The Gods We Obey Quotes

“We're not meek because we have to be. We're meek because it's easier. That fool just took away the easy option.”
― Auryn Hadley, The Gods We Obey

“Kinen thinks that telling women they're weak will make it true. They're small. They're beautiful. I'll give him both of those, but he just taught our priestesses what it's like to feel desperate, and that may have been the biggest mistake of his life.”
― Auryn Hadley, The Gods We Obey

“Kinen is about to see that one little girl is all it takes to destroy his empire. Because girls have friends, and our friends can be vicious." Then she started writing.”
― Auryn Hadley, The Gods We Obey

“History hadn't been created by asking nicely. People had fought and died to free Calseth. Lots of them, and our nation wasn't the only one with blood on our hands.”
― Auryn Hadley, The Gods We Obey

“You have power over yourself, and you used that to love, to embrace, and to show people what it felt like to matter for just a moment.”
― Auryn Hadley, The Gods We Obey

“Two people so desperate for love that they were dragged into horrible things, hoping it would prove their worth. What they needed was someone to hold them, to listen, to remind them they were worth something, and to correct them when they were wrong.”
― Auryn Hadley, The Gods We Obey

“This was perfection. This was acceptance. Most of all, this was our way of loving, and I didn't care if anyone else understood, because we worked.”
― Auryn Hadley, The Gods We Obey

“love was what happens in the mind. Sex was what happens to the body. Partnerships were what happened in the heart,”
― Auryn Hadley, The Gods We Obey

“It was love, happiness, sorrow, rage, ambition, anxiety, creativity, awareness and so much more all wrapped up together. This was what we saw when we truly looked at a person. Not what was on their outside, but the lines, swirls, and shapes that came together to make their personality. It was complicated, convoluted, and captivating,”
― Auryn Hadley, The Gods We Obey

“Be proud of what you desire, Yamina, because there isn't a single fucking thing wrong with it.”
― Auryn Hadley, The Gods We Obey

“That looked good on you, Talin." Talin's steps slowed until he paused in the middle of the hall. "I just lost control." "No," Wraythe said. "You let go. Those two things aren't the same. You feel things. Most people do. The problem is that you've spent so long trying to pretend like you don't. That? That's the kind of man who was meant to guard Zeal's Chosen. That was my partner. I don't give a fuck if it's messy. I don't care if it's fucking proper. Shit, I'm not proper." Then he clasped the back of Talin's neck. "We just care that it's real." "Any version of real that you end up being," Ela added. Talin looked down at me, and I nodded. "I love you no matter what. We just want you to be happy with who you are.”
― Auryn Hadley, The Gods We Obey

“When there's no other way to escape the problem, then escaping your own mind is often the only release people can find.”
― Auryn Hadley, The Gods We Obey

“Nothing about this is easy, so fuck it up. Be embarrassing, loud, or anything else, and I will defend your right to do it, because you have a heart so big that it can't hold all of this. It shouldn't have to.”
― Auryn Hadley, The Gods We Obey