“No matter how much money he'd been offered or how many glittering stars had requested duets, he hadn't sung for them.But he'd sung for me.”
In this quote by Karen Healey, the speaker reflects on a special moment where someone chose to sing for them over all the other tempting offers they had received. The simple act of choosing to share their voice with this particular person holds great significance and speaks to a deeper connection between the two individuals. This quote highlights the power of personal connections and the impact they can have on our choices and actions.
“He hadn't loved me well in the end, but he'd loved me well when it mattered.”
“He should have said something, why hadn't he? Costis wondered. In fact, the king had. He had complained at every step all the way across the palace, and they'd ignored it. If he'd been stoic and denied the pain, the entire palace would have been in a panic already, Eddisian soldiers on the move. He'd meant to deceive them, and he'd succeeded. It made Costis wonder for the first time just how much the stoic man really wants to hide when he unsuccessfully pretends not to be in pain.”
“He'd done as he'd pleased and even had often enjoyed long runs of luck where he hadn't been caught. But the luckiest moment of his life had been being caught.”
“He'd given up blessings he hadn't been worthy of for the chance to be with her, and now he'd lost that, too.”
“He'd been an angel once. He hadn't meant to Fall. He'd just hung around with the wrong people.”