A Darker Shade Of Magic Quotes
"Kell wore a very peculiar coat. It had neither one side, which would be conventional, nor two, which would be unexpected, but several, which was, of course, impossible."
"Not all of them were fashionable, but they each served a purpose. There were ones that blended in and ones that stood out, and one that served no purpose but of which he was just particularly fond."
"Just because he adopted a more modest palette when he was abroad didn’t mean he had to sacrifice style."
"The first thing he did whenever he stepped out of one London and into another was take off the coat and turn it inside out once or twice (or even three times) until he found the side he needed."
"Time isn’t the same for the mad and the blind."
"Magic itself could pass through. But the thing about magic is that it preys on the strong-minded and the weak-willed."
"Both lack temperance. Both hunger for power. The only reason your London still exists is because it was cut off. It learned to forget. You do not want it to remember."
"Blood was magic made manifest. There it thrived. And there it poisoned."
"If a thing was worth having, it was worth taking."
"Why anyone would ever pretend to be weak was beyond her."
"But who knows what fun I’ll find while failing."
"The streets would have been stained dark with blood long ago if the cutthroats didn’t drink it all."
"He hadn’t heard it from the Antari’s lips, of course, but had bought the truth off a man at the Scorched Bone."
"I smell something sweet," she said. "Hello, flower boy."
"It’s amazing," he said, forcing himself to drink his second portion slower than his first.
"A magic stone called ‘magic’? Not very original."
"A life worth having is a life worth taking."
"I wouldn’t throw that if I were you," he said, crossing to the window.
Because," he said, sliding up the glass. "You’re going to need it to saw yourself free.
"She was still quietly cursing and pulling her cloak about her shoulders when something caught her eye."
"The scabbard hummed beneath her fingers, just as the rock had when she’d held it."
"Lila knew what it felt like to want something, knew the way it whispered and sang and screamed in your bones."
"A proper trick took two hands, one you paid attention to, the other you failed to notice."
"Clever magic. And clever was more dangerous than bad any day of the week."
"The thought rose up out of the fog and there it was, bright as a light."
"His fingertips, where they curled around the hilt, had started to prickle."
"All she knew was that, holding the stone, she’d felt something."
"Are you frightened? - Excuse me? - You’re clutching your drink."
"The air around them began to crackle with energy. With magic."
"As Travars," he said. The wall gave way, and the traveler and the thief stepped forward and through."
"I’d rather die on an adventure than live standing still."
"The Thames? A source of magic? - Perhaps the greatest source in the world."
Not a chance," Rhy would answer, wearing his best prince’s grin. "Not today.
"In the carriage stood a man and a woman, holding hands, crimson cloaks pouring from their shoulders."
"Where are you from that you do not know? It is Prince Rhy’s birthday, of course."
"It's not magic, Lila. That's just murder. Magic is ..."
"You can't keep your hands to yourself for five minutes!"
"Arnesians pay their debts in many ways. Not all of them with coin."
"Every pirate needs a good pair of boots."
"Colors blossomed over Kell’s head, blurs of red and gold and rich dark blue."
"You’ve got to be joking … Rhy, why in king’s name am I wearing these?"
"I warned you this would happen. I told you that if you carried on with your deals, you would be caught and that even I could not protect you then."
"The strongest fortress can withstand any attack from beyond its walls, and yet even it is not fortified against an attack from behind them."
Astrid sighed from within the prince’s shell. "You know so little of war. Battles may be fought from the outside in, but wars are won from the inside out."
"It’s not a spell," he said softly. "It’s called a soul seal. Spells can be broken. A soul seal cannot. It’s a piece of permanent magic."
"You are like Holland," he said. "Do you know why he could not take the crown? He never relished war."
"I have always relished the journey. And I promise you, I’m going to savor this."
"You can’t tell me that doesn’t worry you."
"I did what I had to do," he said. "I suppose it doesn’t matter. I am already lost."
"If you're going to kill me, just do it already."
"I'm half the reason your city is still standing."
"I apologize for shooting you in the leg. I was myself entirely."
"The world was hers. The worlds were hers. And she was going to take them all."