--- title: "22 Ten years Quotes By Sarah J. Maas" description: "22 Ten years quotes by Sarah J. Maas. Plus more from Sarah J. Maas and more Ten years sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdf/sarah-j-maas-58_ten-years_you-re-worthless-tell-me-something-i-don_140505.png" --- > [“You’re worthless.” “Tell me something I don’t know.” He went on, “You would probably have been more useful to the world if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/you-re-worthless-tell-me-something-i-don-t-know-he-went-on-you-would/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdf/sarah-j-maas-58_ten-years_you-re-worthless-tell-me-something-i-don_140505.png) > [“Celaena was introduced to some of the people, but most didn’t cast a look in her direction. And wasn’t that a lovely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/celaena-was-introduced-to-some-of-the-people-but-most-didn-t-cast-a/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8b/sarah-j-maas-58_change_celaena-was-introduced-to-some-of-the-pe_2324574.png) > [“She had never known regret—not true regret, anyway. But she regretted not knowing the Crochan’s name. She regretted not knowing who the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/she-had-never-known-regret-not-true-regret-anyway-but-she-regretted/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e2/sarah-j-maas-58_long-life_she-had-never-known-regret-not-true-regr_2082418.jpg) > [“So Aedion Ashryver let himself be led into the darkness. He did not bother with prayers, for himself or for the captain.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/so-aedion-ashryver-let-himself-be-led-into-the-darkness-he-did-not/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c5/sarah-j-maas-58_darkness_so-aedion-ashryver-let-himself-be-led-in_1324694.jpg) > [“But you know what I told them? I said that they didn't stand a chance in hell... Because I am going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/but-you-know-what-i-told-them-i-said-that-they-didn-t-stand-a-chance/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca0/sarah-j-maas-58_marriage_but-you-know-what-i-told-them-i-said-tha_2375955.png) > [“It wasn’t the carved oak furniture, or the faded green drapes, or the warmth of the fire that made her stop dead.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/it-wasn-t-the-carved-oak-furniture-or-the-faded-green-drapes-or-the/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d86/sarah-j-maas-58_gaze_it-wasn-t-the-carved-oak-furniture-or-th_1556080.png) > [“A queer, calm rage settled over her lined face, and she lifted her chin. “I have worked for ten years to become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/a-queer-calm-rage-settled-over-her-lined-face-and-she-lifted-her-chin/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e07/sarah-j-maas-58_old-ways_a-queer-calm-rage-settled-over-her-lined_3115723.jpg) > [“She heard it now as if for the first time: the story of a Fae woman blessed with a horrible, profound power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/she-heard-it-now-as-if-for-the-first-time-the-story-of-a-fae-woman/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f7/sarah-j-maas-58_first-time_she-heard-it-now-as-if-for-the-first-tim_2232632.jpg) > [“Before she could think more on that interesting, different way of describing death, Rowan said, “You had no siblings.” She focused on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/before-she-could-think-more-on-that-interesting-different-way-of/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/421/sarah-j-maas-58_brotherhood_before-she-could-think-more-on-that-inte_2286255.jpg) > [“But no matter what I did, Elentiya, I want you to know that in the darkness of the past ten years, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/but-no-matter-what-i-did-elentiya-i-want-you-to-know-that-in-the/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77d/sarah-j-maas-58_darkness_but-no-matter-what-i-did-elentiya-i-want_1508267.jpg) > [“The man—male—down the alley was Fae. After ten years, after all the executions and burnings, a Fae male was prowling toward her.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/the-man-male-down-the-alley-was-fae-after-ten-years-after-all-the/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a58/sarah-j-maas-58_gaze_the-man-male-down-the-alley-was-fae-afte_3224567.jpg) > [“Aedion watched them, his face tight, his lips a thin line. Their eyes met. Ten years later, and they were all sitting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/aedion-watched-them-his-face-tight-his-lips-a-thin-line-their-eyes/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28f/sarah-j-maas-58_dining-room_aedion-watched-them-his-face-tight-his-l_1971405.jpg) > [“You’re from Perranth, right?” she asked. Though she’d never been to Perranth, Terrasen’s second largest city, the mention of her homeland still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/you-re-from-perranth-right-she-asked-though-she-d-never-been-to/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b5/sarah-j-maas-58_fear_you-re-from-perranth-right-she-asked-tho_2693746.jpg) > [“For Terrasen,” she said to him. “For our family.” “For