Strength Quotes

“I was light. I was fire. I was invincible. “She thinks she’s light,” Aros muttered to Siret. “If she jumps off the platform, it’s on you.”
― Jane Washington, Strength

“We don’t even really need to distract her,” Yael muttered lowly to the others. “If you let her go off into her own mind, she distracts herself.”
― Jane Washington, Strength

“She sets things on fire,” Coen announced without preamble. “All the time,” Siret added. Rome shrugged. “It’s her thing.” I really wanted to argue with them: it was not my thing. If anything was my thing it was … swimming. Arghh. Of course that would be the first thing on my mind, because I was addicted to se—swimming now. No, Willa! For gods’ sake, this was not the time. My thing was being naked, which was marginally better. Yael laughed out loud, which had a perfect O forming on Adeline’s full lips. I wasn’t surprised: Yael wasn’t really the laughing kind.”
― Jane Washington, Strength

“I’m not okay with that at all,” I continued, speaking only to Adeline. “She sounds irresponsible, with her … name. It’s an irresponsible name. She shouldn’t be in charge of the cup. Sienna,” I mocked, making a face. “Terrible name. Never trust a Sienna.”
― Jane Washington, Strength

“I could be a robe.” This had been another idea blurted without thinking. Okay. That was a lie. I had thought about it. I had thought about sticking with them, which had led me to thinking about sticking on them, which had led me to thinking about stripping them naked and touching everything on them … and now I was off-topic. I could admit that.”
― Jane Washington, Strength

“You’re missing the point, though, Will. You learn about the past to change the future. Nothing stays the same, ever, but the past often repeats itself. History can teach us a lot. Important things.”
― Jane Washington, Strength

“Added,” Rome grunted moodily. “Added what?” I asked over Siret’s shoulder. “And can you guys speak in full sentences please?” “Added to the Known Words and Meanings record.” He was still talking moodily. “I added shweed.”
― Jane Washington, Strength

“God-balls?”
― Jane Washington, Strength

“It didn’t feel warm. I would have thought that the sun would cry little teardrops of fire or something. “They aren’t actual tears of the sun,” Aros told me.”
― Jane Washington, Strength

“The greatest thing about being dead was the food.”
― Jane Washington, Strength

“I’d never seen her so pale, and considering everything I’d put her through over the life-cycles, I considered this a personal achievement.

She shook her head, tears sprinkling her eyelashes. “All of these life-cycles I’ve been trying to keep you alive. You were in so many scrapes, so many accidents that should have been your last, but you always pulled through.”

She straightened then, anger flashing across her face. Her right index finger jabbed in the direction of the Abcurses, who were waiting behind me. “You five!” Her voice and finger shook. “You were all supposed to keep her safe. I trusted each of you. I let Willa go into your world, into your care—into the care of five gods—and somehow she still managed to get LITERALLY MURDERED!”

I waited for one of them to defend themselves, to explain that it wasn’t their fault. We had all trusted Cyrus, and I had been the one to go off without them—one of those stupid things that I often did. I waited, but no one spoke. They just stood there, their expressions shuttered, their eyes blazing while Emmy ripped them a new one.

Holy father of the gods. They were still blaming themselves for what had happened to me.”
― Jane Washington, Strength

“Your happiness is important.”
― Jane Washington, Strength