Elise Kova Quotes & Sayings

I've always been ... charming." Prince Baldair smiled at her, and she didn't even refrain from rolling her eyes. — Elise Kova

Progress was never meant to be stinted, and even failures weren't to be destroyed. — Elise Kova

I want . . . I want to forget all this for a while and wander, to be lost for just a little while."

Kova, Elise. Earth's End (Air Awakens Series Book 3) — Elise Kova

It was not a beautiful sleep; it was a deep and worn out coma. Vhalla's face was flat against a pillow, her mouth open, and her breathing deep. Aldrik splayed out on the bed, limbs this way and that barely fitting alongside her. It was a sleep that rested in the comfort that they had one less thing to fear with the dawn. — Elise Kova

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. — Elise Kova

Vhalla reached out and grabbed the prince's bandaged hand, clinging to it. His right hand, the hand that had written her letters, the hand that had tangled itself into her hair as she slept, the hand that held her face when he kissed her; it was a wonderful hand of endless possibilities that now rested completely limp in her grasp. — Elise Kova

Neither of them were wrong, neither right. Simply different. — Elise Kova

They wanted to kill her, so this Vhalla would die, she resolved, and a new Vhalla would be born from her ashes. — Elise Kova

Vhalla gave the tiniest of smiles when her eyes fell on Fritz, and he risked breaking his wrist with his frantic, not so subtle waving. — Elise Kova

She no longer longed to be anyone more or less than who she was. — Elise Kova

I am going to go into this world, and I don't care if you and your narrow mind cannot be a part of it. — Elise Kova

Vhalla wasn't exactly good at relationships as she preferred to spend more time with books than people. — Elise Kova

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. — Elise Kova

Tears were going to fall at any moment, and if the two of them were going to break they may as well shatter. — Elise Kova

Hang in there. Let me save something, make it, instead of break it — Elise Kova

Vhalla," he whispered with a voice as dark as midnight. His nose was almost touching hers.
"Aldrik," she breathed faintly, as though it was a prayer. No word had ever tasted sweeter on her tongue. — Elise Kova

But if we wait on this wedding, you can make my dress crimson. I will not wear gold if my Imperial nobility is bought with the blood of innocent civilians who died while I had a party. — Elise Kova

I will ride with you tomorrow," he promised. "Don't ride with anyone else. Stay by my side. — Elise Kova

No matter how far we go, the Tower takes care of its own. — Elise Kova

I told you this would never be easy, I warned you. I begged you to spare my heart if you weren't ready for this fight. — Elise Kova

Fire needs sure to live. Sure field fire, strikes it, and makes it burn brighter and hotter than it are could alone. But too much air will sniff it completely, just as too many flames will consume all the air.They are far greater that the Sun of their parts together, but are equally as dangerous to each other's existence. — Elise Kova

Don't let the shadows of the past smother the possibility for a bright future." It — Elise Kova

Die!" another screamed at her.

"Not today!" she screeched back. — Elise Kova

The wind bent to her will. She spun in place, starting for the door. She had to find Aldrik and tell him. — Elise Kova

Aldrik - the crown prince, the future Emperor, Fire Lord, ruler of the Black Legion, sorcerer - was only a man. And men could be broken. — Elise Kova

What are you wrapped up in?' Roan whispered. Her anger and frustration had shifted to a sympathy that grated Vhalla.'I'm simply learning where I'm meant to be.' It was the only response because it was the truth. — Elise Kova

My brother played with spell-books, I played with swords. One gives you paper cuts, the other removes your fingers. — Elise Kova

I hurt him, Larel ... — Elise Kova

Aldrik laughed darkly. "What did you think I was?" he snarled. "Did you think I went to war and read books?" Vhalla took another step back. "You ran head-first into my daily hell. Would it not be more convenient if weapons of death and torture could not talk back?" Vhalla forced herself not to tremble as she looked at him. He glared at her; the orange of the fire reflecting in the black mirrors of his eyes.
With all the bravery she possessed, Vhalla crossed the distance between them; he straightened and looked down at her, imposing. Vhalla swallowed hard and tried to muster her last scrap of confidence. There would be time later to ask him about the real reasons behind the war. For now, they needed to go home.
She grabbed his hand, praying it didn't burst into flames at her touch. It didn't.
"Quit being stupid, Aldrik. Let's go." His features barely softened, but it was more than enough to know she had made herself clear. Whatever this man was, he wasn't a monster. — Elise Kova

The Epic?" Raylynn raised her eyebrows. "You actually read through it?" "Of course." Vhalla couldn't fathom who wouldn't finish a book once they'd started. — Elise Kova

Oh? Did you think he was some paragon of purity? I've seen him kill girls younger than you. I've seen him wind women up to crawl to his bed. — Elise Kova

