“He promised that when he grew up, he would slay all the monsters” — Robin LaFevers Monsters Copy Share Image
“For a spawn of the Underworld, you have far too much honor.” — Robin LaFevers Honor Copy Share Image
“And they well understand the need for some to die in order that a great many more can live. It is the… — Robin LaFevers Great man Copy Share Image
“The sum and total of who I am and what I will ever be is already contained within me.” — Robin LaFevers Copy Share Image
“Is that what they teach you at the convent? That the gods demand the hearts from our bodies?” — Robin LaFevers Convent Copy Share Image
“Are you saying I should pretend to be weak so they can feel strong? Is that not telling a lie?” — Robin LaFevers Copy Share Image
“I have tasted freedom and can never relinquish control of my life to others again.” — Robin LaFevers Freedom Copy Share Image
“Beast looks as if he wishes to put his head down on the table and weep. Or perhaps lock Sybella up in… — Robin LaFevers Beast Copy Share Image
“I must have faith, but having faith is hard, so very much harder than despair.” — Robin LaFevers Faith Copy Share Image
“Oh no. Do not start leaking. Ismae, come over here and hug her so we can all pretend it never happened and… — Robin LaFevers Copy Share Image
“People fear Him [Death] - wrongly. They see punishment and starkness in Death, yet there is beauty as well. People are afraid… — Robin LaFevers Death Copy Share Image
“He loves us with a love beyond our imagining, a love of such acceptance and grace that nothing we do - not… — Robin LaFevers Love Copy Share Image
“Ismae, I would offer you marriage if you would have it.” My whole body stills, shocked at the honor he would do… — Robin LaFevers Hand in hand Copy Share Image
“My hand tightens on my wine goblet, and I am glad it is silver, not glass, for surely it would shatter under… — Robin LaFevers Wine Copy Share Image
“The fault lies not with you” she says this so gently it makes me want to cry. I have never shed a… — Robin LaFevers Abuse Copy Share Image
“Just as I am drifting off to sleep, he speak again, so softly I almost cannot be certain it is not a… — Robin LaFevers Ashamed Copy Share Image
“We are given no choices in life - we must rely on our fathers or guardians to make them for us. And… — Robin LaFevers Choices Copy Share Image
“I am sorry I treated you so ill. I thought only to protect Duval.” “It was not I who was poisoning him,”… — Robin LaFevers Copy Share Image
“-What manner of maid are you that you can defend yourself against an entire hunting party? Not to mention heave a man… — Robin LaFevers Copy Share Image
“I have never been so utterly alone as I am in this moment. There is no one to order me about or… — Robin LaFevers Time Copy Share Image
“I do not have a specific prayer I wish to recite to Mortain. It has always been my custom to simply open… — Robin LaFevers Peace Copy Share Image
“Once, when I was a child, He was this close to me always. Whether because of my youth, my dire need of… — Robin LaFevers Copy Share Image
“I feel grace. Warm and flowing like a river, it pours over me. I am awash in grace and cannot help but… — Robin LaFevers Grace Copy Share Image
“What do you know of gods and saints?” I ask, filling my voice with scorn. His fingers drift to the silver oak… — Robin LaFevers Belief Copy Share Image
“What is it like?" "What is what like?" "Death. What is death like?" "He is quiet and still, and oh, so peaceful.… — Robin LaFevers Copy Share Image
“My guess would be that the girl was worried about her sister’s heart.” “Her heart?” “Yes. For the young ruler had no… — Robin LaFevers Little sister Copy Share Image
“One fine moonlit night, Mortain and his Wild Hunt were riding through the countryside when they spied two maids more beautiful than… — Robin LaFevers Dual nature Copy Share Image
“Everyone thinks that my goodness comes easily to me, that it hardly counts because I do not struggle with it, but I… — Robin LaFevers Goodness Copy Share Image
“Because once I know what that flaw is, I can fix it. I can change that part of myself, as I have… — Robin LaFevers Change Copy Share Image
“Do not decorate it with flowers or hang a ribbon on it, demoiselle. We are not noble...” — Robin LaFevers Flower Copy Share Image
“We are the broken and the damned, the midden heap of Mortain's grace and mercy.” — Robin LaFevers Compassion Copy Share Image
“He simply plucked the arrow from His chest, then bowed and thanked her for reminding Him that love never comes without cost.” — Robin LaFevers Heart Copy Share Image
“There was dirt under my fingernails for the first fourteen years of my life. It has most likely seeped into my blood.” — Robin LaFevers Copy Share Image
“Besides, he is one of the few things that has ever loved me and survived.” — Robin LaFevers Copy Share Image
“And have you never questioned your faith? Never doubted or turned your back on Him?" "No. I have not.” — Robin LaFevers Copy Share Image
“I put it aside, buried it with all the other small shames and mortifications of my childhood.” — Robin LaFevers Copy Share Image