Court of Claws Quotes

“I want to murder your brother," I said conversationally. "So while you seem lovely, Rychel, I'm not sure we can be friends."
"Oh, I want to murder him, too! Please, let me help.”
― Briar Boleyn, Court of Claws

“You have the most beautiful laugh, you know. You rarely use it, but when you do...” He took a breath and to my shock I felt him tremble. “It shakes the world. My entire world.”
― Briar Boleyn, Court of Claws

“My hunger for this man left me reeling. His scent enveloped me, musk and leather and beneath it all the lingering hint of blood. He was the most dangerous temptation I couldn't resist.”
― Briar Boleyn, Court of Claws

“The most terrifying thing in the world isn’t monsters, Morgan. It’s other people.”
― Briar Boleyn, Court of Claws

“My eyebrows shot up as the name seemed to leap off the page towards me.”
― Briar Boleyn, Court of Claws

“Daughter of destiny?” Sephone followed the guard’s gaze until her eyes rested on me. “I don’t understand. This one? She cannot possibly rule us.”
― Briar Boleyn, Court of Claws

“Here's to the fae and mortals alike, united by starlit dreams that span the skies. Gazes ablaze with stardust, their dreams become tapestries of hope as they envision guardians of realms and leaders who are truly worthy. May their dreams find refuge.”
― Briar Boleyn, Court of Claws

“The secrets of a thousand brilliant sunsets lay in that bronze-tinged skin, a thousand hours sprawled in our bed, a thousand kisses placed all over my body.”
― Briar Boleyn, Court of Claws

“I see you truly for everything you are and everything you will be and I claim you as mine.”
― Briar Boleyn, Court of Claws

“Morgan Pendragon is far from insignificant. She's a force of destiny and you would do well not to trifle with her or ever let her name cross your lips again.”
― Briar Boleyn, Court of Claws

“There’s something about you. You’ve got... grit.”
― Briar Boleyn, Court of Claws

“And faint hope is better than no hope.”
― Briar Boleyn, Court of Claws

“I want to murder your brother,” I said conversationally. “So while you seem lovely, Rychel, I’m honestly not sure we can be friends.” “Oh, I want to murder him, too! Please, let me help.” Rychel clapped her hands together. “He’s infuriating, isn’t he?”
― Briar Boleyn, Court of Claws

“Your brother and his court? They had no idea who you really were, what you were capable of. But I see you, Morgan Pendragon. I see you truly for everything you are and everything you will be and I claim you as mine.”
― Briar Boleyn, Court of Claws

“Just because you’ve brought home a rogue princess who won’t do your bidding doesn’t mean you actually like her.” I tried not to sound tongue-tied. “Her. Me.” Draven looked amused. “You. But I do.” “You do what?” “I do like you, Morgan. Why the hell would I have saved you otherwise?” He began striding out of the temple. “There’s something about you. You’ve got... grit.”
― Briar Boleyn, Court of Claws

“But you,” he continued, ignoring me. “I will never apologize for saving you. I will never fucking regret coming for you. And I would do it again in a heartbeat. So don’t ask me to say sorry. Don’t expect me to. And don’t you ever, ever fucking say you didn’t deserve to be saved again, do you hear me? Listen to me clearly, you are worthy. You deserved saving. You deserved much more.” A dark look came over his face. “So much more than I’ve given you.”
― Briar Boleyn, Court of Claws

“But we cannot change the past. We can only regret it and live with its consequences.”
― Briar Boleyn, Court of Claws

“There was nothing reasonable or rational about the loss I felt. It was a pain in my heart I didn’t think would ever go away.”
― Briar Boleyn, Court of Claws

“Just how trusted are these servants if they’re going to smell our sheets?”
― Briar Boleyn, Court of Claws

“You think knights bear no scars? That they possess no disfigurements? That they are pure and whole?”
― Briar Boleyn, Court of Claws

“Perhaps he was so used to having people want to kill him that it no longer impacted him like it would a normal person.”
― Briar Boleyn, Court of Claws

“Knowledge is always a weapon in the right hands.”
― Briar Boleyn, Court of Claws

“I don’t want to let you finish. I already know I don’t want to go anywhere with you, Draven. What part of ‘I hate you and want to stab you in the face’ do you not understand?”
― Briar Boleyn, Court of Claws

“I wasn’t going to let his bluntness sting me again. “I see. Well, I wasn’t about to run up and down the hall screaming that I was a lost princess in need of saving, don’t worry.”
I could save myself, thank you very fucking much.”
― Briar Boleyn, Court of Claws