Tracy Banghart > Quotes

“For every woman who has been told to sit down and be quiet... And who stood up anyway.”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“It isn’t a choice when you don’t have the freedom to say no. A yes doesn’t mean the same thing when it’s the only answer you’re allowed.”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“Homesickness could be more painful than a bullet wound”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“My father used to say that opression isn't a finite state. It's a weight that is carried until it becomes too heavy, and then it is thrown off. Not without struggle, not without pain, but he believed the weight would always, always be fought and overcome.”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“Women think they're strong when they're fighting other women, but when a man fights them, they know the truth.”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“Why does anyone fight a war? To protect a way of life, to find or support loved ones. To avenge those lost. Or maybe because it's a calling. Because someone has to. Because there's a line no enemy should be allowed to cross.”
― Tracy E. Banghart, Shattered Veil

“This book was home to her, more than the palazzo and it’s fine furnishings could ever be.”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“Welcome to Mount Ruin, Dead Girl.”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“In Viridia, women were oppressed because men were afraid of them.
Women had ruled this country. And history had denigrated them. Erased them. Nomi was certain this wasn't what Renzo had been taught. He would have told her.
But the Superior knew. Whoever had given her this book knew.
And now she did too.”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“oppression isn’t a finite state. It’s a weight that is carried until it becomes too heavy, and then it is thrown off.”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“She joined the celebration, a wooden smile fixed to her face, but inside, she was a wasteland, everything burning to ash.”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“Oh my God. You think you're my babysister, don't you?"
He grinned and patted me on the shoulder in the most patronising way possible.
"Go fly a kite," I growled, turning away.
A couple of seconds later, he caught up. "I could do that," he said, like I'd made a serious suggestion.”
― Tracy E. Banghart, By Blood

“I'm glad you and Ash came to my rescue," I replied, leaning into his arms.
"Anytime." Only it wasn't Josh who said it, it was Ash. I saw her standing next to us and realised I was sitting half in Josh's lap. Our arms were still tight around each other. Blushing, I scooted into my own chair.
"Can we go now?" she asked. "Whilst you were snogging, I developed the most spectacular headache. Surely the two events are unrelated, nevertheless...”
― Tracy E. Banghart, By Blood

“Knowing I was your property made me safe, made me make sense in his world. It was okay that I was a 'handful' because you had me under control. Malachi, you didn't even blink. You didn't have to think about it. You knew what would reassure him, and it was treating me like an unbroken horse.”
― Tracy Banghart, Queen of Ruin

“I don’t think this city is ugly. And I don’t believe in fairy tales.”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“Allow? Shouldn't women decide what they'll allow for their own bodies, not a government acting out an antiquated, unnecessary law?”
― Tracy E. Banghart, Shattered Veil

“A yes doens't mean the same thing when it's the only answer you're allowed.”
― Tracy Banghart

“Dianthe cleared her throat and said softly, “I do this because I believe a woman should have the right to fight and die for her dominion, just like any man. We are no longer a population in danger of extinction. There’s no reason for our leaders to ban women from making this choice. So I help them make it anyway. Even if it means giving up who they are. Even if it means joining Military as ghosts.”
― Tracy E. Banghart, Shattered Veil

“You can't change the world in the space of a single conversation, can you?”
― Tracy Banghart, Queen of Ruin

“«No.» A Nomi si spezzò il cuore. «Non è una scelta se non si ha la libertà di dire no. Un sì non ha valore quando è l'unica risposta concessa!»”
― Tracy Banghart, Iron Flowers: Die Rebellinnen

“When her father had taught her to fly, he hadn’t expected her to take to it so strongly. She knew this because he’d told her as much. He wanted her to be serious and concentrate on her schooling. Focus on being a duster for his groves. The fancy flying, the dips and twists and turns . . . it had never been important to anyone but her. And maybe Calix, who knew how much she loved being in the sky.”
― Tracy Banghart, Rebel Wing

“Nomi flinched. "You caught his attention. You are a Grace. Congratulations."
Nomi's tears spilled, burning her cheeks. "I didn't want this. This wasn't a prize, Serina. We should have a choice!"
"This was my choice," Serina blazed.
"No." Nomi's heart wrenched. "It isn't a choice when you don't have the freedom to say no. A yes doesn't mean the same thing when it's the only answer you're allowed!”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“Tienes que ser tan dura como esta carcel, como la piedra y el oceano que te encierran en ella. Estas hecha de ladrillo y alambrado. Estas hecha de hierro.”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“I know you value the rules, but sometimes . . . sometimes breaking them is the right thing to do. I”
― Tracy Banghart, Rebel Wing

“-Tienes que ser tan dura como esta cárcel, como la piedra y el océano que te encierran en ella. Estás hecha de ladrillo y alambrada. Estás hecha de hierro.”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“The crime is not new, but the company is”
― Tracy Banghart, A Season of Sinister Dreams

“Are you well? You were... making noises." Dysis sounded like she couldn't tell whether to be embarrassed or concerned.”
― Tracy E. Banghart, Shattered Veil

“After Aris awoke from and intense dream: '"Are you well? You were... making noises." Dysis sounded like she couldn't tell whether to be embarrassed or concerned.”
― Tracy E. Banghart, Shattered Veil

“Dianthe wanted her to be the hero, the hardened flyer doing her part to win the war. But she wasn’t a hero. She was a romantic. A foolish one, probably, giving up everything for the boy she loved.”
― Tracy Banghart, Rebel Wing

“Nothing seems to fit anymore. I can’t be Aristos, but I don’t think I’m Aris either. I don’t know who I am.” She was lost. Dianthe grabbed her knee. “You are a woman who gave up everything to defend her dominion. You are a flyer.” Aris”
― Tracy Banghart, Rebel Wing