Silver & Smoke Quotes

“What a storm breaks apart”
― Helen Scheuerer, Silver & Smoke

“A force divided in purpose is already half-defeated before the first arrow flies.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Silver & Smoke

“The tree that cannot bend with strong winds will be uprooted. The tree that can bow and twist with the seasons survives.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Silver & Smoke

“Hope and poison share one critical property: dosage determines outcome. Too little of one or too much of the other can be equally fatal.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Silver & Smoke

“Transformation requires precision”
― Helen Scheuerer, Silver & Smoke

“I used to think dying for someone would be the ultimate act of love”
― Helen Scheuerer, Silver & Smoke

“The past doesn’t own us,”
― Helen Scheuerer, Silver & Smoke

“Don’t cast your worth aside”
― Helen Scheuerer, Silver & Smoke

“It is a wise alchemist indeed who knows that while answers may light the path forward”
― Helen Scheuerer, Silver & Smoke

“Everything is nothing without you.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Silver & Smoke

“Resilience is humanity’s oldest alchemy—transforming suffering into strength.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Silver & Smoke

“Relief washed over the nobleman’s face. “You’re too kind. I suppose you’ll be drinking this as well, then?” He leaned forward, eyes narrowing slightly. “You can never be too careful.” “Of course, Lord Lucian.” She lifted her own cup in a gesture of goodwill. “I’m always careful.” And then, Wren did smile. She smiled as she poured his tea from the Ladies’ Luncheon Teapot.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Silver & Smoke

“There won’t be a day that goes by that I am not grateful to you for what you sacrificed. We once fought for the world we wanted, and we will do so again. But when we win, it will be you who has given me the life I yearned for.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Silver & Smoke

“If there was one thing the Embervale sisters agreed on, it was that old men had no place telling women what traits made them honorable.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Silver & Smoke

“Thezmarr was, and always will be, the home of the protectors of the midrealms.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Silver & Smoke

“We are all daughters of darkness… We were born into a world of it, a place that would dictate the way in which we defend ourselves, the way we live our lives. No more. That world is no longer. And the next one will be what we make it.” —Audra Delaney, Guild Master of Thezmarr”
― Helen Scheuerer, Silver & Smoke

“My truth, the only truth that matters, is that you are everything to me. My friend. My lover. My soul-bonded… My queen. My truth is that I love you more and more every day, if that’s even possible after the last thirteen years of loving you. If life has taught me anything, Embers, it’s that not much can stand in the way of that.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Silver & Smoke

“I can’t concentrate when you look at me like that,” she murmured, not tearing her eyes away from her task as heat flushed her cheeks. “Like what, Embers?” “Like you want to devour me.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Silver & Smoke

“My truth, the only truth that matters, is that you are everything to me. My friend. My lover. My soul-bonded... My queen. My truth is that I love you more and more every day, if that's even possible after the past thirteen years of loving you. If life has taught me anything, Embers, it's that not much can stand in the way of that.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Silver & Smoke