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“My name is Ashallyn'darkmyr Tallyn, third son of the Unseelie Court...Let it be known--from this day forth, I vow to protect Meghan Chase, daughter of the Summer King, with my sword, my honor, and my life. Her desires are mine. Her wishes are mine. Should even the world stand against her, my blade will be at her side. And should it fail to protect her, let my own existence be forfeit. This I swear, on my honor, my True Name, and my life. From this day on..." His voice went even softer, but I still heard it as though he whispered it into my ear. "I am yours.”
― Julie Kagawa, The Iron Queen

“Rise, red as the dawn.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“Ash brushed the hair from my neck and leaned close to my ear, his voice so soft not even Grimalkin could’ve heard it. “I love you,” he murmured, and my heart nearly burst out of my chest. “Whatever happens, we’re together now.
Always.”
― Julie Kagawa, The Iron Queen

“Crazy Ash just doesn't have the same ring as Don't-bother-me-or-I'll-kill-you Ash.”
― Julie Kagawa, The Iron Knight

“He hesitated, but then stepped beneath the tree and knelt, depositing me gently on the ground between two giant roots. And he stayed there, kneeling beside me, holding my hand in his. Something splashed the back of my hand, cold as spring water, crystalling to my skin. A faery's tears.”
― Julie Kagawa, The Iron Queen

“Wow, icy reception here. And to think I came back from the dead for this." - Puck”
― Julie Kagawa, The Iron Daughter

“I'm like him. I'm a monster, too.”
― Elizabeth May, The Falconer

“Aoram dhuit,” he breathes. “I will worship thee.”
― Elizabeth May, The Falconer

“I’m not a creature of vengeance any more. I’m not just the girl whose gift is chaos. I’m the girl who endured.”
― Elizabeth May, The Vanishing Throne

“Crimson suits you best.”
― Elizabeth May, The Falconer

“Kiaran’s kiss is fierce, his breathing ragged. ‘Have I ever told you the vow a sìthiche makes when he pledges himself to another?’ He slides his fingers down my neck and his lips are so soft against mine that I barely feel them. ‘Aoram dhuit,’ he breathes. ‘I will worship thee.”
― Elizabeth May, The Falconer

“Perhaps he’s my curse. Perhaps I’m his weakness. Together we left the world in ruins.”
― Elizabeth May, The Vanishing Throne

“Kiaran and I have little connection beyond our names. We battle, bleed and hunt together almost every night. He teaches me how to slaughter in the most effective, brutal ways possible. But I've never told Kiaran why I hunt, and he has never told me why he kills his own kind. This is our ritual, our dance. The only one that matters.”
― Elizabeth May, The Falconer

“He opens one bottle and holds it out to me. ‘Drink this one.’

Inside is a milky blue liquid with what looks like thin slivers of glass floating in it. Surely he doesn’t mean for me to drink glass. ‘Am I going to regret consuming its contents?’

‘No. But I imagine you’ll still call me every expletive you can possibly think of.’ He presses it into my palm.

‘I don’t like the sound of that.’ I sniff the vial and scrunch up my nose at a sharp tang that burns my nostrils. Like something that might come out of my chemistry set. ‘Ugh! What’s in this? It smells vile.’

‘I knew a human girl once. She was stubborn, like you. Refused to drink the paltry contents of that bottle, like you . . .’ He pauses for dramatic effect. ‘And she died a horrible, painful death – torturous, really – because she wouldn’t take my advice.’

I scrutinise him. ‘There was no girl who died, was there?’

‘There will be if you don’t drink what’s in that damned bottle.”
― Elizabeth May, The Falconer

“Well,” I say brightly, “we’re getting on splendidly, aren’t we? Glad to see you’re all becoming friends over your mutually violent desires.”
― Elizabeth May, The Falconer

“We burn bright, and we burn out. That’s what it means to be human.”
― Elizabeth May, The Vanishing Throne

“One day, you’ll tell people the story of the faery king and the human girl. And how he watched from afar as she lived out twenty thousand human days. And if she listened closely during winter, when the wind was cold and the nights were longest, she could hear him whisper that he cherished her so much he was willing to give her the world.”
― Elizabeth May, The Fallen Kingdom

“That’s what family does: They bring home with them.”
― Elizabeth May, The Vanishing Throne

“He loved you so much that when you died, he might as well have died with you.”
― Elizabeth May, The Fallen Kingdom

“Aithinne wasn’t hardened by war; she was humanized by it.”
― Elizabeth May, The Vanishing Throne

“Somewhere between our hunts and our kills and our kisses, he left his mark on my bones.”
― Elizabeth May, The Vanishing Throne

“Most people would be dismayed by an attempted assassination, but Kiaran seems to regard it as either flirtation or flattery – possibly both.”
― Elizabeth May, The Vanishing Throne

“Just hold back the sea and as many fae as you can. Aithinne and I will do the rest.’ He gives me a look.‘ Just hold back the sea, she says.’ With a shake of his head, he takes his position again, deep in concentration.”
― Elizabeth May, The Vanishing Throne

“He's in my heart and I'm in his. And I think it’s going to destroy us both.”
― Elizabeth May, The Fallen Kingdom

“There are two exits out of this room. Choose one.”
Derrick chuckles. “What a glorious comeuppance.”
― Elizabeth May, The Falconer

“Kiaran left a mark on me. It’s not physical, not like Lonnrach’s. It’s as if when my memories were emptied, my mind filled with pieces of Kiaran, feelings that kept me sane in the mirrored room. He did it without realizing and I let him without realizing. God, how I wish I hadn’t.”
― Elizabeth May, The Vanishing Throne

“I have to remove your . . . whatever this is.’

‘Nightdress,’ I say, my cheek against the pillow. ‘It’s from Paris. You’ve been alive how long and still can’t identify a woman’s clothing?”
― Elizabeth May, The Falconer

“It’s so quiet out here, only ocean waves crashing around us. It’s these moments when I realise that my time with Kiaran is such a fragile thing. At any moment, my human life could end and he’d still be as unchanging as the sea.”
― Elizabeth May, The Vanishing Throne

“I've changed my mind. Stop inadequately playing human," I say. "Drop her hand and step away. Take a very big step.”
― Elizabeth May, The Falconer

“The price you pay for truth is knowledge.”
― Elizabeth May, The Fallen Kingdom