Top 200 Elise Kova Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “Wait,” she paused, “you slept on the couches?” Vhalla rolled onto her side to look up at him. “Of course.” His brow furrowed slightly. “Did you think I would creep into your bed as you slept and spend the night lying with you without your permission?”

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52. “Love, war, life was a series of battlefields strung together with the courage to march forward.”

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53. “Nothing made sense, and she would have him until it did.”

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54. “Let one person say something and give me a reason to burn it all.”

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55. “He traded his freedom for mine,” she whispered. “He was a reckless fool, and I was a girl pulled along by puppet strings. The fire burned too hot, and we didn’t notice until it consumed everything.”

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56. “She would cut it away. She would cut away the anger, the pain, and the frustration. She’d cut and cut until she was sculpted into something better, something stronger. They wanted to kill her, so this Vhalla would die, she resolved, and a new Vhalla would be born from her ashes.”

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57. “That was only the beginning. I cannot wait to see what madness I will push you to with the rest of me.”

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58. “You have to earn it.′ Vhalla didn’t know what else to say. She had trusted him, to lead her, to teach her, and he broke that trust. It wasn’t as though it was something she could simply start again on command.”

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59. “The man’s words were as deep and dark as midnight.”

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60. “In a horrible way, he was like a song of death and flame.”

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61. “Vhalla stared up at him, at those cold judgmental eyes that threatened to pick her apart and lick her bones clean.”

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62. “What does this have to do with me?” It was interesting history, but she didn’t know why it was relevant. “Why did the West want Windwalkers?” Lord Ophain returned her question with a question. She was beginning to see where Aldrik got his teaching style from.”

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63. “What is wrong is that you cannot learn how to do things from books... They are starting points for principle, theory, and concept. Your mind understands, but your body does not know until you perform the act yourself. Without action and practice, your hands will not oblige. Experience is a far greater teacher.”

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64. “Because our love is more than something I can wear. Our time is far greater than what can be counted by two hands and some numbers. Because, even without it, I still have you.”

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65. “She waited for him to say something more. The silence held ciphers of truths that lingered between them, written in a script that neither knew yet how to decipher. This would not be the moment they were given sound.”

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66. “There was something severed and rough about her, something tainted and, yet, at the same time those jagged pieces were the makings of something fearsome. She’d wanted to become someone the Senate would fear, why not shatter the sky?”

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67. “If things were different, you wouldn’t have been you.” He finally looks back to me. His once icy eyes are now tepid pools as inviting and warm as the creeks I would strip bare and swim in underneath the redwood trees deep in the forests around the temple. “And I’ve found I’m very fond of exactly the woman you are. I wouldn’t change a single thing.”

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68. “He was the start and end of her world, the glue holding together her fragile sanity. He was everything, and without him she was lost.”

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69. “They were not a faceless enemy that was half wild and half mad. They were not less than human. They were not different from her just because they came from somewhere else, spoke differently, dressed differently, or looked different.”

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70. “My bodily needs were met while my soul starved.”

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71. “Do you hold any feelings for me in your heart? Is there a single ember of love that I might, honorably, fan to life once more?”

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72. “I was raised in a world where I had thousands of friends, each one waiting for me on a shelf every day. While you practiced with the bow or sword, I read. The Imperial Library houses my confidants, and I spent nearly a decade hanging onto their every word. I know them well, and if you will stop questioning me, I will be so kind to impart their secrets to you.” Slack-jaws.”

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73. “To this world. To the next. To the people we meet between and the bonds we share.”

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74. “For all his orders and sneers, his commanding presence, and his intimidating always all-black ensemble, Vhalla saw something different. She simply saw someone who was lonely, someone who could likely count their friends on one hand, and perhaps wanted to one day use two hands. He was nothing like the man she first met, the man who wore a mask to meet palace expectations.”

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75. “Progress was never meant to be stinted, and even failures weren’t to be destroyed.”

