Best Quotes from A Court Of Mist And Fury by Sarah J. Maas with Page Numbers

To Tamlin, yes. To every other court out there, yes.

Be glad of your human heart, Feyre. Pity those who don’t feel anything at all.

Real. This was real. I had survived; I’d made it out.

I wished I felt nothing. I wished my human heart had been changed with the rest of me.

That had been Ianthe’s reasoning when I’d made the mistake of mentioning it at dinner.

The wards are up—

Every word from your mouth, every turn of phrase, will be judged—and possibly used against you.

Perhaps you could sort yourself out sometime along the way. Perhaps not.

You might as well look good if you’re going to arm yourself to the teeth.

The strength of my human heart has always been its ability to remember and feel.

"But I want you to meet my friends first. Decide on your own if it’s something you can handle. And I want this meeting to be on my terms, not whenever they decide to ambush this house again."

"There’s always something worth fighting for. The question is, do you have the courage to fight?"

"You are my salvation, Feyre."

"You can’t know that for sure," I tried again.

"Amarantha was no fool. She did not touch these creatures or disturb the wood."

"If there was no body—nothing but perhaps a bit of bone, would there be a way to resurrect that person?"

"Words can be as powerful as any weapon."

"Remember, darkness is a powerful ally, and with it comes strength."

"I don’t care about the rest. As long as the people who matter most know the truth, I don’t care about the rest."

"To show mercy is a strength that few possess."

"I remembered what it was to want to fight to live, to be willing to do anything to stay breathing."

"You will feel that way every day for the rest of your life."

"You can either let it wreck you, let it get you killed… or you can learn to live with it."

"I’m not a pet, not a doll, not an animal. I am a survivor, and I am strong."

"There is a special strength in enduring such dark trials and hardships … and still remaining warm, and kind."

"Perhaps it would help with whatever situation was going on at the Spring Court."

"I don’t want to have to wait on anyone to rescue me."

"It’s a shame we can’t stay longer—if only to see who’ll be left standing: her or Cassian."

"The darkness that frightens, the darkness that soothes, the darkness that is restful."

"I can eat, drink, fuck, and fight just as well as I did before. Better, even."

"I will need you—not Amren—in the human realm."

"Love can be a poison."

"Do not threaten me in my own home, Rhysand."

"You will not win. We will not win. Survivors will be slaves, and their children’s children will be slaves."

"If we must sacrifice this tiny territory to save the majority, then we shall do it."

"This territory is a slip of land compared to the vastness of the continent."

"You are young, child. You have much to learn about the ways of the world."

"You are the emissary."

"What of the lives you have taken during your long, hideous existence?"

"I’d be willing to let her try."

You’re not setting foot in that human realm.

I will kill anyone who harms you.

I trust you. Let me help. In whatever way I can.

You don’t understand the mess we’re in, Feyre. We—I need you home. Now.

When you spend so long trapped in darkness, you find that the darkness begins to stare back.

You should see how I make her beg.

What is it that you want, Feyre?

I can’t breathe when I look at you.

I’ve had a long time to think about how and where I want you.

I was looking for you, too.

"You shut me out. You shielded against me. Completely. I couldn’t find a way in."

"If you want to go, then you go, Feyre."

"I just—thought you should know. For whenever you see her again and she pisses you off. Which I’m certain will happen. But know that deep down, she is grateful, and perhaps does not possess the ability to say so. Yet the feeling—the heart—is there."

"We deserve each other. And we deserve to be happy."

"You might be my mate, but you remain your own person. You decide your fate—your choices. Not me. You chose yesterday. You choose every day. Forever."

"Where are you?"

"How could I scold you for defending my people? I want to throttle you, yes, for not going back to the town house, but … You chose to fight for them. For Velaris."

"I’m exactly where I need to be."

"And this is for Clare."

"I thought I might break apart from not being able to get enough of him."

"We’ll be in and out before you miss us."

"With my life, High Lord. I’ll protect her with my life."

"Home—take me home."

"I’ll be fine—we’ll all be fine."

"If you cannot move it, then leave."

"You know what you must do …"

"I was not a tool, not a pawn. I would not be a conduit, not be the lackey of these things."

"Together together together"

"No more death—no more killing."

"I will light your pyres myself for what you did to my sisters."