Marion.” “For us.” Slowly, Aedion drew his blade and knelt, his head…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/for-terrasen-she-said-to-him-for-our-family-for-marion-for-us-slowly/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/356/sarah-j-maas-58_family_for-terrasen-she-said-to-him-for-our-fam_676948.jpg) > [“Celaena snorted. “Don’t you understand? It’s already too late. It’s been too late for years now. Where was Elena ten years ago,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/celaena-snorted-don-t-you-understand-it-s-already-too-late-it-s-been/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d99/sarah-j-maas-58_dark-place_celaena-snorted-don-t-you-understand-it_2732891.png) > [“They reached for her, faces shadowed and twisted. Yet—yet even those faces, so warped with hatred … she still loved them—even if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/they-reached-for-her-faces-shadowed-and-twisted-yet-yet-even-those/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/204/sarah-j-maas-58_darkness_they-reached-for-her-faces-shadowed-and_2847866.png) > [“Her people, waiting for ten years, but no longer. She could see the snow-capped Staghorns, the wild tangle of Oakwald at their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/her-people-waiting-for-ten-years-but-no-longer-she-could-see-the-snow/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60e/sarah-j-maas-58_afterworld_her-people-waiting-for-ten-years-but-no_1359436.jpg) > [“Elide said quietly, “Marion was my mother’s name. She died defending Aelin Galathynius from her assassin. My mother bought Aelin time to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/elide-said-quietly-marion-was-my-mother-s-name-she-died-defending/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/272/sarah-j-maas-58_every-day_elide-said-quietly-marion-was-my-mother_1927136.png) > [“So there are no dirges in Terrasen that are sung in a different language?” “No,” he said, drawing out the word as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/so-there-are-no-dirges-in-terrasen-that-are-sung-in-a-different/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e76/sarah-j-maas-58_ten-years_so-there-are-no-dirges-in-terrasen-that_2492551.png) > [“Again, that eye watched him warily, temper flickering. But an animal remained. Aedion drawled, even as his relief began to crumble his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/again-that-eye-watched-him-warily-temper-flickering-but-an-animal/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5c/sarah-j-maas-58_eye-contact_again-that-eye-watched-him-warily-temper_2584075.jpg) > [“She began talking, quietly and succinctly, telling Sam about what had happened to her ten years ago, telling him about these past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/she-began-talking-quietly-and-succinctly-telling-sam-about-what-had/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/485/sarah-j-maas-58_every-day_she-began-talking-quietly-and-succinctly_2818252.png) > [“Securing this alliance was only part of it. The other part, the bigger part … was the message. Not to Morath. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/securing-this-alliance-was-only-part-of-it-the-other-part-the-bigger/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26e/sarah-j-maas-58_lost-cause_securing-this-alliance-was-only-part-of_822532.jpg) ## Other authors on Ten years ## More by Sarah J. Maas > [“Light it up, bitch.' 'Light it up, asshole,' ...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/light-it-up-bitch-light-it-up-asshole/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) > [“What does he look like? The question was soft- tentative. I knew who he meant. I interlaced my fingers through Rhysand's and squeezed tightly.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/what-does-he-look-like-the-question-was-soft-tentative-i-knew-who-he/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) > [“Lysandra chuckled, a surprisingly deep, wicked sound—probably a laugh she never let Arobynn or her clients hear. “Some night soon, I’ll sneak back in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/lysandra-chuckled-a-surprisingly-deep-wicked-sound-probably-a-laugh/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) > [“I love you. I am in love with you, Rowan. I have been for a while. And I know there are limits to what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/i-love-you-i-am-in-love-with-you-rowan-i-have-been-for-a-while-and-i/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) > [“Perhaps Nesta will take up the blood-drinking habit, too. I certainly believe her threat to rip out my throat. Maybe she'll enjoy the taste.