He would bet good money that the Wyrdstone collar was for the king's own son--and he prayed that the prince had died before he'd allowed his father to leash him like a dog.
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Related Like all men with a faculty that surpasses human requirements, his father was very nervous. Then, to... ERNEST HEMINGWAY In the past, he had never questioned the fact that he was a prince; like the fact that he was the ch... NAHOKO UEHASHI I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES He said that we have to take the blame for him because he promised his mom right before she died tha... DEREK KING We've used some money to get a dog carrier for Beans and also a leash and collar with the Marine Cor... JENNY POTTER Americans are like a rich father who wishes he knew how to give his son the hardships that made him ... ROBERT FROST Americans are like a rich father who wishes he knew how to give his son the hardships that made him ... ROBERT FROST You may fancy the Lord had His own power to fall back upon. But that would have been to Him just the... GEORGE MACDONALD He said, 'Joe, you're ready to manage. Go,' ... That meant a lot to me, because it was like a father... JOE GIRARDI My father is the reason I am the way I am today. He's why I acted up and he's why I prayed t... DUANE CHAPMAN He just said he was so sorry that he had that on his record. He just wanted to clear his record befo... FRANKIE HARRIS She couldn't bring herself to care, because those moment she spent brawling were the few moments she... SARAH J. MAAS The world was waiting--wide open and hers for the taking. SARAH J. MAAS the world was too big, too full of splintered dreams. SARAH J. MAAS I have a strong memory of the day I was told that my father had a weak heart and that he had to go t... ALAN J. HEEGER He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Jud... BIBLE I missed my father so much when he died that writing about his life and mine was a way of bringing h... DAN HILL Stan's father had told him that, before the money ran out, they had intended to put the statue of th... STEPHEN KING They said they're getting rid of the dog. He [Walter] said the dog had died and he was disposing of ... JEFFREY BOYETTE The Dog and the Shadow
A DOG, crossing a bridge over a stream with a piece of flesh in his mouth, sa... AESOP My obstetrician was so dumb that when I gave birth he forgot to cut the cord. For a year that kid f... JOAN RIVERS My obstetrician was so dumb that when I gave birth he forgot to cut the cord. For a year that kid fo... JOAN RIVERS Sir Walter, being strangely surprised and put out of his countenance at so great a table, gives his ... JOHN AUBREY Sir Walter, being strangely surprised and put out of his countenance at so great a table, gives his ... JOHN AUBREY My father is a very successful man in the corporate world, and I am his only son. He had certain dre... RAM KAPOOR (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON He knew his son was being held and he believed they would let him and his son go if he cooperated. JOHNNY GRIFFIN James Brown became my father. He would talk to me the way a father talked to a son. He became the fa... AL SHARPTON He remembered Tessa weeping in his arms in Paris, and thinking that he had never known the loss she ... CASSANDRA CLARE There was no escaping his crown. Or his father, who would behead Sorscha, burn her, and scatter her ... SARAH J. MAAS The son has always felt like he was a footnote in one of the stories the father tells. The father is... DANNY DEVITO Concluding his lackluster effort, he told me the irony was that his fame would come after he died. I... ALAN ROBERT NEAL And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thu... BIBLE My father had a series of blue-collar jobs and never made more than $20,000 a year. When I was seven... HOWARD SCHULTZ He was a giver. He took all of the good things our mother and father taught. He was the best son a m... BILL HARMON Lucas couldn’t have imagined that he would have ever felt so alone. No family, no friends. Even hi... MARK A. COOPER He therefore turned to mankind only with regret. His cathedral was enough for him. It was peopled