We each survive in our own way.

It was a voice she had heard before, deep and raspy. It made her bones crack and splinter, made her feel the astonishing cold of a winter long since passed.

The stag’s enormous head turned slightly—toward the wagon, toward the small window.The Lord of the North.So the people of Terrasen will always know how to find their way home, she’d once told Ansel as they...

He grasped her by the wrist , running a thumb along the sensitive skin underneath. “Then let me call you Mine for a dance or two”She grinned but someone was suddenly between them, a tall,...

Behold my power, Maeve. Behold what I grapple with in the deep dark, what prowls under my skin.”Celaena exhaled a breath and extinguished each and every flame in the city.The power wasn’t in might or...

Been eating candies, have you?””You sent those?” She kept her mouth closed as much as possible.”Of course.” He picked up the brown bad of candy on the table. “What’s your…” He trailed off as he...

No.” I’d long since stopped feeling sorry for myself about it.

The silence was suddenly too charged, his face too beautiful in the light.

He brought his lips to my ear. “I would have been gentle with you, though.” I shuddered as I closed my eyes. Every inch of my body went taut as his words echoed through me....

Everyone sounded the same when they died.

No. I can survive well enough on my own— if given the proper reading material.

What do you care?” I barked, and his grip tightened enough on my wrists that I knew my bones would snap with a little more pressure.”What do I care?” he breathed, wrath twisting his features....

She shook off his grip. “I am what I am, and I don’t particularly care what you think of me.” “Well, I care what you think of me. I care enough that I stayed at...

I lied! And you know I lied, you stupid bastard!

He slumped down into the pen, and the puppies immediately leapt on him. “Perhaps I’ll see you later tonight.””If you’re lucky,” Celaena purred, and walked away. She smiled to herself as they strode through the...

He’d known, since the moment he figured out who she was, that while Celaena would always pick him, Aelin would not.

I threw myself into that fire, threw myself into it, into him, and let myself burn.

When your people are lying dead around you, don’t come crying to me…

Don’t you ever do anything other than read?” said Chaol.

Last night… I’m sorry if I was too forward with you.” He paused. “Celaena, you’re grimacing.”Had she been making a face? “Er- sorry.””It did upset you, then!””What did?””The kiss!”… “Oh, it was nothing,” she said,...

You’re back,” Sam said, as if he couldn’t quite believe it.She lifted her chin, stuffing her hands in her pockets. “Obviously.”He tilted his head slightly to the side. “How was the desert?”There wasn’t a scratch...

To four years until freedom,” she said lifting her glass.He raised his in salute. “To you, Celaena.” Their eyes met, and Chaol didn’t hide his smile as she grinned at him. Perhaps four years with...

Rhysand yelled my name again – yelled it as though he cared. I blacked out, but she brought me back, ensuring that I felt everythingm ensuring that I screamed every time a bone broke.

She had awoken this morning and slipped the amethyst ring off her finger. It had felt liked a blessed release, a final shadow lifted from her heart.

My name is Celaena Sardothien,” she whispered, “and I will not be afraid.

We need hope, or else we cannot endure.

I did nothing of the sort. I told you I was beautiful.

He suddenly felt the urge to kiss her-hard- upon the mouth. But this- what he felt, it could never be real. Because once the ball was over, she would go back to being an assassin,...

There was good in people – deep down, there was always a shred of good.

Where do men find it in themselves to do such monstrous things?

Because all the monsters have been let out of their cages tonight, no matter what court they belong to. So I may roam wherever I wish until the dawn.

In every way that counted, I failed him.

I,uh…” Her face was so hot she thought it would melt onto the floor. Oh you idiot. “My monthly cycles finally came back!”His face suddenly matched hers and he stepped away, dragging his hand through...

Would you like me to grovel with gratitude for bringing me here, High Lord?””Ah. The Suriel told you nothing important, did it?”That smile of his sparked something bold in my chest. “He also said that...

I like music,” she said slowly, “because when I hear it, I . . . I lose myself within myself, if that makes any sense. I become empty and full all at once, and I...

Libraries were full of ideas–perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.

Her cheek against the moss, the young princess she had been – Aelin Galathynius – reached a hand for her. ‘Get up’, she said softly.

What’s the point in having a mind if you don’t use it to make judgements?

The king picked up his goblet, swirling the wine inside. ‘I didn’t receive word that your legion was here.'”They’re not.”Chaol braced for the execution order, praying he wouldn’t be the one to do it. The...

Let me give you a bit of advice.’ the girl said bitterly, ‘from one working girl to another; life isn’t easy, no matter where you are. You’ll make choices you think are right and then...

As I lifted the ash dagger, something inside me fractured so completely that there would be no hope of ever repairing it.

To listen to what I’d heard – as if I’d already learned everything I needed.

If you can learn to endure pain, you can survive anything. Some people learn to embrace it- to love it. Some endure it through drowning it in sorrow, or by making themselves forget. Others turn...

But the king was frowning. “I expected you a month ago.”Aedion actually had the nerve to shrug. “Apologies. The Staghorns were slammed with a final winter storm. I left when I could.”Every person in the...

Care for a drink?

One faerie – and then we were free. Just on more swing of my arm. And maybe one more after that – maybe one more swing, up and inward and into my own heart.

Sam’s hand brushed her shoulder, and she almost jumped out of her skin as he brought his mouth close to her ear and murmured, “You look beautiful. Though I bet you already know that.” She...

I’m not married,” he said softly, “because I can’t stomach the idea of marrying a woman inferior to me in mind and spirit. It would mean the death of my soul.

He wouldn’t let his servants change the sheets on his bed because they still smelled like her, because he went to sleep dreaming that she was still lying beside him.

Faeries began calling foul play, demanding Tamlin be released from the curse, calling her a liar. Through the haze, I saw Rhysand crouching by Tamlin. Not to help him, but to grab the-“You are all...