1) "Libraries were full of ideas - perhaps the most dangerous and powerfull of all weapons."
2) "You could rattle the stars," she whispered. "You could do anything, if only you dared. And deep down you know it, too. That's what scares you most."
3) "My name is Celaena Sardothien. But it makes no difference if my name's Celaena or Lillian or Bitch, because I'd still beat you, no matter what you call me."
4) "Names are not important. It's what lies inside of you that matters."
5) "Sometimes, the wicked will tell us things just to confuse us – to haunt our thoughts long after we've faced them."
6) "I like music," she said slowly, "because when I hear it, I . . . I lose myself within myself, if that makes any sense. I become empty and full all at once, and I can feel the whole earth roiling around me. When I play. I'm not . . . for once, I'm not destroying, I'm creating."
7) "I name you Elentiya." She kissed the assassin's brow. "I give you this name to use with honour, to use when other names grow too heavy. I name you Elentiya, 'Spirit That Could Not Be Broken."
8) "We each survive in our own way."
9) "Second place is a nice title for the first loser."
10) "What's the point in having a mind if you don't use it to make judgements?"
