Stormdancer Quotes
"She screamed for her father. For Kasumi or Akihito. For anybody. And nobody came."
"The trees erupted and toppled in front of her, cleft to the heartwood by an enormous ten-span sword."
"She was rolling to her feet when the oni snatched her up, quicker than flies, its awful grip making her cry out."
"‘Well, that’s clever,’ she chided herself, ‘thinking about boys at a time like this.’"
"The beast emerged from the shadows, feathers stained black with blood."
"The sky hung heavy with a pall of fumes, sealing in the day’s already oppressive heat."
"‘The cloudwalkers say otherwise,’ he declared."
"Sailors are fond of their tall tales, my Lord."
"‘The beast will be captured, Hideo-san,’ the Shōgun glared."
"The only will you should be concerned with at this moment is my own."
"‘Izanagi’s balls,’ he muttered, and hurried after the girl."
"‘Damned Kitsune,’ spat the dealer. ‘Cheaters, one and all.’"
"The beast landed off-balance, digging bloodstained claws into the earth."
"Even walking amongst the clouds, you must notice the weather growing hotter by the year?"
"The only animals thriving are corpse-eaters: lotusflies and rats."
"The last official sighting of a sea dragon was a century ago."
"There are only three tigers left on this entire island, all sickly curs."
"To see a crane in the sky these days was a rarity."
"Cheap liquor and processed lotus buds to intoxicate and befuddle."
"The only living thing he had ever created stood behind him, her tears disappearing in the rain."
"Lightning flashed, bright as the dawn, dangerously close."
"You’re a godsdamned liar. There’s no honour in what you do."
"Sometimes we don’t get what we deserve. We play the cards we are dealt."
"If I were a coward, I would have run as your mother bid me."
"One day you will understand, Yukiko. One day you will see that we must sometimes sacrifice for the sake of something greater."
"AFTER THE LAST FISH IS CAUGHT. AFTER THE LAST RIVER POISONED. THEN YOU WILL KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE DONE."
"THEY DESPOIL EVERYTHING. EVEN THEIR OWN BODIES. MADNESS."
"I'm glad you're here, Buruu. I'm really glad you're with me."
"To be a servant can be a noble thing, but only as noble as the master served."
"These hands of mine drip with blood. It will never wash away."
"A demon lives inside my mouth, and speaks to me in quiet moments with blackened tongue."
"The only power governments wield is the power given to them by the people."
"I will answer for it one day to Enma-ō, and the great judge will find me wanting."
"There is a place, and a time, for all endings to begin."
"You’re the one who took her life, but you’re not the one who murdered her."
"Women in this city, on this island, we do not seem like we are important."
"Beauty is a weapon, sharp as any chainkatana."
"Never underestimate a woman’s power over men."
"The measure-reel fell from numb, trembling hands, the figures he’d wanted to recheck drifting off into some dark, forgotten corner of his mind."
"A lifetime. The blinking of an eye. Two days long."
"‘Godsdamn this accursed heat,’ Hajime swore."
"Your Lady does us much honour, Michi-chan."
"Hai, drink and be joyful, give thanks to Yoritomo-no-miya, next Stormdancer of Shima."
"‘Kitsune looks after his own,’ she whispered."