The Cavalier of the Apocalypse Quotes

“No, I mean love. Jealousy is just a form of selfishness; it’s somebody who can’t bear the knowledge that he’s lost something he thought was his. But murder for love…that’s a person acting completely against his usual nature because he has such an intense love for somebody, or something. If what he loves is an idea, then you call it a murder for principles, but it’s all the same in the end. Gain, jealousy, revenge, self-preservation, love,” he repeated, ticking them off on his fingers. “Remember that.” The”
― Susanne Alleyn, The Cavalier of the Apocalypse

“Oh, silly people at court care, because they’re the sort of fools who believe that one’s ancestors are much more important than one’s personal merit. Prove you’re the great-great-great granddaughter of some medieval king’s illegitimate whelp, as she did, and they’ll fawn all over you and give you money, entry into the right houses, introductions to the right people…”
― Susanne Alleyn, The Cavalier of the Apocalypse