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/perhaps-nesta-will-take-up-the-blood-drinking-habit-too-i-certainly/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) > [“To being the most fearsome and imposing girls the world has ever seen.” Celaena raised her goblet high before she drank. As she swallowed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/to-being-the-most-fearsome-and-imposing-girls-the-world-has-ever-seen/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) > [“have no interest in prisoners or battling today,” Manon said. The Queen of Terrasen gave her a grin. “Good.” Manon turned away, barking at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/have-no-interest-in-prisoners-or-battling-today-manon-said-the-queen/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) > [“Well, I'm late for something incredibly important," Lucien said, and before I could call him on his outright lie or beg him to stay,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/well-i-m-late-for-something-incredibly-important-lucien-said-and/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) > [“Holy gods. He'd frozen the whole damn lake. He was THAT powerful?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/holy-gods-he-d-frozen-the-whole-damn-lake-he-was-that-powerful/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) > [“She bellowed the last word with such soul-deep hatred that he felt it like a punch to the gut.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/she-bellowed-the-last-word-with-such-soul-deep-hatred-that-he-felt-it/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) > [“Afraid she and I had a summer romance?" That insufferable grin was still there. "I hope you did. I certainly enjoyed myself this summer."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/afraid-she-and-i-had-a-summer-romance-that-insufferable-grin-was/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) > [“There are different kinds of darkness,” Rhys said. I kept my eyes shut. “There is the darkness that frightens, the darkness that soothes, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/there-are-different-kinds-of-darkness-rhys-said-i-kept-my-eyes-shut/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) > [“So you’re going to ask Ress and Brullo to just leave a back door open so you can sneak in?” “Don’t be so simpleminded.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/so-you-re-going-to-ask-ress-and-brullo-to-just-leave-a-back-door-open/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) > [“Gently, he pulled my hands away from my face. Gently, he took my cheeks in his hands and brushed away my tears. I didn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/gently-he-pulled-my-hands-away-from-my-face-gently-he-took-my-cheeks/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) > [“I barely saw my silk slipper as it flew through the air, fast as a shooting star, so fast that even a High Lord…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/i-barely-saw-my-silk-slipper-as-it-flew-through-the-air-fast-as-a/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ten-years/sarah-j-maas/#itemlist", "name": "22 Ten years Quotes By Sarah J. Maas", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You’re worthless.” “Tell me something I don’t know.” He went on, “You would probably have been more useful to the world if you’d actually died ten years ago.” She just looked him in the eye and said, “I’m leaving.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah J. 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After ten years, after all the executions and burnings, a Fae male was prowling toward her. Pure, solid Fae. There was no escaping him as he emerged from the shadows yards away. The vagrant in the alcove and the others along the alley fell so quiet Celaena could again hear those bells ringing in the distant mountains. Tall, broad-shouldered, every inch of him seemingly corded with muscle, he was a male blooded with power. He paused in a dusty shaft of sunlight, his silver hair gleaming. As if his delicately pointed ears and slightly elongated canines weren’t enough to scare the living shit out of everyone in that alley, including the now-whimpering madwoman behind Celaena, a wicked-looking tattoo was etched down the left side of his harsh face, the whorls of black ink stark against his sun-kissed skin.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah J. 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Though she’d never been to Perranth, Terrasen’s second largest city, the mention of her homeland still spiked a bolt of fear and guilt. It had been ten years since the royal family had been butchered, ten years since the King of Adarlan had marched his army in, ten years since Terrasen met its doom with bowed heads and silence. She shouldn’t have mentioned it—she didn’t know why she mentioned it, actually.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah J. 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Where was Elena ten years ago, when there was a whole host of heroes that she could have had her pick of? Where were she and her ridiculous quests when the world truly needed them—when Terrasen’s heroes were cut down or hunted and executed by Adarlan’s armies? Where was she when the kingdoms fell, one by one, to the king?” Her eyes burned, but she shoved the pain down to that dark place where it dwelled inside of her. “The world is already in ruin, and I won’t be set on some fool’s errand.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah J. 