Raisa Quotes

Youth is, after all, just a moment, but it is the moment, the spark that you always carry in your heart. ~ Raisa Gorbacheva

You are my father," she said to Averill. "And you are my grandmother," she said to Elena. "And you are duty-bound to me," she said to Nightwalker.
"If you take action against Hunts Alone without my permission, we will be at war. ~ Cinda Williams Chima

And then Micah Bayar swept back his cloak and dropped to his knees, bowing his head, his amulet swinging forward. Fiona glared down at him like she wanted to stomp on him.
Ho, Han thought. Micah breaks with his family? That's interesting. ~ Cinda Williams Chima

Love makes you vulnerable, Raisa thought. And yet she'd always hoped for it ~ Cinda Williams Chima

Love everywhere, and none for me. ~ Cinda Williams Chima

I do try to get my own way, but I think it's because I'll never get my way on anything that matters ~ Cinda Williams Chima

A sociologist without an archive is like a person without a memory. ~ Raisa Gorbacheva

The calamity of war, wherever, whenever and upon whomever it descends, is a tragedy for the whole of humanity. ~ Raisa Gorbacheva

Hypocrisy, the lie, is the true sister of evil, intolerance, and cruelty. ~ Raisa Gorbacheva

So here's the truth - I love you. I love everything about you – the way you stick up for people even when it costs you. The way you keep trying to do the right thing even when you're not exactly sure what the right thing is. I love how you put words together. You're as skilled with words as any knife fighter with a blade. You can put an enemy down on his back, or you can raise people up so they find what's best in themselves. You've changed my life. You've given me the words I need to become whatever I want.
I love how you talk to lytlings. You don't talk down to them. You respect them, and anybody can tell you're actually interested in what they have to say.
I love the way you ride a horse – how you stick there like an upland thistle, whooping like a Demonai. I love the way you throw back your head and stomp your feet when you dance. I love how you go after what you want – whether it's kisses or a queendom.
I love your skin, like copper dusted over with gold. And your eyes – they're the color of a forest lake shaded by evergreens. One of the secret places that only the Demonai know about.
I love the scent of you – when you've been out in the fresh air, and that perfume you put behind your ears sometimes.
Believe it or not, I even love your road smell – of sweat and horses and leather and wool.
I want to breathe you in for the rest of my life. ~ Cinda Williams Chima

I like to carry a concealer palette that has a green, a yellow, and a tan color. I like to carry the green one because when I have a pimple, it's good to use that to contrast the red. Then you put the yellow over it, and it helps it disappear. ~ Francia Raisa

Truth be told, Raisa had no intention of marrying anyone any time soon. Her mother was young - she would rule for many years yet, so there was no need to rush into the confinement of marriage. ~ Cinda Williams Chima

Hope is a dangerous thing, Raisa thought. Once kindled, it's hard to put out. It makes wise people into fools. ~ Cinda Williams Chima

And, like a fool, she kissed him back. Kissed him a way that would leave no doubt about the way she felt about him. Kissed him because she knew the chances were slim she'd have very many kisses like that in her lifetime.
Which is a sad thing when you're only seventeen. ~ Cinda Williams Chima

Even though I'm Hispanic, I'm so white. ~ Francia Raisa

It was hard at school because, growing up, some people wanted to be friends with me just because they wanted to get to my dad and say that they had met him and had gone to our house. I didn't understand it at the time, but the older I got and the more aware of it I became, it started becoming hard. ~ Francia Raisa

Tears stung her eyes. She sank her knees next to the sleeping bench and gently raked strands of golden hair from him forehead.
"Don't you die. don't you dare. I forbid it." As if Han Alister had ever listened to anything she said. ~ Cinda Williams Chima

If he even survives." She shivered, and Amon put his arm around her, drawing her into his steady warmth.
"It's that bad?"
Raisa nodded. "He looked ... he looked awful, Amon. Willo doesn't know if he'll ... She's worried about him. My mother died, and I never got to tell her that I loved her, that I finally understood - just a little anyway. If Han dies too, I don't know what I'll do. ~ Cinda Williams Chima

So you questioned him?" Raisa prompted. "What did he say for himself?"
"Well, the first thing Gillen does is steal his purse and beat him with a club." Amon said. ~ Cinda Williams Chima

Just tell me you don't love me, and I'll let the matter drop."
"What?"
"What I said. Just say, 'Rai, I don't love you and I never will'. It's that simple."
"Raisa, this is getting us nowhere."
"Say it! ~ Cinda Williams Chima

Raisa tried to lift her head and look around, but couldn't seem to find the strength. "Where are they the assassins?"

