Kristin Cashore

"I'd thought once, actually, of taking your mind, if you asked. I'd thought I could help you fall asleep at night. He opened his mouth to say something. Shut it again. His face closed for a moment, his unreadable mask falling into place. He spoke softly. "But that wouldn't be fair; for after I slept you'd be left awake, with no one to help you sleep."

- Kristin Cashore

"Great! He has indigestion, so let's torture him with cake."

- Kristin Cashore

"But everyone has some kind of power to hurt people."

- Kristin Cashore

"It is not the job of the child to protect her mother. It's the mother's job to protect the child. By allowing your mother to protect you, you gave her a gift."

- Kristin Cashore

"What she really loved was to hang over the edge and watch the bow of the ship slice through the waves. She loved it especially when the waves were high and the ship rose and fell, or when it was snowing and the flakes stung her face."

- Kristin Cashore