M.A. Carrick > Quotes

“Men had often looked at her the way Vargo was looking at her now, but always for her beauty – never her ingenuity. And Ren, who was used to treating that kind of admiration as nothing more than a useful lever, felt her breath catch.”
― M.A. Carrick, The Mask of Mirrors

“Trust is the thread that binds us... and the rope that hangs us.”
― M.A. Carrick, The Mask of Mirrors

“If you cannot trust yourself, then trust me. My feelings for you go far beyond mere wanting... and I've never heard that love is a Primordial's domain.”
― M.A. Carrick, The Liar’s Knot

“You need not mask yourself for me.”
― M.A. Carrick, The Liar's Knot

“Friends, family—more names than she knew what to do with—love and the safety she hadn’t known she craved when she returned to Nadežra. A future she could face without need of a mask. Truly, a favored daughter of Ažerais.”
― M.A. Carrick, Labyrinth's Heart

“The Rook and the Black Rose: What an odd pair of people had wandered into her life. But she wouldn’t trade them for anyone.”
― M.A. Carrick, Labyrinth's Heart

“All our grudges are washed away,” she said. Words she’d recited twice before… but she never meant them as sincerely as she did now. “Your secrets are mine, and mine are yours. Between us there will be no debts.”
― M.A. Carrick, Labyrinth's Heart

“I guess this is goodbye. ::No. What are Vraszenians fond of saying? We will meet again when the road leads me home.::”
― M.A. Carrick, Labyrinth's Heart

“Guess I can agree to that, old man.” Old man. Somewhere, he was sure, Alsius was laughing.”
― M.A. Carrick, Labyrinth's Heart

“Find them in your pockets,
Find them in your coat;
If you aren’t careful,
You’ll find them in your throat...”
― M.A. Carrick, The Mask of Mirrors

“I take you as kin,” Vargo repeated after Grey. “With my name, I shield your children. With my body, I guard your spouse. With my heart, I protect yours.” His tongue felt clumsy, and his voice shook. “As the Dežera connects the mountains to the sea, let our blood flow together, as brothers.”
― M.A. Carrick, Labyrinth's Heart

“Who decides what matters? Nobody needs spice cakes, but isn’t the world a nicer place for them?” His dark gaze was so intense, she could become lost in it as easy as imbuing. “You do that. Make the world a nicer place. My world.”
― M.A. Carrick, Labyrinth's Heart

“The woman had all the subtlety of the spring floods: One saw them coming and could only brace against their force.”
― M.A. Carrick, The Mask of Mirrors

“And you’re right. This matters more. What we have stands on a rotten foundation. We’ve got to tear it out and build a better one—together.”
― M.A. Carrick, Labyrinth's Heart

“Then we fall together.”
― M.A. Carrick, Labyrinth's Heart

“The best lies are crafted from the truth.”
― M.A. Carrick, Labyrinth's Heart

“Every time you lie to your family, you cut out a piece of yourself.”
― M.A. Carrick, Labyrinth's Heart

“But that’s a desire, too, isn’t it? The wish for them to be happy.”
― M.A. Carrick, Labyrinth's Heart

“After fifteen years of handling the Traementis house charters, Donaia Traementis knew that a deal which looked too good to be true probably was. The proposal currently on her desk stretched the boundaries of belief.”
― M.A. Carrick, The Mask of Mirrors

“The bitten lip gave way to a faint smile. “That I wanted more.”
― M.A. Carrick, The Mask of Mirrors

“But that was the insidious temptation of the medallions. Like a bad apple, they rotted even the good desires they touched.”
― M.A. Carrick, Labyrinth's Heart

“Worse. Ondrakja had used him to lure Ren here. To hurt her.

Again.”
― M. A. Carrick, The Mask of Mirrors: Rook and Rose, Book One

“You are not our mother," Ren spat. That was one mask Ondrakja had never tried to wear: She was their knot leader, but had never tried to call herself family. I would have poisoned her years earlier if she had. ”
― M. A. Carrick, The Mask of Mirrors: Rook and Rose, Book One

“And I know not what to say. Words cannot fix this. Perhaps nothing can.” That hurt more than anything. The idea that the bond they’d had was ruptured beyond repair.”
― M.A. Carrick, Labyrinth's Heart

“Dreams are as ephemeral as love.::”
― M.A. Carrick, The Mask of Mirrors

“Honesty: Sometimes it made things better.”
― M.A. Carrick, Labyrinth's Heart

“He imagined the frisson of excitement that washed over him was like the tremors a spider felt when something brushed the outer strands of his web.”
― M.A. Carrick, The Mask of Mirrors

“Nihil peto sed gratiam. Like the humble shepherd in the tale, I ask no favor but your favor: your permission for me to court you.”
― M.A. Carrick, Labyrinth's Heart

“But with him, law and order were the Mask, and corruption was the Face beneath.”
― M.A. Carrick, The Mask of Mirrors

“He said nothing; he was too busy telling himself Pull away and then failing to do so. Because for a moment, Ren looked happy. And he was, too.”
― M.A. Carrick, The Liar's Knot