wi... VICTOR HUGO So the first job that I got - my father got it for me - he had his clerical collar on, was a gay bar... TORI AMOS My father's life was so decimated by his earliest experiences. His mother died when he was 7 yea... WALTER MOSLEY He died about a year after they brought him in.” “He died?” “He wasn’t the only one,” sa... J.K. ROWLING There was a man whose only son died of a sudden illness. He did not mourn for his son, nor was he sa... LIEZI I'm a first-time father, and it was amazing to me to learn that my son could actually use sign l... MATT REEVES When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from ... BIBLE With the sensation that he was passing through the Looking-Glass, Max stared at his father as if he ... SOL LUCKMAN He died sober. He died clean for the rest of his life. He ended his life the way we wanted him to be... WALLIS HUTCHKO My mate. Death incarnate. Night triumphant. SARAH J. MAAS We need hope, or else we cannot endure. SARAH J. MAAS [Another student, Ken, the son of Korean immigrants, enrages his ambitious father when he decides to... FRANK MCCOURT Once upon a time there was a Queen who had a son so ugly and so misshapen that it was long disputed ... CHARLES PERRAULT Sometimes, the wicked will tell us things just to confuse us–to haunt our thoughts long after we'v... SARAH J. MAAS He arrived in good shape, conscious, I talked to him, he expressed his appreciation and his thanks f... LEILA SHAHID He had all these great scenes with his son before pulling the plug. It was really moving the materi... CAROLYN HINSEY He had all these great scenes with his son before pulling the plug. It was really moving the mate... CAROLYN HINSEY His girlfriend had called him and told him that whenever her ex-boyfriend saw my son, that he was go... JUAN MORALES Casper, she said someone has to hold your leash.” The dog barked. Then he dipped his hea... BRIGID KEMMERER The Bible A young man from a wealthy family was about to graduate from high school. It was the custo... JACK CANFIELD Being the father he was, he just comforted his son in his time of need. BILL LYNCH Maybe that would be a good thing to do. He wasn't entirely sure, and that bothered him m... EMILY VEINGLORY But then Mikhail told us something that stunned us even more - the reason the picture was so importa... BOB LAY That was his big thing. He did that several times. He was extremely generous. He was always buying t... LYNDELL ZANOTTI Naw, I've had so many buildings, ... (Maas) was still a good building (before demolition). And I out... WILLIAM MILLS When he heard his father call out for Abel and he saw his borther go forth, it made him feel like he... JONATHAN GOLDSTEIN Mathias remembered that once when he was a boy, he'd gone up to a pile of red apples that lay in the... RICCARDO BRUNI He never thought he was right. The horror of all that had died under his will had become mundane to ... THOMM QUACKENBUSH There's a world of difference between a dog that is off the leash and a dog that is trained to be of... DON SULLIVAN His father was a great guy and was always a good fan. He loved Duke football, and he loved his son, ... BRIAN GREENE And Harry saw very clearly as he sat there under the hot sun how people who cared about him had stoo... J.K. ROWLING He was simply a man ahead of his time. He was the second of two men I knew who never had any prejudi... BUCK O'NEIL When Luke had descended into the River Styx, he would've had to focus on something important that wo... RICK RIORDAN The son does not live here. The son was told to leave and he came back later. He forced his way back... CLEO COHEN The condition of the black race, their pain, their wounds, would in his mind become merged with his ... BARRACK OBAMA He remembered the forceful hand that cast him to the earth. He'd fallen like a shooting star, his fl... JAMES BURNHAM Imagine every hideous and vile deed committed from the beginning of time until Christ’s future ret... LINDA LESNIEWSKI But I want you to know," Cleo continued, "that there is hope. And that I am living proof of that hop... MORGAN RHODES One father said to me yesterday that he was looking forward to the career his son was going to have. GWYN RICHARDS