Robin LaFevers > Quotes

“One heart cannot serve two masters.”
― Robin LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“Good intentions are only lies the weak tell themselves.”
― Robin LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“We are all of us, gods and mortals, made up of many pieces, some of them broken, some of them scarred, but none of them the total sum of who we are.”
― Robin LaFevers, Mortal Heart

“I am sorry. I did not see you. Normally you are lurking in the corners or skulking in the shadows, not standing in plain sight."

"I never skulk, and lurk only sometimes.”
― Robin LaFevers, Mortal Heart

“I am beginning to think that love itself is never wrong. It is what love can drive people to do that is the problem.”
― Robin LaFevers, Mortal Heart

“If you so much as snicker, I will kill you all.”
― Robin LaFevers, Mortal Heart

“I must have faith, but having faith is hard, so very much harder than despair.”
― Robin LaFevers, Dark Triumph

“What good is fighting if what you are fighting for is lost?”
― Robin LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“You are not my nursemaid. Remember, I am rescuing you.”
― Robin LaFevers, Dark Triumph

“I was wondering, since I have kissed you three times now, if you might turn into a handsome prince.” At the sight of his quick, easy grin, I feel my heart dance in my chest.

“Alas, you are still stuck with a toad, my lady.”
― Robin LaFevers

“For a spawn of the Underworld, you have far too much honor.”
― Robin LaFevers, Mortal Heart

“You love me?"

"Yes, you great lummox. I love you."

He lets out a sigh. "Sweet Camulos! It's about time.”
― Robin L. LaFevers

“What is it like?"

"What is what like?"

"Death. What is death like?"

"He is quiet and still, and oh, so peaceful. Fear will no longer hold any sway over you, nor will worry or sadness. Can you think of a time when you were especially tired? Perhaps after a long day of travel? Do you remember how lovely it was to climb into your feather bed that night? How grateful your tired limbs were? How welcoming it felt? How delicious to close your eyes and finally rest?"

"Yes."

"It is just like that.”
― Robin LaFevers, Mortal Heart

“Even if we are lost or wandering, He will find us—always, He will find us—and try to bring us home.”
― Robin LaFevers, Mortal Heart

“You come to us well tempered, my child, and it is not in my nature to be sorry for it. It is a well tempered blade that is the strongest.”
― Robin LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“The pain of hope dying is worse than his fists and boots.”
― Robin LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“He promised that when he grew up, he would slay all the monsters”
― Robin LaFevers, Dark Triumph

“But most of all, faith is love. Hate cannot be fought with hate. Evil cannot be conquered by darkness. Only love has the power to conquer them both.”
― Robin LaFevers, Dark Triumph

“I am in desperate need of killing something.”
― Robin LaFevers, Dark Triumph

“Oh no. Do not start leaking. Ismae, come over here and hug her so we can all pretend it never happened and get on with our lives.”
― Robin LaFevers, Mortal Heart

“We are the broken and the damned, the midden heap of Mortain's grace and mercy.”
― Robin LaFevers, Mortal Heart

“I follow you for twelves leagues, accost you in the dead of night, and you are worried about my penance?"

"You did not accost me; I let you kiss me, make no mistake.”
― Robin LaFevers, Mortal Heart

“Whenever you are ready, or if you never are, my heart is yours, until Death do us part. Whatever that may mean when consorting with one of Death's handmaidens.”
― Robin LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“Ismae, I would offer you marriage if you would have it.” My whole body stills, shocked at the honor he would do me, an honor I never dared to imagine. He smiles. “I think that Saint Camulos and Saint Mortain could easily come to terms. They work hand in hand often enough in the mortal world.”
― Robin LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“It is a raw and uncomfortable realization that Beast is partly behind this newfound will to live. Not for him, but because he reminded me of what life has to offer. He lives life so joyously-it is impossible not to want that joy for oneself.”
― Robin LaFevers, Dark Triumph

“The maids in my village talked of falling in love with a man at first sight. That has always seemed naught but foolishness to me. Until I enter Sister Serafina's workshop. It is unlike anything I have ever seen, full of strange sights and smells, and I tumble headlong into love.”
― Robin LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“I want you to be with me for the right reasons. Not because you feel you must or because you fear we will die, but because you want it with your heart and your body.”
― Robin LaFevers, Dark Triumph

“Beast looks as if he wishes to put his head down on the table and weep. Or perhaps lock Sybella up in her chamber for the next few weeks.”
― Robin LaFevers, Mortal Heart

“Besides, he is one of the few things that has ever loved me and survived.”
― Robin LaFevers, Dark Triumph

“Who are you?”

I slip my hand through the slit of my overskirt, and my fingers close around the hard wood of the crossbow tiller. “Vengeance,” I say softly.”
― Robin LaFevers