That's what makes us human. Feeling things—even pain. That's what music does, if it's any good: it makes you feel things. You listen to a song, and somehow you know what that person was going through when he wrote it. Or maybe it puts a name to what you're feeling. And because you can share that, you don't feel so alone.

—Cinda Williams Chima in The Sorcerer Heir

About Cinda Williams Chima

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Cinda Williams Chima (born 1952) is a New York Times bestselling author of young adult fantasy, best known for The Heir Chronicles, The Seven Realms and The Shattered Realm series.

More quotations from Cinda Williams Chima

And, like a fool, she kissed him back. Kissed him in 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.

—Cinda Williams Chima in The Exiled Queen

Falling in love was like falling off a cliff. It felt pretty much like flying until you hit the ground.

—Cinda Williams Chima in The Dragon Heir

It was one of the warm nights at the end of summer that makes promises that won't be kept.

—Cinda Williams Chima in The Wizard Heir

That's what happens when you love someone… you notice and notice and notice.

—Cinda Williams Chima in The Crimson Crown

Sometimes she wondered if she was doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past, since she'd trained herself not to look back at it.

—Cinda Williams Chima in The Dragon Heir

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That's what makes us human. Feeling things–even pain. That's what music does, if it's any good: it makes you feel things. You listen to a song, and somehow you know what that person was going through when he wrote it. Or maybe it puts a name to what you're feeling. And because you can share that, you don't feel so alone.