It was him against the flames and he revelled in it. Logan was good at his job. Exceptionally g... AMY ANDREWS I shouted, 'What are you doing here?' He was surprised since I had came up behind him and he began w... JAMES TAYLOR A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be, A father is someone who... FRANK A. CLARK I have great hopes for him and pray to God that he will finish what his father was unable to finish.... ABU JANDAL He didn't wear his fame because of his father on his sleeve, ... He didn't act like a big shot, like... JEFF RUBY He swore by all that he ever had loved and reverenced that he would try, try with all his might in t... GENE STRATTON-PORTER And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspi... BIBLE And Harry remembered his first nightmarish trip into the forest, the first time he had ever encounte... J.K. ROWLING He was flashing his hazards for the oncoming traffic to give way for him until he had a head-on coll... KENNY KAPINGA Once there was a boy,” said Jace. Clary interrupted immediately. “A Shadowhunter boy?... CASSANDRA CLARE You know Sven? The man who takes care of the gym?' he asked. He waited till he got a nod from Nichol... J.D. SALINGER By the time a man realises that his father was right, he has a son who thinks he's wrong. UNKNOWN I think that my father would find it so confusing that people want to imitate him. Not because he di... PATTI DAVIS He died as he lived: working always for the greater good and, to his last hour, as willing to stretc... J.K. ROWLING Until he lost all his money, my father was a successful north London Jewish businessman. He was unus... ANTHONY HOROWITZ I think Elvis would be alive today, probably, if he had been allowed to mix and mingle with his fans... MINNIE PEARL No. It was like father and son ... He is my father. JOHN DOE Feast of the Conversion of Paul The God of Pharisaism was like the God of the Deists, He stood al... C. H. DODD Though [Abraham Lincoln] never would travel to Europe, he went with Shakespeare’s kings to Merry E... DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN My own participation in the campaign was delayed by the death of my son Calvin, which occurred on th... CALVIN COOLIDGE I don't know why Alzheimer's was allowed to steal so much of my father before releasing him ... PATTI DAVIS I think my father was somewhat disappointed in not having had a son, and in that way I was the neare... IRENE ROSENFELD A five year old boy was sitting down to eat when his mother asked him to pray for his meal. He repli... UNKNOWN I remembered his older brother, who had died in Sicily, in battle for the free world- he had barely ... JAMES BALDWIN Some say the Tudors transcend this history, bloody and demonic as it is: that they descend from Brut... HILARY MANTEL
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MAAS Many atrocities, have been done in the name of the greater good. SARAH J. MAAS And I wondered if love was too weak a word for what he felt, what he’d done for me. For what I fel... SARAH J. MAAS I am broken and healing, but every piece of my heart belong to you. SARAH J. MAAS My mate. Death incarnate. Night triumphant. SARAH J. MAAS No one was my master— but I might be master of everything, if I wished. If I dared. SARAH J. MAAS If you were going to die, I was going to die with you. I couldn’t stop thinking it over and over a... SARAH J. MAAS He thinks he'll be remembered as the villain in the story. But I forgot to tell him that the villain... SARAH J. MAAS Rhysand stared at me for long enough that I faced him. "Be glad of your human heart, Feyre. Pit... SARAH J. MAAS And he looked lonely enough that she said, 'If you like, you could be my friend'. SARAH J. MAAS It’s Aelin now,” she snapped as loudly as she dared. “Celaena Sardothien doesn’t exist anymo... SARAH J. 