The Kraken's Tooth Quotes

“Lines drawn across plains and mountains. Drawn by those who don’t even live there. Lines that become barriers to the passage of free folk who have walked the same paths for generations. Maps are the cages of kings and princes.”
― Anthony Ryan, The Kraken's Tooth

“Heroes win their wars only to become tyrants. The worst of murderers may escape punishment but cannot escape their own souls and they will always die pitiful, friendless and unmourned. The Infernus is an eternal plane of chaos and agony, but this world is worse. Vile we may be but at least a demon knows what it is. Mortals live their entire existence flailing in the effluent of their own delusions.”
― Anthony Ryan, The Kraken's Tooth

“Mortals live their entire existence flailing in the effluent of their own delusions.”
― Anthony Ryan, The Kraken's Tooth

“This was the first truth the demon-cursed blade had taught him: vengeance requires sacrifice.”
― Anthony Ryan, The Kraken's Tooth

“The king wants swords, not coin. The churls are poor in arms but rich in number.”
― Anthony Ryan, The Kraken's Tooth

“You can’t kill what doesn’t live and magic won’t banish an earthbound spirit.”
― Anthony Ryan, The Kraken's Tooth

“Only a slave who considers himself already free or already dead fears no punishment.”
― Anthony Ryan, The Kraken's Tooth

“Never forget that it’s a chart of fate, she had cautioned when he took his leave. And some fates can be avoided. Choices you make will draw the map anew, so choose carefully.”
― Anthony Ryan, The Kraken's Tooth

“Roads often best left untravelled.”
― Anthony Ryan, The Kraken's Tooth

“Gods die. And their promises are always empty.”
― Anthony Ryan, The Kraken's Tooth

“Wars fought and lost, kingdoms risen and fallen.”
― Anthony Ryan, The Kraken's Tooth