They say it's the biggest in all the kingdom.

#qt2635770 / read by Shriram-60

_Only_ he of royal blood can restore the ruby. And the one of you who does so, shall be the new king of Stormhold.

#qt2372966 / read by Subhajit-81

Some crazy lady was going to cut _your heart out_ and you wanted more specific instructions? Perhaps you'd want it in writing - or a diagram, maybe?

#qt1873641-4 / read by Subhajit-81

You just said 'home'! If you'd wanted me to think of *your* home you should have said!

#qt1873641-3 / read by Subhajit-81

Well you stupid cow! What did you think of your home for?

#qt1873641-2 / read by Shriram-60

What did *I* do? What did *you* do? 'Think of home'? That was a GREAT plan! You thought of your home and I thought of mine and now we're halfway between the two!

#qt1873641-1 / read by Teja-84

It's an enchanted chain. I'll only be free when she dies. Sorry.

#qt0556095-2 / read by Shriram-60

I'm a princess. Tricked into being a witch's slave. Will you liberate me?

#qt0556095-1 / read by Teja-84

_Hold_ on tight, the Captain's at the helm!

#qt0556094 / read by Venkat-24

You look like the wrong end of a dog. And I swear, if I don't get my Tristan back as he was, I'll be your personal poltergeist!

#qt0510433-2 / read by Teja-84

Would I be correct in thinking that you can neither see nor hear me? Then I'd like to tell you that you smell of pee.

#qt0510433-1 / read by Teja-84

I can't believe your crew fell for that. And where in God's name did you get that mannequin?

#qt0508854 / read by Shriram-60

Why would I want this? It's just a measly handful of stardust.

#qt0508824-2 / read by Teja-84

Humphrey. Humphrey, it's all right. She's all yours. You really are a perfect couple. The best of luck to you both.

#qt0508824-1 / read by Shuja-34

I'm afraid that's impossible. I'm on a quest of enormous importance.

#qt0508562-2 / read by Shriram-60

If Septimus insists on sending a boy to do a man's job...

#qt0508562-1 / read by Shuja-34

Have you not got it into your thick head yet? I'm not walking anywhere!

#qt0508561 / read by Teja-84

Of course I know why I'm glowing. I'm a star! And what the stars do best?

#qt0484616-3 / read by Teja-84

You must learn to control them. You've been glowing more brightly every day and I think you know why.

#qt0484616-2 / read by Teja-84

Have no fear, no-one on this vessel will harm you, but there are plenty who would... Your emotions give you away, Yvaine.

#qt0484616-1 / read by Teja-84

There was not a horse or beast he could not master. So much so that in his youth, he took to riding a camel... which was comical.

#qt0484615 / read by Teja-84

Unless you wish to meet him in the afterlife, I suggest you answer my question. What are you doing here?

#qt0484611 / read by Teja-84

Let's see if you can work it out for yourself. What do stars do?

#qt0484608-2 / read by Shriram-60

You know you sort of - glitter sometimes. I've just noticed it. Is it... Is it normal?

#qt0484608-1 / read by Teja-84

Has excessive begging or pleading ever persuaded me to spare the life of a traitor?

#qt0484607-4 / read by Teja-84

Sire, I've merely relayed to you what the runes have told me. I can do no more.

#qt0484607-3 / read by Teja-84

South you said. South we went. Still no stone. Do you now propose we start swimming?

#qt0484607-2 / read by Teja-84

Your Highness, the soothsayer, as you requested.

#qt0484607-1 / read by Teja-84

But of course! Nothing says 'romance' like the gift of a kidnapped injured woman! I'm not going anywhere with you!

#qt0484606-5 / read by Teja-84

Now, if I'm not mistaken this means you have to come with me. You're going to be a birthday gift for Victoria, my true love.

#qt0484606-4 / read by Teja-84

No, really. We're in a crater, this must be where it fell.

#qt0484606-3 / read by Shriram-60

Oh, excuse me, madam, sorry, this may see strange but, have you seen a fallen star anywhere?

#qt0484606-2 / read by Subhajit-81

Oh, excuse me, madam, sorry, this may see strange but, have you seen a fallen star anywhere?

#qt0484606-2 / read by Venkat-24

No, I'm not and I'm not your mother. So get off me! Do I *look* like I'm your mother?

#qt0484606-1 / read by Shriram-60

I find the fastest way to travel is by candlelight.

#qt0484605 / read by Subhajit-81

Now remember Captain Shakespeare has a fearsome reputation.

#qt0484603 / read by Shriram-60

Nobody crosses the wall! You know that! Everybody knows that.

#qt0484601-2 / read by Shriram-60

Oh. You do look a bit like your father. And I suppose you intend to cross the wall as well, do you? Well you can forget it - go home!

#qt0484601-1 / read by Teja-84

Mmm... Murdered by pirates. Heart torn out and eaten. Meet Victoria. I can't quite decide which sounds more fun...

#qt0484599-4 / read by Shuja-34

Well... Look, Yvaine, you'll understand when you meet her, all right? If we don't get murdered by pirates first.

#qt0484599-3 / read by Shuja-34

Hang on! This wasn't about me buying her love. This was a way for me to prove to her how I felt.

#qt0484599-2 / read by Subhajit-81

The little I know about love is that it's unconditional. It's not something you can buy.

#qt0484599-1 / read by Shriram-60

It's all right, Captain. We always knew you were a whoopsie.

