Kaylin Quotes

“I'm missing something, aren't I?"
"Brains", he snapped. "And survival instinct. The Hawklord's been waiting for you for three hours."
"Tell him I'm dead.”
― Michelle Sagara West, Cast in Shadow

“Is this some sort of test?"
"Everything that doesn't kill you is."
"Mind you," he added, "surviving doesn't always mean you passed.”
― Michelle Sagara West, Cast in Secret

“Kaylin is not known for her punctuality. She is known, in fact, for her lack--even by those outside of the Hawklord's command.”
― Michelle Sagara, Cast in Shadow

“ Generally, I like to appear smart. I don't admit being stupid when there's any hope I'm not.”
― Michelle Sagara West, Cast in Secret

“You'll be with me, won't you?"
"indeed."
"Then what could go wrong?"
Lord Sanabalis visibly grimaced. "You clearly do not believe in angry gods.”
― Michelle Sagara West, Cast in Secret

“Is there anyone’s life story you don’t want to know?”

“Not really.” His expression was unexpectedly serious. “Because people make a story of their lives.
Gains, losses, tragedy and triumph—you can tell a lot about someone simply by what they put into each
category. You can learn a lot about what you put into each category by your reaction to them. They
teach you about yourself without ever intending to do it—and they teach you a lot about life.”
― Michelle Sagara West, Cast in Fury

“When you have all eternity, the word hurry is relative."
"And the guards, being mortal, have less of it, and their version of slugglish doesn't approach your version of fast?"
"Something very like that.”
― Michelle Sagara West, Cast in Secret

“And I’ll stop with the lecture now. I don’t like people much—they irritate and annoy me. But I’m
fascinated by them anyway.”
― Michelle Sagara West, Cast in Fury

“I'm sworn to uphold his laws. Saying that you killed someone because they annoyed you isn't codified as acceptable, by those laws, anywhere I'm aware of."
"You are clearly not looking carefully enough.”
― Michelle Sagara West, Cast in Ruin

“Trust me--you come close to death, you'll remember how you stepped out of its way”
― Michelle Sagara, Cast in Secret

“Communication was often like this, though: stumbling, tripping, getting up again. Moving, however clumsily, forward.”
― Michelle Sagara, Cast in Oblivion

“She had a choice; she had chosen to listen. She had offered, wordless and desperate, to help.”
― Michelle Sagara, Cast in Oblivion

“Because not all weakness has to be weakness”
― Michelle Sagara, Cast in Courtlight

“Dreams are their own knife, Kaylin. Dreams, what-ifs, desires. We all have to have hope.”
― Michelle Sagara, Cast in Secret

“If you are always afraid to be known, you will never understand anyone else. If you never understand anyone else, you'll never be a good Hawk. You'll see what others see, or what they want you to see. You won't see what's there.”
― Michelle Sagara, Cast in Secret

“Nightshade—like any living, thinking person—was capable of more than one truth.”
― Michelle Sagara, Cast in Oblivion

“Obvious daggers were notably absent. ... Dragons didn't generally bristle with arms that weren't attached to their bodies.”
― Michelle Sagara, Cast in Silence