Girls of Storm and Shadow Quotes

“Being vulnerable isn't a flaw. It is the most beautiful thing in the world. If you were invincible, being brave would be easy.”
― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow

“There is nothing stronger than people who endure the worst hardships in the world and still raise their fists at the start of a new day to fight all over again.”
― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow

“Wren and I might not be Paper Girls anymore, but we are still capable of creating fire. And now we have a whole world to burn.”
― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow

“I was a girl with fire in her veins.”
― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow

“She is my air. My shelter. Wren is my wings.”
― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow

“Fear is good. It means you care. And caring is its own kind of magic. One just as powerful as any dao I can weave.”
― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow

“Light in, darkness out.”
― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow

“I am still that girl of paper and fire - and I'm going to prove it to them.”
― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow

“Making love to Wren still feels like healing, like being made anew.”
― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow

“Being vulnerable isn't a flaw. It is the most beautiful thing in the world. If you were invincible, being brave would be easy. It's the fact that it isn't easy, that we have to constantly work and work at it. Make ourselves believe in our own strength even when it feels like we're worth nothing, have nothing, can do nothing - that's power. That's resilience. There is nothing stronger than people who endure the worst hardships in the world, and still raise their fists at the start of a new day, to fight all over again.”
― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow

“Hold on to that as tightly as you can, Lei. Because war will do everything it can to take goodness from you. I think sometimes people forget there will be time after all of this-for the lucky ones, at least. And when that time comes, we'll all have to live with what we have done.”
― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow

“We have a new goal now, Wren. One we can share the burden of together.”
― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow

“Burn bright, my brave daughter.”
― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow

“You might be human, but you're a woman, and that gives you far more strength than he'll ever be capable of. Not to mention perspective. Only women truly understand the cruelties of the world, the depths of people's greed and desire, what dark things they can motivate someone to do.”
― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow

“Despite Lei's size, Kenzo had been struck most by the fierce determination blazing off the girl. It had been electric, charging the air like the moment before a lightning strike. She was a Paper Girl set on fire. He'd never been prouder of her.”
― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow

“It’s easier to be strong when you’re doing it for someone else’s sake.”
― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow

“No matter how bad things got, no matter how hopeless or terrible, Bo’s laughter was there to protect us. To shield us from the darkness, even if just for a moment. That’s what his laughter was—a weapon.”
― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow

“But there is one thing that is infinite: greed. The ability of humans and demons to want. To desire. To hunger after things that don't belong to them.”
― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow

“Because this is what I am. Not a Paper Girl anymore, just “girl.” Almost, as I told Lady Dunya, a caste of its own. An oppressed caste, yes, but one braver and bolder and capable of more brilliance than any other in this world.”
― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow

“Wren and I might not be Paper Girls anymore, but we are still capable of creating fire. And now we have a whole world to set ablaze.”
― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow

“I see you, the way you fight. The way you are towards others. You are soft where they are hard. You have love where they only have hate.”
― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow

“I've experienced firsthand how desire can twist and corrupt a person. What happens when it lives untamed. Like fire, it destroys everything in its path. Like fire, it burns, until there is nothing left.”
― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow

“Yet like most lies people tell themselves, it came apart in the shadow and quiet of the night.”
― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow

“When has Ikhara ever been safe for girls like us?”
― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow

“You're not the same. I see you, the way you fight. You have love when they only have hate. Hold on to that as tightly as you can, Lei. Because war will do everything it can to take that goodness from you. I think sometimes people forget that there will be a time after all of this - for the lucky ones, at least. And when that time comes, we'll all have to live with what we have done. And what we have left of ourselves.”
― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow

“Girl. Such a simple title. One I've been labeled all my life. But nowhere was I called it more than at the Hidden Palace: spat from the beaked mouth of Madam Himura, hissed with contemp by Naja, thrown with derision by General Yu. But in the Cloud Palace, with the magnificent Lady Dunya before me and her bold, fierce daughters, I feel for one of the first times the hidden power contained within its single modest syllable. Because this is what I am. Not a Paper Girl anymore, just "girl." Almost, as I told Lady Dunya, a caste of its own. An oppressed caste, yes, but one braver and bolder and capable of more brilliance than any other in this world.”
― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow

“She looks far more like Ketai’s Moonchosen than I ever could be.”
― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow

“No matter how bad things got, no matter how hopeless or terrible, Bo's laughter was there to protect us. To shield us from the darkness, even if just for a moment. That's what his laughter was - a weapon. His own particular form of magic.”
― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow

“Secrets between friends create enemies, but secrets between enemies create friends.”
― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow

“You're not the same. I see you, the way you fight. You have love when they only have hate. Hold on to that as tightly as you can, Lei. Because war will do everything it can to take that goodness from you. I think sometime people forget that there will be a time after all of this - for the lucky ones, at least. And when that time comes, we'll all have to live with what we have done. And what we have left of ourselves.”
― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow