The Leviathan's Debt Quotes

“How could I bear it, if you were my mate and resented me?” His fingers skated over my cheek. “Nothing in this world is permanent, except this: I love you. I have loved you for more years than you knew I existed. I watched you from a distance, on orders from the Emperor. But he didn’t order me to admire you. To respect the woman and protector you became, or to want nothing more than to keep you safe from the dangers you could not overcome alone. I want to make certain you have everything you desire… and what you want has never been riches or power. It’s freedom.”
― Merri Bright, The Leviathan's Debt

“The Goddess come to life,” he said in Starlakian, shuffling forward. His mouth worked for a moment, then he fell to his knees, speaking almost too fast to understand. “I have found my destiny in the stars of those silver eyes. I will sleep in the darkness of her ebon hair, and rise to the light of her smile. I will protect her, guard her, give her my life, for but one moment in her embrace⁠—”
― Merri Bright, The Leviathan's Debt

“You killed that one,” I said in what I hoped was a soothing tone, gesturing to the man she’d fileted. “You can stab him some more if it will make you feel better.”
― Merri Bright, The Leviathan's Debt

“Odd was endearing, though he seemed to think my leg was the very best place to urinate, with a close second being any other part of me he could reach. So far, he’d pissed on my foot, my leg, my lap, my chest, and, one night while I was asleep, my hair. ”
― Merri Bright, The Leviathan's Debt

“But I’ve read fairy tales like that for years—the price to break a curse only grows steeper with time.”
― Merri Bright, The Leviathan's Debt

“Levi nodded. “That fire is what drew me to you then, and I will have your heart.” He paused, then said, almost too softly to hear, “Though the cost continues to mount.”
― Merri Bright, The Leviathan's Debt

“Know this, little flame. From the moment your blood called to me in the water, and I gave you mine to keep you alive, I was responsible for you in every way. All I do now—wearing this ridiculous, small form, riding across the dry into the stronghold of my enemies, suffering the eyes of my servant upon you while you spurn me—I do to show you who we are to one another. We are bound by fate. Destined for each other.”
― Merri Bright, The Leviathan's Debt

“A worthy gift. The blessing of the seas will be on you and your kin, for all generations, from now until the last wave.”
― Merri Bright, The Leviathan's Debt