The Girl Behind the Iron Gate Quotes

“Shame is not something given—it is something claimed, and only when you believe it to be true. You’ve no reason to claim what isn’t yours,”
― Hannah Standhaft, The Girl Behind the Iron Gate

“Truth unsheathed is a blade, fledgling—but only if you’re willing to draw it. If you can’t, don’t pretend you would.”
― Hannah Standhaft, The Girl Behind the Iron Gate

“Nothing screams “ideal mentor-mentee relationship” like having your tits in a man’s mouth and then blackmailing him.”
― Hannah Standhaft, The Girl Behind the Iron Gate

“A blade may gleam with mischief as well as menace, fledgling. At least this one knows how to laugh before he cuts,” Roan quips.”
― Hannah Standhaft, The Girl Behind the Iron Gate

“I’d stay away from the big, brutish one, nestling. Some monsters wear smiles, and some hardly bother with disguises at all.”
― Hannah Standhaft, The Girl Behind the Iron Gate

“The blood of ravens stirs differently within each guardian’s veins. Some guide the darkness, some change form, some recall that which no other can, some view the world through their bond’s eyes, and you…” It cocks its head at me. “Well, you are something I’ve never seen before.”
― Hannah Standhaft, The Girl Behind the Iron Gate

“Well, you are something I’ve never seen before. You walk with two ghosts at your heels: one with wings, one with burnished brow.”
― Hannah Standhaft, The Girl Behind the Iron Gate

“Madness is forgetting who you are. You, Margarethe de Veend, are just beginning to find out.”
― Hannah Standhaft, The Girl Behind the Iron Gate

“The guardians’ memory pulses through your veins. You bear the blood of night within you. Awaken.”
― Hannah Standhaft, The Girl Behind the Iron Gate

“For a moment, I allow myself to fantasize about what it would be like to escape without more injury, more blood drawn. I imagine what it would be like to have someone save me, for once, allowing someone to come to my rescue, my aid, instead of always the reverse.”
― Hannah Standhaft, The Girl Behind the Iron Gate

“Sometimes, a woman just needs to find the bliss of sweet release not brought by her own hand. Unfortunately for me, my bedfellow, an apprentice at my uncle’s forge, seems to treat my clitoris as he would a metal billet in need of shaping—attempting to hammer it into submission with unskilled enthusiasm.”
― Hannah Standhaft, The Girl Behind the Iron Gate