Serafina and the Black Cloak Quotes

“Our character isn’t defined by the battles we win or lose, but by the battles we dare to fight.”
― Robert Beatty, Serafina and the Black Cloak

“Never go into the deep parts of the forest, for there are many dangers there, both dark and bright, and they will ensnare your soul.”
― Robert Beatty, Serafina and the Black Cloak

“Did evil creatures think of themselves as evil? Or did they think they were doing what was right? Was evil something that was in your heart or was it how people viewed you?”
― Robert Beatty, Serafina and the Black Cloak

“She marveled at how this one room contained the thoughts and voices of thousands of writers, people who had lived in different countries and different times, people who had told stories of the heart and of the mind, people who had studied ancient civilizations, the species of plants, and the flow of rivers.”
― Robert Beatty, Serafina and the Black Cloak

“It made her think that maybe God intended for them to all fit together, like a puzzle made whole.”
― Robert Beatty, Serafina and the Black Cloak

“It was true that she was a creature of the night. But she would decide for herself what that meant. She had two choices before her: to slink away and hide, or to dare to fight.”
― Robert Beatty, Serafina and the Black Cloak

“Serafina marveled at how music seemed to have an almost magical ability to unite the emotions of the people in a room.”
― Robert Beatty, Serafina and the Black Cloak

“She knew now that there were darker forces in the world than she had ever imagined, and brighter ones, too.”
― Robert Beatty, Serafina and the Black Cloak

“If you meet someone face-to-face and they don’t hiss at you and bite you, does that mean you’re friends?”
― Robert Beatty, Serafina and the Black Cloak

“Every person was a hero in his own mind, fighting for what he thought was right, or just fighting to survive another day, but no one thought they were evil.”
― Robert Beatty, Serafina and the Black Cloak

“didn’t matter if she had eight toes or ten, amber eyes or blue. What mattered was what she set out to do.”
― Robert Beatty, Serafina and the Black Cloak

“She thought that it was interesting how just about everyone had a special talent or skill, something they were naturally drawn to and good at, and then they worked years to master it. Nobody knew how to do everything. It wasn’t possible. There wasn’t enough time in the night. But everyone knew something. And everyone was a little different. Some people did one thing. Others did another. It made her think that maybe God intended for them to all fit together, like a puzzle made whole.”
― Robert Beatty, Serafina and the Black Cloak

“She couldn’t put it all together, but she smelled a rat.”
― Robert Beatty, Serafina and the Black Cloak

“All the while, they went about their rotten, ratty business and had no idea she was there.”
― Robert Beatty, Serafina and the Black Cloak

“OUR CHARACTER ISN’T DEFINED
BY THE BATTLES WE WIN OR LOSE,
BUT BY THE BATTLES WE DARE TO FIGHT.”
― Robert Beatty, Serafina and the Black Cloak

“There’s no shame here, none at all, just a strong desire to keep us both alive.”
― Robert Beatty, Serafina and the Black Cloak

“She might bandy back and forth with her pa about all sorts of things just for the jump of it—like refusing her grits, sleeping all day and hunting all night, and spying on the Vanderbilts and their guests—but she never argued about this. She knew when he said those words he was as serious as her dead momma. For all the spiny talk and all the sneak-about, sometimes you just stayed quiet and did what you were told because you sensed it was a good way to keep breathing”
― Robert Beatty, Serafina and the Black Cloak

“She'd always had a hankering for sitting quietly in dark, confined spaces.”
― Robert Beatty, Serafina and the Black Cloak

“Thorne said humbly.”
― Robert Beatty, Serafina and the Black Cloak

“Its body had been eviscerated, its guts ripped out. Its head and hind legs were missing, but from what was left over, it appeared that it had been purposely cached here.”
― Robert Beatty, Serafina and the Black Cloak

“carriage. As she crouched uncertainly on the floor,”
― Robert Beatty, Serafina and the Black Cloak

“For all the spiny talk and all the sneak-about, sometimes you just stayed quiet and did what you were told because you sensed it was a good way to keep breathing.”
― Robert Beatty, Serafina and the Black Cloak

“If you meet someone face-to-face and they don’t hiss at you and bite you, does that mean you’re”
― Robert Beatty, Serafina and the Black Cloak

“She was a failure. That's what she thought. She had come to the forest to see the world, but all she found was wretchedness.”
― Robert Beatty, Serafina and the Black Cloak

“She was so scared that it hurt to breathe. Her corset felt like Satan’s bony hand gripping her around her chest and squeezing her tight. Her limbs were hot with the burning drive to flee.”
― Robert Beatty, Serafina and the Black Cloak