The Buried and the Bound Quotes

“MotherFUCKER," she said eloquently.”
― Rochelle Hassan, The Buried and the Bound

“I know your craft is important to you, but it almost killed you tonight."
"The blaekhound almost killed me," she argued.
"And you were only there because you think that it's your job, and yours alone, to protect Blackthorn" he said patiently.
"It is, though. You're the one who told me that Blackthorn is the reason I'm a hedgewitch."
"And the sea shapes the the coast, but is the coast the keeper of the sea?"
"I'm not sand," Aziza said, exasperated.”
― Rochelle Hassan, The Buried and the Bound

“I’m saying when you’ve got a problem, you don’t go, Hey, know what would make this better? Pouring gasoline on it and lighting it on fire.”
― Rochelle Hassan, The Buried and the Bound

“In the end, Aziza was alone. Nothing moved except for her. The forest had an undead quality, like true death would have been more peaceful than whatever this was- the ash trees gone white and uncertain as ghosts, the silence tense as if the world was waiting with baited breath for an unfinished song to pick back up. Everything aware of her -aware in a way that felt real enough for her to touch, like a collar around her throat.”
― Rochelle Hassan, The Buried and the Bound

“It was like every emotion he'd had to suppress in order to survive the last year and a half was now crashing into him all at once. Every vulnerability he'd locked away so that he could command the hounds and withstand the hag came screaming back into the open, raw and painful and demanding attention. And now he was having a breakdown in a public restroom because something GOOD was happening for once, and all he could do was imagine all the way it could go horribly wrong.”
― Rochelle Hassan, The Buried and the Bound

“[Selkies] were the ones who kept the sea serpents and the sirens at bar, not o protect humans, but for the sake of peace and balance.”
― Rochelle Hassan, The Buried and the Bound

“...the ugly parts of Blackthorn had a right to exist, too.”
― Rochelle Hassan, The Buried and the Bound

“It took him a second to process the words. How was there any question? Of course he was. "Afraid" was a permanent part of his being, fused into his body like an extra limb. He had two arms, two lungs, a few ribs, a network of veins, and this cold lump of fear he carried around everywhere. That was how he lived now.”
― Rochelle Hassan, The Buried and the Bound

“[His parents] treated love as an obligation. It came with conditions, and God help them if he stepped out of line. If they could've cut him up into pieces and kept only the parts they found acceptable, they would've done it in a heartbeat.”
― Rochelle Hassan, The Buried and the Bound

“You think America doesn't have monsters?”
― Rochelle Hassan, The Buried and the Bound