Badass Heroine Quotes

“Should I sing prettily while I slit your throat?”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Free the Stars

“You want to see compassion? Fine." I take the hand pressed against my shoulders and kiss his knuckles. "I've now kissed the hand of my mother's killer."
Before he has time to react to my chaste kiss, I bring my other hand up and slap him. His head whips to the side.
"I'm also a vindictive bitch," I say.”
― Laura Thalassa, The Queen of All that Dies

“In the last day and a half since the end of the competition, each of the kings had cornered me and begged for forgiveness while also insulting me.

They were aggressively sorry.

Emphasis on the aggressive part.

Of course, I’d done what any gracious woman would do when they faced a suffering male who was finally taking accountability for his actions.

I pretended I couldn’t hear them speaking.

The method was mostly a success.”
― Jasmine Mas, Psycho Devils

“This from the same man who thinks I need to know how to kill him ?" I lift my chin. "Which is it, Xaden ? Am I too precious to get close ? Or Am I the one who needs to know which shadow is yours ?”
― Rebecca Yarros, Onyx Storm

“Il dégagea son visage et je pus admirer en personne, pour la première fois, les yeux aussi étranges que les miens dont tout le monde parlait. Pas d’un rouge écarlate. Un mélange bleu-gris tellement clair qu’il tirait sur le laiteux. À tel point, que n’importe qui pourrait penser qu’il était aveugle. Je l’avais vu combattre et je savais que ce n’était pas le cas.”
― Phoenix Pharell, L'Éveil