Queen of the Night Quotes

“It’s a small happiness, but most of the best kinds of happiness, the real kinds, are.”
― Craig Schaefer, Queen of the Night

“Please,” Veruca said. “Nothing wrong with a little bread and a little circus. We haven’t forgotten all our traditions.”
― Craig Schaefer, Queen of the Night

“A man who scorns weeping,” she said, “is a man who knows that no one will weep for him.”
― Craig Schaefer, Queen of the Night

“Sister, I don’t worship anything or anyone. Never met anyone deserving the respect, myself included. Know what kneeling down buys you? A kick in the teeth, every time.”
― Craig Schaefer, Queen of the Night

“Not by name, so much, but it’s hard to forget a mad-eyed girl hurling herself through your window headfirst. Or half my household staff beaten bloody by a fat man with a stick. A most exciting afternoon indeed.” “One of them is with the coven now,” Dante said. “Tell me,” Marcello said, “it’s the fat man with the stick.” “The girl. Mari.”
― Craig Schaefer, Queen of the Night

“Given a choice between being angry and being afraid, most men prefer anger. Fear is impotence in the face of a crisis. Anger is the reassuring illusion, however false, that you’re actually doing something about it.”
― Craig Schaefer, Queen of the Night

“Once. Twice. Three times.”
― Craig Schaefer, Queen of the Night

“I’ll make you a wager,” Felix said. “A wager?” Felix looked away from the mirror, staring Leggieri in the eye. “I bet I’m more desperate than he is. Let’s find out.”
― Craig Schaefer, Queen of the Night

“To you. He may be more valuable to you alive. I still have an ache in my arm when I play my violin, thanks to the bomb he tried to kill me with.”
― Craig Schaefer, Queen of the Night

“Turbulence is another word for opportunity, my friend.”
― Craig Schaefer, Queen of the Night

“Three days on a ship with little sleep and no way to wash up could make anybody look like a refugee. Still, she thought, we’re all in the same boat. Literally.”
― Craig Schaefer, Queen of the Night