R.L. LaFevers > Quotes

“Why be the sheep when you can be the wolf?”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“Whenever you are ready, or if you never are, my heart is yours....”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“When one consorts with assassins, one must expect to dance along the edge of a knife once or twice.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“I comfort myself with the knowledge that if Duval ever feels smothered by me, it will be because I am holding a pillow over his face.”
― Robin LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“Surely He does not give us hearts so we may spend our lives ignoring them.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“There is no shame in scars, Ismae.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“Whenever you are ready, or if you never are, my heart is yours, until Death do us part. Whatever that may mean when consorting with one of Death’s handmaidens.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“I am sorry,' he whispers. 'I am sorry I treated you so ill. I thought only to protect Duval.'
'It was not I who was poisoning him,' I say.
'No, but you had stolen his heart and I was afraid you would rip it from his chest when you left.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“It is this kindness of his that unsettles me most. I can dodge a blow or block a knife. I am impervious to poison and know a dozen ways to escape a chokehold or garrote wire. But kindness? I do not know how to defend against that.”
― Robin LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“... while I am Death's daughter and walk in His dark shadow, surely the darkness can give way to light sometimes.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“I will sit here but an hour or two, then leave."

I yawn. "So very long as that?"

When he answers, there is a wry note in his voice. "I do have my reputation to protect.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“Are men truly such idiots that they cannot resist two orbs of flesh?”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“Hate cannot be fought with hate. Evil cannot be conquered by darkness. Only love has the power to conquer them both.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Dark Triumph

“I stare at him coldly. "I do not care for needlework." I pause. "Unless it involves the base of the skull.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“People hear and see what they expect to hear and see.”
― Robin LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“So.... You are well equipped for our service.'
'Which is?'
'We kill people.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“God's Teeth,' he says. 'I was only trying to wake you. You were crying out in your sleep.'
'I was not,' I say, then look from his neck to my knife.
'When I tried to wake you, you stabbed me.' He sounds sore put out. and I cannot blame him.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“He smiles then, and even though it is well past midnight, its as if the sun has just come out.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“The body on the ground is nothing more than a shell, a husk, and I am filled with a sense of peace. Yes, I think. Yes. This is what I want to be. An instrument of mercy, not vengeance.”
― Robin LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“... true faith never comes without anguish.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“It is a good thing I no longer have a heart, because if I did, it would surely break.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Dark Triumph

“He barks out a laugh. "My little rebel.”
― Robin LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“It is all we have left to us. And while it is more than I ever dared dream, it is nowhere near enough.”
― Robin LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“I have found it is surprisingly difficult to remain sad when a cat is doing its level best to sandpaper one's cheeks.”
― R. L. LaFevers, Theodosia and the Last Pharaoh

“Perhaps that is because you mistake death for justice, and they are not the same thing at all.”
― Robin LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“You would throw away all that we have given you for a man’s love?”
“Not a man’s love,” I say softly. “But Duval’s. And I would find a way to serve both my god and my heart. Surely He does not give us hearts so we may spend our lives ignoring them.”
― Robin LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“And just as love has two sides, so too does Death. While Ismae will serve as His mercy, I will not, for that is not how He fashioned me.
Every death I have witnessed, every horror I have endured, has forged me to be who I am -- Death's justice.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Dark Triumph

“This is what I want to be. An instrument of mercy, not vengeance.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“A kiss for luck, demoiselle?"
It is a magnificent, lusty kiss and I feel nothing but deep regret that it may be his last.
Just before he pulls away, he whispers in my ear. "Duval said to give you that should I get a chance. It is from him.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“Jewels can be replaced, cousin. Independence, once lost, cannot.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Dark Triumph