77 Quotes by Grace Draven

I’ve always believed that talking to the dead is sometimes easier than talking to the living.” She shrugged at his questioning look. “They listen better.

I’ve always been under the assumption that death is a one-time, encompassing event.” “Why would you ever think that?

I'm serious, Brishen. Promise me you'll not get yourself killed or maimed out there.""I can't make that promise, Ildiko, but I can swear to do my best to come back with all arms and legs attached."She frowned. "Your head too, if you please."Brishen laughed then. "My head too.

All you have to do is breathe, and you seduce me.

It became my duty once the witch before me became too crippled to attend the Rites. Sometimes you do the thing you hate so others don’t have to, whether it’s from love, guilt, or blackmail.” She paused to level a condemning stare on him. “No other woman in Beroe is safe from fire. It would be wrong and cowardly of me to let them burn when I can go in their place and survive. It doesn’t mean I have to like it just because I’m willing to accept it.

There’s more.”“Of course there is,” Brishen said flatly. It had started badly; it turned worse and hinted at becoming ruinous.

A wash of relief poured through her, along with a kindling of hope. Her bridegroom wasn't Gauri; he wasn't even human. He was, however, congenial and gracious. She had proclaimed his appearance ghastly and his honesty handsome. Ildiko still stood by both opinions. She could have done infinitely worse. More than a few Gauri women had the misfortune to marry human men with handsome faces and ghastly souls.

They laughed together then until the woman's features turned somber. "Thank you for not lying about what you thought of my appearance. You might have a face to turn my hair white, but your honesty is handsome.

You have done an unwise thing, Martise of Asher,” he said softly. “You’ve caught my interest.