Blood of Hercules Quotes

“A man was speaking, so I stopped listening.”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules

“Mental note—physical exertion makes me homicidal. Avoid anything above a brisk walk.”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules

“She screamed in my face—I screamed back. Oh, look, we’re harmonizing. Mozart would have loved this.”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules

“This book is dedicated to all the girls who like morally grey fictional men, and who screamed out loud the first time they read “who did this to you?” This ones for you.”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules

“During the day, the feminine urge to lead a fictional revolt plagued me.”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules

“Personally, I preferred to be mentally weak - it made life more interesting.
'Will I kill myself today dramatically or barely survive?' Every day was a new mystery.”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules

“The devil has a pretty face, and humanity is going to hell for worshipping it.”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules

“What's the next step after panicking? I need to do that.”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules

“I wailed despondently, but my eyes were bone dry because emo girls didn’t cry (I’d cried yesterday).”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules

“Aut viam inveniam aut faciam—I shall either find a way or make one.”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules

“I would have been offended, but I was too busy trying to find my will to live, like the aforementioned pathetic, weak bitch,”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules

“It wasn’t about women being as tough as men; it was about the fact that they shouldn’t have to be.”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules

“It was just—no one had proved birds weren’t spying on us.”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules

“Who. The. Fuck. Did. THIS. TO. YOU?”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules

“Will do—Captain.” I bowed and face-planted onto the floor. “Like a beached whale,” I said with my cheeks pressed against the rocks. “Don’t worry, the tide will pull me back.”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules

“There has been no great wisdom without an element of madness.”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules

“My face still throbbed from the library incident, where I may or may not have had a violent mental breakdown and assaulted two men (I had no regrets; someone had to do it).”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules

“You saved Big Bertha, the humpback whale.” He dropped me.”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules

“Kid, I’m not a babysitter. I’m a full-time nanny, without any of the benefits of getting to kill people. My life is tragic.”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules

“Hot take, you know what’s uncivilized? Forcing homeless children to starve because they have no ability to provide for themselves.”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules

“Maybe, I’d had a lengthy debate with the librarian over whether penises looked like misshapen snails (she was team sea cucumbers).”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules

“I don’t want to be alone with him in a dark alley, or even a well-lit alley. Actually, I don’t want to be alone with him anywhere.”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules

“The girl in the mirror looked calm. Covered in cuts, with eerie mismatched eyes, she was intimidating. Powerful.”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules

“I made a whale sound.”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules

“Well—you need to get dicked down.” I cried harder because it was official: my best friend was a perverted lunatic. It was all too much. I couldn’t keep living like this.”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules

“There are ancient beasts in the menagerie that will maul you if they feel threatened.” Thank God. Approach all the animals until one puts me out of my misery—got it.”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules

“Pussy power, crush the patriarchy! Don’t stop now—murder them all. KILL EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM!”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules

“Never touch me like that or I’ll bite you to death,”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules

“Yep,” Nyx said. “Those are bedroom eyes. This is not a drill. It’s happening. Augustus is giving you bedroom eyes. Wow—this is escalating.”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules

“His lovers are going to need a lot more than jewels. Most likely a lobotomy, and a gun for safety. Who would voluntarily sleep next to that psycho at night?”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules