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The Heart Forger (The Bone Witch, #2) QUOTES

The Heart Forger (The Bone Witch, #2) QUOTES

1 " ...and Khalad is too engrossed in his work at the moment to hear us, much less be of use in conversation."

"To be a perfectionist is not the same as being
deaf," Khalad said without looking up, and the bone witch laughed. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Heart Forger (The Bone Witch, #2)

2 " Whether my death changes everything is not important," the man said, almost in a whisper, "but whether you allow my death to change you I'd another matter entirely. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Heart Forger (The Bone Witch, #2)

3 " Whether my death changes anything is not important," the man said, almost in a whisper,
"but whether you allow my death to change you is another matter entirely. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Heart Forger (The Bone Witch, #2)

4 " You look like a little thundercloud hovering in the middle of a field of sunshine."

I bit back a sigh and faced Kalen. "Im flattered you made all this effort to keep the thundercloud company. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Heart Forger (The Bone Witch, #2)

5 " With my heart," he murmured against my bare skin.

"You better be damn sure, Tea. The last thing I want to be is a consolation prize. But if you want this, then to hell with Kance and everyone else because you're "

― Rin Chupeco , The Heart Forger (The Bone Witch, #2)

6 " That is the nature of grief. But to grieve means you have loved. To love opens up the possibility for grief. There cannot be one without the other. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Heart Forger (The Bone Witch, #2)

7 " Life isn’t fair, dear one. And sometimes, neither is death. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Heart Forger (The Bone Witch, #2)

8 " Patience is the long pause between action and its consequences. Lengthier silences open you up to introspection, and I’ve known a lot of solitude. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Heart Forger (The Bone Witch, #2)

9 " It felt so wonderful and strange to know you are your own person but begin to understand how you could also belong to wholeheartedly to someone else. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Heart Forger (The Bone Witch, #2)

10 " The world will turn even when you are not awake to busy yourself in it. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Heart Forger (The Bone Witch, #2)

11 " Lies are sweet to the palate, but the truth is often spat out, bitter and rancid. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Heart Forger (The Bone Witch, #2)

12 " The dead do not rest,“ she told me, “only the living believe the grave can bring you peace. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Heart Forger (The Bone Witch, #2)

13 " It's not such a bad thing, to feel powerless sometimes. It teaches us that some situations are inevitable and that we should spend what little time we have in the company of the people that matter most. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Heart Forger (The Bone Witch, #2)

14 " You talk like a recipe exists to accustom one to death," I said, bitter.
"Oh, but there is," she responded. "Take a girl and remove her heart. Add a touch of tragedy and a thirst for vengeance. Divide her into equal parts of grief and rage, then serve her cold. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Heart Forger (The Bone Witch, #2)

15 " It's not such a bad thing, to feel powerless sometimes. It teaches us that some situations are inevitable and that we should spend what little time we have on the company of the people that matter most. Do you understand me, Tea? "

― Rin Chupeco , The Heart Forger (The Bone Witch, #2)

16 " People need someone to hate. And it’s easier to see that in others than to find it in themselves. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Heart Forger (The Bone Witch, #2)

17 " But to grieve means you have loved. To love opens up the possibility for grief. There cannot be one without the other. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Heart Forger (The Bone Witch, #2)

18 " And so I put aside my anger because if there is one thing I am, it is that I am not her. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Heart Forger (The Bone Witch, #2)

19 " Kings are only kings because one ancestor was quicker than another to place a crown on his own head. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Heart Forger (The Bone Witch, #2)

20 " Modesty is well and good, but acknowledging improvements to one's skill is as necessary as acknowledging improvements to one's character. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Heart Forger (The Bone Witch, #2)