Sword in the Stars Quotes

“Motherfucking assballs of unrelenting space whores!”
― Cori McCarthy & Amy Rose Capetta, Sword in the Stars

“What’s this?” He pulled out a folder filled with shiny silver discs. “A whole television show with your name on it! Should we put the lights down low and watch?”
Merlin pursed his lips. “Quite fun, in places, that one. I do like the dragon. But, well, they had a tendency to make it seem as if Arthur and Merlin could be love interests, only to pull out at the last possible second.”
Val quirked an eyebrow, a double entendre no doubt simmering behind that smirk. When he spoke, it was more frustration than amusement. Ugh, why would anyone do that?”
“It was called queerbaiting, Merlin said, the word like a stone in his shoe. “And sadly it was common in that age.”
Val made a disgusted face and a retching sound to go with it. Merlin had to agree.”
― Cori McCarthy & Amy Rose Capetta, Sword in the Stars

“But then you left so mad at me.”
Ari took Gwen’s hand and turned it over, pressing small kisses down the side of her thumb toward her wrist. “It didn’t stick. I crashed on your planet and accidentally married you.”
― Cori McCarthy & Amy Rose Capetta, Sword in the Stars

“I won’t give them a pass for forcing us into genders that aren’t ours. Or thinking my vagina is a demon curse.”
― Cori McCarthy & Amy Rose Capetta, Sword in the Stars

“Living up to your name, Kairos,” said Ari, wrestling the idea that time was fleeting. A river that could only ever sweep them away. They’d have this night and then the rest of their lives would keep moving, changing. But wherever they went—wherever hope went—new legends would draw mighty swords and fight for better futures.”
― Cori McCarthy & Amy Rose Capetta, Sword in the Stars

“He’d heard the arguments. That they were just stories. But he knew from deep personal experience playing a role in one of the most enduring legends in Western history, that stories were never just a string of pretty words on a page or attractive strangers on a screen. They climbed inside your head, reordered things. Tore up parts of you by the roots and planted new ideas.
Magic, really.”
― Cori McCarthy & Amy Rose Capetta, Sword in the Stars

“Someone really should write the rest of the story. You know, the cycles that came after the first Arthur? All the way to the end, with your magical sword sticking Nin’s lake into a billion icy bits? Seems like a pretty huge omission if you ask me.”
“Actually a pair of twenty-first-century authors came rather close!” Merlin said, skimming through the books and pulling out one with an electric pink, glowing Excalibur on the cover. “They got a few things lopsided, of course. I am a good dancer.”
― Cori McCarthy & Amy Rose Capetta, Sword in the Stars

“I only pinch books nobody is using. And I do good works, too. I rescued quite a lot of manuscripts from the library of Alexandria before it burned down. And I had a lovely chat with the librarian. She wasn’t even worried when I walked out of a black spot in the wall. People in ancient times were much more open to magic.”
― Cori McCarthy & Amy Rose Capetta, Sword in the Stars

“How do I explain to people that I have a seventeen-year-old-baby?”
“I’m closer to twenty now,” Merlin rubbed his stubble proudly.
“My baby is older than me,” Gwen deadpanned. “Sure, why not.”
― Cori McCarthy & Amy Rose Capetta, Sword in the Stars

“Holy shit!” he shouted. “You were nearly incinerated!”
“Merlin?” Gwen said as Mercer weapons began to reload.
Merlin snapped his fingers and every living on the moon, apart from the three of them, froze. “Note to self, the moment they need me is a tad too literal. Next time I’ll try for an hour before the moment they need me. Although, let’s not hope for a next time.”
― Cori McCarthy & Amy Rose Capetta, Sword in the Stars

“The crowds were thick and loud, riddled with feasting, yelling adults, and screaming, overstimulated children. A ride before them was made to look like a jousting ring, while a pavilion to the side boasted a sign: PRINCESS MAKEOVERS. Everything was gendered to the hilt, as if the pasta hardcore misogyny was just a nostalgic throwback that had been transformed into wholesome family fun. Not to mention that the park was teeming with Mercer associates. No wonder the Ketchan elders had referred to it as a fortress.
“This place makes me sick.”
― Cori McCarthy & Amy Rose Capetta, Sword in the Stars

