give you one last order and so I shall. Hear me now and always. Be loyal to the thing you know is right. Never bend to weakness, never yield to a false crown. Right will always triumph in the end, and you will want to be on that side when it does.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Shadow Throne

“Promise me that you will find happiness in life, Jaron. Don't give in to bitterness.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Shadow Throne

“hatred runs deeper and wider than a single race or nationality, and if love was not stronger, hatred would run through the generations. I intended to be stronger.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, Resistance

“I made jokes because the alternative was to scream as loudly on the outside as I was on the inside. Because I needed to laugh so that I wouldn't burn with anger at the injustices around me. ~Jaron (The Captive Kingdom)”
― Jennifer A. Nielson

“You are playing the traitor’s game, and no matter how well one wins, even the winner loses in the end.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Traitor's Game

“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor. It must be demanded by the oppressed. — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., American civil rights activist, 1963”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided