Mia Corvere Quotes

“You can keep the glory. I'm just here for the blood.”
― Jay Kristoff, Godsgrave

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

“Our scars are just gifts from our enemies...reminding us they weren’t good enough to kill us.”
― Jay Kristoff, Godsgrave

“Silver at her throat. Stone at her feet. Iron in her heart.”
― Jay Kristoff, Godsgrave

“Promises are for poets.”
― Jay Kristoff, Darkdawn

“The pair stood watching each other, still as statues, moments ticking by like hours as the gale howled about them.
"You have very good ears, sir." she finally said.
"You have better feet, Pale Daughter. I heard nothing."
"Then how?"
The boy offered a dimpled smile. "You stink of cigarillo smoke. Cloves, I think."
"That's impossible. I'm upwind from you."
The boy glanced at the shadows moving like snakes around his feet.
"Seems to be raining impossible in these parts.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“I'll just dance until the music stops, and see where the steps take me.”
― Jay Kristoff, Godsgrave

“Easier to hide in the dark than the limelight.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

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

“The old man hooked his thumbs into his waistcoat. ‘Problem with being a librarian is there’s some lessons you just can’t learn from books. And the problem with being an assassin is there’s some mysteries you just can’t solve by stabbing the fuck out of them.”
― Jay Kristoff, Godsgrave

“...sneakier than a fart in church...”
― Jay Kristoff, Godsgrave

“Conquer your fear and you can conquer the world.”
― Jay Kristoff, Godsgrave

“...you’d best warn them to bring an extra pair of balls , because I’ll be ripping off the first and wearing them for earrings...the red should complement my gown nicely.”
― Jay Kristoff, Godsgrave

“Go, brother! If I’m not back aboard in half an hour, tell your wife I love her!”
― Jay Kristoff, Godsgrave

“So given that I’m busier than a whorehouse running a two-for-one special, do me the honour of saying thank you, and taking what you’re bloody given.”
― Jay Kristoff, Godsgrave

“...the voices in your head that say otherwise are just Fear talking. Never listen to Fear.”
― Jay Kristoff, Godsgrave

“It was like chasing ghostlights. Like killing smoke.”
― Jay Kristoff, Darkdawn