#qt0484598 / read by Shriram-60

And risk you being too embarrassed to keep saying such lovely things?

#qt0484596-2 / read by Shriram-60

But... You were a mouse! You were a mouse... you wanted cheese! You didn't... I asked you to give me a sign!

#qt0484596-1 / read by Venkat-24

There's no time to waste. A coach is coming. By any means possible you must get on it. Run!

#qt0484595-4 / read by Subhajit-81

They tricked her, cared for her, and when her heart was once more aglow they cut it from her chest and ate it.

#qt0484595-3 / read by Teja-84

No star is safe in Stormhold. The _last_ one fell 400 years ago and was captured by the same witches _who seek Yvaine now_.

#qt0484595-2 / read by Subhajit-81

Yvaine is in grave danger. A unicorn came to help her, but now they're heading into a trap.

#qt0484595-1 / read by Teja-84

Father, I lost my job. Father, I... I lost my job, I'm sorry. Father...

#qt0484594 / read by Shriram-60

I can get you one of them, actually. Very good guard dogs. They can watch the back and the front door at the same time.

#qt0484592-2 / read by Shriram-60

You'd better be telling the truth, you two-faced dog.

#qt0484592-1 / read by Subhajit-81

Hundreds of years this wall's been here. Hundreds of years this gap's been under a twenty-four-hour guard.

#qt0484591-2 / read by Teja-84

I'm charged with guarding the portal to another world, and you're asking me to just let you through!

#qt0484591-1 / read by Teja-84

.. when you finish wrestling with your conscience, may I suggest you return to your chamber. Leave the quest for the stone to me.

#qt0484589-3 / read by Teja-84

No, Primus, I think you'll find that *you* killed the bishop, by drinking out of the wrong cup.

#qt0484589-2 / read by Shriram-60

To the new King of Stormhold. Whichever of you fine fellows it might be.

#qt0484589-1 / read by Shriram-60

What do stars do? They shine.

#qt0484588 / read by Shuja-34

And trust me Tristan, you're no shop boy. You saved my life. Thank you.

#qt0484585-7 / read by Teja-84

There are shop boys, and there are boys who just happen to work in a shop for the time being.

#qt0484585-6 / read by Shriram-60

If there's one thing I've learned about all my years watching Earth, is that people aren't what they may seem.

#qt0484585-5 / read by Shriram-60

I just thought I'd find some lump of celestial rock, take it home and that would be it.

#qt0484585-4 / read by Subhajit-81

A shop boy like me... I could never have imagined an adventure this big in order to wish for it.

#qt0484585-3 / read by Shriram-60

You ever heard the expression 'Be careful of what you wish for'?

#qt0484585-2 / read by Shriram-60

You know, it's funny. I used to watch... I used to watch people having adventures. I envied them.

#qt0484585-1 / read by Shriram-60

Honey... you're wearing a bathrobe.

#qt0484584-2 / read by Shriram-60

And, Yvaine, I have some lovely dresses; take your pick.

#qt0484584-1 / read by Teja-84

I mean, even if I could... Everlasting life? I imagine it would be kind of lonely. Well, maybe if you had someone to share it with. Someone you loved. Then it might be different.

#qt0484582-2 / read by Shuja-34

Are you tempted? By Immortality. Let's say it wasn't *my* heart. Not me. Just a star you didn't know.

#qt0484582-1 / read by Subhajit-81

And they still live happily ever after.

#qt0484581-3 / read by Subhajit-81

When their children and grandchildren were grown, it was time to light the Babylon Candle.

#qt0484581-2 / read by Subhajit-81

They ruled for 80 years. But no man can live forever, except he who possesses the heart of a star, and Yvaine had given hers to Tristan completely.

#qt0484581-1 / read by Shuja-34

Pointless, really... 'Do the stars gaze back?' Now *that's* a question.

#qt0484579-2 / read by Subhajit-81

A philosopher once asked, 'Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human?'

#qt0484579-1 / read by Shriram-60

And if you wanted it, I'd wish for nothing in exchange - no gifts. No goods. No demonstrations of devotion.

#qt0484578-9 / read by Shuja-34

My heart... feels like my chest can barely contain it. Like it's trying to escape because it doesn't belong to me any more. It belongs to you.

#qt0484578-8 / read by Teja-84

What I'm trying to say, Tristan is... I think I love you. Is this love, Tristan? I never imagined I'd know it for myself.

#qt0484578-7 / read by Shuja-34

But I also know that it can be unpredictable, unexpected, uncontrollable, unbearable and strangely easy to mistake for loathing ...

#qt0484578-6 / read by Narmadha-83

So yes, I know that love is unconditional.

#qt0484578-5 / read by Shriram-60

But when I see the way that mankind loves... You could search to the furthest reaches of the universe and never find anything more beautiful.

#qt0484578-4 / read by Shuja-34

All those wars. Pain, lies, hate... It made me want to turn away and never look down again.

#qt0484578-3 / read by Narmadha-83

I've seen it, centuries and centuries of it, and it was the only thing that made watching your world bearable.

#qt0484578-2 / read by Narmadha-83

Nothing but knowing you loved me too. Just your heart, in exchange for mine.

#qt0484578-10 / read by Shuja-34

You know when I said I knew little about love? That wasn't true. I know a lot about love.

#qt0484578-1 / read by Narmadha-83

I'm taking the girl to my cabin, and mark my words anyone who disturbs me for the next few hours will get the same treatment.

#qt0484577 / read by Narmadha-83