Furyborn Quotes

“We all have darkness inside us, Rielle,” he said, his voice rough. “That is what it means to be human.”
― Claire Legrand, Furyborn

“I fear no darkness
I fear no night
I ask the shadows
To aid my fight”
― Claire Legrand, Furyborn

“Some say the Queen was frightened in her last moments. But I like to think that she was angry.”
― Claire Legrand, Furyborn

“People like us don’t fight for our own hope,” he said quietly. “We fight for everyone else’s.”
― Claire Legrand, Furyborn

“She was night itself reborn on earth, a queen swathed in shadows.”
― Claire Legrand, Furyborn

“Dread,” he murmured, his breath caressing her cheek, “is only a feeling, easily squashed. But wolves, my dear, have teeth.”
― Claire Legrand, Furyborn

“From sky to sky
From sea to sea
Steady so I stand
And never will I flee.”
― Claire Legrand, Furyborn

“Perhaps if nothing else, what’s happened has taught you that there is more to life - and even to war - than simply staying alive.”
― Claire Legrand, Furyborn

“We live in a world where good kings die and those foolish enough to hope for something better are killed where they stand.”
― Claire Legrand, Furyborn

“Do you even remember how many people you've killed, Eliana?"
…
"Eighty-seven," she whispered as the gunshots continued. "Eighty-eight. Eighty-nine.”
― Claire Legrand, Furyborn

“What are you? - Rahzavel
I am your doom. - Eliana”
― Claire Legrand, Furyborn

“A sword forged true in hammer and flame
Flies sure and swift
A heart forged in battle and strife
Cuts deeper than any blade”
― Claire Legrand, Furyborn

“You touch me and I burn”
― Claire Legrand, Furyborn

“Here, my lady. I’ll help you back to bed and send for some tea. And a cinnamon cake, perhaps?” Rielle leaned heavily into Evyline’s broad body. “Perhaps three cakes would do the trick.” “Three cakes are, generally speaking, much more effective than one, my lady.” Rielle’s smile was faint and brought prickling tears to her eyes. “Bless you, Evyline. I’ve taught you well.”
― Claire Legrand, Furyborn

“My name, said the voice, is Corien.”
― Claire Legrand, Furyborn

“Revolutions mean nothing if their soldiers forget to care for the people they’re fighting to save,”
― Claire Legrand, Furyborn

“If there is a wickedness inside of you, Rielle," Audric said hoarsely, his lips in her hair, "then I shall treasure it as I do every other part of you.”
― Claire Legrand, Furyborn

“As I understand it,” Ludivine replied wryly, “kissing involves not just one person, but two. If there is blame to be placed, it isn’t only for you to bear.”
― Claire Legrand, Furyborn

“She curtsied before the king, the shadow of Saint Katell falling like a sword across her neck.”
― Claire Legrand, Furyborn

“I do not break or bend
I cannot be silenced
I am everywhere”
― Claire Legrand, Furyborn

“If I am not a monster, then what excuse do I have for the things I've done?”
― Claire Legrand, Furyborn

“If there is wickedness inside you, Rielle, then I shall treasure it as I do every other part of you.”
― Claire Legrand, Furyborn

“She rubbed her brow. "I can't believe I'm saying these things. What you must think of me."
"I think of you what I have ever since I've known you." Audric reached for her hand, steadied it between his own. "That I'm glad you are beside me, and that I wish for you to always be.”
― Claire Legrand, Furyborn

“I don’t know how to both love you and be the person who sends you to war.”
― Claire Legrand, Furyborn

“We are all of us dark creatures, but if we linger in those shadows, we’ll be lost. Instead we must seek the light when we can.”
― Claire Legrand, Furyborn

“Well, I wanted to look in on you, make sure you'd managed to sleep," Navi said, her voice light. "Simon?" She looked guilelessly up at him. "Why were you at Eliana's door in the middle of the night?”
― Claire Legrand, Furyborn

“My, my," he murmured, his blue eyes flashing with unbridled glee. "Never have I seen the Dread struck so speechless. You know how to make a man feel good, I must say.”
― Claire Legrand, Furyborn

“These men, they are made of a violence I could never have imagined."
"They're not men. They're angels.”
― Claire Legrand, Furyborn

“Rielle saw all of these things and she saw none of them. There was only Audric. Never mind the betrothal, never mind Ludivine, and damn the entire royal court to the Deep.
He was hers, and these men wanted to kill him.”
― Claire Legrand, Furyborn

“Have you always been this unspeakably irritating?” “Has your face always looked so temptingly carvable?”
― Claire Legrand, Furyborn