Dark Romantasy Quotes

“… I’d procured a small collection of
mismatching teeth from each male
that had violated her. One day, I would present my little treasure trove of teeth
as a gift to her… A token of my undying love
and readiness to f*cking murder
anyone who dared to wrong her...”
― Chiara Forestieri, A Kingdom of Blood and Magic

“When it ended, he was broken.
His Master's pet.”
― Sarah Vespertine, A Grave of Chains

“Then came Mahrel—the illusionist who dazzled the world and quietly unraveled his. Just one of many who would twist Kowén of Sunridge into something unrecognizable. A relic. A
weapon. A name that gods would one day whisper with caution.

It hadn’t started with fire, blood, or death.
It started with a statue. One block of marble. One chisel. One breathless moment where creation gave way to consequence.”
― Sarah Vespertine, A Grave of Chains

“Dood legde zijn hand in mijn nek en keek me diep in de ogen. ‘Je zou ook over mij heersen, mijn muze. Op een bepaalde manier. Je zou over mijn ziel heersen, mijn denken, mijn hele lijf en zelfs over mijn verdomde hart. Je huist daar nu al,’ fluisterde hij. ‘Nu al heb je je in mijn hoofd genesteld, je een weg door mijn huid geklauwd en je in mijn botten gewrongen. Je zult mijn duisternis sussen en dat donker weer oproepen wanneer jij dat nodig acht.”
― Rani De Vadder, De Muze en de Dood

“Is he actually teasing me? I feel myself flush and immediately hate myself for it. After all, I can still smell the blood he shed.
Blood that might have belonged to someone we knew.”
― Aria Lanari, The Mercenary's Girl

“Like I told you when I stopped by your hut earlier, if you want to stare at me with your mouth open, running your mouth, I’d rather have you on your knees. I have better uses for your mouth than to listen to you talk down about yourself,”
― A. Hold, Lost Darlings

“To everyone who would not survive the haunted house... because you would climb into bed with the monster.”
― Luna Darke, To Bleed a Shadow: A Spicy Dark Romantasy