Court of Night Quotes

“There are bonfires, music. We sacrifice sixteen prisoners in a bonfire, and we eat things made with apples, like pies—”

“Wait,” I held up a hand. “Did you just slip in a bit about burning people to death?”

“The prisoners, yes. In the bonfire. Then we have pies made from—”

“I understand how pies work. That part doesn’t need that much explaining. I’m stuck on the burning people to death part.”

“Oh?”
― C.N. Crawford, Court of Night

“Ciara stepped forward, holding up her hands to the sky. “I am a fire demon,” she declared.

“Congratulations. Care to light this for me?”
― C.N. Crawford, Court of Night

“I wasn’t sure I could take it when he learned the truth about me. I couldn’t let myself love him and then watch darkness slam into his eyes when he realized who I really was. The betrayal would kill me before the sword ever did.”
― C.N. Crawford, Court of Night

“Who the fuck are Nan and Burly Hal? Do you happen to know?” “I thought you’d know.” It sounded lame, even to me. I shot Ciara a pointed look, one that I hoped conveyed help me here. “Yeah. Nan and Burly Hal,” she added. “I’ve heard of them. Hackney, maybe? Or Islington by the tube station, near that kebab place?” She was terrible at bluffing.”
― C.N. Crawford, Court of Night

“Baleros’s twenty-fourth rule of power: Win their hearts by slaughtering their oppressor.”
― C.N. Crawford, Court of Night

“So that’s how it was. We’d gone from our romantic moment in the sewers to whatever her name is.”
― C.N. Crawford, Court of Night

“A woman was singing karaoke—or, more accurately, screaming it. Alanis Morissette, over and over. I frowned at her through the fogging class. Bloody hells, woman. Just download a dating app and move on.”
― C.N. Crawford, Court of Night