Frostblood Quotes

“You don’t know the effect your words have on me, Lady Firebrand. It took years to build up this ice. You will melt it and then I will be broken.”
― Elly Blake, Frostblood

“Face them all like a warrior, whether you are one or not.”
― Elly Blake, Frostblood

“But history could be twisted and warped to suit the person telling it.”
― Elly Blake, Frostblood

“Ruthlessness is not power. Tyranny is not strength.”
― Elly Blake, Frostblood

“Affairs between fire and frost rarely end well.”
― Elly Blake, Frostblood

“Did Brother Thistle train you in the most effective methods of communicating with me?"
His head lifted and his lips curved. “He may have given me some advice.”
“And you took it?” My brows rose.
“I’m experimenting with it. If it doesn’t work, I’ll go back to my tried and true method.”
“By which you mean threats and orders.”
His smile widened.”
― Elly Blake, Frostblood

“If we all had names to suit us, you’d be called Thorn in My Backside. Or Plague of the Gods.”


I prickled at his scathing tone. “And you’d be Miserable Blockhead.”


“Is that the best you can do?”

“Give me time. I’m half frozen.”
― Elly Blake, Frostblood

“How handsome he must have been before he was burned. Heat flared over my skin. How handsome he was now.”
― Elly Blake, Frostblood

“His reasoning was sound, but his remark about carrying me all the way to the river still rankled. “You speak as if I’m as heavy as an ox,” I said. “Last week I was a bundle of sticks.”
“You’re still too thin.”
“Perhaps if I gain some weight, you won’t call me a stick anymore.”
“You may hope to one day be a branch.”
I glanced at him sharply, unable to repress a little flutter of delight that he was bothering to joke with me.
“A log, even,” I suggested.
“Doubtful,” he said wryly.”
― Elly Blake, Frostblood

“She chose power."
"I am power.”
― Elly Blake, Frostblood

“I ran to him, torn by conflicting urges. I wanted to hurt him. I wanted to make sure he was unhurt. I wanted to leave him in the dirt and run away. I wanted him to stop me from leaving.”
― Elly Blake, Frostblood

“Stillness was a kind of violence in the hands of people who played at handing out pain.”
― Elly Blake, Frostblood

“Once again, all doubt, all sense of right and wrong, faded. There was only the target, his darkly beating heart, and my fire. There was no fear, no anger, no shame, no regret. Just power, surging through me, filling me. It felt as if my breath sucked the very air from the heavens, and my rage burned the sun to ash. I was everything and nothing, and no one could stop me. I was darkness wreathed in flesh.”
― Elly Blake, Frostblood

“Slowly, he raised himself onto his elbows. “If I could afford to be completely selfish, I wouldn’t let you go after the king. I would take you far away from this land and keep you safe.”
― Elly Blake, Frostblood

“Frostbloods are fully capable of feeling in every way. The danger is that those emotions, while powerful and deep, may be covered with a layer of ice that prevents the natural expression of them.”
― Elly Blake, Frostblood

“While I appreciate your help, you don’t have to drown me.” “Fine,”
― Elly Blake, Frostblood

“And for the record, I already know how you feel about fire, so you don’t have to be mad that I’ve witnessed one of your weaknesses. We all have them, you know.’
He turned to look at me, his face completely expressionless. I tensed, waiting for a scathing response, but he mumbled something and looked away.
I left the smithy and headed toward the kitchen to help Brother Peele with dinner preparations, still puzzling over his parting remark. I must have misheard him. It almost sounded like he’d said, I fear you are becoming one of mine.”
― Elly Blake , Frostblood

“When it comes to you, I like to be burned.”
― Elly Blake, Frostblood

“There is always light in darkness. It may only be a pinpoint, but it is there. Follow it and you will find your way free.”
― Elly Blake, Frostblood

“How did you find me?”
He unclenched his jaw to answer. “When Wheatgerm returned to the stables, I followed her tracks until they disappeared. And then I heard someone bellowing nonsense, and I knew it must be you.”
“Who the blazes is Wheatgerm?”
“The horse you stole from the abbey,” he said as if talking to a simpleton.
“You mean Butter. And I didn’t steal her. I borrowed her. I take it she’s safe?”
“Cold and tired, but safe in the stables eating like she’s half starved. Which she probably is, thanks to you. And her name isn’t Butter.”
“It is now.”
“She’s not yours to name.”
“She’s mine in spirit now that we’ve had an adventure together. And her name suits her. She’s soft and yellow, like butter.”
He made a disgusted sound. “If we all had names to suit us, you’d be called Thorn in My Backside. Or Plague of the Gods.”
I prickled at his scathing tone. “And you’d be Miserable Blockhead.”
“Is that the best you can do?”
“Give me time. I’m half frozen.”
― Elly Blake, Frostblood

“him. It almost sounded like he’d said, I fear you are becoming one of mine.”
― Elly Blake, Frostblood

“I said I didn’t believe in the prophecies. I don’t believe they all come true. I believe we always have choices. Even Sage can’t tell us what is going to happen. Only what might happen. And sometimes prophecies are just wrong.”
― Elly Blake, Frostblood

“I wasn’t being noble. There was nothing noble about a thirst for revenge. It was about getting what I wanted, a chance to kill the king. And no one else would have to suffer because of me.”
― Elly Blake, Frostblood

“Those who can't control themselves will find themselves under control of others.”
― Elly Blake, Frostblood

“It took years to build up this ice. You will melt it and then I will be broken.”
― Elly Blake, Frostblood

“—Como un conejo al horno —contesté.”
― Elly Blake, Frostblood