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“Nobody gives you respect in this life. You must take it, you must earn it, and then you must hold it sacred, because no matter how hard respect is to attain, it can be lost in an instant.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Shadow Throne

“I need a sword first," I said. "People here keep taking mine.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Runaway King

“Villains and plots and enemies are simple things to me. But friendships are complicated, and love is harder still. It has wounded me deeper than a sword ever could.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Shadow Throne

“Is it true?" Devlin asked me. "You're Prince Jaron?"
"KING Jaron, actually. News must travel slower amongst the illiterate." I glared at Gregor with every inch of disdain I felt. "Shouldn't you be groveling to me or bowing or something?"
Gregor smiled. "I think before I have the chance, you will already be dead."
"Ah. So much for all your toasts to my long life.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Runaway King

“Avenia thinks they're battling a king. I doubt they're prepared to fight a boy who thinks childish pranks are practical strategies for war."

"Aren't they?”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Shadow Throne

“The last thing I needed was rational thought.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Shadow Throne

“I follow my orders without question, as a good soldier would. You ask the same from your soldiers.'
'No, I ask them to be good people. That way if they follow my orders, I will know I am doing the right thing.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Shadow Throne

“Don't make this a fight."

"I won't, but you make everything a fight.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Shadow Throne

“And I want you to find something in the hills for the vigils to protect, like a rock or a thornbush. I don't want them around here.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Runaway King

“I'm still a king. My title isn't determined by my crown; it's in my blood.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Runaway King

“I haven't don anything wrong." At least, not for a few hours”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Runaway King

“Kippenger suppressed a grin -- I could've sworn he did. Without looking at anyone, he said, "Jargon wrote, 'You'll get nothing from me, ever, you dog-breath, rotted corpse of a king.'"
Vargas flowered at me. In return, I smiled and looked around the room, rather proud of myself for that.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Shadow Throne

“You made the right choice," Roden whispered. "Though you did choose his name rather quickly.
"He has a skinny neck. He'd have died faster." (Jaron)
"That's why you chose me? Because it'll take me longer to die?"
"Yes, Roden, that's exactly why."
"Enough bickering!" (Vargan)”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Shadow Throne

“Erick had underestimated the distance, both to the ground and the cliff above me, yet the texture of the cliff wall was better than I'd hoped for. Vines and plants grew dense and well rooted, and there were many rocks and missing chunks of earth. I didn't know whether I could make it to the top on one leg or not, but I thought it was a great day to try.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Runaway King

“With a grin, I told her, "I'll have more than ten minutes' notice that this battle is coming. In that way, this might be the most prepared I've ever been.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Shadow Throne

“Roden wasn't convinced. "How big of a fuss will this require?"
[Jaron] grinned. "Catastrophic levels of bad behavior Trust me, it'll be fun."
"You have a sick idea of fun." Roden's cool expression seemed less than enthusiastic. "When we do this, will they hurt us?"
That made me sigh. "You're the captain of my guard, aren't you? Surely you can take a few hits by now. Besides, the pain will be forgotten once the ropes go around our necks"
"I don't want a rope going around my neck, Jaron! That's the part you need to figure out.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Shadow Throne

“I am commanded by the king of Avenia to give you one last order and so I shall. Hear me now and always. Be loyal to the thing you know is right. Never bend to weakness, never yield to a false crown. Right will always triumph in the end, and you will want to be on that side when it does.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Shadow Throne

“Jaron, stop," Fink said. "We have a problem."
I turned back to see his face poke down from the hole through which I'd entered the cavern. In what little light he held, I saw how grim his expression was.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"How many steps have you taken?"
"I don't know. You never said to count them!"
"Sorry. I was supposed to tell you that."
"I don't know how many steps, Fink. Does it matter?"
"I'll ask." He disappeared for a moment; then I saw this face again. "Yes, it matters a lot. Could you have gone twelve steps?"
"Yes. Or maybe thirteen."
"No, at thirteen steps, you'd be dead already. Is it twelve steps?"
I closed my eyes and tried to estimate the count. "Yes, maybe. Are these real instructions?"
"I'm telling you what Levitimas said to me. But he mumbles."
"I'M not mumbling, Fink. Tell me what to do!"
"Jump."
"Jump where? To what?"
"I don't know."
"Fink, do I jump straight ahead or turn and jump? Do I jump up or down?
"Yes, try that."
I cursed and didn't care if he heard me. "Nothing is ahead of me, Fink."
"You don't know that. Jump!"
"If you're wrong about this, I'll kill you."
"If I'm wrong, the jump will kill you first.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Shattered Castle

“The most difficult time to be hungry is when the pangs first start. When the body realizes it's missed a meal and signals that it wants food. But after a while, it gives up asking; it gives up expecting anything. The will return, of course, and the hunger never goes away.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Shadow Throne

“I raised both my arms and with a new strength to my voice, said, "My people, my friends. We are Carthya!”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Runaway King

“Tobias raised his hand. A sign he'd been educated. At the orphanage I came from, a person only raised a hand if he was about to hit someone with it.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The False Prince