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SARAH J. MAAS Fae warriors: invaluable in a fight—and raging pains in her ass at all other times. SARAH J. MAAS But she was her own champion now. SARAH J. MAAS Aelin took a step forward. One step, as if in a daze. She loosed a shuddering breath, and... SARAH J. MAAS Thirty minutes later, Rowan was still staring up at the ceiling, teeth gritted as he calmed the roar... SARAH J. MAAS They were infinite. They were the beginning and the ending; they were eternity. The king standing be... SARAH J. MAAS He shifted his arm so he could brush her hair back. His fingers lingered along her jaw. “You make ... SARAH J. MAAS I missed you,” he said quietly, his gaze darting between her mouth and eyes. “When I was in SARAH J. MAAS But perhaps the monsters needed to look out for each other every now and then. SARAH J. MAAS Sometimes there won’t be a right choice, just the best of several bad options. SARAH J. MAAS They joined hands. So the world ended. And the next one began. SARAH J. MAAS If you're a monster, I'm a monster. SARAH J. MAAS She looked at them, at the three males who meant everything—more than everything. Then she smiled ... SARAH J. MAAS Because I am lost," she whispered onto the earth. "And I do not know the way. SARAH J. MAAS Still, the image haunted his dreams throughout the night: a lovely girl gazing at the stars, and the... SARAH J. MAAS She was a whirling cloud of death, a queen of shadows, and these men were already carrion. SARAH J. MAAS Each of the scars, the chipped teeth and broken claws, the mutilated tail—they weren’t the m... SARAH J. MAAS And Chaol was afraid, but not for himself. He was afraid of what would come when Aedion and Aelin we... SARAH J. MAAS I worry because I care . Gods help me, I know I shouldn't, but I do. So I will always t... SARAH J. MAAS We each survive in our own way. SARAH J. MAAS I'm not married,” he said softly, “because I can't stomach the idea of marrying a woman inferior... SARAH J. MAAS Of course." He picked up the brown bag of candy on the table. "What's your . . ." He trailed off as ... SARAH J. MAAS Where will we go?" "I hear hell is particularly nice at this time of year. SARAH J. MAAS I found him carefully studying me, his lips in a thin line. “Has anyone ever taken care of you?”... SARAH J. MAAS I got the idea for 'Throne of Glass' when I was sixteen. Music always inspires my books, and... SARAH J. MAAS Fear could break a line faster than any enemy charge. SARAH J. MAAS If you can learn to endure pain, you can survive anything. Some people learn to embrace it- to love ... SARAH J. MAAS I moaned then, tilting my head back to give him better access. His hands clamped on my waist, then m... SARAH J. MAAS Names are not important. It's what lies inside of you that matters. SARAH J. MAAS Some things you hear with your ears. Others, you hear with your heart. SARAH J. MAAS I threw myself into that fire, threw myself into it, into him, and let myself burn. SARAH J. MAAS The Court of Dreams. The people who knew that there was a price, and one worth paying, for that... SARAH J. MAAS Since my 'Crown of Midnight' tour in 2013, we've had such a rapid jump in audience numbe... SARAH J. MAAS I've always been a huge fantasy fan. I was always interested in fairy tales and anything with ma... SARAH J. MAAS After a too-long moment, the crown prince spoke. “I don't quite comprehend why you'd force someone... SARAH J. MAAS He won every game, yet she hardly noticed. As long as she hit the ball, it resulted in shameless bra... SARAH J. MAAS Apparently, a woman can only go so long without a sword between her hands. SARAH J. MAAS Do you know how far the wall is from the mines?” He gave her blank look. She closed her eyes... SARAH J. MAAS His breath was warm on her neck as he bent his head, resting his cheek against her hair. Her heart b... SARAH J. MAAS You have the skills,” Chaol said, “but some of your moves are still undisciplined.” “Th... SARAH J. MAAS Second place is a nice title for the first loser. SARAH J. MAAS I wasn't going to kill him, you buffoon. SARAH J. MAAS Enjoyed that, did you?" Chaol growled. "Immensely." Celaena patted Chaol's arm as she took it i... SARAH J. MAAS Celaena," Chaol said gently. And then she heard the scraping noise as his hand came into view, slidi... SARAH J. MAAS With each day he felt the barriers melting. He let them melt. Because of her genuine laugh, b... SARAH J. MAAS She moaned into her pillow. "Go away. I feel like dying." "No fair maiden should die alone," he... SARAH J. MAAS In the garden, the Captain of the