All The Tides Of Fate Quotes
"Trust be damned. I’ve earned this crown with my soul."
"You may have the title of a queen, but in the eyes of too many, you are still little more than a girl."
"No person is meant to have that kind of power."
"I’ll do whatever it takes to repair this kingdom."
"I want to tell him that I am willing to risk anything—everything—to make up for my family’s past and send these memories to the bottom of the sea where they belong."
"You won’t be able to ignore me forever, Princess."
"I understand Mother’s hesitation, but unlike that crab, I don’t fear the sea."
"It’s my fault he’s dead. It’s my fault they’re all dead."
"I reach out to Father as the blood pools around me, but every time I push forward, the dead pull him out of reach."
"If you think that being on Keel Haul will somehow make everything between us back to normal…"
"Trust me, pirate. I’m about to be positively brilliant."
"This is brilliant. I am brilliant. You’re welcome."
"The best gossip makes for the fattest coin purse."
"We’re not ignoring, we’re protecting ourselves."
"You’re perfect, Ferrick. I promise, this isn’t about you."
"But your stubbornness will be the knife in all of our chests one day, Amora. Gods help us."
"I hadn’t been a queen, then. I’d been Princess Amora Montara—a girl who was naive enough to believe she could protect a kingdom she hardly knew, with a magic that was nothing more than a lie."
"Perhaps I’m not the rightful ruler of this kingdom."
"I am Amora Montara, Queen of Visidia. Even without my magic, I can still fight."
"You don’t have to love me. But we need each other right now."
"I stopped knowing what the right thing to do was a long time ago, Ferrick. All I can do is what I think is right."
"I’ll be protecting myself. If we’re the ones who stay on top of it, we don’t need all these reporters knowing our next location."
"The world’s too interesting. There will always be too many ideas, and not enough time for them all."
"Tell her we’re visiting Curmana next, and that we’re keeping our itinerary flexible. She’ll understand."
"I wish Bastian would stop being kind. That he’d stop caring, at least until I remember how to care that same way."
"How hard should I be trying when someone here attempted to poison me? I hate that I can’t be bold in my actions and alert the kingdom so that we might find who did it. I hate that I have to pretend."
"You’re acting as though I’ve somehow wronged you, like this was my choice. I didn’t put this curse on us, Amora; I don’t want this any more than you do."
"My chest numbs. It’s everything I can do to keep my attention level with his and not give myself away."
"Because I needed my space from you, Bastian. I needed to feel like I’m my own person, again. Like you’re not right there with me for every decision I make!"
"I try to think of her laugh, of her song that shifts the sea and steers our ship. Of the one I hear her singing on the bow as she sits above the figurehead late in the evening, when she thinks no one’s listening."
"You’ve forgiven me for worse, Amora. Do we have a deal or not?"
"But gods are tricky bastards. I never stopped loving Corina—she was the reason I lived."
"Praying to the gods to keep it that way and to make my feet and breaths as noiseless as possible, I slip off the bed and out of the room, my heart beating so fiercely I worry he may hear it even as I’m halfway down the hall, sprinting for Mama’s room."
"And if he could do it, what’s stopping me from doing the same?"
"To have what you most want, you must give up what you most love."
"Loss can drive people to do shameful things."
"You love your kingdom more than you love anything."
"Remember that all beings have their time, even myself."
"This is your situation to figure out and be at peace with, Amora."
"Even I know it’s unwise to curse your gods, Amora."
"Our people no longer trust me to lead them, even if I’m one of the few who knows the truth behind our history."
"Sometimes, beautiful things come from our most painful experiences."
"Your family made mistakes that changed the history of this kingdom, you’re right."
"The king may have been a loving father, but he was not a great ruler."
"No Montara ever gave Visidia a choice until you took the throne."
"Everyone told me not to trust humans... I thought you were different, but all you humans do is lie. You take what you want, and you lie."
"The kingdom may be off-kilter, but you’re doing right by our people to let it run this course."
"You call this past year easy? We faced the legendary fire serpent. The Lusca. We took down Kaven."
"I’m sorry, for everything. I never should have lied to you."