Kate Quinn Quotes & Sayings

Do not borrow fear before its time' ~ Titus — Kate Quinn

Oh, Hell's gates!" Annia cried, borrowing Vix's favorite curse. — Kate Quinn

Even when she was just a flutter inside me, I loved her. Because she is ours. — Kate Quinn

Courage is defined by how we meet unfortunat circumstances - inevitable or not. — Kate Quinn

The crowd's murmuring rose to a roar, and for the first time in a week the agony of worry for my son was drowned out as his father strode out onto the sand.
Arius. — Kate Quinn

Annia of the red braid and the ferocious scowl and the long, long limbs. Annia Galeria Faustina ...
"Mine," I whispered, "Mine — Kate Quinn

He loves me hard — Kate Quinn

It is better to be feared than loved. - MACHIAVELLI — Kate Quinn

Never trust a German to get a sauce right. Their solution to everything is just add more butter. — Kate Quinn

Paulinus, everyone knows. Say the word, and I'll run the bitch over with my chariot — Kate Quinn

Big hat, no cattle. — Kate Quinn

He doesn't need to tend her, because she hunts her own prey. He doesn't need to shield her, because she kills her own enemies. He doesn't need to look for her, because she's always at his side. — Kate Quinn

I'm a man of Rome, with all that entails - a citizen, a soldier, a paterfamilias - and all men of Rome think they stride the earth and make it tremble. We make the laws and then punish the lawless; we make the borders and then punish the border-breakers; we record our own glory and then demand our names be remembered - all over the Empire we stride and we bellow, we make and we break. But if men are the makers and breakers of empires, then women are the makers and breakers of men. This — Kate Quinn

Men demonstrate their courage more often in little things than in great. - BALDASSARE CASTIGLIONE — Kate Quinn

But if men are the makers and breakers of empires, then women are the makers and breakers of men. — Kate Quinn

- what was the point of having an Emperor, if you couldn't cook up spicy rumors about him? — Kate Quinn

Poetry is like passion--it should not be merely pretty; it should overwhelm and bruise. — Kate Quinn

Making history was so much better than writing it. — Kate Quinn

What kind of moron wants to be a gladiator? — Kate Quinn

I love you. I love the way you rub the scar on the back of your hand when you're nervous. I love the way you make a sword into a living part of your body. I love the way you burn your eyes into me, as if you're seeing me fresh every time. I love the black streak in you that wants to kill the world, and the soft streak that is sorry afterward. I love the way you laugh, as if you're surprised that you can laugh at all. I love the way you kiss my breath away. I love the way you breathe and speak and smile. I love the way you take the air out of my lungs when you hold me. I love the way you make a dance out of death. I love the confusion I see in your eyes when you realize you are happy. I love every muscle and bone in your body, every twist and bend in your soul. — Kate Quinn

Hatred doesn't lie. Hatred doesn't tell soothing stories. You'll tell me true.' ~ Hadrian — Kate Quinn

Capon with just a squeeze of juice from a lime, nothing — Kate Quinn

Lepida, has anyone ever told you that you're a cruel spiteful selfish slut? ... You're vicious. You're unprincipled. You mistreat your slaves and abuse your daughter. And furthermore you're the worst, most neglectful, most criminal wife in Rome. I think we can go now. — Kate Quinn

Have you ever been - well, i mean, have you ever - really wanted someone ? Wanted them like water in the desert - even when you knew all their faults, every single one - and it didnt matter ? — Kate Quinn

Not wise, perhaps, to be rude to the Pope's favorite son, but my viper tongue still required a fool now and then on which to exercise its edges, and Juan Borgia served admirably in place of drunken innkeepers and tavern cheats. — Kate Quinn

I gripped her, drowning, and I loved
her more than anything on this wide
green earth. — Kate Quinn

I am Athena. Before that I was Thea, singer and slave and lover of gladiators. Before that I was Leah, daughter of Benjamin and Rachael of Masada. I am as mortal as you, you common little man. And I fear no one! — Kate Quinn

Empresses," Vix said in disgust. "They're always trouble, the tricky bitches. Emperors might forgive you if you cross them, but never empresses. — Kate Quinn

Even if we lose, what of it? We have made a song of freedom that will ring for a thousand years. No one will forget the Iceni or their red-haired queen. — Kate Quinn

But I'd far rather live without souls or morals than Parmesan. — Kate Quinn

Flamingo necks, peacock brains, pike livers, lark tongues, sow's udders, elephant trunks and ears extravagantly frilled with parsley. — Kate Quinn