The Dragon King Quotes

“woman tried to take a piece of me, you’d lose it—and I’d want you to. Because you’re fucking mine, and I’m fucking yours.”
― Penelope Barsetti, The Dragon King

“The times ahead will be challenging. There's a chance one of us may die, perhaps both of us. No one is meant to live forever, but we're all meant to die with purpose. This is a purpose worth dying for.”
― Penelope Barsetti, The Dragon King

“You are the reason I've made it this far. And you're the reason I'll make it to the end.”
― Penelope Barsetti, The Dragon King

“It's not the length of the list [of lovers] that matters, but the quality. Therefore, there are only two names on that list.”
― Penelope Barsetti, The Dragon King

“When her heart was close to mine, I felt better. Everything felt better. A month of loneliness and solitude had shown me that the light in my life didn’t come from my fireplace or the fire in my dragon’s belly. It came from her.”
― Penelope Barsetti, The Dragon King

“Black riptides of death. Bottomless pits of brokenness. Sheer nothingness. “You.” She was the only thing left in me.”
― Penelope Barsetti, The Dragon King

“Her father abandoned her. You abandoned her. But I never have. When an army marched upon your forest with her inside it, I flew across the land to raise my sword in her defense. She told me she never wanted to see me again, but I still came. You may not like me, General Ezra. But every man in her life has failed her—except for me.”
― Penelope Barsetti, The Dragon King

“I lost my parents young, and I’ve been on my own ever since. And then you came into my life. And even though the world is still chaotic and things are so uncertain, you’re the one thing that is certain.”
― Penelope Barsetti, The Dragon King