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Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1) QUOTES

Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1) QUOTES

1 " 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. "

― , Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1)

2 " One heart cannot serve two masters. "

― , Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1)

3 " One fine moonlit night, Mortain and his Wild Hunt were riding through the countryside when they spied two maids more beautiful than any they had ever seen before. They were picking evening primrose, which only blooms in the moonlight.
“The two maids turned out to be Amourna and Arduinna, twin daughters of Dea Matrona. When Mortain saw the fair Amourna, he fell instantly in love, for she was not only beautiful but light of heart as well, and surely the god of death needs lightness in his world.
“But the two sisters could not be more different. Amourna was happy and giving, but her sister, Arduinna, was fierce, jealous, and suspicious, for such is the dual nature of love. Arduinna had a ferocious and protective nature and did not care for the way Mortain was looking at her beloved sister. To warn him, she drew her bow and let fly with one of her silver arrows. She never misses, and she didn’t miss then. The arrow pierced Mortain’s heart, but no one, not even a goddess, can kill the god of death.
“Mortain plucked the arrow from his chest and bowed to Arduinna. ‘Thank you,’ he said. ‘For reminding me that love never comes without cost "

― , Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1)

4 " The fault lies not with you” she says this so gently it makes me want to cry. I have never shed a tear, not throughout all my father’s beatings or guillo’s mauling, but a few kind words from this women and it is all i can do not to bawl like a babe. "

― R.L. LaFevers , Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1)

5 " Whenever you are ready, or if you never are, my heart is yours, until Death do us part. "

― R.L. LaFevers , Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1)

6 " Lie as convincingly as I can and pray she doesn't kill someone important. "

― R.L. LaFevers , Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1)

7 " Everyone has a price, it seems "

― R.L. LaFevers , Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1)

8 " I bear a deep red stain that runs from my left shoulder down to my right hip, a trail left by the herbwitch's poison that my mother used to try to expel me from her womb. "

― R.L. LaFevers , Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1)

9 " Why be the sheep when you can be the wolf? "

― , Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1)

10 " Whenever you are ready, or if you never are, my heart is yours.... "

― , Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1)

11 " When one consorts with assassins, one must expect to dance along the edge of a knife once or twice. "

― , Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1)

12 " 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. "

― , Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1)

13 " Surely He does not give us hearts so we may spend our lives ignoring them. "

― , Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1)

14 " There is no shame in scars, Ismae. "

― , Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1)

15 " 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. "

― , Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1)

16 " 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. "

― , Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1)

17 " ... while I am Death's daughter and walk in His dark shadow, surely the darkness can give way to light sometimes. "

― , Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1)

18 " 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. "

― , Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1)

19 " Are men truly such idiots that they cannot resist two orbs of flesh? "

― , Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1)

20 " I stare at him coldly. "I do not care for needlework." I pause. "Unless it involves the base of the skull. "

― , Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1)