Even the Darkest Stars Quotes

“And as for my soul--
I saw black fire sweeping the village, heard the anguished screams. What use would I have for a soul, if everyone I loved was dead?”
― Heather Fawcett, Even the Darkest Stars

“I wanted to push against the world and feel it push back.”
― Heather Fawcett, Even the Darkest Stars

“Violence leads to one thing only, and that is more violence.”
― Heather Fawcett, Even the Darkest Stars

“I blinked. Standing there, I thought I would have felt joy, or astonishment, or even terror, gazing down at the world so far away. Instead I felt a weary relief, like that which followed putting your feet up after a long day, or completing a chore. I was left with only the feeling that something had ended.”
― Heather Fawcett, Even the Darkest Stars

“And then I came to a place where the mountain stopped. Where there was nowhere else to go.
I had reached the summit of Raksha.”
― Heather Fawcett, Even the Darkest Stars

“Why do you fear me, brave one?”
― Heather Fawcett, Even the Darkest Stars

“He has an unusual way of looking at the world. He does not divide everything into tidy halves the way most people do. Right and wrong, good and evil - he sees beyond absolutes, like all great leaders.”
― Heather Fawcett, Even the Darkest Stars

“And I'd like you to speak to the herdsman about borrowing another yak. I don't like the looks of the one your father offered. The way it stares at me, it's as if it's plotting something. I don't travel with plotters. Thieves, liars, cheats, that's all right, but I can't stand plotters.”
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“Finally, see if you can find me a good ice ax. I lost mine.”
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“You lost your--”
“A yak trampled it on my last expedition. Snapped it in two. Did you hear what I said about choosing your yak carefully?”
― Heather Fawcett, Even the Darkest Stars

“Your soul is rich like honeycomb. Like strawberries.”
― Heather Fawcett, Even the Darkest Stars

“At least you believe me,” I murmured, scratching his ear. He regarded me silently and allowed me to pet him for several seconds before trying to bite my fingers off.”
― Heather Fawcett, Even the Darkest Stars

“Mara," Lusha said slowly, "what was River hiding?"
"He's not human, Lusha." His face was blank with shock. "He's a witch.”
― Heather Fawcett, Even the Darkest Stars

“It's a dangerous path you're following."
I gave a short laugh. "There are no safe ones, where we're going."
He gave me another look. "But that doesn't trouble you, does it?... When you get to be as old as me, you start to recognize certain kinds of people."
"Kinds of people?" I repeated, nonplussed. "What kind of person am I?"
"The kind that seeks out danger.”
― Heather Fawcett, Even the Darkest Stars

“Dragons threaded their way sinuously through the crowd or perched on stone shelves that lined the walls, suffusing the hall with a shifting glow as they begged alternately for scraps and ear rubs from sympathetic guests.”
― Heather Fawcett, Even the Darkest Stars