Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Gender and its expectations
They would assume she was a boy, because in her plain trousers and hood she looked like one, and because when people were attacked it never occurred to anyone that it might have been a girl. p6
Katsa changed into a blue tunic lined with the orange silk to Randa's courts, and the matching trousers she wore to perform Randa's errands, a costume to which he consented only because she was abusive to any dress she wore while riding. Randa didn't like to think of his Graceling killer doling out punishment in torn and muddy skirts. It was undignified. p34
"You're not an unnatural woman, Katsa. You can fight as other women can't, but you're not so different from other women. You'll want babies. I'm certain of it." p140
"You're welcome to do the hunting yourself. Perhaps I can stay by the fire and mend your socks, and scream if I hear any strange noises." p181
He laughed. "I know you're teasing me. And you should know I'm not easily humiliated. You may hunt for my food, and pound me every time we fight, and protect me when we're attacked, if you like. I'll thank you for it." p181
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"Helda," Katsa said, "how much time do you suppose I spend wondering which of the gentlemen finds me beautiful?"
"Not enough," Helda said, nodding emphatically. p64
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"If my mind is clearer, sometimes, than yours, it's because I've had more practice. That's the only difference between us." p183
And wondered if other girls in Sunder, and across the seven kingdoms, carried knives; or if they all looked to their fathers and brothers for every protection. p207
How absurd it was that in all seven kingdoms, the weakest and most vulnerable of people-- girls, women-- went unarmed and were taught nothing of fighting, while the strongest were trained to the highest reaches of their skill. p398
"It seems better to me for a child to have these skills and never use them, than not have them and one day need them," she said. p401
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Sometimes I find that when I'm trying to record quotes I've marked, that there are a lot I marked just because I liked them. I'm not sure that they'll serve any purpose. Sometimes they're just something I want to remember about a character or something that I like for personal reasons. This book had a lot of those "I don't know what to do with it" quotes.
There is also so much that I think would be spoilers! I loved all of the surprises of this book and wouldn't want to ruin it for anyone else.
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Perception?
Something caught in her throat at this second thanks, when she'd threatened him so brutally. When you're a monster, she thought, you are thanked and praised for not behaving like a monster. She would like to restrain from cruelty and receive no admiration for it. p136
"But everyone has some kind of power to hurt people," Parch said. "It doesn't mean they do." p405
It struck Katsa that here was a thing she'd never encountered: a king who looked at his people, instead of over their heads, a king who saw outside himself. p427
They would assume she was a boy, because in her plain trousers and hood she looked like one, and because when people were attacked it never occurred to anyone that it might have been a girl. p6
Katsa changed into a blue tunic lined with the orange silk to Randa's courts, and the matching trousers she wore to perform Randa's errands, a costume to which he consented only because she was abusive to any dress she wore while riding. Randa didn't like to think of his Graceling killer doling out punishment in torn and muddy skirts. It was undignified. p34
"You're not an unnatural woman, Katsa. You can fight as other women can't, but you're not so different from other women. You'll want babies. I'm certain of it." p140
"You're welcome to do the hunting yourself. Perhaps I can stay by the fire and mend your socks, and scream if I hear any strange noises." p181
He laughed. "I know you're teasing me. And you should know I'm not easily humiliated. You may hunt for my food, and pound me every time we fight, and protect me when we're attacked, if you like. I'll thank you for it." p181
_______________________________
"Helda," Katsa said, "how much time do you suppose I spend wondering which of the gentlemen finds me beautiful?"
"Not enough," Helda said, nodding emphatically. p64
_______________________________
"If my mind is clearer, sometimes, than yours, it's because I've had more practice. That's the only difference between us." p183
And wondered if other girls in Sunder, and across the seven kingdoms, carried knives; or if they all looked to their fathers and brothers for every protection. p207
How absurd it was that in all seven kingdoms, the weakest and most vulnerable of people-- girls, women-- went unarmed and were taught nothing of fighting, while the strongest were trained to the highest reaches of their skill. p398
"It seems better to me for a child to have these skills and never use them, than not have them and one day need them," she said. p401
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Sometimes I find that when I'm trying to record quotes I've marked, that there are a lot I marked just because I liked them. I'm not sure that they'll serve any purpose. Sometimes they're just something I want to remember about a character or something that I like for personal reasons. This book had a lot of those "I don't know what to do with it" quotes.
There is also so much that I think would be spoilers! I loved all of the surprises of this book and wouldn't want to ruin it for anyone else.
_____________________
Perception?
Something caught in her throat at this second thanks, when she'd threatened him so brutally. When you're a monster, she thought, you are thanked and praised for not behaving like a monster. She would like to restrain from cruelty and receive no admiration for it. p136
"But everyone has some kind of power to hurt people," Parch said. "It doesn't mean they do." p405
It struck Katsa that here was a thing she'd never encountered: a king who looked at his people, instead of over their heads, a king who saw outside himself. p427
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