The Girl the Sea Gave Back Quotes

“The Spinners were wise, but they weren’t always kind. Sometimes fate was a tangled knot. Sometimes it was a noose. Or a net. But sometimes, it was the rope that pulled you from the sinking deep.”
― Adrienne Young, The Girl the Sea Gave Back

“There’s no need to go looking for war. War is faithful to come looking for us time and again.”
― Adrienne Young, The Girl the Sea Gave Back

“If we’re going to fight, we have to know that we are still who we are. If we’re going to die, we have to know that we’re dying for something.”
― Adrienne Young, The Girl the Sea Gave Back

“They weren’t afraid of battle. They were afraid of losing what they loved. And that’s what made them brave in battle.”
― Adrienne Young, The Girl the Sea Gave Back

“You’ve made me a bringer of death, Jorrund. And there’s no offering of reparation for a crime like that. - Tova”
― Adrienne Young, The Girl the Sea Gave Back

“He may have chosen to leave his clan, but there were some things you couldn’t cut from your soul.”
― Adrienne Young, The Girl the Sea Gave Back

“You think the threat of the Nãdhir is greater than the wrath of the gods?” My voice rose. “Everything Vigdis has done only ensures your fate. You can’t erase it.”
― Adrienne Young, The Girl the Sea Gave Back

“reddened face. Her bright green eyes were filled with tears, the darkness beneath them evidence that she’d slept little in the days since we left. “I thought you were dead,” she cried. “I thought I was going to have to tell them you were dead.” “I’m sorry.” I pulled her back into me, wrapping my arms around her. “Are they here?” “Not yet. They’re coming.” I swallowed, the pain in my throat widening. “Aghi…” But I could see on her face that she already knew. She nodded, wiping the tears from her face with both hands. “A man from Utan arrived this morning and told us what happened.”
― Adrienne Young, The Girl the Sea Gave Back

“There will always be war, Halvard. War is easy. It comes again and again, like waves to a shore.”
― Adrienne Young, The Girl the Sea Gave Back

“There’d been many who’d lost everything, some couldn’t stay in the home they’d known with the people they loved. When they were only fourteen and sixteen years old, they’d left their past and honor behind in exchange for a life that didn’t remind them of the one they’d once had.”
― Adrienne Young, The Girl the Sea Gave Back

“Hagalaz wasn’t only coming for the Svell. It was coming for me, too.”
― Adrienne Young, The Girl the Sea Gave Back