Chasmfall Quotes

“Whatever broke my soul... it was designed to torment me. Everything I eat tastes like ash. Beauty is painful. It reacts against almost every positive sensation. I can't believe they'd be so petty, but maybe they wanted to prevent me from cursing.”
― Sarah Lin, Chasmfall

“There's a group of four from Earth who are truly powerful, called the Siblings, but I suggest you stay away from them. The House of the Lost might be able to help, but... forget about that. Keep doing what you're doing, gain strength without attracting too much attention. Don't trust the inter-world organizations... Vistgil has had years to twist their beliefs against threats to him.”
― Sarah Lin, Chasmfall

“I would like for you to remember this moment, Theo." Senka walked to the edge of the cliff, her shoes very near his fingers, the scepter hanging casually from one hand. "If I wanted to kill you, I'd do it now. If I wanted to manipulate you, I'd never reveal myself like this.”
― Sarah Lin, Chasmfall

“would like for you to remember this moment, Theo." Senka walked to the edge of the cliff, her shoes very near his fingers, the scepter hanging casually from one hand. "If I wanted to kill you, I'd do it now.”
― Sarah Lin, Chasmfall

“Grow, you insufferable twig." Nauda kicked at the surgestalk roots, which was not an established soulcrafting technique.”
― Sarah Lin, Chasmfall

“Even if they both had the best of intentions, they'd just end up constantly stumbling over the other's expectations.”
― Sarah Lin, Chasmfall

“he could easily have destroyed their bond with some other obsession. Maybe his ex was right after all.”
― Sarah Lin, Chasmfall

“But if you cared for one another, how could you harm one another?" "Funny question, actually. I've thought about that myself." He was silent for a long time, muscles in his jaw working. "I think that we just gradually fell into unhealthy patterns. Small annoyances became arguments. We started digging into positions instead of reconciling. Eventually we decided we'd be happier apart, and... well, I think she was. We talked a few times after and it was honestly easier to get along when we didn't live together.”
― Sarah Lin, Chasmfall

“Somebody dead put much, much too much work into this.”
― Sarah Lin, Chasmfall

“No amount of knowledge or trickery would let him enter a battle of that intensity.”
― Sarah Lin, Chasmfall

“self-knowledge is highly prone to deceit.”
― Sarah Lin, Chasmfall

“we are constantly reminded that every step we take brings us closer to some outcomes and further from others.”
― Sarah Lin, Chasmfall

“She knew that he was knowledgeable, but also that he could be impetuous by reasonable standards.”
― Sarah Lin, Chasmfall

“Neither meant they could be fully trusted, but they were preferable to the man who acted like an elder relative when he was still nearly a stranger.”
― Sarah Lin, Chasmfall

“But I'd actually prefer to be paid in craftgems... presuming you offer those." "Certainly, certainly. I'll even give you a cheap rate on the discount.”
― Sarah Lin, Chasmfall

“felt as though the person he had been when he first returned would be disappointed in him, and he hadn't yet decided how he felt about that person. Both of those still lived within him, among a mass of imagined selves he'd never realized were so contradictory”
― Sarah Lin, Chasmfall