Grace and Fury Quotes

“For every woman who has been told to sit down and be quiet... And who stood up anyway.”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“It isn’t a choice when you don’t have the freedom to say no. A yes doesn’t mean the same thing when it’s the only answer you’re allowed.”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“Homesickness could be more painful than a bullet wound”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“My father used to say that opression isn't a finite state. It's a weight that is carried until it becomes too heavy, and then it is thrown off. Not without struggle, not without pain, but he believed the weight would always, always be fought and overcome.”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“Women think they're strong when they're fighting other women, but when a man fights them, they know the truth.”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“This book was home to her, more than the palazzo and it’s fine furnishings could ever be.”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“oppression isn’t a finite state. It’s a weight that is carried until it becomes too heavy, and then it is thrown off.”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“Welcome to Mount Ruin, Dead Girl.”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“She joined the celebration, a wooden smile fixed to her face, but inside, she was a wasteland, everything burning to ash.”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“In Viridia, women were oppressed because men were afraid of them.
Women had ruled this country. And history had denigrated them. Erased them. Nomi was certain this wasn't what Renzo had been taught. He would have told her.
But the Superior knew. Whoever had given her this book knew.
And now she did too.”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“I don’t think this city is ugly. And I don’t believe in fairy tales.”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“«No.» A Nomi si spezzò il cuore. «Non è una scelta se non si ha la libertà di dire no. Un sì non ha valore quando è l'unica risposta concessa!»”
― Tracy Banghart, Iron Flowers: Die Rebellinnen

“Nomi flinched. "You caught his attention. You are a Grace. Congratulations."
Nomi's tears spilled, burning her cheeks. "I didn't want this. This wasn't a prize, Serina. We should have a choice!"
"This was my choice," Serina blazed.
"No." Nomi's heart wrenched. "It isn't a choice when you don't have the freedom to say no. A yes doesn't mean the same thing when it's the only answer you're allowed!”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“For every woman who has been told to sit down and be quiet ...and who has stood up anyway”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“Tienes que ser tan dura como esta carcel, como la piedra y el oceano que te encierran en ella. Estas hecha de ladrillo y alambrado. Estas hecha de hierro.”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“-Tienes que ser tan dura como esta cárcel, como la piedra y el océano que te encierran en ella. Estás hecha de ladrillo y alambrada. Estás hecha de hierro.”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“How was it that homesickness could be more painful than a bullet wound?”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“The Saint didn’t look like he knew all the answers. He looked like he was still searching.”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury