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"A lot of people think that being a Gallagher Girl means not being afraid of anything. Actually, that couldn't be further from the truth. It's not about ignoring fear. It's about facing it, knowing the risks and the costs and sacrificing safety and security anyway."
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"But it was not only a feeling of guilt which drove him into danger. He detested the pettiness that made life semilife and men semimen. He wished to put his life on one of a pair of scales and death on the other. He wished each of his acts, indeed each day, each hour, each second of his life to be measured against the supreme criterion, which is death. That was why he wanted to march at the head of the column, to walk on a tightrope over an abyss, to have a halo of bullets around his head and thus to grow in everyone's eyes and become unlimited as death is unlimited. . ."
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"He put his wrists out in front, and as he spoke the words engraved on them, he turned his arms around slowly. 'Dum spiramus tuebimur, which in English reads: while we breath, we shall defend,' he told her."
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"If this long island story of ours is to end at last, let it end only when each one of us lies choking in his own blood upon the ground."
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"Life is a heroic faith."
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"Edilio is in hiding, Astrid snapped. "Edilio has to worry about being kicked out of the country. Our Edilio."He's got a volunteer lawyer-But Astrid wasn't done. "They should be putting up statues to Edilio. They should be naming schools after that boy-no, no, I'm not going to call him a boy. If he's not a man, then I'll never meet one.Lana nodded approvingly, obviously enjoying and sharing in Astrid's outrage."
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"She rides as a man, goes unveiled as a man, fights as a man. Let her prove herself worthy as a man, worthy of her weapons and of our friendship."
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"Emeth came walking forward into the open strip of grass between the bonfire and the Stable. His eyes were shining, his face was solemn, his hand was on his sword-hilt, and he carried his head high. Jill felt like crying when she looked at his face. And Jewel whispered in the King's ear, "By the Lion's Mane, I almost love this young warrior, Calormene though he be. He is worthy of a better god than Tash."
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"You, why are you so afraid of war and slaughter? Even if all the rest of us drop and die around you, grappling for the ships, you'd run no risk of death: you lack the heart to last it out in combat-coward!"
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"Happy the man who ventures boldly to defend what he holds dear."
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"Thais believed that in defeat the downtrodden, courageous soul would rise with the fiercest determination for victory. That is when the true spirit of warriors shined through and soared. A new day would dawn and with it a renewed hope would rise above the blood and the ash, strengthening even the weakest and igniting a birth of revolution."
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"Lies aren't just the things we tell -- they're the lives we lead."
Honesty
"Tell Suzie she's a lucky cat.' Have sexier words ever been spoken?"
Desire
"The hallway felt like time itself, and Patricia Buckingham and I were standing at opposite ends-her looking back on all she'd seen, me wondering what lay ahead."
Reflection
"There are many ways a self-respecting (not to mention sane) teenage girl might react to having a teenage boy suddenly in her bedroom in the middle of the night.Hit.Panic.Flail.Freeze."
Youth
"Congratulations,' I tell her with a slight bow. 'I hope you and your power trip will be very happy together. Now, if you'll excuse me, it's time for me to go."
Sarcasm
"Do you understand any of this?' he said, pointing to the lines and symbols that covered the massive screens.'Some people understand the value of an education.'Hale stretched and crossed his legs, the settled his arm around Kat's shoulders.'That's sweet, Kat. Maybe later I'll buy you a university. And an ice cream.''I'd settle for the ice cream.''Deal."
Education
"Power has always corrupted, my dear. Even the promise of power. It is a hard thing to look at through the fence for hundreds of years without wondering what it would be like on the other side."
Life
"Liz paced and talked like it was just another test. Another challenge. She was looking at it like an exercise in probability - cause and effect. It's the physics of human nature, and to truly understand it, one has to be objective and cool."
Analysis
"And I didn't choose it, Kat. I chose you."
Love
"Because even though the truth can set you free, that doesn't mean it won't be painful."
Truth
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