189 Quotes by Kameron Hurley

War makes monsters of us all. But what happens to those of us who no longer wish to be monsters?

It was strange how you didn’t realise how much you loved a place until you had lost it completely.

Storytelling instead of info dumping is a fairly well-known life hack, but there are still very few people who tell stories instead of facts.

I was limited by stories that came before mine.We are so often limited by our own expectations of stories, by the stories that came before, by the heroes who came before.… How is it we can bear to live with ourselves, as readers and storytellers, if we swallow those limitations without questioning them?

Every time Nyx thought she’d gotten out of the business of killing boys, she shot another one.

I have wanted to hate her all my life, but as I've learned since my early days pining after Rasida, I am drawn to and desire my enemies, and it may be my worst flaw.

Funny isn't it? The power of story.It's why I picked up a pen.I slay monsters, too.

The wall? What’s the wall?” Nyx asked.The woman told him. Ahmed translated, “The end of the world.”“Well, that’s fitting,” Nyx said.“It does sound promising,” Ahmed said.

We all fight monsters, she knew. There was no shame in losing.