Thea Quotes

“Right." Thea dabbed at her lips with her napkin. "No feminism at the dinner table.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“I'm a hypercompetitive, bisexual perfectionist who likes to win and looks like this. I'm no stranger to being hated”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“Right." ... "No feminism at the dinner table.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“I am Athena. Before that I was Thea, singer and slave and lover of gladiators. Before that I was Leah, daughter of Benjamin and Rachael of Masada. I am as mortal as you, you common little man. And I fear no one!”
― Kate Quinn, Mistress of Rome

“I'm not trying to rescue her. She can rescue herself. I just want to give her a reason to try.”
― Anne Calhoun, Breath on Embers

“You don't have to be better, or healed, or over your husband. You just have to be here. That's all I'm asking for. I'm not asking for forever. I'm just asking you to be here, now, with me.”
― Anne Calhoun, Breath on Embers

“The rule of mirrors. So many possibilities. We seek until we find a true reflection of ourselves,”
― Caragh M. O'Brien, The Rule of Mirrors

“We can't always see a person's capacity for evil. But that doesn't make us culpable. It just means we see the good in those around us.”
― Catherine Cowles, Delicate Escape

“Alone isn't a place. It's a state of being. And no one can stay that way forever. Every person on this planet needs others. Needs to share their burdens with someone.”
― Catherine Cowles, Delicate Escape

“There is no fix for this. She has to endure it, and somewhere along the line she has to learn to live again. Surviving isn't the goal. Living is. This is a battle between me and her grief, and I'm going to be the last man standing.”
― Anne Calhoun, Breath on Embers

“How can you even think about being awake in the world, let alone caring about someone?"
"Because they may be gone, but I'm not. I honor their memories by living, not by becoming the walking dead.”
― Anne Calhoun, Breath on Embers

“Thea had never been attracted to people in that sense. There was a time in middle school when she’d wondered if something was wrong with her, if part of her heart was faulty for not lusting after this person or that, for failing to crush on someone from afar like her peers.”
― Erin Bowman, Immunity

“I can do it.
With a quick, almost instinctive movement, I clench my fists and try to steady my breathing, forcing back the flames threatening to burst from my palms.
Even after years of training and guidance, I still can’t fully con-trol my power—or my temper—which messes with my birth seal—the golden mark on the back of my neck I got for being born under the star Regulus, the source of my fire magic.”
― Padz Novas, Glow and Shadow

“I can do it.
With a quick, almost instinctive movement, I clench my fists and try to steady my breathing, forcing back the flames threatening to burst from my palms.
Even after years of training and guidance, I still can’t fully con-trol my power—or my temper—which messes with my birth seal—the golden mark on the back of my neck I got for being born under the star Regulus, the source of my fire magic.”
― Padz Novas, Brillo y Sombra

“Puedo hacerlo.
Con un movimiento rápido, casi instintivo, cierro los puños e intento regular mi respiración, sofocando las llamas que amenazan con salir de las palmas de mis manos.
Después de años de entrenamiento e instrucción, todavía no consigo controlar del todo bien mi poder ni mi temperamento, lo que afecta a mi sello de nacimiento, esa marca dorada en mi nuca que tengo por haber nacido bajo la estrella Regulus, la cual me otorga mi magia de fuego.”
― Padz Novas, Brillo y Sombra