Shattered Steel Quotes

“You used to be so full of life, so happy, and then— men come back from war bent out of shape all the time, it is a given. But you, you came back to me like a phantom of your former self, you were not just bent out of shape, you were well and truly shattered. On the outside you are as hard as steel, you always have been, but you were a broken man.”
― Shauna Richmond, Shattered Steel

“The further you are away from the battleground, the more muffled the cries, the less you understand. In truth, the only men to see the end of war are those who die on the battlefield”
― Shauna Richmond, Shattered Steel

“You are no monster, my love. Demons are obedient dogs that come when they are called, monsters have no heart. You are, and always will be, my sweet martyr of malice.”
― Shauna Richmond, Shattered Steel

“You won’t leave? Fine…” Tristan steps over to the desk, picks up an oil lamp, and smashes it off the floor, a shard of glass rebounds, cutting his cheek but he does not so much as blink, “you can burn here,” he announces coldly as the flames begin to spread across the oak floor.”
― Shauna Richmond, Shattered Steel

“You cannot punish her, she will take the punishment and laugh in your face, then tear the place down afterwards.”
― Shauna Richmond, Shattered Steel

“They have fought on the frontlines for their people and suffered the consequences. They have lost those that are dear to them and watched lifelong friends take their last breaths in their arms, my sons, Ethelred, will come home from war flying the house banners or they will be wrapped in them, either way, they will come home.”
― Shauna Richmond, Shattered Steel