Into the Riverlands Quotes

“She was known to be kind, which you should never confuse with being gracious or beautiful or courteous.”
― Nghi Vo, Into the Riverlands

“Ugly women, beautiful women, what foolishness. Most of us are lucky if we're born with a measure of common sense in our heads.”
― Nghi Vo, Into the Riverlands

“The world is built on who carries what and for who.”
― Nghi Vo, Into the Riverlands

“a young woman with only outrage on her side”
― Nghi Vo, Into the Riverlands

“The world is built on who carries what and for who,” Chih said, settling the weight more comfortably on their shoulders. “It’s not a bad world where we carry presents for people who feed us.”
― Nghi Vo, Into the Riverlands

“You are so slow the Huan River could run backwards and the emperor could give the realm to the rule of the people and they could breed a wise horse and an honest lawyer before you landed a blow.”
― Nghi Vo, Into the Riverlands

“The whole world talks about the martial legends that come out of the riverlands, and I would like to see what the riverlands might want to say if they were asked.”
― Nghi Vo, Into the Riverlands

“One thing that makes you a god is killing a lot of people”
― Nghi Vo, Into the Riverlands

“You left too soon, and that is unfair, but we are not the ones who sped you on your way. Forgive us what we did, and do not follow us when we go.”
― Nghi Vo, Into the Riverlands

“What a cock the Shaking Earth Master must be if he’s going to sit on his ass in his fortress, refusing to move until he sees a lovely face and a trim pair of legs.”
― Nghi Vo, Into the Riverlands

“The barber paused, flicking water droplets from his razor with a brisk snap of his wrist. “Well, I once shaved Governor Liu of Qin Province during the processional, and last summer, I stepped in to thread Crimson Bow’s brows when her own barber was ill.”
― Nghi Vo, Into the Riverlands

“Oh, my sleeves are heavy with my tears for I cannot stop making every bad decision I can find, and I cannot choose between a decent man and one who corrupted his own core for power and glory!”
― Nghi Vo, Into the Riverlands

“They weren't brave, and despite the shaved head and the indigo robes, they weren't particularly virtuous, but more than anything else, they were curious, and sometimes that could stand in for the rest.”
― Nghi Vo, Into the Riverlands