265 Quotes by Jay Kristoff

This is her story, and that’s how it ends. “A republic in ashes.” That’s a good ending, Mercurio. Better than most get.

The wolf does not pity the lamb. The storm begs no forgiveness of the drowned.

Mia had seen some fighters who moved like dancers, lithe and graceful. Others moved like bulls, and brawn and bluster. But Cassius moved like a knife. Simple. Straight. Deadly. There was no flash to his style. No flair. He simply cut right to the bone.

Your father gave me life. But you were the one who made me live.

I cannot help but feel a grudging respect also. He thinks swiftly, this Tyler Jones. He does not rattle, and he does not hesitate. With everything on the line, he still sees clearly, and he does what it takes to win. He is a born leader.

When you take a person out of the world, you don’t just take them, do you? You take everything they were, too.

Death is a promise we all must keep. Sooner or later.

If you can’t see your chains, what use is a key?

I’ll do anything you ask, and everything you won’t.