Hey there! Today, I have another Loving the Lines for you! Loving the Lines is dedicated to books with stand-out quotes that need to be shared. I’m often moved by passages and lines from the books I read, and I thought this would be a great way to show the love!! Many thanks to all the wonderful writers who inspire, empower, entertain, and make people think.
Today, I’m sharing my favorite quotes from Arcana Academy, a swoon-worthy dark fantasy from Elise Kova. Prince of Swords, the second book in the series, releases this month, and it sounds as amazing as the first book. Let’s check out Arcana Academy and some of my favorite quotes from the book!
Title: Arcana Academy
Author: Elise Kova
Series: Arcana Academy #1
Pages: 576
Publication Date: July 22, 2025
Publisher: Del Rey
Genres: Fiction / Romance / Fantasy / Romantasy
Synopsis: Clara Graysword has survived the underworld of Eclipse City through thievery, luck, and a whole lot of illegal magic. After a job gone awry, Clara is sentenced to a lifetime in prison for inking tarot cards-a rare power reserved for practitioners at the elite Arcana Academy.
Just when it seems her luck has run dry, the academy’s enigmatic headmaster, Prince Kaelis, offers her an escape-for a price. Kaelis believes that Clara is the perfect tool to help him steal a tarot card from the king and use it to re-create an all-powerful card long lost to time.
In order to conceal her identity and keep her close, Kaelis brings Clara to Arcana Academy, introducing her as the newest first-year student and his bride-to-be.
Thrust into a world of arcane magic and royal intrigue, where one misstep will send her back to prison or worse, Clara finds that the prince she swore to hate may not be what he seems. But can she risk giving him power over the world-and her heart? Or will she take it for herself?
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Break or die. It’s one or the other in Halazar Prison. I refuse to do either.
Sometimes, it’s the things we can’t see in ourselves that have the most power.
Hope is a potent draught.
“We don’t abandon family, by blood or by bond.”
I might have a lot of shortcomings. I can be brash and bold. I can rush in, and I can say too much when emotions run high. But no one, no one, can ever claim that I am not loyal to those I love.
“Don’t weep for an empty coffin.”
“Talent is having your starting line placed closer to the finish. Sure, those with it get to the goal faster. But with hard work and diligence, you can cover the same distance. Even without the Chalice’s rituals,”
“You are somehow better and worse than I could’ve ever imagined—everything I needed and the last f&**ing thing I wanted.”
“Love me, hate me, but only look at me like my existence sets you on fire …”
“Every time I see you, I see what the world could be.”
Those eyes … I could spend forever being lost in them and thank him for the time.
“There is no world in which you do not consume my very being.”
