54 Quotes by Lesley Livingston

There is only forward. Only tomorrow. No yesterday, no going back. And nothing of value is left behind, so nothing is truly lost.

I would be the master of my own fate. Me and the goddess Morrigan. No one else – and certainly no man.

Temper passion with control, conviction with cunning.

I guess we’re stuck with each other then,” she said. “For the time being.” “There are worse fates,” I said. She rolled an eye at me. “Not many, but some.” A grin flickered across Elka’s face as Charon’s men barked at us to get moving. The slave chain hissed sullenly along the ground, but I realized that I really was grateful that the tall, fierce Varini girl was tethered to the other end.

This is Rome. Treachery and opportunism and backstabbing run in her veins like lifeblood, and if you’ve never had to live your life constantly looking over your shoulder, then you have no idea how dangerous it can be.

The trader had told me that Mare Nostrum meant “Our Sea” in Latin, and I had marveled at the arrogance of Rome, which would dare to lay claim to the very elements of the earth. The goddess must have laughed at them, I’d thought. I certainly had.

Some things you just have to take on faith and believe in at the risk of getting hurt. It’s one of the things that the Fair Folk will never understand, and it’s something that sets us apart from them. The fact that each and every time we believe in each other we take a risk. Because we know that it might NOT be the truth. But we also know that it MIGHT be.

I would be the master of my own fate. Me and the goddess Morrigan. No one else- and certainly no man. Mael and Aeddan could fight over me until they were both bloody. My father could deny me my blade. But they couldn’t force me from my warrior’s path unless I let them.

There is no thing called dishonor. No thing called honor. There is only winning. Only losing. And if you lose, you don’t leave a freshly made bed for your enemy to sleep in.