Godkiller Quotes

“The people with the sharpest edges sometimes hid the deepest wounds”
― Hannah Kaner, Godkiller

“Funerals are for the living," said Kissen as she noticed Inara looking. "The dead don't mind what the world does to them.”
― Hannah Kaner, Godkiller

“What happened to us does not define us, next is what matters.”
― Hannah Kaner, Godkiller

“You are worth more than you think. You are still alive; make something of it. Of life, not death.”
― Hannah Kaner, Godkiller

“People make gods, and, for better or worse, gods make people.”
― Hannah Kaner, Godkiller

“Fate was a fairy story and a bullshit one at that; fate could get fucked and go bother someone else.”
― Hannah Kaner, Godkiller

“Why do you get to give up? Why do you get to decide what your life is worth?”
― Hannah Kaner, Godkiller

“Let him die. I'm sure he lets other people die for him all the time. Let him have a try.”
― Hannah Kaner, Godkiller

“Gods are not always the enemy; even your godkiller knows that. People make gods, and for better or worse, gods make people.”
― Hannah Kaner, Godkiller

“It was harder to unmake a god than begin one.”
― Hannah Kaner, Godkiller

“It is all right. Memories can hurt you. It’s all right to be hurt. You’re safe.”
― Hannah Kaner, Godkiller

“Ask a god's business and become a god's business.”
― Hannah Kaner, Godkiller

“Even big gods are not so bright. Even small lives are worth something.”
― Hannah Kaner, Godkiller

“Names have power, and gods felt the tug of theirs like a hook in their gills, pulling them into the open.”
― Hannah Kaner, Godkiller

“If no one fights in your corner, then you learn to fight for yourself. (p. 203)”
― Hannah Kaner, Godkiller

“It is your body, my love; it is your choice.”
― Hannah Kaner, Godkiller

“That’s why people need white lies, isn’t it? To protect them from a truth that causes pain.”
― Hannah Kaner, Godkiller

“Kissen decided to be more proud than afraid.”
― Hannah Kaner, Godkiller

“People you trust can turn on you if it pleases them. (p. 161)”
― Hannah Kaner, Godkiller

“Gods began as spirits, drawn to places where people travelled and might need them. One day, they might gather enough willpower to blow dust on the road in the right direction for home or cause a thief’s bow to misfire at the perfect moment. Then, someone might give thanks, give offerings, give them shape. Even when their shrine is gone, their power can linger. A shrine is like the keel of a ship; it holds them together.”
― Hannah Kaner, Godkiller

“Did love fix betrayal?”
― Hannah Kaner, Godkiller

“I can rid you of it, you know,' said Ennerast, leaning forward over the blade, pressing her face close to Kissen's. 'This promise, the scars, the memory.' She brushed Kissen's cheek.

'More powerful gods than you have made me offers, Ennerast,' said Kissen, 'and I killed them just the same.”
― Hannah Kaner, Godkiller

“But gods love martyrs.”
― Hannah Kaner, Godkiller

“What happened to us does not define us, what we do next is what matters. (p. 248)”
― Hannah Kaner, Godkiller

“The people with the sharpest edges sometimes hid the deepest wounds.”
― Hannah Kaner, Godkiller

“But at least, at the very least, he now had someone to fight alongside, though he would not in a thousand years have suspected it would be a god, a godkiller, and a child.”
― Hannah Kaner, Godkiller

“No matter; small men liked to hold big things.”
― Hannah Kaner, Godkiller

“There was no reason to handle truth like glass. It wouldn’t break on arrival. The truth was the truth.”
― Hannah Kaner, Godkiller

“Funerals are for the living. The dead don’t mind what the world does to them.’

- Kissen”
― Hannah Kaner, Godkiller

“She had an edge of sureness to her now that suited her. Like she was coming home to herself, and had found strength there. (p. 226)”
― Hannah Kaner, Godkiller