Smoke and Iron Quotes

“You think you’re fighting for freedom. Freedom is dangerous. Give humankind freedom, and they will inevitably fall into chaos and war, religious zealotry and senseless violence. We have kept the peace. And we’ve done it by giving the people what they need, when they need it. Not what they want. Want is nothing but blind and selfish greed.”
― Rachel Caine, Smoke and Iron

“Women watched their allies as much as their enemies, if they wished to prevent trouble and keep their power. Especially if all of their subordinates and peers were men. Unfair, perhaps, but practical.”
― Rachel Caine, Smoke and Iron

“his loyalty was as unbreakable as she imagined that thick skull to be. She cherished him. She cherished all of them, in ways that continued to unfold in new and surprising directions.”
― Rachel Caine, Smoke and Iron

“When a strong gale constantly blows, everything bends,” Murasaki said. “And even the most honest make accommodations, and soon they are not honest at all.”
― Rachel Caine, Smoke and Iron

“You do me the greatest honor I will ever receive. I will live my life to be worthy of it.”
― Rachel Caine, Smoke and Iron

“I can’t let this be destroyed. We have few enough things to feed our souls.”
― Rachel Caine, Smoke and Iron

“You'll leave when your business is done here."
It was not quite a question, but Jess treated it as one. "I will," he said. "I owe it to my father."
"And you owe me nothing."
Jess looked away and fixed his gaze on the broad shape of the Lighthouse tower, where his friends had once held offices. "I owe a lot of people a lot of things," he said and wasn't sure if was speaking for himself or his brother. "No idea how I'll be able to pay all those debts.”
― Rachel Caine, Smoke and Iron