Song of Blood & Stone Quotes

“New worlds are born out of destruction.”
― L. Penelope, Song of Blood & Stone

“Most folks hate easy and love hard. Should be the other way around, I reckon.”
― L. Penelope, Song of Blood & Stone

“My heart was never my own. It belonged more to the ones I loved than to me.”
― L. Penelope, Song of Blood & Stone

“Sometimes it's the little things that make a big difference in someone's life.”
― L. Penelope, Song of Blood & Stone

“War. It drags us under. It tears us apart.”
― L. Penelope, Song of Blood & Stone

“Do what you think you can't.”
― L. Penelope, Song of Blood & Stone

“Our destiny can be taken in hand, molded, and shaped, while chance makes foolishness out of whatever attempts to control it. Does this make destiny the master of luck?”
― L. Penelope, Song of Blood & Stone

“The only crime she'd ever commited thus far was being born.”
― L. Penelope, Song of Blood & Stone

“In the beginning, there was silence.”
― L. Penelope, Song of Blood & Stone

“He opened the velvet box he carried and dropped to one knee. Jasminda’s eyes widened and her lips began to tremble. He presented her with a traditional Elsiran engagement ring of two interlocking bands engraved with her name and his in curling script.”
― L. Penelope, Song of Blood & Stone

“If you want me to tell the world I will,” he said. “I will call for a press conference on the steps of the palace and shout your name from every roof and balcony.”
― L. Penelope, Song of Blood & Stone

“She locked her legs tighter around him, determined to imprint this moment not just in her memory but into her skin, her bones, her soul, and her Song.”
― L. Penelope, Song of Blood & Stone

“Her chest heaved. She sat atop him, eyes still closed, kiss-swollen lips slightly apart. “Slow down?” “Yes, darling. I may be a prince, but I’m only human.”
― L. Penelope, Song of Blood & Stone

“Excuse me, my lady, but you inquired as to the completeness of my healing. I … I fear I may have reinjured myself and wondered if you would be so kind as to inspect it for me.”
― L. Penelope, Song of Blood & Stone

“The third time he cleared his throat she snapped her head toward him, narrowing her eyes and clenching her jaw against the swarm of emotion rising inside her. He slowly drew his hand down and selected the second spoon from the left, all the time staring down at his bowl. At her place setting, she chose the same spoon.”
― L. Penelope, Song of Blood & Stone

“The same man who announced her stepped forward and cleared his throat. “Jaqros Edvard Alliaseen, High Commander of the Royal Army, First Duke of Cavill, and Prince Regent of Elsira.”
― L. Penelope, Song of Blood & Stone

“I’d thought since you arrived with … Miss, the Prince Regent has gone to the World After.”
― L. Penelope, Song of Blood & Stone

“She leaned even closer, until she was only a breath away, and then she kissed him. Jack was drenched in sunshine and light, the gray day and dreary night burned away as he sank into her kiss.”
― L. Penelope, Song of Blood & Stone

“She hurried to the barn, where she found the goats already awake, agitated and jittery, no doubt because of the storm. They were like her, craving peace and quiet. Any interruption to their routine or change in the weather troubled the sensitive creatures.”
― L. Penelope, Song of Blood & Stone

“The yoke of man is the yolk of man. It was a maxim of St. Siruna, the patron of their commonwealth. She was the champion of mothers and families, invoked to remind believers of the strength of those bonds. “One of my clearest memories of Kess was when she used to read to me at night. She tried to help me understand the teachings of St. Siruna. Our yokes—those things that weigh us down and burden us—are our yolks—the meaty part of the egg that feeds us. Our nourishment. What we need to get through.”
― L. Penelope, Song of Blood & Stone

“New world are born out of destruction.”
― L. Penelope, Song of Blood & Stone

“The day the stars forsake the sky is a day not worth contemplating. For it will be our last.”
― L. Penelope, Song of Blood & Stone

“Just as lightning transforms the tree into cinder, so does doubt change progress to stagnation.”
― L. Penelope, Song of Blood & Stone

“Family is a two-bladed sword. It must be maneuvered expertly to avoid injury.”
― L. Penelope, Song of Blood & Stone

“A stone needs only a trickle of water, unceasing in it's focus, to create a groove. If you are the water, take your time to do the work. If you are the stone, best roll out of the way before you are split in two”
― L. Penelope, Song of Blood & Stone