Guard stared up at the young woman's balcony, watching as she walt... SARAH J. MAAS No matter what happens," she said quietly, "I want to thank you." Chaol tilted his head to the ... SARAH J. MAAS Be glad of your human heart, Feyre. Pity those who don’t feel anything at all. SARAH J. MAAS And I realized—I realized how badly I'd been treated before, if my standards had become so low. If... SARAH J. MAAS The people you love are just weapons that will be used against you. SARAH J. MAAS Who said anything about shame?" She gestured down to her naked body, even though it was covered by t... SARAH J. MAAS It would not take a monster to destroy a monster - but light, light to drive out darkness. SARAH J. MAAS I love you,’ he whispered, and kissed my brow. ‘Thorns and all. SARAH J. MAAS My friend through many dangers. My lover who had healed my broken and weary soul. My mate who had wa... SARAH J. MAAS And so Tamlin unwittingly led the High Lady of the Night Court into the heart of his territory. SARAH J. MAAS She is my mate. And my spy,' I said too quietly. 'And she is the High Lady of the Night Court.' SARAH J. MAAS She was fire, and light, and ash, and embers. She was Aelin Fireheart, and she bowed for no one and ... SARAH J. MAAS Their hands clasped between them, he whispered into her ear, "I claim you, too, Aelin Galathynius. SARAH J. MAAS You make me want to live, Rowan. Not survive; not exist. Live. SARAH J. MAAS To the stars who listen—and the dreams that are answered. SARAH J. MAAS Pity those who don't feel anything at all. SARAH J. MAAS Fire-breathing bitch-queen. SARAH J. MAAS I claim you, Rowan Whitethorn. I don't care what you say and how much you protest. I claim you as my... SARAH J. MAAS I fell in love with you, smartass, because you were one of us—because you weren’t afraid of me, ... SARAH J. MAAS I like music," she said slowly, "because when I hear it, I . . . I lose myself within myself, if tha... SARAH J. MAAS What's your name?" he asked above the roar of the music. She leaned close. "My name is Wi... SARAH J. MAAS I claim you, Aelin. To whatever end. SARAH J. MAAS He was hers and she was his and they had found each other across centuries of bloodshed and loss, ac... SARAH J. MAAS The world,” Aelin said, “will be saved and remade by the dreamers, Rolfe. SARAH J. MAAS Even when this world is a forgotten whisper of dust between the stars, I will always love you. SARAH J. MAAS Behind them, across the hall, the dancers shattered their roses on the floor, and Aedion grinned at ... SARAH J. MAAS My name is Celaena Sardothien," she whispered, "and I will not be afraid. SARAH J. MAAS You belong to all of us, and we belong to you. SARAH J. MAAS 'A Court of Thorns and Roses,' big surprise, was inspired by music. By actually listening to... SARAH J. MAAS My parents told me any and every fairy-tale from all around the world. I usually gravitated towards ... SARAH J. MAAS ...are you as deft at handling your sword as Captain Westfall?" "Better," he whispered in her e... SARAH J. MAAS War is sanctioned murder, no matter what side you're on. SARAH J. MAAS There was no force in any world that could keep her contained. SARAH J. MAAS So I’m your huntress and thief?” His hands slid down to cup the backs of my knees as he said wit... SARAH J. MAAS I didn’t think saying good-bye would be so hard. And with everything that’s to come— We�... SARAH J. MAAS And because she was young, and so damn clever and amusing and wonderful, wherever she made her home,... SARAH J. MAAS There had never been any line between them, only his own stupid fear and pride. Because from the mom... SARAH J. MAAS Celaena was the lost Queen of Terrasen. Chaol sank to his knees. SARAH J. MAAS I don't think you realize who you're dealing with." The man clicked his tongue, "If you w... SARAH J. MAAS That gods-damned nightgown. SARAH J. MAAS Not consort, not wife. Feyre is High Lady of the Night Court. My equal in every way; she would wear ... SARAH J. MAAS I want to take my time with you - to learn … every inch of you. And this apartment has very, very ... SARAH J. MAAS My name is Aelin Ashryver Galathynius. And I am the Queen of Terrasen. SARAH J. MAAS He locked you up because he knew—the bastard