Trail of Lightning Quotes

“Everything you've done, your past, it's all just a story you tell yourself. Some of it is true, but some of it is lies.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning

“Words matter,' he says. 'The name you give things, it forms them when you speak. You must always be careful with your words.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning

“But I had forgotten that the Diné had already suffered their apocalypse over a century before. This wasn’t our end. This was our rebirth.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning

“Some people believe you destroy your enemies by making them your friends.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning

“Sometimes the ones we call our heroes are the greatest monsters of all.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning

“You know people who love you don't hurt you like that," he says, eyes steady on me. "Love's not supposed to try to kill you.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning

“The forest around me is quiet and whatever judgment it makes of me, merciful or monstrous, it keeps to itself.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning

“Seems anywhere there’s a natural resource, there’s someone willing to hoard it for themselves to make more money than they can spend.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning

“We were safe. Safe from the outside world, at least. But sometimes the worst monsters are the ones within.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning

“The only thing I can think of is the man in front of me. A million questions roll through my mind. I want to run to him and wrap my arms around him, hold on and never let go. I want to sink my knife into his heart and make him suffer like I've suffered. But most of all I want to know why.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning

“To me it’s splitting hairs not to think these men monsters. After all, there are plenty of human monsters too, just as twisted and evil as anything supernatural.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning

“I have died many times in many ways. It is not the dying that is so awful, as the knowing that you must awaken alone the next dawn. I am not much of a morning person.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning

“There is a beauty here, a calmness that I savor. I will savor the bloodshed, too, no doubt, but this balance between earth and animal and self feels right.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning

“You look..."

"Hired-gun hot?" Clive offers from behind me. "Bodyguard sex bomb?"

"Please stop helping," I mutter, and tug again at what's pretending to be my shirt.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning

“The sad truth you do not wish to face, Magdalena, is that sometimes the ones we call our heroes are the greatest monsters of all.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning

“I am left alone to hunt the monsters by myself, both the visible kind that steal away little girls to eat their flesh, and the invisible kind that live under the skin, eating at the little girl from inside.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning

“But I’m no hero. I’m more of a last resort, a scorched-earth policy. I’m the person you hire when the heroes have already come home in body bags.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning

“He told me I had some of that evil in me, that I'd been touched by what happened the night he found me. And that it manifested in K'aahanáanii, and it made me strong, made me vicious when I needed to be. But it was a narrow road that I walked. I had to be vigilant not to let it grow, not to feed it unnecessarily. Because my fate wasn't decided yet. I could be a monsterslayer, or I could be a monster.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning

“You are such an asshole,” I mutter. I lean back and stare at the ceiling of the truck, asking the heavens for help dealing with men with their heads up their asses. I’m pretty sure no help will be forthcoming, but I feel the need to ask anyway.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning

“Safe from the outside world, at least. But sometimes the worst monsters are the ones within.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning

“Words matter,” he says. “The name you give things, it forms them when you speak. You must always be careful with your words.” The”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning

“Some things are just bad. There’s no redeeming value in suffering. All that noble savage shit is for suckers.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning

“I suppose it's all perspective, really," he says. "Some people see the bad things that happen to them as a burden, others as potential for growth."
I snort loudly. "Some things are just bad. There's no redeeming value in suffering. All that noble savage shit is for suckers.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning

“Oh really, Magdalena. Is violence always the ans—?” One shot to the forehead.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning

“La trista veritat que no vols enfrontar, Magdalena, és que de vegades els que anomenem els nostres herois són el pitjors monstres de tots.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning

“Remember that we’re friends, okay?” he says. “And I . . . I’m on your side.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning

“These Diné know the old stories sung by the hataałii, the ancient legends of monsters and the heroes who slew them, even before the monsters rose up out of legend to steal village children from their beds.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning

“She’s Detroit steel. She’ll outlast any car made in the last fifty years. All a bunch of fiberglass and plastic… she was a classic, and that means you treat her with respect.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning

“I’m not in the mood for guessing games with a cat.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning

“Digital recordings? Is that what you think we’ll find at the library in Crownpoint?” “That’s what I’m hoping, Mags.” I frown at the unfamiliar name. “You called me that before.” “Mags? It’s a nickname. Do you like it? Someone told me that you’re supposed to give girls a nickname. It makes them like you.” “Someone’s lying to you.” “Yeah, well.” He leans back and props his leg up against the console, gives me a movie star grin. “You let me know when it’s working, partner.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning