The Dragon's Promise Quotes
"It's one of the only ways to gain power without taking an enchanter's oath."
"War is a terrible thing. Maybe even worse than demons."
"Teach me that sleeping spell before I go. Cast it on me."
"If I can't prove that I was in Ai'long, some dragon magic will have to do."
"I loathe boats, and I can't swim much. I'd rather be asleep anyway."
"Everything I held dear was at stake tonight."
"Let me go in your stead," Takkan said to Benkai. "You’re needed to fly as a crane. If something happens to you, Shiori will never make it to Lapzur."
"You speak as though you are expendable," he replied. "You aren’t. Especially not to my sister."
"Then I’ll be quick," said Benkai. "Don’t look so fraught, Lord Takkan. My brothers and I are no strangers to dark magic."
"Hurry," I whispered as he climbed, using his dagger as a pick when he couldn’t find a crevice or foothold.
"You shall not touch her!" came a shout from the top of the breach. "Return to your vessel."
"Everyone’s aboard!" Kiki shouted to my brothers.
"I wonder if she used to sit here," I murmured aloud to it, "and just stare out the window."
"I wish I could ask for your forgiveness," I whispered to the earth.
"There you are, Shiori’anma, as expected," he said in greeting.
"I have brought you home," I told it. "As I promised."
"That name is not yours to speak," he snarled. "Say it once more, and the dust of your bones will join the other imbeciles who dared trespass on my island."
"You think because my darkness is lifted, I will take mercy upon you? Stupid, brazen girl."
"So long as I am guardian of this island, it matters not how darkly I see. I spare no one."
"Channari wanted me to give it to you," I whispered. "She sent me. I’m her daughter."
"Their lives will be better spent as cranes than as men."
"Humans treated you like a monster, and you hate them," I said. "I understand that."
"I’ve lived in a nightmare for sixteen years, and your country’s been in a dream for a thousand. Everyone needs to wake up."
"If I am honest, usually by the time word of the bloodsakes reaches the emperor, they are dead."
"The only acceptable way for me to die was by demonfire so they could collect my precious ashes."
"There is no need for you to feel pain," the demon said. "Come now. We will not harm your company."
"If you will not enter the fire, then, come the dawn, Kiata will burn in your place."
"I’m not as changed as I look. Still impertinent, still not good at following instructions."
"Magic is what fuels her curse, so only magic can stop it."
"I've changed my mind," I told the tiny birds. "Tell the mountains I've changed my mind."
"You’re going to be all right," he said, holding my fingers. "Don’t let go, Shiori. Fight."
"Your heart is your home," I murmured. "Until you understand that, you belong nowhere."
"We’re going to fold paper birds," I announced. "A thousand paper birds, to be precise."
"May you have the luck of the dragons today, my sister. Come back to us safely."
"Even chaos has its place. Without you, Kiata has been out of balance."
"The future I wish for is a Kiata where magic springs once more from the earth and flourishes, a Kiata where demons and gods and mortals live and thrive together."
"Magic had returned to Kiata. I could feel it like a song resonating around me. Making the world feel more alive."
"If you have no heart, I will give you half of mine. If you have no spirit, I will bind yours to mine."
"Hold on to it, even when the dark surrounds you. Not even the strongest wind will blow out the flame."
"You’ll never lose me, Bushi’an Takkan. Be it bright or dark, you are the light that makes my lantern shine."