The Queen of All that Dies Quotes

“Once upon a time we were innocent, and then we were not.”
― Laura Thalassa, The Queen of All that Dies

“It should never have been this way. My comrades turning on me, my enemies saving me. But worst of all, I should never have felt anything other than hatred for this man, the king, Definitely not this, this warmth that thaws my soul.
I stare into the king's eyes. I am Isolde, I am Juliet, I am Guinevere.
I am every one of those idiots because I've fallen for the king.”
― Laura Thalassa, The Queen of All that Dies

“You want to see compassion? Fine." I take the hand pressed against my shoulders and kiss his knuckles. "I've now kissed the hand of my mother's killer."
Before he has time to react to my chaste kiss, I bring my other hand up and slap him. His head whips to the side.
"I'm also a vindictive bitch," I say.”
― Laura Thalassa, The Queen of All that Dies

“You were able to kill him,” Will said. You, a girl. That’s what he meant. Like owning a vagina made me inferior in some fundamental way.”
― Laura Thalassa, The Queen of All that Dies

“I'm many things, and the least impressive of them is lovely.”
― Laura Thalassa, The Queen of All that Dies

“He still doesn’t seem to understand that repairing that which he broke doesn’t make it new again. It makes it scarred”
― Laura Thalassa, The Queen of All that Dies

“What you choose to do with all that anger is your business. But you can’t control the world; someone will always be there to wrong you. It’s your choice to let it go.”
― Laura Thalassa, The Queen of All that Dies

“I know I’m someone powerful, someone dangerous. A grim smile tugs at my lips despite my current circumstances. I know I’m not afraid of pain or death. And these men and women? They should be afraid of me. Because whoever I am, I am violent, and I will be having my revenge.”
― Laura Thalassa, The Queen of All that Dies

“Yellow?” The king’s eyebrows nudge up. “What, you thought I’d like the color of spilled blood or something?” He tips his head back as he weighs my words. “Yeah, I kind of did.”
― Laura Thalassa, The Queen of All that Dies

“I stare into the king’s eyes. I am Isolde, I am Juliet, I am Guinevere.
I am every one of those idiots because I’ve fallen for the king.”
― Laura Thalassa, The Queen of All that Dies

“Attraction and chemistry don't follow any logical rules. You're not the prettiest girl I've ever met, nor the smartest, nor the funniest. But you are the girl I've altered a peace treaty for, and you are the girl I'm spending the evening with.”
― Laura Thalassa, The Queen of All that Dies

“I'm a recovering monster that cares about another soulless creature.”
― Laura Thalassa, The Queen of All that Dies

“His eyes slink over me. "I forgot to tell you- you look lovely."
Lovely. I want to laugh at his words. "You shouldn't have bothered with the compliment," I say, "I'm many things, and the least impressive of them is lovely."
.... Lovely. What a load of bullshit.”
― Laura Thalassa, The Queen of All that Dies

“There was a time when obesity was the losing battle our people faced. Not so anymore. As soon as food became scarce, curves became coveted.”
― Laura Thalassa, The Queen of All that Dies

“Everything that lives must eventually die.”
― Laura Thalassa, The Queen of All that Dies

“You can dress up a pig, but it’s still a pig.”
― Laura Thalassa, The Queen of All that Dies

“The truth is, I don’t want to die, and torture scares the shit out of me. But I’ve already bent to the will of too many men. I’m done compromising.”
― Laura Thalassa, The Queen of All that Dies

“There will be no honor to my sacrifice. Women who have filled the role of temptress have always been looked down upon.”
― Laura Thalassa, The Queen of All that Dies

“I’d never much cared for those epic love stories I’d heard growing up—Romeo and Juliet, Tristan and Isolde, Helen and Paris. All couples who’d placed love above all else; I thought the whole lot of them were idiots. But the way the king is looking at me … now I can see why so many loved those stories. There is something to forbidden passion.”
― Laura Thalassa, The Queen of All that Dies

“I’m a recovering monster that cares about another soulless creature.”
― Laura Thalassa, The Queen of All that Dies

“Anything’s possible.”
― Laura Thalassa, The Queen of All that Dies

“Fear, anger, lust—they must all function on the same wavelength because one moment I’m pissed at the king, and the next I’m twining my tongue with his, my breaths coming in short, heavy pants.”
― Laura Thalassa, The Queen of All that Dies

“Wrong is right, and right is wrong”
― Laura Thalassa, The Queen of All that Dies

“You will be imprisoned, tortured, killed if you don’t agree to do this. Do you care so little for your life?”
“I live with the devil. I’ve already died and gone to hell. So no, I don’t care”
― Laura Thalassa, The Queen of All that Dies

“But I do know this: only compassion can redeem someone. Even the king. Even me.”
― Laura Thalassa, The Queen of All that Dies

“I make out the Pleiades, a constellation my mother taught me years ago. Make a wish upon the seven sisters, she’d whisper to me when we’d catch sight of them.
And I do so now. I wish I could be up there with you. I gaze at them until my eyes drift closed.”
― Laura Thalassa, The Queen of All that Dies

“Tonight I got my first taste of what it will be like as the king’s marionette. It made me want to shoot someone—preferably the king.”
― Laura Thalassa, The Queen of All that Dies

“Had circumstances been different, I’d say it was kind of him. But I’ve come to learn that this is the king’s style—to cut you up then kiss the wounds he inflicted.”
― Laura Thalassa, The Queen of All that Dies

“I stare into the king’s eyes. I am Isolde, I am Juliet, I am Guinevere. I am every one of those idiots because I’ve fallen for the king.”
― Laura Thalassa, The Queen of All that Dies

“Right when I assumed I was the loneliest creature in the world, I find out I might matter to someone.”
― Laura Thalassa, The Queen of All that Dies