Slaying the Vampire Conqueror Quotes

“Death is what happens when you stand still,” I said. “Don’t stand still. Not for anything.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror

“Strange, how being so exposed can make a soul feel so very safe.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror

“You're lucky," he said, "that I have a soft spot for caged birds.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror

“I understood it so painfully well. The desire to believe that something larger than you could save you, even after it struck you down again and again.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror

“You’re just his type, actually.” “His type?” Erekkus leaned forward and gave me a conspiratorial smirk. He held out a finger with each word. “Beautiful. Mysterious. Dangerous. And an obvious, clear-as-the-fucking-moon mistake.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror

“Humans may believe that vampires don't understand what powerlessness feels like. And for many, maybe that's true. But those that follow me do. We understand loss. And we know that it is the worst kind of powerlessness.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror

“I cannot kill you because I know you, Vivi. I know every moment you lied to me, because I know every moment you told the truth. I know your truth. I can’t ignore it. Even though it would be far easier if I could.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror

“You’re right-handed.”
“I’m just as good with both hands.” Arrogant man.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror

“It’s impossible not to notice everything, with you.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror

“A woman alone in this world sometimes needs to perform to make men take her seriously.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror

“You will never be free, Sylina, until you let go of the hold your past has on you,” she said. “The past cannot dictate the future.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror

“Because you make me ravenous.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror

“You shouldn’t be here.”
“Why?”
“Because you make me ravenous.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror

“Hm,” he said. “To think I let such a dangerous creature sleep beside me every night.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror

“Loss still hit her deep. But then, I supposed it hit us all deep. We just learned how to cover the wounds with other things. Stitch it up with the threads of our next task.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror

“There is power in suffering,” she said. “There is power in having something to fight against. We taught you that. And you know it better than most.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror

“I hated them all so much, and I loved that I felt that way.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror

“I thought of the fucking Pythora King. And I thought, Yes. Kill them all. And I did not think of the Arachessen, or the Sightmother, or the blessed dagger—or Acaeja at all.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror

“Ascension, not death. Never death. Arachessen didn’t believe in death, only change. Just as the loss of our eyes didn’t mean the loss of sight, the loss of a heartbeat didn’t mean the loss of life.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror

“What use were his thoughts when I saw his heart?”
― Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror

“I was grateful for his honesty. For his imperfect effort. No one who had survived the lives we had could deny the value of that. Most never try at all.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror

“I didn’t need to see his thoughts. What use were his thoughts when I saw his heart?”
― Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror

“He pulled me closer and said against my hair, “You like the room then.”

I chuckled. “I do.”

“Good,” he murmured. “Because even though there’s no longer a curse, I can’t seem to sleep without you.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror

“You shouldn’t be here.”

This time he spoke against my mouth—not quite a kiss, but the promise of one.

I whispered, “Why?”

“Because you make me ravenous.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror

“I prefer to meet death standing up.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror

“Your past has instilled in you a strong sense of justice. This makes you a powerful warrior, strong in your conviction. But it also means that you struggle with the reality that there is no good or evil in this world, just as there is no good or evil in us. Only what is Right by the fates.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror

“Atrius stared at me, brows low over his silver-and-gold eyes. Then his fingertip rose and flicked the edge of the veil, making the silken fabric ripple.

And he mouthed, I hate this thing.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror

“It matters,” he murmured.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror

“I felt so alone then. Now, as an adult, I knew that the reason why people were distant was not because they didn’t feel our loss, but because they felt it too much. They had no room for more. I thought perhaps one day, I’d stop feeling it, too.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror

“Surely I was hallucinating, to think that Atrius’s presence, forever unbreakable, forever solid, forever silent, was now screaming—screaming in utter terror. Over me. Ridiculous.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror