The House of Shattered Wings Quotes

“Power is power. Those who hold it seldom remember where they came from.”
― Aliette de Bodard, The House of Shattered Wings

“IT is almost pleasant, at first, to be Falling. The harsh, unwavering light of the City recedes, leaving you in shadow, leaving only memories of relief, of a blessed coolness seizing your limbs. Nothing has turned yet into longing, into bitterness, into the cold that will never cease, not even in the heat of summer.”
― Aliette de Bodard, The House of Shattered Wings

“is almost pleasant, at first, to be Falling. The harsh, unwavering light of the City recedes, leaving you in shadow, leaving only memories of relief, of a blessed coolness seizing your limbs. Nothing has turned yet into longing, into bitterness, into the cold that will never cease, not even in the heat of summer.”
― Aliette de Bodard, The House of Shattered Wings

“Nothing, until the ground comes up to meet you, and you land in a jumble of pain and shattered bones; and the scream you didn’t think you had in you scrapes your throat raw as you let it out—like the first, shocked breath of a baby newly born into a universe of suffering.”
― Aliette de Bodard, The House of Shattered Wings

“All the heads of Houses looked like tigers who’d just caught prey— which boded ill for Silverspires.”
― Aliette de Bodard, The House of Shattered Wings