Court Intrigue Quotes

“My tongue learned me. Pity yours didn’t learn to be quiet.
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― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

“Pity is her latest tool and she’s honed it to a fine edge.”
― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

“Plotting murder is as good a topic as any.”
― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

“Like a bastard child of a royal house, we’re hidden from public view.”
― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

“Stupid or no, Father, you’re dead – and I’m not.
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― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

“At that time, her core burned relentlessly with passion, desire, and complete disorientation. Their union was officiated by a queen she’d only heard of in folklore, and the people of the valleys reached for her and clamored to see the bride like she was their elixir. All of this only intensified the yearnings pulsing through her body and soul. She remembers one young lady, a commoner really, who pushed in from a crowd, sweaty and pregnant, to grab Lylitte’s hand. She locked eyes with her and saw the fever raging inside; it was in all the people in those days, the shamelessness, and a lust for all things of the new world. It was like a hurricane for life that no one could understand who hadn’t felt it.
“Only when we experience true loss are we pulled back into our own dreaming,”
― Joseph A. Anderson, Eden 2:b

“I need a little time to sift all the kernels of truth from his self-congratulatory chaff.”
― Candace L. Talmadge, Stoneslayer: Book One Scandal

“It’s very foolish to base policy on childish resentments, Lady Consort.”
― Candace L. Talmadge, Stoneslayer: Book One Scandal

“Regardless of who owns that title, there will always be those that bear resentment in their heart.”
― Tony Debajo, A Heart Full of Malice

“There is no playacting in this court. If you stay your hand, they will cut it off.”
― Nenia Campbell, Dragon Queen

“Men prefer to keep power to themselves. They make rules that dictate who gets to use it, and how, and why. I broke those rules when I saved you with my magic, and I’ll never regret it.”
― Rati Mehrotra, Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove

“A spiritual warrior accepts his punishment with the same indifference that he accepts his reward.”
― Rati Mehrotra, Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove

“You burned my name to ash. I’m only what rose from it.”
― Theron Lysandros, The Fire Prince´s Bride: A lyrical fantasy of power, memory, and the girl who let the fire go

“The death of a loved one is a terrible thing. Even more terrible is the death of the only dear person; the one who shares your every breath. But the worst thing is when the loved one is slowly dying before your very eyes; when you see and understand everything but cannot help him; when you are prepared to give up your life for his, but they won't take it.”
― Lina J. Potter, The Royal Court

“Men love those creatures that need to be taken care of. To be with a strong and wise woman is obliging. If you want to tame a lioness you need to become a lion, not a goat. A doe is easier to keep. You give her a little grass, a little milk, and she is tamed. Who do you think a man would choose?”
― Lina J. Potter, The Royal Court

“So that's how it was. Palaces, kings... and thugs like that, who, like locusts, move from one century to another.”
― Lina J. Potter, The Royal Court

“Such a state of affairs feeds a man's pride. It flatters men, even more, when they see love and admiration in the eyes of a young woman.”
― Lina J. Potter, The Royal Court