Jacin Clay Quotes

“Tapping a finger against the flesh of her elbow, she deadpanned, “Jacin Clay, there is an assassin under my bed.”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

“I am your guard. I'm here to protect you and keep you out of trouble, and that’s it.”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

“You don’t have to call me that, you know,” she said, brushing her hair back from her shoulders. “There was a time when you called me Winter.”

He leaned his elbows on the enclosure wall. “There was also a time when I could come visit you without feeling like I was supposed to toss bread crumbs to earn your favor.”

“Bread crumbs? Do I look like a goose?”

He tilted his head to the side. “You don’t look like an arctic wolf, either, but that’s what the plaque tells me I’m looking at.”

Winter leaned back on her hands. “I will not play fetch,” she said, “but I might howl if you ask nicely.”

He grinned. “I’ve heard your howl. It’s not very wolf-like, either.”

“I’ve been practicing.”

“You won’t bite me if I come in there, will you?”

“I make no guarantees.”

Jacin hopped over the rail and came to sit beside her. She raised an eyebrow. “You don’t look like an arctic wolf, either.”

“I also don’t howl.” He considered. “Though I might play fetch, depending on the prize.”

“The prize is another game of fetch.”

“You drive a hard bargain.”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

“Everyone is trying to impress everyone else. Trying to make themselves out to be smarter or more confident than they actually are.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress

“Do me a favor, Princess. The next time someone says they're going to kill you, don't just let them. -page 244 of Winter”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

“You’re my princess, right? You were always going to be my princess, no matter what you were born, no matter who your dad married.”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

“This is why," he whispered, and it occurred to Winter that, at some point, he'd started crying too. "This is why I can't leave you, Winter. This is why I'll never leave.”
― Marissa Meyer, Stars Above