A Curse Carved in Bone Quotes

“The sea reached for me, and my fingers slackened, my broken heart yearning for the respite from the pain. To be drawn down down down into the darkness.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Curse Carved in Bone

“I wish it were otherwise, but yes. My reasons for lying to you were honorable. But my reasons for making you mine while telling you lies had not a measure of honor to them. I wanted you from the first moment I set eyes on you, Born-in-Fire, so I took you. Now I pay the price for my greed because I have lost the woman I love more than life itself.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Curse Carved in Bone

“I love the whole of you!” he shouted back. “Even when you are as mean as a feral cat and say things that break my heart, I still love you!”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Curse Carved in Bone

“You hurt me but earned my forgiveness, and to deny it only makes the pain worse. Forgiving you frees me to feel things other than pain. I’m forgiving you for myself.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Curse Carved in Bone

“I love you,” he said, and I turned my head, feeling my temple brush against the stubble of his chin as I whispered, “You have my heart.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Curse Carved in Bone

“You are my home, Freya,” he answered. “Everywhere else is just a place to lay my head.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Curse Carved in Bone

“You drive me to madness, woman.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Curse Carved in Bone

“She must fight it. The question you must ask is if you are willing to fight it alongside her.” That was no question. I had Freya’s back to the gates of Valhalla and beyond.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Curse Carved in Bone

“Hate me all you want.” He let go of my wrists. “But your last breath will not be today, Born-in-Fire.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Curse Carved in Bone

“You all sacrificed so much to steal me, so I think I can say what I please, and you all have no choice but to listen! No choice but to suffer my words. You wanted me? Now you fucking have all of me, so enjoy! Delight in the fruits of your labor!”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Curse Carved in Bone

“Yet my fear faded to longing as I stared at the dark water. It whispered words promising relief from the grief that clawed at my heart. From the rage that plagued my soul. From the loneliness that hollowed my insides, for I had lost everything that mattered to me, including my purpose.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Curse Carved in Bone

“Having your back doesn’t mean agreeing to every wild scheme you come up with.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Curse Carved in Bone

“My anger is a part of me!” I shouted. “You can’t love only half of me, Bjorn, because that means you don’t love me at all!”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Curse Carved in Bone

“Have you gotten your eyeful, Born-in-Fire, or do you wish me to sit still a moment longer?”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Curse Carved in Bone

“Vengeance is a circle without end.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Curse Carved in Bone

“To care for others is a burden, but you have shouldered it better than I dared to hope... [spoiler].
I am proud to call you daughter, Freya-Born-in-Fire, for you have honored my blood.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Curse Carved in Bone

“Not caring that my laughter sounded deranged, because it was surely better than sobbing,”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Curse Carved in Bone

“A warmth different from desire filled me, because I knew that I was a flawed woman. That there were parts of me that were not good. Yet Bjorn loved me as I was, wanted me to be who I was rather than to shape me into something else, the way so many other people had tried.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Curse Carved in Bone

“Then it’s only a matter of time.” Harald kicked a rock, cursing. “Skade, do you recognize any of their faces?” “What faces?” The huntress’s tone was sour. “This one is split in two and this one is so much meat. Those two,” she gestured in the distance where the sound of rending flesh was audible, “are in the stomach of your pets.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Curse Carved in Bone

“I forgive you, Bjorn. I forgive you because I understand that you acted out of love for Freya, not out of malice toward me or Nordeland. The gods know, I have made questionable choices for the sake of your mother, so I cannot judge you harshly. Women wield their beauty like a weapon, and none are more beautiful than Saga.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Curse Carved in Bone

“Hel is the goddess of death and mistress of Helheim, but she is no villain set upon destruction. She is…covetous, for lack of a better word. She wants. Which makes me wonder what Freya wants. Makes me wonder what has been denied to her that makes rage burn so hot in her heart that her eyes turn to flame. Blame not Hel, for the anger you see is Freya’s and Freya’s alone.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Curse Carved in Bone

“We all have a monster within us.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Curse Carved in Bone

“My tongue frozen with the certainty that everything I said drove Freya farther away from me, because our words were no longer moves in a game but blows on the battlefield, cutting and cruel.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Curse Carved in Bone

“You are my home, Freya. Everywhere else is just a place to lay my head.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Curse Carved in Bone

“Freya, I know you are angry with me, but could you please set aside your emotions and listen to what I have to say?” “No,” I snapped. “But as luck would have it, my emotions have no impact on the functionality of my ears, so say what you wish to say and be done with it.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Curse Carved in Bone

“What madness is this?”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Curse Carved in Bone

“rage burned in my chest that they had to experience this. Had to suffer because those in power always wanted more more more with no care for what it cost others.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Curse Carved in Bone

“Pity is not the same thing as forgiveness,”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Curse Carved in Bone

“partial truths could amount to a significant lie.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Curse Carved in Bone

“Your plans always have great beginnings, Born-in-Fire, but having barely survived the middles and endings of said plans, it is difficult not to ask questions.” “The question you should ask yourself is why you aren’t being more helpful by offering suggestions rather than criticisms. I have a plan. You have no plan. That makes my plan better than yours.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Curse Carved in Bone