Susan Dennard > Quotes

“Miss Fitt, you know curiosity gets men killed."
I grinned. "Then I daresay it's good I'm a woman.”
― Susan Dennard, Something Strange and Deadly

“Sometimes justice was all about the small victories.”
― Susan Dennard, Truthwitch

“Can't say I'm surprised you were here. You have the curiosity of a cat and the common sense of a goldfish.”
― Susan Dennard, Something Strange and Deadly

“Mhe varujta. Trust me as if my soul were yours.”
― Susan Dennard, Windwitch

“It wasn’t freedom she wanted. It was belief in something—a prize big enough to run for and to fight for and to keep on reaching toward no matter what.”
― Susan Dennard, Truthwitch

“I hate this. Both the storm and the plan. Why does it have to be ‘we’? Why not just me?"
“Because ‘just me’ isn’t who we are,” Iseult hollered back. “I’ll always follow you, Safi, and you’ll always follow me. Threadsisters to the end.”
― Susan Dennard, Truthwitch

“They aren’t for disguise at all. You just didn’t want to leave behind your favorite book.”
― Susan Dennard, Truthwitch

“those who win wars are those who write history.”
― Susan Dennard, Truthwitch

“If you wanted to, Safiya, you could bend and shape the world.”
― Susan Dennard, Truthwitch

“It is always easier to blame gods or legends than it is to face our own mistakes.”
― Susan Dennard, Windwitch

“Even the greatest feats of man lose their luster when one's head is filled with storm clouds.”
― Susan Dennard, Something Strange and Deadly

“The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose."
"And the foolish can cite Shakespeare.”
― Susan Dennard, Something Strange and Deadly

“I trust you as if my soul were yours.”
― Susan Dennard, Bloodwitch

“Where’s your hair?” she shouted. “And what happened to your arm?”
“Cut my hair and got shot with an arrow!”
“Gods below, Iseult! A few hours away and your whole life tumbles through the hell-gates!”
“I might say the same to you,” Iseult shouted back—though it was getting hard to scream and ride. “Four opponents on your tail and a ruined dress!”
― Susan Dennard, Truthwitch

“From the day she had stabbed Aeduan in the heart, that heart had become hers—and she would not let this be his end.”
― Susan Dennard, Bloodwitch

“Oh, I know!" Safi clapped her hands, delighted by her own genius. "I shall call you Un-empressed."
"Please," Vaness said coldly, "stop this immediately."
Safi absolutely did not.”
― Susan Dennard, Windwitch

“I guard the light-bringer,
And protect the dark-giver.
I live for the world-starte,
And die for the shadow-ender.
My blood, I offer freely.
My Threads, I offer wholly.
My eternal soul belongs to no one else.
Claim my Aether.
Guide my blade.
From now until the end.”
― Susan Dennard, Truthwitch

“I brandished my parasol at him like a rapier. "You, sir, are an abominable scalawag of a man, and I'll be damned if I let you threaten me.”
― Susan Dennard, Something Strange and Deadly

“Don't think I'll look after you, though-the world would be better off with one less princess."

"I'm not a princess," I huffed, beating my brain for some worthy retort.

"A queen then?"

"No! That's not what I meant-"

"Oh, an empress. I see. Pardon me, Your Majesty." He swooped into a crouched bow, and when his torso sprang back up,a smile floated at the edge of his lips.

"N-no, not an empress either. I-I'm just..." The more I stuttered, the more pompous his smile became.

"You're exasperating," I finally groaned.”
― Susan Dennard, Something Strange and Deadly

“Curiosity is a strong fire, and once ignited, it is not easily put out.”
― Susan Dennard, Something Strange and Deadly

“Just before Jie and Daniel reached the street, Daniel stopped. He twirled around and gazed up at me, as if he had sensed my eyes on his back. He strode a few steps toward me, paused, and then strode two more.
He slung off his cap and pressed it to his chest. Then,with the casual grace that marked all of his movements, he dropped to one knee and bowed his head.
He was declaring fealty to his empress.
I laughed-I couldn't help it. The absurdity of it all. The bittersweet sting.When he lifted back up, I saw he too wore a smile.He waved with his cap, and after flopping it back on his head, he swiveled and trotted to the street. Then,without another look back, the Spirit-Hunters left.”
― Susan Dennard, Something Strange and Deadly

“She stole his breath now, and he had no breath to spare.”
― Susan Dennard, Bloodwitch

“If you were that sort of girl, then…” Merik lifted a hand to her jaw—tentative at first, then more confident when she didn’t pull away. “Then I would start here and move down your throat.” His fingers whispered over her neck, to her collarbone—and Merik was pleased by how punctuated her breaths grew. How much her lips trembled.”
― Susan Dennard, Truthwitch

“You have the curiosity of a cat and common sense of a goldfish.”
― Susan Dennard, Something Strange and Deadly

“The holiest always have the farthest to fall.”
― Susan Dennard, Windwitch

“It was the circle of perfect motion. Of the light-bringer and dark-giver, the world-starter and shadow-ender. Of initiation and completion. It was the symbol of the Cahr Awen. Cahr Awen.”
― Susan Dennard, Truthwitch

“Real love isn't about drama or heartbreak. Real love just is.”
― Susan Dennard, A Darkness Strange and Lovely

“Allow me to serve you, Safiya. We have spent too many years apart.” “And I have spent too many hours between meals.” A glare. “Give it to me now, Polly, or I shall castrate you with a fork.”
― Susan Dennard, Truthwitch

“Initiate. Complete.”
― Susan Dennard, Truthwitch

“I told you, Hell-Bard. Everyone lies. It's in the way we banter with our friends. It's in the mundane greetings we give passersby. It's in the most meaningless things we do every single moment of every single day. Hundreds upon thousands of tiny, inconsequential lies.”
― Susan Dennard, Windwitch