Fawkes Quotes

“They had something worth dying for. Ah, but you have something they don't.
And what's that?
Something worth living for.”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“Take a breath, Thomas. There has always been fear. There will always be fear. It's up to us to stand tall, even when the fear demands we bow to it.”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“Have you no honor to stand for your beliefs?” “Standing for my beliefs isn’t always the same as standing for truth.”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“She was fire and life.

She was awe and starlight.”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“But perhaps bravery meant entering into a storm you already knew would destroy you.”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“You can't judge an entire group of people by the actions of a few.”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“How many of us acted and spoke out and fought for beliefs that we held because our environment told us to? As much as I wanted to blame my England, I knew the blame sat with me. I hadn't trained myself to discern. To examine. To seek the source.”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“We need to fight for truth. Your beliefs can be misguided.”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“But a man can be both soft and strong, maintaining a hope for the world.”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“With his mask and my sword, we could subdue even the shadows.”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“My culture had affected my thinking without my consent. How many other things had it shaped without my knowing it? It made me want to examine things - to seek the heart of matters. Of skin color, of Keepers, of Igniters, of White Light, of all my assumptions.

How many of us acted and spoke out and fought for beliefs that we held because our environment told us to? As much as I wanted to blame my England, I knew the blame sat with me. I hadn't trained myself to discern. To examine. To seek the source.

That was about to change.”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“I’d handed over my pride, my cowardice, and my relationships. In return, I found life.”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“Remember, Remember, the fifth of November,
the Gunpowder treason and plot;
I know of no reason why the Gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot!
Guy Fawkes, Guys Fawkes, 'twas his intent
To blow up the King and Parliament;
Threescore barrels of powder below,
Poor old England to overthrow.
By God's providence he was catch'd,
With a dark lantern and burning match.”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“You’ve had one moment of clarity and now you think you have all the answers.” She gave a grim smile. “Take a breath, Thomas. There has always been fear. There will always be fear. It’s up to us to stand tall, even when the fear demands we bow down to it.”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“I might have had the stone eye, but you are the blind one.”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“I'd been a coward once already that day.
No longer”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“You sound like a woman."

I swept into a bow, the sword point pricking my sternum.

"Why, thank you.”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“My train of thought felt rebellious, but also... organic. Cleansing. Like that was what men were supposed to do. Be seekers of the answers and the truth. To be above the influence and opinions of the outspoken.”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“A coward I might be, but at least I was a free one.”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“Sorry about the rain.
This is your doing?
I'm doing everything I can to change Catesby's mind.
The mare plodded along. I looked to the skies.
maybe add some hail.”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“There has always been fear. There will always be fear. It’s up to us to stand tall, even when the fear demands we bow to it.”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“I saved you for a reason.”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“Everyone deserves a chance to make right”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“She saw me and time seemed to stop. For one synchronized heartbeat I was all she saw. She was alive. She was safe... for now. Despite the dagger wound. She was so beautiful that my chest felt like it was the one the dagger in it.”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“blowing up three hundred Parliament members and the king of England wasn't restoration. It was death with no phoenix to rise out of it.”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“So why did I come for her? Why did I allow emotions to control me? Emotions were deceptive. They made men do foolish things”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“You sound like a woman."
I swept into a bow, the sword point pricking my sternum.
"Why, thank you.”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“Are you certain you want to help me?"
She popped an eyebrow.
"Are you sure you want to try and stop me? You have only a sword and I have only a mask. Together, we are a force to be reckoned with."
She sounded like she wanted this. This danger and adventure. I couldn't deny her that.”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“All madness would break free over the next several days. I wasn't ready.
But perhaps bravery meant entering into a storm you already knew would destroy you.”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“They had something worth dying for.
Ah, but you have something they don't.
And what's that?
Something worth living for.”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes