Bethany Jacobs > Quotes

“Auntie, if I was drowning, I would use my last strength to pull my enemy under with me. If I was burning alive, I would run into their arms like a lover. If I was bleeding to death, I would bite out their throat. I am not one to die with dignity and temperance. I will be vindictive and selfish to my last breath. Just as you would be.”
― Bethany Jacobs, These Burning Stars

“I have been very busy refusing to die.”
― Bethany Jacobs, These Burning Stars

“Chono’s look says the thing they both know, which is that nothing could ever be enough. That some things are irreparable. There’s no salvation. No absolution. And no excuses for not trying anyway.”
― Bethany Jacobs, These Burning Stars

“Honestly, a few throwaway fucks and people became insufferably presumptuous.”
― Bethany Jacobs, These Burning Stars

“Storms may trouble the water, but no one can defeat an ocean!”
― Bethany Jacobs, These Burning Stars

“And all of these does the Godfire favor. To all of these do its child gods commit their praise. For there is no kingdom but for those who make the kingdom great. So let live the kinship that unites stranger to stranger. Let live the voice of justice in our midst. Let live the spirit of mercy in our hearts. Let live the one who fights corruption, and protects the child in the dark. The Beatitudes, 1:9. Godtexts, pre-Treble”
― Bethany Jacobs, These Burning Stars

“By Sajeven’s own mercy, every citizen shall have the measure of resources necessary for their survival and comfort. Every occupation shall be available to any person who can work toward and demonstrate the necessary skills. Every crime and injury shall receive fair deliberation and avenues of restitution. Every person shall be equal, and valued, and protected. For Sajeven loves the forgotten, and the rejected, and most of all the one who reaches for truth, though they risk their life to do it. excerpt, the Charter of Farren Eyce, in Sajeven’s Name. Section A, Part 2. Dated 1651, Year of the Level.”
― Bethany Jacobs, On Vicious Worlds

“You damned fool.” She pushes her forehead into theirs again, like a buck locking antlers, angry and intimate. Her fingertips slip against their jaw. Her breath puffs against their mouth. They would do it again. They gave the first half of their life to killing one person, but the rest of their life will be for keeping this one alive—”
― Bethany Jacobs, On Vicious Worlds

“Dear friend, kind heart, Give us the sea full of life and depth, Give us fins that will carry us through the stars. Bless us to be holy and just, And we will change the currents of the world.”
― Bethany Jacobs, On Vicious Worlds

“which is the core of yourself. And you will see what you are, laid out before you as a banquet.” They saw her lips moving soundlessly, saying the words with them. “In your death, you will eat the fruits of your life, and whatever ripens them shall ripen your death—either with joy, or regret. And your loves and your hates will gather to you, and you will dine with them at the long table of your life. And thus, Ademi, is all death a return.”
― Bethany Jacobs, On Vicious Worlds

“What’s worse? Honest depravity or deceitful self-righteousness?”
― Bethany Jacobs, This Brutal Moon

“For when you die, you shall return to that which matters most, to that which is the core of yourself. And you will see what you are, laid out before you as a banquet. In your death, you will eat the fruits of your life, and whatever ripens them shall ripen your death—either with joy, or regret. And your loves and your hates will gather to you, and you will dine with them at the long table of your life. And thus is all death a return.”
― Bethany Jacobs, These Burning Stars