knew what a treasure you are. That you are worth more... SARAH J. MAAS But then she snapped your neck.” Tears rolled down his face. “And I felt you die,” ... SARAH J. MAAS I want them to hear your story. And know that there is a special strength..." As I spoke I realized ... SARAH J. MAAS I’m thinking it would be very easy to love you. And easier to call you my friend. SARAH J. MAAS She realized that Rowan saw each of those thoughts and more as he reached into his tunic and pulled ... SARAH J. MAAS Aelin was laughing as she cried, and the male was just holding her, his hooded head buried in her ne... SARAH J. MAAS You're my equal. And as much as that means we have each other's backs in public, it also means we th... SARAH J. MAAS That was your forest. Where you hunted.” He came closer to the painting, gazing at the bleak, empt... SARAH J. MAAS She stared at the castle unflinchingly, her form silhouetted against the blazing brightness that sat... SARAH J. MAAS They had slept in the shelter of the ruins, though neither of them really got true rest. SARAH J. MAAS That was all Celaena needed to hear before she tossed the ring to Maeve, before Rowan rushed to her,... SARAH J. MAAS You dare glamour me?" he growled, his violet eyes burning as they bore into my own. Lucien just pres... SARAH J. MAAS They grabbed for me, but he bared his teeth in a smile that was anything but friendly - SARAH J. MAAS Night Triumphant- and the Stars Eternal. SARAH J. MAAS Well, good-bye for now," he said, rolling his neck as if we hadn't been talking about anything impor... SARAH J. MAAS One of them has to break,” the queen said to the princess. “Only then can it begin.” SARAH J. MAAS There was no escaping his crown. Or his father, who would behead Sorscha, burn her, and scatter her ... SARAH J. MAAS Her cheek against the moss, the young princess she had been - Aelin Galathynius - reached a hand for... SARAH J. MAAS What was it like?” Manon asked quietly. “To love.” For love was what it had been—what Asteri... SARAH J. MAAS At dawn, Aedion had burst in, demanding why they weren’t ready to leave—to go home. Lysandra had... SARAH J. MAAS Manon gazed westward across the mountains. Hope, Elide had said—hope for a better future. For a ho... SARAH J. MAAS The Wing Leader said from behind her, "Do you believe monsters are born, or made?" From what sh... SARAH J. MAAS You and I are nothing but wild beasts wearing human skins. SARAH J. MAAS Celaena opened her arms wide, Goldryn burning bright in one hand. “Behold my power, Maeve. Behold ... SARAH J. MAAS Celaena walked and walked, until she found herself by the tree-lined shore of a lake, glaringly brig... SARAH J. MAAS Say it,” I gritted out. “The High Lord of the Night Court is your mate. SARAH J. MAAS The girl wore her scars the way some women wore their finest jewelry. SARAH J. MAAS I skipped between the dancers, twirling my skirts. The seated, masked musicians didn’t look up at ... SARAH J. MAAS His tunic was unbuttoned at the top, and he ran a hand through his blue-black hair before he wordles... SARAH J. MAAS I have no name," she purred. "I'm whoever the keepers of my fate tell me to be. SARAH J. MAAS He grasped her by the wrist , running a thumb along the sensitive skin underneath. "Then let me call... SARAH J. MAAS And he had just sent her into the arms of her strongest potential allies: to the homeland of her mot... SARAH J. MAAS Because I am from Terrasen and believed my queen dead. And now she is alive, and fighting, so I will... SARAH J. MAAS If you were going to die, I was going to die with you. I couldn't stop thinking it over and over as ... SARAH J. MAAS Careful, a voice said in her head. Proceed with cunning. SARAH J. MAAS You didn't need a weapon at all when you were born one. SARAH J. MAAS Maybe I'd always been broken and dark inside. Maybe someone who've been born whole and good would ha... SARAH J. MAAS Where are you going?” He looked over his shoulder at me. “If I stay, you won’t get any sl... SARAH J. MAAS I can't tell if I should be ashamed of wanting to hold you on this day, or grateful that, despite wh... SARAH J. MAAS Aedion - every breath she took seemed to echo his name. Aedion, Aedion, Aedion. SARAH J. MAAS