Our own story is even more important for us to know than history.

...when truths disappear, they leave behind blank spaces, and that is also dangerous.

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.

For a group of people who claimed to be concerned for her safety, they did seem to have developed rather a habit of encouraging uprisings against monarchs.

I’m suspicious of the notion of a single book that would benefit everyone to read.

And the kings were no better to their own people than they were to each others.

Brigan spun around to face the man, swearing with as much as exasperation and fury as Fire had ever heard anyone swear. The man scuttled away in alarm.