Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1)

by Jay Kristoff

“A life without books is a life not lived.

True story

“‘And I beheld a pale maiden,’ came a murmur behind us. ‘Her eyes were black as midnight and her skin as cold as winter, and in her arms, she bore the nightmares of every sleeping babe, every shivering child, come ripe and fulsome unto the waking world.’

This is just badass

Your past is stone, but your future is clay. And you decide the shape of the life you’ll make.’

“HERE’S A TRUTH about sword fighting, coldblood: Even if you’re bad at it, when the person you’re fighting doesn’t have one? You’re still going to be pretty good.

Also true and made me chuckle