G.A. Aiken

Quotes

• “I’m so in love with you, Braith,” he told her, and she felt in her bones that he meant every word. “And do you know why?...”
• “Now”—she leaned in a bit—“would you like to go flying with Grandmum before we take you home, so you can watch her toss c...”
• “And why does Father want me out there?You do know it’s a myth what they say about virgin sacrifices and dragons,yes?”“Of...”
• “There was even a story passed among the queen’s court that when freshly hatched, Rhiannon bit her mother on the neck whe...”
• “It wasn’t the first time he’d run for his life. And it most likely wouldnot be the last. In the past few decades, though...”
• “Why are you doing this?”“That’s easy. Because I like you.” He grinned. “I like you a lot.”“Why?”“Because you make me smi...”
• “Lorcan rubbed his head. “Am I asking too much to want the little bitch dead? Am I?” It seemed Hefaidd-Hen learned long a...”
• “I’veenjoyed our conversation, knight. It’s been nice talking to someonewho can—”“Create full and complete sentences?”Tha...”
• “Please don’t hug me. Please don’t hug me.But she did. And now Bram had two sets of black eyes glaring at him.Finally, he...”
• “Dagmar tried to stand, and Gwenvael caught her hand, pulling her back down. "You can't leave me. I'm tortured and broodi...”
• “You want us to bargain with a lizard?”“They’re not lizards, Father. They’re extraordinary creatures who werehere long be...”
• “He sighed. A year since he’d left her the morning after the final battle with her brother. A year since he’d held her in...”
• “As he wasforced to tell his father more than once, “I said I’d fight for my mother’sthrone. I never said I’d die for it....”
• “This is a Steppes horse. Its speed, power, and endurance unparalleled. Do not let size fool you, Dolt. You do not have t...”
• “It’s been a long time. How have you been doing?”I’m fine. How are you? You’re looking very handsome today, Addolgar the ...”
• “Now she sat in their dining hall, a book in her lap but unread while she stared blankly across the room.Bercelak’s kin k...”
• “Of course you don’t trust Braith. You don’t trust anybody,” Ghleanna reminded their brother. “You don’t trust the air.”“...”
• “He sneered at his father. “He’ll live. I’m going after her.”“What?” His sister stood up in front of her brother. “Feargh...”
• “Hhhmm. A sense of humor.” He cocked his head to the side.“That actually might annoy me.”She frowned, ignoring the teasin...”
• “She hadn’t seen gold since she’d lastbeen to her father’s home, when she would sneak off to meet him.Smiling at the brie...”
• “Celyn merely snarled and stalked away."You best go to him, sister, and soothe his hurt feelings.""Why should I?""You kno...”
• “They can’t help it, you know. It happens in the egg,” she reasoned. “As soon as they grow that genitalia, intelligence g...”
• “You wanted hatchlings.”“I know. I just didn’t want those hatchlings. Personally, I blame your father.”Bercelak’s eyes gr...”
• “Explain to me again why we’re at a whorehouse?”Gwenvael sighed around his ale. “Because, my thick-headedbrother, if you ...”
• “I know I’m not an easy She-dragon to. . not fear.” “I’m not afraid of you, Ghleanna. I’ve never been afraid of you. To b...”
• “She made you smile.”“Aye. Rhiannon always makes me smile.”Shalin dropped her head against her son’s chest. “Dark gods, I...”
• “Nothing hurts me, Low Born. Absolutely nothing.”“How is that possible?” And for some reason he sounded as if he truly ca...”
• “She wanted to punch her father in his snout, but she wouldn’t. He was her father after all. True, a father whose funeral...”
• “What’s wrong with him?”“Nothing. He’s just. . just. .” “Just what?”“A peacemaker.” And she’d dropped her voice to a whis...”
• “Éibhear isn’t my friend. He’s kin. A blood relation.”“Which means what exactly?”“To a Cadwaladr, it means that if I have...”
• “Good gods, female,” Addolgar muttered. “What did you do with yourself before I came into your life?”“I lived quietly alo...”
• “What did she say?" Eibhear asked."She basically said...she does not like me. We would not be friends. And if we had sex,...”
• “You ask me if you can eat dinner in your room, but you don’task me if you can torture Éibhear to take you flying?”Truly ...”
• “I didn’t think it was possible — but this situation has managed to get worse.” “But you’re so calm,” she observed.“That’...”
• “Is there ever a time you’re not an arrogant bastard?”“Is there ever a time you’re not a difficult bitch?”“No.”“Then I gu...”
• “she lived her life as a dragon and never understood those who didn’t. Why anyone would want to be human was beyond her u...”
• “How’s your father?”“How do you think he is? You stabbed him in the foot.”“I would have aimed for his heart, but I wasn’t...”
• “I already explained this. I don’t like you. True, I don’t like most people, but I especially dislike you. I could start ...”
• “The bastard was effectively stuck until he and Morfyd helped him. Fearghus smiled a little at his father’s suffering and...”
• “I won’t tolerate her hurting you, my son. I’ll kill the bitch first.”“Weren’t you the one who tried to cut father’s thro...”
• “My father helped you with that. . that thing you do?” “Yes. Your father helped me with that peacemaking thing I do that ...”
• “He was her father after all. True, a father whose funeral rite she planned to dance at and toast with ale, but her fathe...”
• “Go on,” he offered magnanimously. “Feel free to piss on yourselves andcower helplessly.”Gods, sometimes his generosity o...”
• “Bercelak’s kin kept themselves busy by sharpening weapons, reading, talking, or setting things on fire with small bursts...”
• “She’d left him.Without a word. Without a thought. She’d left him and now he hadfeelings.For that alone, he’d never forgi...”
• “To be honest, Briec doesn’tconsider fights with humans as battles. I think he sees that more ashunting. Or a snack that ...”
• “I see why our little Braith likes you.”“Does she?”“Can’t you tell?”“I’m male. I have no idea what you females are thinki...”
• “For it was intelligence that was the thin line between endearing rapscallion and idiot bastard. - Éibhear the Contemptib...”
• “Oh, gods. Not the flying!”“I heard you mounted my sister well enough.”“I want you never to make that statement again.”
• “It was a good thing I recognized you or I might have had a lovely meal of you with some parsley. And potatoes.”