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76. “Fadewalking seems a lot less impressive when an animal can do it too.” I can’t help a grin. Eldas narrows his eyes at me, but his scowl has lost some of its bite. “He can Fadewalk because he is of the Fade – a creature caught in the rift when worlds were severed.” “He’s a good boy, that’s what he is,” I coo to the wolf.”

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77. “The fires of Solaris, the fires of justice, burn bright and hot. The sun is rising, and it will cast this darkness from the earth. We will end the Supreme King.”

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78. “Well, if my crime is love, then I am indeed guilty.”

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79. “The elves come for two things: war and wives. In both cases, they come for death.”

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80. “He was no longer a wildfire burning with rage. He was now the fires of the forges he’d stoked. He burned for a purpose and remained focused on that singular goal.”

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81. “An arm closes around me and the blade of a dagger is at my throat. “King Eldas!” Aria shouts over my shoulder. My ears ring. I was right; it was her all along. I’ve never been so angry about being correct. “If you won’t parlay with us for your dear brother, then perhaps your queen?”

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82. “Tell me, Vhalla, what’s it like to find out your prince is a coward? Is weak? Is scared? Is wicked? Is – ” “Human,” she said firmly.”

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83. “You show up as if you materialize from the wind itself, to save the life of the crown prince whom you jumped off the side of the Pass in an attempt to save. You’re unassuming, you’re filthy, and you’re soaked in what I can only presume to be the blood of our enemies.” A grin slowly spread across Jax’s face, like that of a rabid beast. “Who said anything about being disappointed?”

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84. “Aldrik didn’t look at her as she slipped back into her armor. It was a short walk but the last thing she wanted was to leave a man’s tent – the crown prince’s tent – less dressed than when she came in.”

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85. “Erion, how many times must I tell you not to bring me wild women until after dark? It’s distracing.” A man grinned wickedly.”

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86. “I want a place you hardly dare to even whisper. I want the bravery to not only read, but to do. I want a man, not a library boy. A man who is tall and witty and knows more about the world than you would ever dare dream.”

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87. “Aldrik – the crown prince, the future Emperor, Fire Lord, ruler of the Black Legion, sorcerer – was only a man. And men could be broken.”

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88. “You wished for time,” Aldrik explained. “I heard each utterance when you beseeched time to stop, for mornings not to come. I want you to know I shared your every sentiment. I wanted to give you the promise of my minutes, my hours, my days.” His long fingers curled around hers, around the watch. “My future is yours, Vhalla Yarl.”

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89. “She had two choices. One was to continue lying there, doing nothing. The other was to get up and defy all odds. To reach and try for something that the world didn’t think she should have.”

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90. “I’ve always been... charming.” Prince Baldair smiled at her, and she didn’t even refrain from rolling her eyes.”

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91. “I can’t go back, and neither can you. We both have to move forward and find what beauty we can in the world as it is.” Daniel.”

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92. “Be someone worthy of respecting first!”

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93. “They wanted to kill her, so this Vhalla would die, she resolved, and a new Vhalla would be born from her ashes.”

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94. “At least if I am to die, then it would be as someone I can look in the mirror.”

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95. “You’re right about it all. I wanted you. The moment I found out what you were, I wanted you like a prize to be captured and put on my shelf. And you, Vhalla, you made it so easy to manipulate you to walk right where I wanted you. You, with your transparent innocence.”

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96. “As if the Fire Lord would let his dark darling out of his sight.”

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97. “I was raised in a world where I had thousands of friends, each one waiting for me on a shelf every day.”

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98. “No, you’re leaving Midscape. Leaving me. We... I can’t.”

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99. “The majors are enamored with you. They admire your strong and noble nature, your grace, your poise, your stunning intelligence and eloquence, and – after tonight – your inspiring loyalty.” Aldrik sat next to her. “My father excused himself over dinner, likely to hide his face, and the moment they were free of his presence, all they spoke about was you.”

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100. “If she had everything before, then she wasn’t missing something now.”

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