Tal Quotes

“Where does it end!" She threw the words back at him. "With me dead, or you dead after trying to save me. I can't- you shouldn't have made me eat breakfast." She glared at him. "I...what?" "You made me eat breakfast!" She pointed at him to emphasize her list of grievances. "And became my sparring partner. You let me sleep on your shoulder in the carriage. You brought me hot chocolate and Hildie when I had a bad day, and you made me laugh at your terrible impersonation of Lady Everly, and you told me about your sister, and your favorite cat, and sneaking out to eavesdrop onMontevallion soldiers, and about the time you fell off a horse trying to impress a girl. And you shouldn't have done any of that.”
― C.J. Redwine, Rise of the Vicious Princess

“You made me see you as a friend, and then you walk out of that shop today as regal as you please and you nearly get yourself killed. If you think I signed up for this job so that I could lose a friend, you're wrong." His hand fell to his lap and he pinned her with his gaze. There was an intensity in his eyes that made something in her ache. "I could have been too slow. Or I could have bee nat the wrong angle, or-" "Or you could have died. And if you hadn't made me eat breakfast, or laugh at your jokes, or listen to stories about your cat, I might have been able to survive that.”
― C.J. Redwine, Rise of the Vicious Princess