Fantasy Novel Quotes

“     Illicit flight Alfa Bravo Charlie quickly reached a predetermined altitude and stopped dead. The passengers on board screamed the way people do on fairground rides. The shuttle hesitated momentarily and then shot forward accelerating rapidly to reach a blistering 145,222 miles per hour. They were in a Mach 22 situation. The cries from on-board could not be heard from the ground. Neither did anyone in the great metropolis of Llar witness the bright blue vapour trail the craft left behind in its wake. It was after all overcast and raining heavily.”
― A.R. Merrydew, Our Blue Orange

“Let a sleeping dragon lie.”
― Andri E. Elia, Borealis: A Worldmaker of Yand Novel

“With one hand disturbing a colony of parasitic life forms in his uncombed hair, he yawned loudly.
     ‘Morning Steve,’ Thomas said scratching his grubby face. His breath drifted across the space between them making Steve’s nose twitch involuntarily.”
― A.R. Merrydew, Our Blue Orange

“When you call a ghetto a cordon, does it become a village?”
― Andri E. Elia, Borealis: A Worldmaker of Yand Novel

“Ivy pulls the hood from her blond head and glares at him. “You almost killed me,” she says, massaging her throat.
Callum snorts. “Then you’d be dead. I don’t do anything halfway.”
― S.G. Blaise, Proud Pada

“Sitting at his desk Remy filled out two forms and then played a few games of Tic-Tac-Toe against himself. Playing the “X’s”, he lost a seven game tournament four games to one.”
― Hank Quense, The King Who Disappeared

“So it is time for you to face it and accept it. I am ready for this battle, Cassandra. The question is: will you be?”
― Marie Montine, Mourning Grey: Part Two

“Tell us, my dear,” Ansgar said. “What year is it?”
“It’s 1536.”
“That means . . . we were sealed up for 211 years,” Ansgar replied.
“No wonder I need a beer,” Luc said. “That’s a long time to go without a drink.”
― Hank Quense, The King Who Disappeared

“From the scene arrayed before her now, Tsula knows this new body means something entirely different. The tight bunchings of onlookers in hushed conversation. The watery eyes and mouths covered by fingers. This is how people gather when the dead is one of their own.”
― Hank Quense, The King Who Disappeared

“Tsula and Abbott spy the cabin in a clearing beyond the trees. It appears almost spectral through the gossamer mist—at first, just a hint of a shape. A blocky shadow rising from the ground.”
― Hank Quense, The King Who Disappeared

“One day, Remy came across a proposal from Lithgow for a budget increase to re-equip an archer company with newly invented crossbows. Remy modified the requested budget amount by adding two zeroes to it and sent the proposal into Jerado for approval.
The sounds of Jerado’s wooden dentures clattering across the desk was most satisfying to Remy. Soon after, Jerado sent Lithgow a strongly worded notice to leave the archers alone.”
― Hank Quense, The King Who Disappeared

“The bag also held an umbrella made of iron and cloth. In effect, the umbrella was a lightning rod. Whenever it rained, Remy’s job was to hold the umbrella over Jerado’s head. So far, Remy had been struck by lightning three times, while Jerado, protected by a spell, remained safe.”
― Hank Quense, The King Who Disappeared

“In the end there are only those who eat and those who bleed. - Countess Lisavet Bathory”
― Alexis Henderson, House of Hunger

“Men often like to pretend their weaknesses don't exist, as if they are gods. But who would want to be a god? I would rather be a shag lion in a field, with no worry but my next meal, than to an all-knowing being with the weight of the sun and the stars on my shoulders.”
― Virginia Mary, Across the Great Ocean: Awakening

“Sometimes it feels as though I have spent more time reading than living.”
― Virginia Mary, Across the Great Ocean: Awakening

“As long as there is a night full of stars, we will never lose our way.”
― Virginia Mary, Across the Great Ocean: Awakening

“The people of Huntsville seemed far more interested in celebrating death and finding someone to blame than fighting for life and reaching for peace. ~Red”
― Evelyn M. Exley

“She does not fight like a Fox. This one here strikes like a viper.”
― Kaven Hirning, A Fallen Sword: The Wolf and Viper Series

“She's the one who fucked up and yet I'm the one who's feeling bad about it. I don't know how she does this without saying a single word, but she manages to again and again.”
― Katee Robert, Hunt on Dark Waters

“If you're going to lie, make it a good one.”
― Katee Robert, Hunt on Dark Waters

“You’ve got to be kidding. A criminal is easy to spot.” Reuben spoke to Alex
as he tied up his grieves, Alex tried to ignore his comment, but by the king
was she tired of his boasting.
“Enlighten me.” She rolled her eyes but he didn’t notice, he almost cut her off
with how quickly he answered.
“My uncle, he’s a Templar, he taught me: The tip of the tail for one, Alex.
Those are the blasphemers. The petty thieves get a finger removed for each
offence. The hand for smuggling and an ear for petty disrespect of the divine.
Then, well, indefinite jail time or execution, so you’ll never have to run into
any of those breeds on the street.” He straightened his belt rather confidently
before taking a comb to his greasy mane.
“And the ones who don’t get caught?” Alex replied.
Reuben snapped back, “hah! We always catch them in the end.” Punctuating
the conversation with his exit from the barracks.”
― Griffin Nichols

“Arcane trickery is the cruellest of all deceptions. The coward’s move in
combat is to cast out magics from the mind and fingers, unseen, striking
an enemy combatant off-guard. A nasty business that was outlawed in the
very first year of King Bernard Gur’s rule over the newly conquered Gurav.
Therefore, when judging a criminal for this offence, it is wise to not hold back.
They are a danger to the honour and civility of Pantheran society.”
― Griffin Nichols

“This head of mine will take me to the ends of this earth if I let it. And yet I never seem to find my answers.”
― Maria G. Gendy, Sapiens: At the Gates of Alstroemeria

“Whether you believe in one God or several, there’s a saying that higher powers never abandon us. We abandon them… But they’re always here, waiting for us to come crawling back like a regretful lover.”
― Farhana Uddin, Secret Society of Kings, Witches and Spirits

“By fire’s grace, by wind’s breath,

By earth’s bond and water’s depth,

Come forth Divine Regent, by glyph and oath,

Renew this realm, preserve us both.”
― K. Noor Rizwan, When Shadows Learn to Speak

“There is no darkness without light, for only light gives it its character and face.”
― Luna Zara Ray, Chain of Souls: A Mythic Fantasy of Angels, Demons and Ancient Rituals

“When the heart falls silent, thoughts fade, and the eyes see nothing, only one thing remains – FAITH that everything will fall into place.”
― Luna Zara Ray, Chain of Souls: A Mythic Fantasy of Angels, Demons and Ancient Rituals

“For the first time in his life, he felt that he had failed to the deepest literal meaning of the word. He had no idea how long it would take to fail other innocent individuals in his life for a contingent cause or a clash of head and heart.”
― M.K. Ramadan, Sapphire Sorcerer

“Nothing of glory seemed to speak of it; even though it had its eyes covered, the figure possessed an aura of atrocity, and the gold in which it was bathed resembled the lipstick on a pig.”
― M.K. Ramadan, Sapphire Sorcerer

“What about dying with the endless guilt of killing oneself for someone whose soul would not buy me a pair of farm boots? if there was one thing or one worthy person, I would have sold my soul long ago. Sometimes one will reach the juncture when it is a must to step on others to go ahead, and maybe killing will be the easiest solution to spare the headache of cooking up excuses for that other person just to move on.”
― M.K. Ramadan, Sapphire Sorcerer