When Kingdoms Fall
Callie Dahl
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Your hair is like blood.” “That is the worst compliment you could ever give a woman.” “It wasn't meant to be one.”
“You could kiss the gods on the mouth and I wouldn't be jealous,” she managed to say. “In fact, I'd pity them.”
“What will you do when you are out? . . .They will only chase you. Hunt you down until they can trap you again. You are weak. Helpless to this world.”
“What was worse? The beasts of the woods, or the monsters hiding beneath pretty, unsuspecting faces. . .”
“What comes after storms, Claire?” “Clear skies, Willa.” . . . “The gods have never met us, and they should be grateful. They wouldn’t know what to do with the both of us in death’s dark realm. Let’s keep it that way.” . . . “We can do this. We must.”
“There are many kingdoms, Willa. Ones not yet made and ones not yet broken.”
“The griffins could have become deities of their own if they’d held more ambition. I met this one before, you know. Long before you were ever born. He was a rabid creature in those days, one of the fiercest. I also remember you being a bit unmanageable when we met in the kingdom.” He laughed as he recalled. “Your trainers wanted nothing to do with you and your disorderly temper. But it seems you have settled and, in the process, trained this beast to be no better than a common pet. We’ll have to change that.”
“Sometimes grief will ask too much of us. But in its dark embrace it will hold us gently while we come undone. It will hold our hand in the dark and help us grow into something else entirely. And when you are ready to face the light again, you will find yourself remade.”
“She leaned into him as if he was the anchor keeping her steady from beating waves of reckless abandon. But he was not the anchor; he was the rebellion within the rolling tides, threatening her resolve with every movement of his chest behind her.”
“Prayers did nothing to gods who didn’t listen.”
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