Blood & Steel Quotes

“A true man won’t cut you down as you fight your battles, nor will he fight them for you. A true man will help sharpen your sword, guard your back and fight at your side, in the face of whatever darkness comes.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“It doesn’t matter who stands against you… What matters most is who stands with you.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“No woman is responsible for the weak acts of a man who’s had his masculinity so easily threatened,”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“You will come to learn that most things to be feared exist in life, not in death”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“Who.’ Hawthorne demanded. ‘Who did this to you?”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“The bitch hit me!’ Esyllt frowned, not even sparing Thea a glance. ‘I have no idea what you’re talking about. But if you’re insisting that an untrained woman landed a punch on you, then I’d say you’re the bitch Sebastos.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“If you seek power in a world of men and monsters, there is nothing more powerful than knowledge and the ability to wield it.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“She would rather live a hundred lives in three years than waste the little time she had left in these realms.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“Remember that glory will not be found in failing to fall, but in rising from the chaos when you do.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“Althea.’ Her name sounded like a melody and he leaned across the gap between their horses, his gaze dropping to her lips, his voice low. ‘There is nothing more attractive than a woman who knows what she wants.’ Her body went taut. Hawthorne hesitated, before pulling away. ‘Remember that.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“You do not become a legend overnight,’ he told her quietly. ‘A legend is forged with blood and steel. It takes time.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“Who did this to you?”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“No woman is responsible for the weak acts of a man who’s had his masculinity so easily threatened,’ Wren stated, the strength of her words commanding them all. ‘A true man would be proud to fight at your side. He would recognise that you are a force to be reckoned with, Althea Nine Lives.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“You want to know my deepest, darkest desires do you, Warsword?’ There was a pause as his gaze intensified, became hooded. ‘One of many things I’m surprised to find myself wanting.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“For three short years was no time at all for a woman to become what she wanted. A legend.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“In the shadow of a fallen kingdom, in the eye of the storm A daughter of darkness will wield a blade in one hand And rule death with the other When the skies are blackened, in the end of days The Veil will fall. The tide will turn when her blade is drawn. A dawn of fire and blood.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“Furies save us,’ Torj murmured. Hawthorne laughed darkly. ‘The Furies don’t save anyone.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“The beautiful alchemist would be his beginning – and his end.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“Sir!’ Seb shouted. ‘Did you see —’ ‘See what?’ Esyllt surveyed the shieldbearer with open dislike. ‘The bitch hit me!’ Esyllt frowned, not even sparing Thea a glance. ‘I have no idea what you’re talking about. But if you’re insisting that an untrained woman landed a punch on you, then I’d say you’re the bitch Sebastos.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“Ninguna mujer es responsable de las acciones débiles de un hombre cuya masculinidad se siente amenazada muy fácilmente.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“faces”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“Work and the drudgery of every day had a way of robbing the quiet joys from life.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“you?”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“Because there’s only one warrior I know who holds a bow like that. And he’s not known for sharing his methods.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“the rest were nothing but scared fortress boys, not men, and as Wren had told her: ‘A true man won’t cut you down as you fight your battles, nor will he fight them for you. A true man will help sharpen your sword, guard your back and fight at your side, in the face of whatever darkness comes.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“we’ll”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“Some people's paths aren't meant to be entwined for long. They can meet for the briefest of moments, dovetailing together and then parting ways once again. But that doesn't make it without meaning.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“Wilder Hawthorne emerged from the Bloodwoods.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“You will come to learn that most things to be feared exist in life, not in death.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“Her eighteen-year-old self had thought the stable master’s apprentice handsome and knowledgeable, but in hindsight, he’d been nothing more than a narrow-minded prat. She still carried a piece of hurt with her, not hurt that it had ended, but that her dreams somehow made her a pariah: unwanted, ugly and ridiculous —”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel