Mary Weber > Quotes

“You take this world and make it what it should be. And don’t let the beliefs of a backward system define you. You are the one who has to live with the future, baby girl. So you live it. You understand?”
― Mary Weber, To Best the Boys

“I think some have to fight harder to choose good over evil because the evil’s got it out for them. And maybe it’s because those’re the ones evil knows will become the strongest warriors, recognizing true wickedness when it rears its head.”
― Mary Weber, Storm Siren

“That this tragic war that’s been waged in and around each of us, this battle that’s gone on in our souls—that’s ravaged us and beaten us down and clawed away our humanity—has simply been evil trying to destroy who we are. Because evil knows what we will become: Stronger. Wiser. Unstoppable. Don’t let him take who you are. Make him fear who you will become.”
― Mary Weber, Storm Siren

“Because you are the wild sea and unkempt storms and constellations in a world where I am the anchor for everyone I know... And you remind me that I can do impossible things.”
― Mary Weber, To Best the Boys

“For the girl who’s been told to quiet down, calm down, sit down, or just leave it to the men—this is for you. And to those who told you such things? Watch. Us. Rise.”
― Mary Weber, To Best the Boys

“You just put one foot in front of the other and ’opefully not in yer mouth.”
― Mary Weber, Storm Siren

“You follow your dreams, not your guilt, Rhen.”
― Mary Weber, To Best the Boys

“Just as the last of him disappears and the guards surrounding me prod me forward, I swear a whisper floats back. Eogan’s breath breezing across my soul, “Don’t let him take who you are.” They were Colin’s last words. Except Draewulf’s already taken who I am. What I am. Along with the people I love. I pick up following the delegates who’ve stopped to wait for me and glance down at my bandaged hands, my fingers, my gimpy wrist, as the words stir something in my soul awake. I won’t let him take any more.”
― Mary Weber, Siren's Fury

“I’m just tired of feeling like the way things are is the only way they can ever be.”
― Mary Weber, To Best the Boys

“I’ve always wanted the life of a wife, and mother, and helpmate to my husband, and I know you may not think much of that, but it’s what I want. And I’d be proud of it. Same as I’ll be proud of whatever you do.” I”
― Mary Weber, To Best the Boys

“Look, all I’m asking you to consider is that you have the power to change things. What if the reason you were given that power is to defend those without any? Both from external and internal harm. Like a shieldmaiden for your people.”
― Mary Weber, Storm Siren

“He skims his fingers across my neck to move aside my long braid, and I try not to remember the protective look on his face from earlier or notice his earthy scent or the way my rib cage squirms as he leans in, like I’ve got a trapped butterfly in there.”
― Mary Weber, Storm Siren

“Don't let him take who you are. Make him fear who you'll become.”
― Mary Weber, Storm Siren

“Say you want to conquer the world but that you also might be willing to let me do it with you—even if I’m doing it from here. Because you are the wild sea and unkempt storms and constellations in a world where I am the anchor for everyone I know.” He leans forward, as if his heart is stretched as taut as his tone. “And you remind me that I can do impossible things.”
― Mary Weber, To Best the Boys

“You are a specific kind of species, my girl. A strange and terrifying beauty of mind.”
― Mary Weber, To Best the Boys

“What if I don’t fully belong anywhere . . . because I belong to myself? Maybe that’s the sea’s strength, and maybe that’s my strength too. It’s not that I don’t belong. It’s that I belong to me.”
― Mary Weber, To Best the Boys

“Sofi could see the lights in the distance, like the stars hanging above and the planet perched in the sky. Waiting breathless by the moon for them to visit in their rocket ship.”
― Mary Weber, The Evaporation of Sofi Snow

“Whoever said the female is the weaker of a species never tested that theory against the draw of a woman’s love.”
― Mary Weber, To Best the Boys

“I’ve been out with boys, showing them my ankles, Mrs. Mench.”
― Mary Weber, To Best the Boys

“Mr. Holm and Holm Manor bear only slight responsibility, liability, and legal obligation for the future societal changes that may result from your female children believing it is within their power and right to become whomever and whatever they desire—and in doing so, to change the course of history.”
― Mary Weber, To Best the Boys

“I can’t do this. They’re going to know I’m a fraud.” “Everyone’s a fraud, you idiot. You’ll be same as the rest of ’em. You just put one foot in front of the other and ’opefully not in yer mouth. Now ’urry up cuz I’m missin’ my dinner.” But”
― Mary Weber, Storm Siren

“My hailstorm tore them limb from limb.”
― Mary Weber, Storm Siren

“Any young men you specifically hope will win Rhen?" the old cat biddies ask.
"No". Because Seleni and I aren't men.”
― Mary Weber, To Best the Boys

“some have to fight harder to choose good over evil because the evil's got it out for them.And maybe it's because those're the ones evil knows will become the strongest warriors, recognizing true wickedness when it rears its head.”
― Mary Weber

“Tonight we dance, for tomorrow, come what may,it will be as it should. It will be all right.”
― Mary Weber, Siren's Song

“A woman must find her own way, yes?”
― Mary Weber, To Best the Boys

“You are not your powers. If anything, the fact that you think you need them makes you a slave to them, and in doing so, weakens your true capabilities.”
― Mary Weber, Siren's Fury

“Your world is to small.”
― Mary Weber, To Best the Boys

“Until at some point I realize he’s not just holding up my body—I think maybe he’s holding my heart in place as well.”
― Mary Weber, To Best the Boys

“Yes. Look. You don't want me. Because, eventually, accidentally, I will destroy you.”
― Mary Weber, The Storm Siren Trilogy: Storm Siren, Siren's Fury, Siren's Song