Against Dark Tides Quotes

“non obsequiorum—we do not submit”
― Clare Sager, Against Dark Tides

“She squared her shoulders. “Here and now, Vice,” she whispered. “Here and now.”
― Clare Sager, Against Dark Tides

“experienced sailors. I’m—” “Let me bloody finish, will you!” She huffed, almost laughing. “Yes, others may match those criteria, but”—she leant closer, elbows on the table as she pointed at him—“you have the courage to admit when you’ve made a mistake. Many don’t. Even fewer also have the grit to then right that wrong, no matter the cost to themselves.”
― Clare Sager, Against Dark Tides

“Just because you’re the only one she lets through the door, doesn’t mean you’re responsible for what’s behind it.”
― Clare Sager, Against Dark Tides

“Why do you think FitzRoy had you lead a boarding party? You’re bold, resourceful, clever, determined. You’d do anything for your teammates—anything to keep them alive.” Perry’s brows fell, knotting together. “But that’s just it—you try to do everything yourself.”
― Clare Sager, Against Dark Tides

“Here,” Waters said, patting her arm, “help me sit up. I’m both too old and not old enough to be receiving a lady lying down.” He winked and waggled his eyebrows. “You’re a bit young for me, and I’m not near death any time soon.”
― Clare Sager, Against Dark Tides

“Alban Arthan”
― Clare Sager, Against Dark Tides

“She winced. Was this how people without magic felt? Powerless? Like the world just happened at and around them and they could do nothing to affect it?”
― Clare Sager, Against Dark Tides

“I’ll always come for you. No one had ever sounded so sure of anything.”
― Clare Sager, Against Dark Tides

“you need to let her take responsibility for the things she’s done because of those feelings. Just because you’re the only one she lets through the door, doesn’t mean you’re responsible for what’s behind”
― Clare Sager, Against Dark Tides

“Understanding something isn’t the same as agreeing with it.”
― Clare Sager, Against Dark Tides

“Disappointing fathers. That was a wound they shared.”
― Clare Sager, Against Dark Tides

“If she didn’t need anyone, she couldn’t break again.”
― Clare Sager, Against Dark Tides

“I don’t need him or you or anyone, and I refuse to ever again be that powerless.”
― Clare Sager, Against Dark Tides

“As part of his naval training, he’d stood at attention on a sun-beaten deck in the Arawakéan summer for hours at a time, resisting the desire to scratch his nose or wipe sweat from his brow. That was a breeze compared to standing here now and not touching her.”
― Clare Sager, Against Dark Tides

“That was the moment I went from despair to hope.” She pulled back and gestured at the gold lettering on the ship’s hull, spelling out Respair. “It’s an old word, meaning to recover from despair.” Despair. Hope. Respair. It all knotted Vice’s throat, making words impossible”
― Clare Sager, Against Dark Tides

“Everyone dies. Everyone leaves, somehow. Everyone lets you down, eventually.”
― Clare Sager, Against Dark Tides

“She’d spent her life not giving in. She wasn’t about to start now.”
― Clare Sager, Against Dark Tides

“The sea. Her beloved sea. Immense. Ancient. Ever-moving. It whispered to her gift, called her, sang to her. It would never let her down.”
― Clare Sager, Against Dark Tides