Sheila Masterson > Quotes

“In the absence of a conscience, men need something to fear. I’ve made myself their monster.”
― Sheila Masterson, The Poison Daughter

“The only thing more dangerous than a man with a bruised ego is a woman with a score to settle.”
― Sheila Masterson, The Poison Daughter

“To err is human. To avenge is Divine.”
― Sheila Masterson, The Poison Daughter

“It was easy to be brave with a sword in your hands—much harder to be brave with your heart in them.”
― Sheila Masterson, The Memory Curse

“One moment, he’s taunting me. The next, he’s slitting a man’s throat for touching me.”
― Sheila Masterson, The Poison Daughter

“He kisses me hard”
― Sheila Masterson, The Poison Daughter

“Even without knowing who he was or what they were to each other, Rainer was doing what he'd always done - making sure she felt safe.”
― Sheila Masterson, The Godless Kingdom

“Nothing fun ever happened in a library. Of that, Evan was certain.”
― Sheila Masterson, The Storm King

“Want to know what I like”
― Sheila Masterson, The Poison Daughter

“He slaps a hand on my ass. “Now get on the fucking horse, like a good little wife.”
― Sheila Masterson, The Poison Daughter

“When a community is built on removing access to information—from disempowering its people—there is no one to save them when a bigger threat rises. The first civilizations to fall are the ones where no one speaks truth to power”
― Sheila Masterson, The Poison Daughter

“Though all of us who nearly died in the Drained attack ten years ago couldn’t see color for a time, those who fall in love seem to get that back through a divine mystery we still don’t understand.”
― Sheila Masterson, The Poison Daughter

“What happened in there?” Gaven snaps. “A man put his hands on me.” “And?” “And I put my hands on him back.”
― Sheila Masterson, The Poison Daughter

“To women saving the realm," Cecilia started.
"To men remembering to thank them," Sylvie finished.”
― Sheila Masterson, The Storm King

“strength isn’t in not wanting to give up, but in desperately wanting to and continuing to persevere.”
― Sheila Masterson, The Poison Daughter

“That’s what it is to have a sister—to love her”
― Sheila Masterson, The Poison Daughter

“I see you,” Nicolina says. “They think you are a pawn in this game”
― Sheila Masterson, The Poison Daughter

“In the absence of a conscience”
― Sheila Masterson, The Poison Daughter

“I will come for you in every darkness, and I will carry you out, or I will sit with you there until you can walk out on your own.”
― Sheila Masterson, The Storm King

“Who did that to you?” he asks. “Did what?” His jaw ticks and his hands fist at his sides. “Who scarred your back? Who burned you”
― Sheila Masterson, The Poison Daughter

“He slaps a hand on my ass. “Now get on the fucking horse”
― Sheila Masterson, The Poison Daughter

“You’re from the city”
― Sheila Masterson, The Poison Daughter

“I’ve never missed color as much as I do with her. I’d like to know exactly what shade of pink her face is right now—how violet her eyes are in the sunlight.”
― Sheila Masterson, The Poison Daughter

“the strength isn’t in not wanting to give up”
― Sheila Masterson, The Poison Daughter