Glass Sword Quotes
"They thrive on looking weak and striking hard, yes? Well, they do everything they can to look strong, to seem invincible. But in the arena, I proved they are not."
"I am the greatest weapon of all on a ship full of warriors, and they don’t seem to know it."
"I’ve lived on a razor wire, balancing lie after lie, hiding myself."
"Don’t lie to a liar, and Maven is the grandest liar of all."
"I can’t stop thinking about dying at the bottom of the ocean, locked in a watery coffin."
"Run, murderer! Run, lightning girl! Run fast and far!"
"I won’t be a piece in whatever game they’re playing."
"Your death will save thousands of innocent children."
"They are the only reason you’re still breathing."
"Every jet has a call sign, to let the forts know exactly which bird's going where."
"Despite all their power and abilities, all of them are vulnerable."
"She killed my true mother as well. And she’ll kill all of us if we let her."
"I can’t help but feel sorry for Cal. He’s lost everything."
"Like me, he knows there’s always more than meets the eye."
"We’re different, yes, but not wrong. And certainly not better."
"His finger lands on a dotted line, the symbol for one of the ancient, massive roads of long ago."
"Because we’ve got more than enough juice to circle off the coast, and they need to sleep."
"Even rats want to get out of the gutter, Miss Barrow."
"I try not to remember the faces of the dead. Running for my life makes for an effective distraction, but even the constant threat of annihilation can’t block out everything."
"We can’t choose who we love. I wish, more than anything, that we could."
"I am a weapon made of flesh, a sword covered in skin. I was born to kill a king, to end a reign of terror before it can truly begin."
"I want so badly to stop. I want to stand still without killing myself or someone else."
"Every body is a message to you, and to my brother. Surrender to me, and it will stop."
"Maven lies as easily as he breathes, and his mother holds his leash, but not his heart."
"I cling to Cal, Kilorn, Shade, to saving all the newbloods I can, because I am afraid of waking up to emptiness."
"I fear being alone more than anything else. So why do I do this? Why do I push away the people I love?"
"I am always the one to confront each newblood, to explain what they are and what kind of danger they pose to the king."
"Killing a king will change nothing. Another will take his place. But it is a start."
"It’s your constant. This is what you aim for. Soon it’ll be as easy as flipping a switch, too familiar to forget."
"I see you as you could become, no longer the lightning, but the storm. The storm that will swallow the world entire."
"I know I’m more valuable than most, because of what I’ve done and what I can do."
"You’re either useless or you’re resistant. Pick one."
"This is nonsense. People go crazy listening to predictions like yours, ruined by knowledge of an uncertain future."
"The ones you never found, the ones you assumed to be dead."
"I’m not leaving them to become Elara’s puppets. And I won’t abandon Julian, not again."
"If I don’t keep an eye on her, it won’t be long until she twists out of her restraints."
"You’re not getting up until you pull yourself together."
"I can’t help but admire the girl. One day, we might even be friends."
"You don’t have to come, of course, but you’ll die alone."
"We’ll make you the deadliest person in the world."
"No one is born a monster. But I wish some people were."
"I have seen monsters. And so will you, if we leave newbloods to the mercy of the queen."
"I’m not blind. I watched you take the notes off the bodies. I thought you’d rip them up. But when you didn’t—I suppose I wanted to see what you were going to do. Burn them, throw them away, send them back dipped in Silver blood—but not keep them. Not read them while I slept next to you."
"But still, you feel no remorse for the dead. You do whatever you can to forget them. You abandoned your family without a word. You can’t control yourself. Half the time you run away from leadership, and the other half you act like some untouchable martyr, crowned in guilt, the only person who’s really giving herself to the cause."
""I’m going to show everyone." Again, firmer. "Tell Cal to change course. He will understand."
"As for the Silvers of Norta." I speak quickly, tightening my grip on Elara. "Your king and queen have lied to you—and betrayed you. The Scarlet Guard liberated a prison this morning, and inside we found Red and Silvers both. Missing members of House Iral, Lerolan, Skonos, Jacos, and more. Wrongfully imprisoned, tortured with Silent Stone, left to die for nonexistent crimes. They are with us now, and they are alive. Your lost ones live. Rise to help them. Rise to avenge the ones we could not save. Rise, and join us. For your king is a monster." I glare deep into the camera, knowing he will see this. "Maven is a monster."
"A newblood king will sit the throne you built him."
"I will have your own unit, your own handpicked Ardents at your side."
"Bring me Maven Calore’s head and your leader can use me as a footstool."
"It's not good to let them dwell on your sins."
"The first of the child legions is being sent to the Choke."
"No one is born evil, just like no one is born alone."
"I will not become a monster, no matter what I must do in the days ahead."
"I’ll spend my birthday a prisoner of my own volition."
"How could I forget? My mirror reminds me every day."