Alexandra > Alexandra's Quotes

“Nesta is different from most people,' I explained. 'She comes across as rigid and vicious, but I think it's a wall. A shield. I think Nesta feels everything- sees too much; sees and feels it all. And she burns with it. Keeping that wall up helps from being overwhelmed, from caring too greatly.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“For every Nesta out there- climb the mountain.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A ​Court of Silver Flames

“For the women who are, behind their smiles, fucking furious.”
― Clare Sager, A Kiss of Iron

“Just because something is legal, doesn’t make it right.”
― Clare Sager, A Touch of Poison

“How does making you small keep you safe? Laughing quietly, folding your hands, letting the men talk. Are they matters of your safety or just keeping you manageable?”
― Clare Sager, A Kiss of Iron

“For the women turning their rage into power. Let's burn it all down.”
― Clare Sager, A Touch of Poison

“A true man won’t cut you down as you fight your battles, nor will he fight them for you. A true man will help sharpen your sword, guard your back and fight at your side, in the face of whatever darkness comes.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“No woman is responsible for the weak acts of a man who’s had his masculinity so easily threatened,”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“If you seek power in a world of men and monsters, there is nothing more powerful than knowledge and the ability to wield it.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“I am the storm.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Fate & Furies

“What was blind loyalty? What was duty amid a system of corruption?”
― Helen Scheuerer, Fate & Furies

“Biscuit. Your warhorse, the gift you received for being one of the most infamous warriors in all the midrealms… is called Biscuit.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Vows & Ruins

“You are surrounded by women who want to see you empowered, and that is stronger than any fucking army in these realms. Don’t let the world – don’t let anyone convince you that you’re not enough. Only you define your story. You and you alone.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Shadow & Storms

“That b**** took my soap.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Trial of the Sun Queen

“To every woman who’s been told they’re too wild. Too impulsive. Too much. May you always stay that way.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Rule of the Aurora King

“Do not call me pet.” “Noted, kitten.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Throne of the Fallen

“A lady must know where it’s safe to step,” she quipped. “Yet you’re stepping all over my ego.” “Forgive me, my lord. I had no idea you’d be so easily damaged.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Throne of the Fallen

“women are not possessions. She belongs to herself, you arrogant halfwit”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Throne of the Fallen

“You smell like a dead goat that’s been baking in the sun for days.” “That’s oddly specific. I’m sorry you’ve encountered that before.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Throne of Secrets

“I needed an ice bath and a mental examination. Immediately.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Throne of Secrets

“Friends come and go, like waves on the shore, but the true ones stick around in your life, like an octopus to the face.”
― Clare Sager, Through Dark Storms

“Why is it whenever a man throws a tantrum a woman is blamed for his poor behavior?”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Cursed

“Love and hate are both rooted in passion.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Cursed

“Never tell me that I can’t.”
― Clare Sager, Under Black Skies

“non obsequiorum—we do not submit”
― Clare Sager, Against Dark Tides

“Dorian—he’s the broody fae, Roman—he’s the overprotective and grieving wolf shifter, Ezra—he’s the mouthy vampire with an appalling sexual appetite. (No, I didn’t mean appealing.”
― Kel Carpenter, White Raven

“Roses have both petals and thorns, my dark flower. You needn’t believe something weak because it appears delicate. Show the world your bravery.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Stalking Jack the Ripper

“Fear is a hungry beast. The more you feed it, the more it grows.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Stalking Jack the Ripper

“Pretend I am as capable as a man? Please, sir, do not value me so little!”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Stalking Jack the Ripper

“Monsters are only as real as the stories that grant them life. And they only live for as long as we tell those tales.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Hunting Prince Dracula