10 Quotes from Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas

By Lilian Calix
September 17, 2015
Hamilton Grange Library

The Throne of Glass of series consists of Throne of Glass, Crown of Midnight, Heir of Fire, Queen of Shadows and two more upcoming untitled books. The series gets better with each book. In Throne of Glass we meet assassin Celaena Sardothien, who has been enslaved in the salt mines of Endovier… she is offered  freedom by Prince Dorian… IF she can  win a tournament and become the king’s champion. Heir of Fire is the beginning of a new adventure for Celaena and her friends.

In addition, The Assassin's Blade consists of five novellas set before the beginning of the first book in the Throne of Glass world.

Heir of Fire was my favorite book in the series until I read Queen of Shadows. In Queen of Shadows Celaena embraces her true identity as Aelin Galathynius the Queen of Terrasen and I love it! She has traveled back to free her cousin, settle old scores with her former master, the king, and anyone who gets in her way. The book was worth the wait.

Here are some of my favorite quotes from Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas:

Favorite Quotes

  1. "When you shatter the chains of this world and forge the next, remember that art is as vital as food to a kingdom. Without it, a kingdom is nothing, and will be forgotten by time. I have amassed enough money in my miserable life to not need any more-so you will understand me clearly when I say that wherever you set your throne, no matter how it takes, I will come to you, and I will bring music and dancing." (p. 141)
  • "She was Aelin Fireheart, and she bowed for no one and nothing, save the crown that was hers by blood and survival and triumph." (p. 142)
  • "Dorian Havilliard offers a better future, but the responsibility also lies with us. With how common people choose to act. "(p. 182)
  • "I like your fangs" (p. 310)
  • "We do not look back, Chaol. It helps no one and nothing to look back. We can only go on." (p. 521)
  • "Let's go rattle the stars." (p. 532)
  • "They joined hands.
    So the world ended.
    And the next one began." (p. 575)
  • "The wicked will tell us anything to haunt our thoughts long after." (p. 580)
  • "What do I do?
    You light up the darkness." (p. 618)
  • "What was it like?...To Love."
    "It was like dying a little every day. It was like being alive, too. It was so complete it was pain. It destroyed me and unmade me and forged me. I hated it, because I knew I couldn't escape it, and knew it would forever change me." (p. 634)