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Yet—yet even those faces, so warped with hatred … she still loved them—even if they loathed her, even if it ached; loved them until their hissing faded, until they vanished like smoke, leaving only Aelin lying beside her, as she had been all along. She looked at Aelin’s face—the face she’d once worn—and at her still outstretched hand, so small and unscarred. The darkness of the Valg princes flickered. There was solid ground beneath her. Moss and grass. Not hell—earth. The earth on which her kingdom lay, green and mountainous and as unyielding as its people. Her people. Her people, waiting for ten years, but no longer. She could see the snow-capped Staghorns, the wild tangle of Oakwald at their feet, and … and Orynth, that city of light and learning, once a pillar of strength—and her home. It would be both again. She would not let that light go out. She would fill the world with it, with her light—her gift. She would light up the darkness, so brightly that all who were lost or wounded or broken would find their way to it, a beacon for those who still dwelled in that abyss. It would not take a monster to destroy a monster—but light, light to drive out darkness. She was not afraid.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah J. Maas" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/they-reached-for-her-faces-shadowed-and-twisted-yet-yet-even-those/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/204/sarah-j-maas-58_darkness_they-reached-for-her-faces-shadowed-and_2847866.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/204/sarah-j-maas-58_darkness_they-reached-for-her-faces-shadowed-and_2847866.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/204/sarah-j-maas-58_darkness_they-reached-for-her-faces-shadowed-and_2847866.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“They reached for her, faces shadowed and twisted. 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She would remake the world—remake it for them, those she had loved with this glorious, burning heart; a world so brilliant and prosperous that when she saw them again in the Afterworld, she would not be ashamed. She would build it for her people, who had survived this long, and whom she would not abandon. She would make for them a kingdom such as there had never been, even if it took until her last breath.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah J. 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She died defending Aelin Galathynius from her assassin. My mother bought Aelin time to run—to get away so she could one day return to save us all. My uncle, Vernon, watched and smiled as my father, the Lord of Perranth, was executed outside our castle. Then he took my father’s title and lands and home. And for the next ten years, my uncle locked me in the highest tower of Perranth Castle, with only my nursemaid for company. When I broke my foot and ankle, he did not trust healers enough to let them treat it. He kept bars on the tower windows to keep me from killing myself, and shackled my ankles to keep me from running. I left for the first time in a decade when he shoved me into a prison wagon and dragged me down to Morath. There, he made me work as a servant—for the humiliation and terror he delights in. I planned and dreamed of escaping every day. And when the time came … I took my chance. I did not know about the ilken, had only heard rumors of fell things being bred in the mountains beyond the Keep. I have no lands, no money, no army to offer Aelin Galathynius. But I will find her—and help her in whatever way I can. If only to keep just one girl, just one, from ever enduring what I did.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah J. Maas" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/elide-said-quietly-marion-was-my-mother-s-name-she-died-defending/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/272/sarah-j-maas-58_every-day_elide-said-quietly-marion-was-my-mother_1927136.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/272/sarah-j-maas-58_every-day_elide-said-quietly-marion-was-my-mother_1927136.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/272/sarah-j-maas-58_every-day_elide-said-quietly-marion-was-my-mother_1927136.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Elide said quietly, “Marion was my mother’s name. 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Aedion drawled, even as his relief began to crumble his mask of arrogant calmness, “The useless sentries in the watchtower are now all half in love with you,” he lied. “One said he wanted to marry you.” A low snarl. He yielded a foot but held eye contact with her as he grinned. “But you know what I told them? I said that they didn’t stand a chance in hell.” Aedion lowered his voice, holding her pained, exhausted stare. “Because I am going to marry you,” he promised her. “One day. I am going to marry you. I’ll be generous and let you pick when, even if it’s ten years from now. Or twenty. But one day, you are going to be my wife.” Those eyes narrowed—in what he could only call female outrage and exasperation. He shrugged. “Princess Lysandra Ashryver sounds nice, doesn’t it?” And then the dragon huffed. In amusement. Exhaustion, but … amusement.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah J. 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