Best Lightlark Quotes by Alex Aster

"Isla Crown often fell through puddles of stars and into faraway places."

"Traveling between the realms’ newlands with her starstick had the habit of undoing even Poppy’s most tightly wound coils and firmly made braids—an unexpected perk, really."

"Little by little, she learned how to return to locations she had been to before."

"Her room was not her own. It was an orb of glass, the remnants of an ancient greenhouse."

"Wildlings’ was twofold. They were cursed to kill anyone they fell in love with—and to live exclusively on human hearts."

"She was a little bird, just like Poppy and sometimes even Terra called her. A bird in a cage."

"Her fear was only tempered by her curiosity. She had always longed for more... everything."

"The Sunling ruler was untrusting. Paranoid. Cold."

"You are enough, little bird. Better than any of them."

"You take the pain like medicine. You swallow it down with a smile."

"The king would not be the one to wear her down."

"I can understand its appeal...though I have much to explore."

"I’ll see you tomorrow," he said, baring his teeth, making it sound like a threat.

"You will be sentencing thousands to death," Oro snarled.

"You should tell me. Because if you don’t . . . I’m not opening another purse plant."

"I have a theory about the curses, one I’ve been working through the last half century. And I believe you are able to help me."

"It’s only a deal if I am able to decide a second realm that will remain safe."

"Fear of heights. Fear of falling. Fear of bridges. Should we make a list of your fears, Wildling?"

"They were my favorite realm, besides Sunling," he finally said.

"Wildlings were advisers in our court. They were loyal. They were good."

"You can’t begin to understand the consequences of losing one of [our realms]."

"Killing a ruler isn’t the hard part. We all have had several opportunities to fulfill that portion of the prophecy."

"I have absolutely no interest in you whatsoever, King."

"Poppy held Terra’s few soft fingers. 'We still have time,' she said."

"But I reach my hand into the dirt, to speak to the trees."

"Corpses can't talk. And corpses can't break curses, can they?"

"I do not wish to become a god. Too much power is dangerous."

"Perhaps we are similar in that regard... in our inability to have that."

"Are we ready to be free of this island? To see how we fare on the other side?"
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"You are the king of Lightlark, the most powerful person in all of the realms."

"The heart is hidden until it blooms and becomes a part of Lightlark when it is needed most."

"I’m sorry, Celeste. For everything. I’ve been a terrible friend. Terrible partner. But I’m going to make everything better. I promise."

"I’ve never felt more alive, more bare, than I did in that moment, having him watch as endless sensations overcame me."

"The Place of Mirrors, Oro’s powers would be nullified there, but enchantments like the bondbreaker would still work."

"Her hand shook as she wrote the letter to Oro. Explaining whatever she could."

"Your heart, he said, frowning. He shook his head. It does not only belong to you."

"You appeared in my castle one year ago. And you returned... several times. Using your Nightshade relic."

"I watched you die," Oro said, his voice rasped.

"They were supposed to marry, with a ring already on my finger."

"I used my shape-shifting flair to change into a beautiful Wildling and convinced this fool... that he would have me that night if he gave me the most beautiful flower on the island."

"I thought it was on purpose, that you were using your abilities to lure me."