The Leviathan Quotes

“But I was tired of it. All of it. Tired of men beating one another into the dirt as though they were slaughtering hogs. Tired of hearing bones shatter and seeing my fellows soil themselves, all because some men far from the battle believed God had a perfect foreknowledge of who was damned and who was saved, and some others didn’t.”
― Rosie Andrews, The Leviathan

“This is not Esther. My sister’s sweet features hadn’t changed. Her eyes were just as blue, her chin as pointed, her lips formed the same bow they always had. But it was not Esther.”
― Rosie Andrews, The Leviathan

“She is awake. And I must remind myself of how it began. The end of all things. It was a time of witches, it was a time of saints, a time when rabbits hunted foxes, when children came into the world without their heads, and kings lost theirs on the scaffold. The world was turned upside down, or so some said.”
― Rosie Andrews, The Leviathan

“I guess it was the blackest part of the night, the witching hour, as far from midnight as it was from dawn, with not a soul moving anywhere.”
― Rosie Andrews, The Leviathan

“Before leaving, I stopped to drip some water into my father’s mouth. I took one unresponsive hand in mine, willing him to understand. ‘A day, no more, and we will return with help for you. My oath upon it.
His eyes were like a room abandoned. I could not bear to look upon them, and turned away.”
― Rosie Andrews, The Leviathan