A Heart So Fierce and Broken Quotes

“Ah yes, the most dangerous person at the party is always the girl sitting alone with a book.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Heart So Fierce and Broken

“Choices are never easy. There are good and bad options, but the most dangerous is to not make any choice at all.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Heart So Fierce and Broken

“This one is for you, my dear reader. Look in the mirror. You’re a cursebreaker. You’re strong. You’re amazing. You are changing the world by just being in it. And I am so very proud of you.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Heart So Fierce and Broken

“It is not weakness to wish for peace.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Heart So Fierce and Broken

“When a man no longer deserves your loyalty, it is not a failing of yours”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Heart So Fierce and Broken

“I am crying because you are a prince,' I say softly. 'And I...' I let out a breath. 'I am not a princess.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Heart So Fierce and Broken

“You said that not every problem can be solved by the end of a sword. I have carried those words with me for days... Since you made me realize that I am no longer a weapon to be wielded by another.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Heart So Fierce and Broken

“...while ruthlessness may have its place, I believe your brand of strength would garner greater loyalty. That is what makes you dangerous. Not because you would ride in with a blade and take control, but because you could quietly sit in this chair, in the dark, with your book...and you could determine the best way to achieve what needs to be done.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Heart So Fierce and Broken

“Do not fault yourself for choices you believed were right in the moment. It is not princely.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Heart So Fierce and Broken

“I keep hoping for peace. I keep longing for empathy.
I keep expecting people to act as I would.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Heart So Fierce and Broken

“They're being such idiots. They should have just talked to each other.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Heart So Fierce and Broken

“And underneath it all, so tiny that I almost don't acknowledge it, a kernel of pride that instead of magic bringing fear and torment, the way Lilith did, or pain and death, the way my sword would, my magic brought healing and trust, and that is not a small thing at all.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Heart So Fierce and Broken

“He stalked across the room like he wanted to wage war, but he kisses me like I'm the most delicate thing in the castle.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Heart So Fierce and Broken

“Unfortunately, the desires of rulers are not always the desires of the people.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Heart So Fierce and Broken

“Today, guilt is a thorn I cannot remove.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Heart So Fierce and Broken

“Ah, yes, the most dangerous person at the party is always the girl sitting alone with a book.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Heart So Fierce and Broken

“Easy," he growls. "Choices are never easy. There are good and bad options, but the most dangerous is to not make any choice at all.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Heart So Fierce and Broken

“Reading is not unproductive.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Heart So Fierce and Broken

“You are not a weapon, Grey.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Heart So Fierce and Broken

“An eternity at Prince Rhen's side, surviving his monster, surviving Lilith, surviving as a guardsman, and I'm going to die in the leaves beside a campfire because I was stupid .”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Heart So Fierce and Broken

“Fear makes people act in ways we'd never expect.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Heart So Fierce and Broken

“... I understand his desperation to find the heir. This has nothing to do with his throne at all...

Rhen is afraid. Not of losing his throne, but afraid of the magic. Of what it might do to him, and to Emberfall.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Heart So Fierce and Broken

“He wasn’t your friend, Grey. He had an eternity to be your friend, and he wasn’t. Even when you were dragged back to that castle, even after everything, he treated you like a criminal.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Heart So Fierce and Broken

“He's so intense, but I stand my ground. "Your people will...
"I am not only talking about my people now," he snaps. "I am talking about me."

The words feel like a slap. I stare at him, suddenly breathless "You think I betrayed you."

He says nothing.

And the worst part is, he's not wrong either. I was acting on emotion. I wasn't thinking about how anyone would perceive my actions. I spent months thinking Grey was dead, and after seeing what Rhen was willing to do in the courtyard, I wasn't going to wait around for him to up the ante.

My throat tightens. I turn to look out over the courtyard again, hoping the breeze will drag my tears away. "He was trapped with you for ... ever," I say. "Forever, Rhen. "How could you do that to him?"

Rhen is quiet for a moment. "He was your friend, too, my lady. I was not the only one he ran from."

I remember a moment, in the courtyard, when Rhen was still a monster. When Lilith was going to kill me, and Grey got on his knees and offered himself to spare me.

I remember a moment in Washington, DC, when Grey was near death because Rhen had attacked him, and he came to me for help. Not anyone in Emberfall. To me.

He could have told me his secret. I would have helped him. He chose not to. To protect me?

Or to protect himself?

Both?

We once spoke of my duty to bleed so he does not.

Oh, Grey.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Heart So Fierce and Broken

“You are not a weapon, Grey.” “I can be.” His hand lifts from my waist to brush a lock of hair from my cheek. “But you are by far more dangerous.” I can hardly think with his fingers tracing a line down the side of my face. “Ah, yes, the most dangerous person at the party is always the girl sitting alone with a book.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Heart So Fierce and Broken

“When a man no longer deserves your loyalty, it is not a failing of yours, Grey.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Heart So Fierce and Broken

“The most dangerous person at the party is always the girl sitting alone with a book.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Heart So Fierce and Broken

“And underneath it all, so tiny that I almost don’t acknowledge it, a kernel of pride that instead of magic bringing fear and torment, the way Lilith did, or pain and death, the way my sword would, my magic brought healing and trust, and that is not a small thing at all.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Heart So Fierce and Broken

“Do not fault yourself for choices you believed were right in the moment.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Heart So Fierce and Broken

“Fell siralla, fell belama, fell garrant, fell vale
(stupid man, beautiful man, brave man, gentle man)”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Heart So Fierce and Broken