Prythian Quotes

“I couldn't. I couldn't do it. It wasn't like hunting; it wasn't for survival or defence. It was cold-blooded murder- the murder of them, of my very soul. But for Prythian- for Tamlin, for all of them here, for Alis and her boys... I wished I knew the name of one of our forgotten gods so that I might beg them to intercede, wished I knew any prayers at all for guidance, for absolution.

But I did not know those prayers, or the names of our forgotten gods- only the names of those who would remain enslaved if I did not act. I silently recited those names, even as the horror of what knelt before me began to swallow me whole. For Prythian, for Tamlin, for their world and my own... These deaths would not be wasted- even if it would damn me forever.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“Prythian. The word was a death knell that echoed through me again and again.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“It told a story with the way colours and shapes and light flowed, the way the tone shifted across the mural. The story of... of Prythian.

It began with a cauldron.

A mighty black cauldron held by glowing, slender female hands in a starry, endless night. Those hands tipped it over, golden sparkling liquid pouring out over the lip. No- not sparkling, but... effervescent with small symbols, perhaps of some ancient faerie language. Whatever was written there, whatever it was, the contents of the cauldron were dumped into the void below, pooling on the earth to form our world...”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“I'd taken to situating myself in one of the little lounges overlooking the mountains, and had almost read an entire book in the deep-cushioned armchair, going slowly as I learned new words. But it had filled my time-given me quiet, steadfast company with those characters, who did not exist and never would, but somehow made me feel less . . . alone.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury