A Trade of Blood Quotes

“But a riddle is only as smart as its creator is stupid, for an idiot finds many things in this world confusing and assumes them to be clever! Riddles are always products of a mind trying to be cunning, so they can lead to all sorts of dunderheaded shit.”
― Robert Jackson Bennett, A Trade of Blood

“Sorry, dear chap,” he said softly to the boy, “no resurrection for you! Save that which is given to the trees and leaves and fauna of all this world, to be fed upon and turned into life anew. And isn’t that holy enough?”
― Robert Jackson Bennett, A Trade of Blood

“I am not biased against them at all!” she said, feigning offense. “I am merely biased against bastards. The gentry class just happens to brim over with folk of that particular breed.”
― Robert Jackson Bennett, A Trade of Blood

“You can blame it on her. They'll quickly learn her nature and believe you. You can blame more on her if you wish. Crop failures. Pestilence. They'll believe that, too, soon enough.”
― Robert Jackson Bennett, A Trade of Blood

“Had I been made a beast, to be sacrificed for my family and the Empire? Or was I now a shepherd, and the common folk of the cantons my flock?”
― Robert Jackson Bennett, A Trade of Blood

“What a fatiguing thing stress could be: a handful of tense seconds stole hours of energy from you.”
― Robert Jackson Bennett, A Trade of Blood

“It is an inarguable truth, you know,” said Ana, “that most people are absolutely enthralled by dead girls.”
― Robert Jackson Bennett, A Trade of Blood

“I swear”
― Robert Jackson Bennett, A Trade of Blood

“Mm. Two lovers, from two feuding gentryclans, meeting secretly under false names for their tryst!” She scoffed. “How puerile. How derivative. I pray it is more deviant than it appears!”
― Robert Jackson Bennett, A Trade of Blood

“But…how will you review the death scene of my sister,” said Jalin, “if you are blindfolded?” “Thoroughly,” said Ana curtly.”
― Robert Jackson Bennett, A Trade of Blood

“It is an inarguable truth, you know," said Ana, "that most people are absolutely enthralled by dead girls.”
― Robert Jackson Bennett, A Trade of Blood

“Oh”
― Robert Jackson Bennett, A Trade of Blood