The fellow who tends the greenhouse gardens? Trust me, Lady, you'd let him stake your tomatoes.

Love is stupid. It has nothing to do with reason. You love whomever you love.

That was what they did with themselves, those two Gracelings, along with a small band of friends: They stirred up trouble on a serious scale—bribery, coercion, sabotage, organized rebellion—all directed at stopping the worst behavior of the world’s most seriously corrupt kings.

Men are daft around women, incautious and boastful.

She wanted to cause him pain for taking a place in her heart she wouldn't have given him if she'd known the truth.

Katsa sat in the darkness of the Sunderan forest and understood three truths. She loved Po. She wanted Po. And she could never be anyone's but her own.

I've liked you better when Katsa's around," Giddon said. "She's so rotten to me that you seem positively pleasant in contrast.