The Fury of the Gods Quotes

“I long for a day when I awake and live from dawn to sleep without one moment of fear.”
― John Gwynne, The Fury of the Gods

“Courage is just a reaction to fear. You cannot show courage without first feeling fear.”
― John Gwynne, The Fury of the Gods

“If you cannot bite, you should not show your teeth”
― John Gwynne, The Fury of the Gods

“I know in my heart I am free.”
― John Gwynne, The Fury of the Gods

“I care nothing for the whims and wars of gods,” she growled. “And you are an idiot if you believe they care anything for you.”
― John Gwynne, The Fury of the Gods

“The last three years have been indescribably awful. The death of Harriett has hit me, my wife and my children like an avalanche. But grief is more than a short, sharp shock. It is an ocean that surrounds you, with no shore in sight. We have had to learn to swim through it, its presence constant, ever-felt. That is our life, now, learning to live without our Harriett, learning to live with grief. Learning to brace yourself against the pain and trying look to the good things worth living for. My wife, my children, my grandchildren. My friends. Because I’ve managed to write this book doesn’t mean that I have “come through” the grief, or “moved on”. It doesn’t work like that; at least, not for me. It’s more like an ever-present pain that you learn to live with, to walk alongside. And slowly the pain moves from a constant, overwhelming barrage to an ebb and flow, though with no discernible rhythm. Some days are filled with dark clouds, some days the storm comes and other days, or moments, you can see the sun.”
― John Gwynne, The Fury of the Gods

“People fight to survive, or fight for blood feud, or fight for power. There is nothing else, no matter what pretty words come out of their mouths.”
― John Gwynne, The Fury of the Gods

“They would fight for me, and I fight for you. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, no?”
― John Gwynne, The Fury of the Gods

“He was loyal, faithful. These gods and their dragon-born have taken much from me, have much to answer for. I shall take it back from them in their blood.”
― John Gwynne, The Fury of the Gods

“she could taste the hate and rage pulsing from him. She gave him only her silence. He wasn’t worth anything else.”
― John Gwynne, The Fury of the Gods

“The sheep follows the farmer blindly and with trust. That does not mean it won’t get eaten. Do not trust the promises of gods. They broke the world, remember. They did not care for the lives of anyone then, Tainted or not, they used them for their own ends and will do the same again now.”
― John Gwynne, The Fury of the Gods

“long for a day when I awake and live from dawn to sleep without one moment of fear.”
― John Gwynne, The Fury of the Gods