The Penalty Quotes

“He used to say the uglier things are the longer they live, and the ugliest things live forever.”
― Mal Peet, The Penalty

“How cruel hope is, and what a sly hunter.”
― Mal Peet, The Penalty

“And I thought I knew why we had been brought here. To be sacrifice. To be fed to this god of theirs. And in a way I was right.”
― Mal Peet, The Penalty

“The pai had given me a carrying fire. His teachings. That is why I did not go ghost. That is why I went through death and came out the other side.”
― Mal Peet, The Penalty