You won't ever have everyone love you, just as you won't have everyone hate you. find the right people to love you and return the hatred of others with ambivalence or hatred of your own. — Elise Kova

Be improper with me, Lady Ci'Dan." Jax wiggled his eyebrows. — Elise Kova

Where is she? Is she all right? Baldair, you swore to me you would protect her!" Aldrik's words sounded half mad with worry. — Elise Kova

You bastard." The words were out before she even had time to consider them, but after spoken she hardly regretted them.
"What did you say?" Prince Aldrik snarled.
"You, my prince ," she sneered in kind. "You are a self-centered, egotistical, self-absorbed, narrow-sighted, vain, self-important," she felt her anger finally reach its boiling point, "conceited bastard !" Vhalla cried out. — Elise Kova

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. — Elise Kova

Just because something isn't right, doesn't make it wrong. — Elise Kova

You're not like most of them, are you?" Prince Baldair's voice was softer than she had heard it before, the jest and levity absent. "Most of them?" she repeated, bracing herself for a parrot comment. "You're not the first low-born I have invited to lunch." He leaned back in his chair, food forgotten. "They come in, swoon over my chambers, prattle about the food endlessly, try everything they can to make eyes at me. By the end of it all, they're belly up and bare on the bed. — Elise Kova

Either way, consider me your sword, Vhalla Yarl."
"Then consider me your wind. — Elise Kova

It would be torture. But it would be the most beautiful torture they had ever known. — Elise Kova

Stop. Stop trying to make the illusion of strength. You don't need it. Not here. Not now. Let yourself be sad until the real strength returns. — Elise Kova

The prince's strength was often touted as being physical. But Vhalla was beginning to learn that the man known for breaking hearts seemed to have a rather large one of his own. — Elise Kova

The man's words were as deep and dark as midnight — Elise Kova

They will weep in the streets, they will name babes after you both! — Elise Kova

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. — Elise Kova

Numbers remained consistent. Numbers and facts attempted to bring order from a chaotic world, to make sense of the impossible. They were the foundation for colossal structures and the tiniest of clockwork machines alike. Ari loved numbers, and not just because they saved her life by keeping her alert in her surroundings. — Elise Kova

Tattoos should be choices, not brands. — Elise Kova

You're the first thing I've ever seen him want to take for himself." "What's your point?" Vhalla knew already she wasn't going to like it. "That it also means that you are the first thing the world knows it can take from him. — Elise Kova

Then it shall be a fruit that will ripen with time and patience. — Elise Kova

She could make her office my rose garden, forever, if she so chose. — Elise Kova

My lady," he whispered in awe. "My lady! — Elise Kova

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. — Elise Kova

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? — Elise Kova

Every chance worth taking will make you a little scared. That means you're taking a risk. And where there is risk, there is reward. — Elise Kova

Vhalla screamed. — Elise Kova

Even something very small can cast a large shadow when it is close to the sun. — Elise Kova

Adulthood just meant finding the variety of crazy that resonated the most with you and doing it until you died or it killed you - whichever came first. "Where — Elise Kova

Home. This magnificent palace had been her home since she was eleven. She'd came to it as a farmer's daughter, and now she'd leave it as a soldier. — Elise Kova

She had to survive if for no other reason than to spite the world.

Kova, Elise. Fire Falling (Air Awakens Series Book 2) — Elise Kova

I was raised in a world where I had thousands of friends, each one waiting for me on a shelf every day. — Elise Kova

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 — Elise Kova

As Jax went to knock on the door, she nearly stopped him. But the opportunity was eliminated as his knocks faded into silence. "Who?" A sleep-hazy voice called. "Your blushing princess," Jax called in a girlish falsetto. "Go away, Jax. — Elise Kova

Fritz, this is Daniel. Daniel, Fritz," she introduced.
Daniel extended his palm in greeting.
"You best be nice to our Vhal!" Fritz said, ignoring Daniel's hand and pointing in his face.
"My, you didn't warn me you had bodyguards," Daniel chuckled, taking Fritz's hand from his face and shaking it. "You have my word, only kindness and care from me. — Elise Kova

Love is far better to know, even if it slips from your grasp or doesn't bear fruit like you'd hoped. People who say they regret love, true love, are just bitter liar. — Elise Kova

She was tired of being a symbol. Symbols were stagnant, frozen, representative, and spurring of action but never the action itself. — Elise Kova

I'm eating breakfast with half the royal family, Golden Guard, and a Western noble, at the siege of Soricium," Vhalla wheezed. "And it feels perfectly normal. — Elise Kova

Love, war, life was a series of battlefields strung together with the courage to march forward. — Elise Kova

Spread your wings, tokshi, and fly. Soar above them, make their eyes tear as they stare into the sun to watch you reach new heights. — Elise Kova

Now that she had him, all she wanted was him. — Elise Kova

Well, if my crime is love, then I am indeed guilty — Elise Kova

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. — Elise Kova

She had thought she knew what war was, but as their empty eyes and too-thin bodies etched themselves onto her soul, Vhalla realized she knew nothing at all. They were all boys and girls playing at war, writing their own songs the bards would sing. But the bards never sang about this. Suddenly the faces of the people she had killed came back to her. We are monsters. — Elise Kova

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. — Elise Kova

She was going to be lost if she wasn't able to use his skin as a roadmap back to sanity. — Elise Kova

You just assaulted the crown prince." He glared, but he saw the tell-tale glimmer of mischief in his eyes. "Vhalla, I think that violates the terms of your probation."

"Oh? Tell me what will you do to me?" She did her best to imitate one of his trademark smirks, and she was rewarded by the spark turning to a fire in his eyes.

"I could think of quite a few things to do to you." His voice was gravely and deep, and Vhalla felt a flush rise to her cheeks. — Elise Kova

You, you are not so chained. And so you see the world with eyes that I could never have. You have hopes that no one else would allow themselves to dream of." Elecia gave the tiniest of smirks. "Forgive me, but I wish not to sway your actions in this matter. I want to see what you will do. I want to know what kind of Empress you will be. — Elise Kova

How many times would she follow the prince into darkness, trusting his light to guide her? — Elise Kova

I have yet to discover if you will be my salvation or my demise. — Elise Kova

She could never, she would never, should never, have this man. — Elise Kova

To hack away at the oppressive darkness that continued to try to smother her so she could defend a new dawn. — Elise Kova

Fritz . . ." Grahm stared up at his man, who was doing a better job of holding Grahm than holding his own emotions together. "I'm glad I could see you again."

"Me, too."

"I love you," Grahm whispered.

"And I love you." Tears fell from Fritz's eyes. "Now, don't die. — Elise Kova

He tasted of sweet liquor and every delicious dark dream she'd ever had. — Elise Kova

What is this woman to you?" "Vhalla, I need her in so many ways, Mother help me," Aldrik groaned. "I need her as my redemption, I need her kindness, I need her forgiveness, I need her smiles, I need her humanity, I need her ignorance, I need her innocence, and, yes ... Mother Sun, yes, I need her as a man. — Elise Kova

Reading the books, I've always loved reading. It was easier than talking. Like a child playing games. — Elise Kova

Florence took a deep breath. It expanded her lungs, making more room for the crippling fear that locked her knees in place. Then she exhaled it, and moved forward. "Yes, — Elise Kova

Would you, Lady Vhalla Yarl, like to someday be the Empress Vhalla Solaris? — Elise Kova

Magic, she was discovering, was like poetry. Once you understood the logic, the meter, the rhyme behind it, you could embellish upon it and make it your own. On — Elise Kova

People didn't change when asked by others, no matter how important the asker was. True change had to come entirely from within. — Elise Kova

After that, the Heartbreaker Prince began to have an easier time earning smiles from her. If she did well, he would squeeze her hand. When her eyes finally lifted away from her haphazard movements, she was rewarded with a wink. Slowly, under the prince's hand and earnest encouragement, Vhalla began to enjoy herself. — Elise Kova

The line between genius and madness is so very thin. — Elise Kova

Vhalla stared up at him, at those cold judgmental eyes that threatened to pick her apart and lick her bones clean. — Elise Kova

Erion, how many times must I tell you not to bring me wild women until after dark? It's distracing." A man grinned wickedly. — Elise Kova

It would inevitable gravitate her into his orbit again, and they would both collapse in on each other like dying stars. — Elise Kova

You can read all the books in this library, be wiser than the master himself someday, and then you will die having never really done anything. You will have only ever lived through everyone else's experiences. — Elise Kova

Is it a good idea to ride like this?" Vhalla asked softly, noticing the glances from the soldiers. "I want them to see you with me." He responded so quickly that there couldn't have been any thoughts into his words. "Why?" she breathed. "Because I want them to know that if they lay a hand on you again, they will deal with me directly. — Elise Kova

Vhalla was discovering that the path to being the person she wanted to be had no end point. There would always be room for her to adapt, to change, and to improve. — Elise Kova

Don't tell me." Shades of a healthy Baldair returned as he wheezed for breath. "You two did the do on my couch. — Elise Kova

I was fine before," Vhalla protested.
"You were boring. You were worse than boring. You were normal and content. I gave you a chance for greatness." He looked at her harshly. — Elise Kova

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. — Elise Kova

They are the ships, and you are the wind. You do no lower yourself to their rules or expectations. You blow in whatever direction you feel is needed and leave them with no choice but to oblige. — Elise Kova