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The Valiant (The Valiant, #1) QUOTES

The Valiant (The Valiant, #1) QUOTES

1 " This oath is the oath we all swear. Not to a god, or a master, or to the Ludu Achillea...but to our sisters who stand here with us. Our sisters. This is the oath that binds us all, one to one, all to all, so that we are no longer free. We belong to each other. We are bound to each other. In swearing to each other, we free ourselves from the outside world, from the world of men, from those who would seek to bind us to Fate and that which would make us slaves. We sacrifice our liberty so that, ultimately, we can be truly free. "

― Lesley Livingston , The Valiant (The Valiant, #1)

2 " You know the life you have committed yourself to often ends in death.

All life does.

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― Lesley Livingston , The Valiant (The Valiant, #1)

3 " I would be the master of my own fate. Me and the goddess Morrigan. No one else- and certainly no man. Mael and Aeddan could fight over me until they were both bloody. My father could deny me my blade. But they couldn't force me from my warrior's path unless I let them. "

― Lesley Livingston , The Valiant (The Valiant, #1)

4 " Are you a weapon or a target? Choose! "

― Lesley Livingston , The Valiant (The Valiant, #1)

5 " Uri...vinciri...verberari...ferroque necari.
I will endure to be burned... to be bound... to be beaten... and to be killed by the sword. "

― Lesley Livingston , The Valiant (The Valiant, #1)

6 " We were castoffs and slaves, orphans and unwanteds and used-to-be princesses...and we were mighty. "

― Lesley Livingston , The Valiant (The Valiant, #1)

7 " Maybe honor wasn't always something won by a blade. I thought. And maybe it couldn't be so easily stripped away, even in servitude. "

― Lesley Livingston , The Valiant (The Valiant, #1)

8 " There is only forward. Only tomorrow. No yesterday, no going back. And nothing of value is left behind, so nothing is truly lost. "

― Lesley Livingston , The Valiant (The Valiant, #1)

9 " Be brave, gladiatrix, he said, And be wary. Bright things beget treachery. Beautiful things breed envy. Once you win Caesar's love, you'll earn his enemies' hate. "

― Lesley Livingston , The Valiant (The Valiant, #1)

10 " Temper passion with control, conviction with cunning. "

― Lesley Livingston , The Valiant (The Valiant, #1)

11 " I would be the master of my own fate. Me and the goddess Morrigan. No one else—and certainly no man. "

― Lesley Livingston , The Valiant (The Valiant, #1)

12 " It's war. Don't leave anything behind for your enemy to use. Scorch the earth, kill the cattle, foul the water. "

― Lesley Livingston , The Valiant (The Valiant, #1)

13 " Rome only exists because of slaves. That’s how it functions. We are its muscles, its brains, and most of all its secrets. "

― Lesley Livingston , The Valiant (The Valiant, #1)

14 " I'm so sorry, bright little thing."

"For what, my lord?:" I asked, my voice small and lost in the dim air.

His words caught in his throat as he answered. "For not making the world a place where you could choose to fight for yourself. "

― Lesley Livingston , The Valiant (The Valiant, #1)

15 " You are what you are, no matter what you once were. "

― Lesley Livingston , The Valiant (The Valiant, #1)

16 " There is no thing called dishonor. No thing called honor. There is only winning. Only losing. And if you lose, you don't leave a freshly made bed for your enemy to sleep in. "

― Lesley Livingston , The Valiant (The Valiant, #1)

17 " In the arena, he continued, it won't be enough just to fight your best. It's never enough to simply win the battle. What you have to win is their hearts. Caesar's heart. Charm them, beguile them, seduce the mob. That will make him fall in love with you. Because unless Caesar loves you, you cannot truly claim Victory. "

― Lesley Livingston , The Valiant (The Valiant, #1)

18 " But I also know that even a weed, cultivated with care, might eventually yield a wildflower. "

― Lesley Livingston , The Valiant (The Valiant, #1)

19 " This oath is the oath we all swear. Not to a god, or a master, or even to the Ludus Achillea... but to our sisters who stand here with us. Our sisters. This is the oath that binds us all, one to one, all to all, so that we are no longer free. We belong to each other. We are bound to each other. In swearing to each other, we free ourselves from the outside world, from the world of men, from those who would seek to bind us to Fate and that which would make us slaves. We sacrifice our liberty so that, ultimately, we can be truly free. "

― Lesley Livingston , The Valiant (The Valiant, #1)

20 " I knew there had to be more to honor than just one's station in life. That's what Sorcha had taught me: that actions meant more than accolades. That honor was something worth fighting for- and dying for- no matter what house you were born into. "

― Lesley Livingston , The Valiant (The Valiant, #1)