Critical Role Quotes

“It's hard to fight a monster beloved by all.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, Critical Role: Vox Machina—Kith & Kin

“She understood the wilds, while he thrived in city streets and their accompanying shadows.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, Critical Role: Vox Machina—Kith & Kin

“Kindness isn't a luxury, Vex.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, Critical Role: Vox Machina—Kith & Kin

“He didn't care for the books their tutors gave them, but he did care for the shadowed alleyways, the exquisitely carved arched passageways, the dancing lights in the trees. He wanted to know and taste the parts of the city that never make it into a history book.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, Critical Role: Vox Machina—Kith & Kin

“A stillness came from the forest that she could find nowhere else.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, Critical Role: Vox Machina – Kith & Kin

“Vex shook her head when the man picked up his bow and, whistling a jaunty tune, started making his way down.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, Critical Role: Vox Machina--Kith & Kin

“Turyn looked at Vax as though he spoke a different language and with something that almost resembled pity.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, Critical Role: Vox Machina—Kith & Kin

“Thorn’s glances were as sharp as his words.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, Critical Role: Vox Machina – Kith & Kin

“The bear grunted and nudged her with his head and she scratched his neck and breathed in the familiar scent of fur and mind and safety.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, Critical Role: Vox Machina—Kith & Kin

“The relazed atmosphere and the pleasant buzz of voices wrapped around Vax as he followed Gideor, as if to remind him that perhaps the Clasp wasn’t so bad an ally to have. That perhaps there was something to the spireling’s words after all. Vax regarded it all warily, recognizing how the tavern functioned as both a lure and a mask for the dangers that lay underneath.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, Critical Role: Vox Machina—Kith & Kin

“What’s the catch? What are you not telling me?”

Gideor smiled. “How delightfully distrustful. Why would I withold everything?”

“Because information must be earned.” Vax shifted in his seat. “And you have no reason to trust me.”

“But I do. You’re share your allegiance to the Clasp, of course,” Gideor said, like it was a foregone conclusion. “And we know where to find your sister if you don’t.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, Critical Role: Vox Machina—Kith & Kin

“The fact that the dwarf didn’t have weapons visible on him didn’t make him any less dangerous. He was all sharp edges. Sharp words, sharp smiles, sharp knives. He exuded power.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, Critical Role: Vox Machina—Kith & Kin

“Cities always got under her skin when she came in from the wild. But where she raised her hackles, Vax thrived. His shoulders dropped and his awareness sharpened. He walked with the gait of someone who expected trouble and would in fact welcome it.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, Critical Role: Vox Machina—Kith & Kin

“The woods could provide for almost anything. Food, protection, a place where they didn’t have to be wary about anything or anyone else. It was simple and peaceful-most of the time.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, Critical Role: Vox Machina—Kith & Kin

“To full-blood elves, they might appear too young to be this weathered and weary, but to any perceptive observer, it was clear they came by their caution honestly, and they moved with a grace brought on by years of traveling together.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, Critical Role: Vox Machina—Kith & Kin