265 Quotes by Jay Kristoff

It’s easy to lose yourself in the idea of a person and be blinded to their reality.

We have a saying in Vaan,” Byern replied. “In every breath, hope abides.

The kind of handsome a girl might raise an army for, slay a god or a daemon for. This girl, at least.

Nothing is where you start. Own nothing. Know nothing. Be nothing.’ ‘Why would I want to do that?’ The old man crushed out his cigarillo on the boards between them. His smile made her smile in return. ‘Because then you can do anything.

That’s the power of words; twenty six little letter can paint a whole universe.

Why should what’s between my legs be considered any smarter or stupider, any worse or better? It’s all just meat, Don Tric. In the end, it’s all just food for worms.

The heavens grant us only one life, but through books, we live a thousand.” – Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff.

Looking out over the mezzanine to the endless shelves below, the girl couldn’t help but smile. She’d grown up inside books. No matter how dark life became, shutting out the hurt was as easy as opening a cover. A child of murdered parents and a failed rebellion, she’d still walked in the boots of scholars and warriors, queens and conquerors.

But here is truth, gentlefriends, no matter the number of suns in your sky. At the heart of it, two kinds of people live in this world or any other: those who flee and those who fight.