A Broken Blade Quotes

“Shadows were largest just before sunset, but lost their power when night inevitably fell. For Shadows don't exist in the dark.”
― Melissa Blair, A Broken Blade

“A broken blade can be mended.”
― Melissa Blair, A Broken Blade

“You might be in pain, but you still have purpose.”
― Melissa Blair, A Broken Blade

“Death is the only certainty in this life,”
― Melissa Blair, A Broken Blade

“I carried that guilt with me for a long time. I choked it down with more than drink too. Anything to spare me from that pain. Spare me from the memories. The decisions I made. And the ones I could not take back.”
― Melissa Blair, A Broken Blade

“I didn't want to look at people I couldn't help.”
― Melissa Blair, A Broken Blade

“The weight you bear is not your punishment, Keera. It is your heart. One day it will stop bleeding.”
― Melissa Blair, A Broken Blade

“I do not pretend to know the details of your pain, but I know the weight of it. I will not judge you for how you lighten the load.”
― Melissa Blair, A Broken Blade

“I pushed past him. uninterested in speaking any more about his hate for me. Mine was enough for the both of us.”
― Melissa Blair, A Broken Blade

“Funny how we can feed the poor and it's called treason, while the Crown lets its people starve and it's the king's divine right.”
― Melissa Blair, A Broken Blade

“And still he found beauty in the darkness of it, in my light and my shadows.”
― Melissa Blair, A Broken Blade

“The poor tended to have few secrets. Secret was just another word for power and the poor certainly did not have any of that.”
― Melissa Blair, A Broken Blade

“Tending to pages is a very unpredictable and dangerous endeavor.”
― Melissa Blair, A Broken Blade

“She carried scars of her own. She wouldn't judge me for the ones I'd given myself.”
― Melissa Blair, A Broken Blade

“It was hard to dress as an assassin. Not only did I need to hide the names written on my skin, but the dress had to conceal at least three weapons and still look fantastic.”
― Melissa Blair, A Broken Blade

“Funny how we can feed the poor and it’s called treason, while the Crown lets its people starve and it’s the king’s divine right.”
― Melissa Blair, A Broken Blade

“I was no longer the Blade they had forged. I was something else entirely.”
― Melissa Blair, A Broken Blade

“My scars itched through my tunic. There was no way I could wear the dress without exposing them. Exposing myself.”
― Melissa Blair, A Broken Blade