"They're already dead," Micah whispered in her ear. "I killed them on my way up. Else I would have been there sooner. ~ Cinda Williams Chima

Oh, I am getting married," Raisa said sleepily. "You promised me that if I agreed to marry you, that you would make it happen." She extended her hand, the one with the ring Han had given her, and waved it under his nose. "So. It's time to pay up. ~ Cinda Williams Chima

You can't assume that because you have plenty to eat that everyone does. ~ Cinda Williams Chima

I still have a lot of my friends from high school. You just know who is there for you for real, and who is trying to get something out of you. ~ Francia Raisa

I thought I could play at love...But I've found out I'm not made that way...I can't play this game if my heart's not in it. ~ Cinda Williams Chima

To stop crying, my Raisa... laugh. ~ Esther M. Friesner

Politics is my second love, next to my love for Raisa [Gorbacheva]. ~ Mikhail Gorbachev

It's not just the real, but the perspective of real that counts. If people perceive you as weak, then you are weak, even if it's a survival strategy. ~ Cinda Williams Chima

If a lady should do this, Raisa wondered, should a man do the same? Is he required to? ~ Cinda Williams Chima

If she'd ever hoped to impress Amon Byrne with her newly acquired glamour and beauty, that chance was gone forever. He'd seen her in every kind of ugly. ~ Cinda Williams Chima

Nationalism and extremism ... are spreading today like a cancerous growth in the fabric of people's national self-awareness. ~ Raisa Gorbacheva

Do you carry a dagger, Your Highness?"
Raisa nodded. "I do, as a rule, but Micah and Fiona took mine."
"Then take this one." He wiped the blade on his breeches, returned the blade to a sheath at his waist, then unbuckled the belt, handing the whole package to her. Raisa slid the blade free, turning it so it caught the light. It was of the same make and design as the Lady sword, with the image of Hanalea worked into the hilt.
"I can't take this!" She protested. "It belongs to your family."
"I've not much use for it, in fact," Byrne replied. "If I let an enemy get close enough to need it, I deserve what I get. ~ Cinda Williams Chima

Han stroked her hair, shifting his body under her. "Why? What are you afraid of? Thieves or wizards?"
"Both," she said.
"Is it because I‟m not a blueblood?" He asked this matter-of-factly, as if he really wanted to know.
"That‟s the least of it," Raisa said, taking a shuddering breath. "This is just going to lead to heartbreak, and I refuse to have my heart broken again." She looked up at him. "I thought I could play at love. I thought I had the right, same as - as any courtier or a - a streetlord."
He shook his head. "Rebecca, listen, I - "
"But I‟ve found out I‟m not made that way," she interrupted. "I can‟t play this game if my heart‟s not in it. That‟s me personally. I‟m not judging anyone else."
"I see," he said. He tightened his arms around her, brushing his fingers along her collarbone, setting her nerves tingling. "What‟s your heart saying now?"
She wanted to be honest with him, even though she‟d probably pay for it. "I‟m in trouble," she whispered. ~ Cinda Williams Chima

Will you give the girl to me?" she said. "Will you let me try?"
He nodded, dizzy with relief. "Please, Willo. Please. Save her. It doesn't matter ... what happens to me. ~ Cinda Williams Chima

I was a dancer when I got discovered, and I started working immediately. I started being in commercials and doing guest star roles. My first big thing, which happened maybe six months after being discovered, was 'Bring It On: All or Nothing.' ~ Francia Raisa

I love Clinique. Their moisturizer is amazing. My skin tends to be really oily, but then at times I'm dry, and that's the perfect amount of moisturizer. ~ Francia Raisa

Han smiled, then, a bright, charming smile that lit up the room, more dangerous than any blade.
All you ever needed was that smile, she thought. I'd have given in immediately. ~ Cinda Williams Chima

You touch me again, you arrogant Ardenine swine, and I swear on the blood of Hanalea the warrior, I will geld you. Do you understand? ~ Cinda Williams Chima

Sometimes you have to get away to remember who you are. Believe in yourself, Lyss. You're strong and smart enough to do this job. Never let anyone tell you different. ~ Cinda Williams Chima

In our family we have always had, and still have, this understanding: the problem of each member of the family is everybody's problem. ~ Raisa Gorbacheva

I'm glad I went through all the normal teenage dramas that a lot of people go through. I can really relate to 'Secret Life' because I witnessed those similar struggles. ~ Francia Raisa

But just before she could move, Amon paused in the midst of a sequence, the staff horizontal in front of him, head cocked. He flipped the quarterstaff to a vertical position, turned and looked directly at where Raisa was hiding.

"Rai?" he whispered. ~ Cinda Williams Chima

Find a type of exercise that you love - whether it's dance, soccer, softball, anything - just as long as it keeps you active. If you love it, you'll dedicate yourself to it and stay involved. ~ Francia Raisa

He swept Raisa up into his arms and kissed her like it was his first, last, and only ~ Cinda Williams Chima

I live in the present because the future is always chancy. When it comes to being with you, I'm willing to take the risk. ~ Cinda Williams Chima

Mellon is thirteen," Raisa said. "I hope you have experience babysitting, Micah, because you're going to need it. Assuming the Demonai don't assassinate you first. Married at thirteen, widowed at fourteen. Poor Mellony. ~ Cinda Williams Chima

Every woman dreams of her own political career and her own place in life. ~ Raisa Gorbacheva

The maltreatment of the natural world and its impoverishment leads to the impoverishment of the human soul. It is related to the outburst of violence in human society. To save the natural world today means to save what is human in humanity. ~ Raisa Gorbacheva

You didn't have to go to the fireworks with him. Or - or let him fondle you."
"Fondle?" Raisa raised her eyebrows, "When did I mention fondling? ~ Cinda Williams Chima

The sergeant shrugged, not meeting Amon's eyes. ' ... You'll be shivering all right. Them Waterwalkers'll have you crying for your mommies.'
'I assume you're speaking from experience, sir?' Raisa asked. ~ Cinda Williams Chima