“Neither of you should be here,” the somber, unamused mage said, crossing his arms. “It’s against the laws of—”
“Time and space?” Merlin cut in. “We’ve never really obeyed those, have we?”
“Time and space can suck it!” Someone cried out as they passed…”
― Cori McCarthy & Amy Rose Capetta, Sword in the Stars

“Thirties Merlin badgered them back toward the entrance.
“Children at a rock concert. What tomfoolery is this?”
“The kind where I tell you that I’m you, and I need your help.”
“Ah, you’re me. And who is that then?” he asked, pointing at the baby.
“Also us.” Merlin snapped. “Honestly, keep up.”
― Cori McCarthy & Amy Rose Capetta, Sword in the Stars

“It’s official. I loathe caves,” Val said, wiping off his pants and tugging his corset back into place. He reached desperately for a joke. “When we get back to the future, someone is eventually going to say, ‘Come see these amazing cave formations!’ And I’m going to be like, ‘Leave. We’re not friends anymore.”
― Cori McCarthy & Amy Rose Capetta, Sword in the Stars

“We are all knights and villains, commoners and kings. A true hero plays every role.”
― Cori McCarthy & Amy Rose Capetta, Sword in the Stars

“You thought you beat me,” he said. “But we are more than songs and sparks.”
― Cori McCarthy & Amy Rose Capetta, Sword in the Stars

“If Nin had anything to do with Gwen disappearing, I will drag her out of that lake by whatever wig she’s wearing, and—”
“Her hair is incorporeal,” Merlin puffed, turning without breaking stride.
“I know,” Val said. “Just let me have one moment of righteous anger against that beautiful horrorshow.”
― Cori McCarthy & Amy Rose Capetta, Sword in the Stars

“Because he’s eleven?”
“Every time you say his age, he gets younger,” Lam pointed out.
“Which is offensive to those of us who actually age backwards!” Merlin cried.”
― Cori McCarthy & Amy Rose Capetta, Sword in the Stars

“He’s got you buying magical groceries?” Lam asked. “Merlin. You made yourself into your own bitch.”
― Cori McCarthy & Amy Rose Capetta, Sword in the Stars

“Lamarack cocked their head. “Wait, what are these ages in the middle of?”
“After people discovered science,” Jordan said. “Before people wanted science.”
“You’re saying we’re in a time of self-selected idiocy?”
― Cori McCarthy & Amy Rose Capetta, Sword in the Stars

“Two girls burning like stars.”
― Cori McCarthy & Amy Rose Capetta, Sword in the Stars

“I wish we could tell Arthur the truth, but we came out of a time portal to steal from you because your ancient, trapped spirit inside my wife told us to doesn’t really roll of the tongue.”
― Cori McCarthy & Amy Rose Capetta, Sword in the Stars

“Dragons and misogyny could fuck right off.”
― Cori McCarthy & Amy Rose Capetta, Sword in the Stars

“Some days were for saving the universe. Some days, still breathing was all one could hope for.”
― Cori McCarthy & Amy Rose Capetta, Sword in the Stars

“Where’s my breastplate? I need it. Last time someone figured out I have boobs I accidentally murdered him.”
― Cori McCarthy & Amy Rose Capetta, Sword in the Stars

“This whole planet can kiss my ass!”
― Cori McCarthy & Amy Rose Capetta, Sword in the Stars

“Because when you don’t slot into people’s expectations here, they get suspicious at best and violent at worst?”
― Cori McCarthy & Amy Rose Capetta, Sword in the Stars

“What's this?" He pulled out a folder filled with shiny silver discs. "A whole television show with your name on it! Should we put the lights down low and watch?"
Merlin pursed his lips. "Quite fun in places, that one. I do like the dragon. But, well, they had a tendency to make it all seem as if Arthur and Merlin could be love interests, only to pull out at the last possible second.”
― A.R. Capetta, Sword in the Stars

“Are you going to kill me? That's what men do. That's what men have always done. They kill and burn and take, and they stuff their ears against the screams, but at the end of the day they want to be remembered as good. So they write stories about their shining deeds and all are made to watch and listen and love them.”
― A.R. Capetta, Sword in the Stars

“Dawn rose and fell like heroes did, a hundred thousand times. Camelot came and went, the valiant strike of a match against an endless dark. Entire civilizations blinked into being and blinked out.”
― A.R. Capetta, Sword in the Stars