The Heart Forger Quotes

“That is the nature of grief. But to grieve means you have loved. To love opens up the possibility for grief. There cannot be one without the other.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger

“Life isn’t fair, dear one. And sometimes, neither is death.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger

“Patience is the long pause between action and its consequences. Lengthier silences open you up to introspection, and I’ve known a lot of solitude.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger

“It felt so wonderful and strange to know you are your own person but begin to understand how you could also belong to wholeheartedly to someone else.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger

“The world will turn even when you are not awake to busy yourself in it.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger

“The dead do not rest,“ she told me, “only the living believe the grave can bring you peace.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger

“Lies are sweet to the palate, but the truth is often spat out, bitter and rancid.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger

“People need someone to hate. And it’s easier to see that in others than to find it in themselves.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger

“You talk like a recipe exists to accustom one to death," I said, bitter.
"Oh, but there is," she responded. "Take a girl and remove her heart. Add a touch of tragedy and a thirst for vengeance. Divide her into equal parts of grief and rage, then serve her cold.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger

“It's not such a bad thing, to feel powerless sometimes. It teaches us that some situations are inevitable and that we should spend what little time we have on the company of the people that matter most. Do you understand me, Tea?”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger

“Kings are only kings because one ancestor was quicker than another to place a crown on his own head.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger

“But to grieve means you have loved. To love opens up the possibility for grief. There cannot be one without the other.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger

“I felt powerful enough to believe I could stop the sun. And so I did.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger

“Modesty is well and good, but acknowledging improvements to one's skill is as necessary as acknowledging improvements to one's character.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger

“And so I put aside my anger because if there is one thing I am, it is that I am not her.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger

“Life isn't fair, dear one. And sometimes, neither is death.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger

“Patience is the long pause between action and its consequences.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger

“It's not such a bad thing, to feel powerless sometimes. It teaches us that some situations are inevitable and that we should spend what little time we have in the company of the people that matter most.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger

“For as long as I have a kingdom, then I will always have need of a sword. And I am prepared to fight for it as well as any man.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger

“Whether my death changes anything is not important," the man said, almost in a whisper,
"but whether you allow my death to change you is another matter entirely.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger

“Desperation brings out strength.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger

“Cat’s out of the bag, so all you can do is limit the catnip.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger

“To be a perfectionist is not the same as being deaf,” Khalad said without looking up, and the bone witch laughed.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger

“Some days will be better than others. some days you will wake up crying, his name the first to fall from your lips. Some days, you will look up at the stars in the sky from a lonely beach and know none of them look down on him. That is the nature of grief. But to grieve means you have loved. To love opens up the possibility for grief. There cannot be one without the other.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger

“Lies are sweet to the palate, but the truth is often spat out, bitter and rancid. Politeness and veracity have never walked hand in hand.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger

“The best tales spare no mercy and spare no lies.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger

“To grieve means you have loved. To love opens up the possibility for grief. There cannot be one without the other.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger

“You talk like a recipe exists to accustom one to death,” I said, bitter. “Oh, but there is,” she responded. “Take a girl and remove her heart. Add a touch of tragedy and a thirst for vengeance. Divide her into equal parts of grief and rage, then serve her cold.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger

“Cities are the same the world over,” Councilor Ludvig said. “The greater the stench of the city’s poor, the more extravagant the lives of the city’s rich.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger

“long day.” I tried to protest, but it came out as a yawn. Fox tucked me into bed, something he hadn’t done since we were kids. “Stop pushing yourself,” I heard him say affectionately before I fell asleep. “The world will turn even when you are not awake to busy yourself in it.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger