Grave Mercy Quotes

“Why be the sheep when you can be the wolf?”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“Whenever you are ready, or if you never are, my heart is yours....”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“When one consorts with assassins, one must expect to dance along the edge of a knife once or twice.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“Surely He does not give us hearts so we may spend our lives ignoring them.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“There is no shame in scars, Ismae.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“Whenever you are ready, or if you never are, my heart is yours, until Death do us part. Whatever that may mean when consorting with one of Death’s handmaidens.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“I am sorry,' he whispers. 'I am sorry I treated you so ill. I thought only to protect Duval.'
'It was not I who was poisoning him,' I say.
'No, but you had stolen his heart and I was afraid you would rip it from his chest when you left.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“I comfort myself with the knowledge that if Duval ever feels smothered by me, it will be because I am holding a pillow over his face.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“... while I am Death's daughter and walk in His dark shadow, surely the darkness can give way to light sometimes.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“I will sit here but an hour or two, then leave."

I yawn. "So very long as that?"

When he answers, there is a wry note in his voice. "I do have my reputation to protect.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“I stare at him coldly. "I do not care for needlework." I pause. "Unless it involves the base of the skull.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“God's Teeth,' he says. 'I was only trying to wake you. You were crying out in your sleep.'
'I was not,' I say, then look from his neck to my knife.
'When I tried to wake you, you stabbed me.' He sounds sore put out. and I cannot blame him.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“So.... You are well equipped for our service.'
'Which is?'
'We kill people.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“Are men truly such idiots that they cannot resist two orbs of flesh?”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“... true faith never comes without anguish.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“It is this kindness of his that unsettles me most. I can dodge a blow or block a knife. I am impervious to poison and know a dozen ways to escape a chokehold or garrote wire. But kindness? I do not know how to defend against that.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“It is all we have left to us. And while it is more than I ever dared dream, it is nowhere near enough.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“He smiles then, and even though it is well past midnight, its as if the sun has just come out.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“The body on the ground is nothing more than a shell, a husk, and I am filled with a sense of peace. Yes, I think. Yes. This is what I want to be. An instrument of mercy, not vengeance.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“He barks out a laugh. "My little rebel.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“A kiss for luck, demoiselle?"
It is a magnificent, lusty kiss and I feel nothing but deep regret that it may be his last.
Just before he pulls away, he whispers in my ear. "Duval said to give you that should I get a chance. It is from him.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“When he laces his fingers through mine, my heart does its now familiar panicked flight, bumping painfully against my ribs. My shoulder twitches as if to pull my hand back, but my heart overrules it.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“This is what I want to be. An instrument of mercy, not vengeance.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“However, there are those who deserve to die but who have not yet encountered the means to do so—we help them on their way.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“Tis Vanth's cage. You can just move it out of the way."
"I already have," he grumbles. "With my shin.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“You would throw away all that we have given you for a man’s love?”
“Not a man’s love,” I say softly. “But Duval’s. And I would find a way to serve both my god and my heart. Surely He does not give us hearts so we may spend our lives ignoring them.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“I bear a deep red stain that runs from my left shoulder down to my right hip, a trail left by the herbwitch's poison that my mother used to try to expel me from her womb.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“His divine spark lives within me, a presence that will never leave. And I am but one of many tools He has at His disposal. If I cannot act - if I refuse to act - that is a choice I am allowed to make. He has given me life, and all I must do to serve Him is to live. Fully and with my whole heart. With this knowledge comes a true understanding of all the gifts He has given me.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“I pause at the door, wishing I could find a corner and sleep until my head clears, but the sailor said the abbess is expecting me, and while I do not know much about abbesses, I suspect they are not fond of waiting.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“I am a handmaiden of Death. I walk in His dark shadow and do His bidding. Serving Him is my only purpose in this life...”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy