Hmmmmm > Hmmmmm's Quotes

“I appear to have misplaced the fucks I give for what you think.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“It's like these fellows who name their swords 'Skullbane' or 'Souldrinker' or somesuch." Tric tied his saltlocks into a matted knot atop his head. "Tossers, all."
"If I were going to name my blade," Mia said thoughtfully, "I'd call it 'Fluffy.'"
Tric snorted with laughter. "Fluffy?"
"Byss, yes," the girl nodded. "Think of the terror you'd instill. Being bested by a foe wielding a sword called Souldrinker... that you could live with. Imagine the shame of having the piss smacked out of you by a blade called Fluffy.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“The brighter the light, the deeper the shadow.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“Never flinch" A cold whisper in her ear. "Never fear. And never, ever forget.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“Beauty you're born with, but brains you earn.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“She'd grown up inside books. No matter how dark life became, shutting out the hurt was as easy as opening a cover. A child of murdered parents and a failed rebellion, she'd still walked in the boots of scholars and warriors, queens and conquerors.

The heavens grant us only one life, but through books, we live a thousand.”
― Jay Kristoff, Godsgrave

“Iron or glass? they'd ask.
She was neither.
She was steel.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“Cock is just another word for 'fool.' But you call someone a cunt, well..." The girl smiled. "You're implying a sense of malice there. An intent. Malevolent and self-aware. Don't think I name Consul Scaeva a cunt to gift him insult. Cunts have brains, Don Tric. Cunts have teeth. Someone calls you a cunt, you take it as a compliment. As a sign that folks believe you're not to be lightly fucked with.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“If Vengeance has a mother, her name is Patience.”
― Jay Kristoff, Godsgrave

“Sometimes weakness is a weapon. If you're smart enough to use it.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“When all is bood, blood is all.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“Your mind will serve you better than any trinket under the suns...It is a weapon...and like any weapon, you need practice to be any good at wielding it.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“That's the power of words; twenty six little letter can paint a whole universe”
― Jay Kristoff, Godsgrave

“I am a daughter of the dark between the stars. I am the thought that wakes the bastards of this world sweating in the nevernight. i am the vengeance of every orphaned daughter, every murdered mother, every bastard son. I am the war you cannot win.”
― Jay Kristoff, Darkdawn

“If I were going to name my blade," Mia said thoughtfully, "I'd call it 'Fluffy.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“I am the war you cannot win.”
― Jay Kristoff, Darkdawn

“The wolf does not pity the lamb. The storm begs no forgiveness of the drowned.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“Don't fuck with librarians, young lady. We know the power of words.”
― Jay Kristoff, Darkdawn

“If you can't see your chains, what use is a key?”
― Jay Kristoff, Godsgrave

“What doesn't kill me had better fucking run”
― Jay Kristoff, Darkdawn

“But to live in the hearts of those we leave behind is to never die. And to burn in the memories of our friends is to never say goodbye.”
― Jay Kristoff, Darkdawn

“Mia looked over the new bruises on Tric's face, shook her head. 'My brave centurion. Riding in on his charger to save his poor damsel? Hold me, brave sir, I fear I shall swoon.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“Lay hand upon me again, sir, and I'll feed your jewels to the fucking drakes.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“The books we love, they love us back. And just as we mark our places in the pages, those pages leave their marks on us. I can see it in you, sure as I see it in me. You're a daughter of the words. A girl with a story to tell.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“Too many books. Too few centuries.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“You'll be a rumor. A whisper. The thought that wakes the bastards of this world sweating in the nevernight. The last thing you will ever be, girl, is someone's hero.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“The Light is full of lies, Acolyte. The Suns serve only to blind us.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“Here is truth, gentlefriends: when in doubt, it’s best to be polite when dealing with lunatics.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“Just so you know, if it comes down to cannibalism, you get eaten first.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“Fuck off,” the man said, without looking up. “And take your trouble with you when you off with the fuck, Miss Noneofyourbusiness.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight