The Antlered King Quotes

“I didn't feel a thing."
"My dear", he said gently. "Did you really think, after all this time, that I'd let it hurt?”
― Marianne Gordon, The Antlered King

“Are you afraid of the new faith, herbalist?" she asked quietly. "I'm afraid of any faith when it's wielded like a weapon." Hellevir met Sullivain's eyes. "Or like a dog on a leash".”
― Marianne Gordon, The Antlered King

“You were always too honest, you know," he said unhappily. "You always had to make sure everyone had the truth of things. Even when it hurt.”
― Marianne Gordon, The Antlered King

“This war was coming, whether you helped to birth it or not. You are not the mother, only the midwife.”
― Marianne Gordon, The Antlered King

“If you knew what lay on the other side, what happens to the hungry, hungry for what isn’t theirs, if you knew that the Nothing of your Onaistus is a blessing compared to what really happens, you wouldn’t be so quick to slit each other’s throats.”
― Marianne Gordon, The Antlered King