Frances White > Quotes

“Back home we speak what’s in our hearts,’ she says—which is lovely. And then: ‘Because any day a tree can fall and crush your skull.’ Which is less so.”
― Frances White, Voyage of the Damned

“He noticed things about myself that I'd never considered wonderful.”
― Frances White, Voyage of the Damned

“I’ll stay here, inside my sugar igloo, until death claims me.”
― Frances White, Voyage of the Damned

“A twitch of a smile. ‘And that’s why you’re wrong. The hero isn’t the dragon. The hero is the fish.’ My arms drop. ‘The fish?’ ‘The fish did not have to share the burden. The fish could have survived without it. But it sacrificed itself because it saw the suffering of others. The world would have been doomed without the fish.’ She holds my gaze, her expression utterly serious. And in that moment, I am, for once, speechless.”
― Frances White, Voyage of the Damned

“How rare and beautiful a thing, I thought, that this child of two worlds exists at the same time, in the same place as me.”
― Frances White, Voyage of the Damned

“Your personality is large enough. I think a big cock would be overkill.”
― Frances White, Voyage of the Damned

“I know those eyes.
I see them in the gloom of a storm. I see them in the blackness of the deepest parts of the ocean. I see them in the dark places of my mind, where only silence and surrender live.
I know Ravi's eyes better than my own.”
― Frances White, Voyage of the Damned

“There are two things which are undeniably cool: walking away from explosions without looking back, and turning up late to parties.”
― Frances White, Voyage of the Damned

“Finally, bookshelves can be a terrifying place for debut writers, especially those who are marginalized. Writers who are queer, trans, BIPOC, disabled, working class or otherwise marginalized fight tooth and nail for their stories to be told in a world that often seems increasingly unwelcome to them. By buying, reading and sharing these books, you are sending the message that these people and their stories matter. That they deserve to be heard. Never underestimate the power you hold, readers.”
― Frances White

“Words are born in my head, then escape from my mouth!’ Grasshopper turns to me, beaming with pride,”
― Frances White, Voyage of the Damned

“Ravi deserves to be happy, and if he has to cut me away like some rotting limb to do that, so be it.
I'm allowed to cry about it though.”
― Frances White, Voyage of the Damned

“I was wrong. I don’t vomit. I vomit and shit. Always nice to exceed your expectations.”
― Frances White, Voyage of the Damned

“The ‘music’ sounds like how a firework would taste, fired directly into your mouth.”
― Frances White, Voyage of the Damned

“The chains around my heart shatter. And then I'm his.”
― Frances White, Voyage of the Damned

“Don’t worry!’ she says upon seeing my horrified expression. ‘The lower classes are comprised only of those with deep moral failings.’ Well, that’s a relief.”
― Frances White, Voyage of the Damned

“Now they are known as the Shamed One.’ ‘Because they tried to kill the emperor.’ ‘No,’ Nergüi says swiftly. ‘Because they failed.”
― Frances White, Voyage of the Damned

“You're so pale that colours beam through your cheeks. I can watch my words light up your face.”
― Frances White, Voyage of the Damned

“Ravi says I should get rid of the man. But he's as essential to me as Ravi. No ruler should fill their senate with people who only say 'yes'.”
― Frances White, Voyage of the Damned