Quotes of Jay Kristoff

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“The books we love, they love us back. And just as we mark our places in the pages, those pages leave their marks on us. I can see it in you, sure as I see it in me. You're a daughter of the words. A girl with a story to tell.” ― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight
“You deserve every star in the galaxy laid out at your feet and a thousand diamonds in your hair. You deserve someone who'll run with you as far and as fast as you want to. Holding your hand, not holding you back.” ― Jay Kristoff, Illuminae
“Too many books. Too few centuries.” ― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight
“Am I not merciful?” ― Jay Kristoff, Illuminae
“You've got the look of a girl who's no stranger to the page. I can tell. You've got words in your soul.” ― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight
“He presses the triggers. And like roses in his hands, death blooms.” ― Jay Kristoff, Illuminae
“I appear to have misplaced the fucks I give for what you think.” ― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight
“The brighter the light, the deeper the shadow.” ― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight
“Never flinch" A cold whisper in her ear. "Never fear. And never, ever forget.” ― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight
“Every story needs its hero. And its villain. And its monster.” ― Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff, Obsidio
“Beauty you're born with, but brains you earn.” ― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight
“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.The heavens grant us only one life, but through books, we live a thousand.” ― Jay Kristoff, Godsgrave
“Iron or glass? they'd ask.She was neither.She was steel.” ― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight
“Who am I to deny gravity, Aurora? When you shine brighter than any constellation in the sky?” ― Jay Kristoff, Aurora Rising
“since i will not send this, i also feel it is my duty to inform you that almost six months on I think I still love you and that makes me sad becaue love shouldn’t feel this way. is like getting kicked in the stomach every time i think of you and it makes me want to roll my face across this keyboardbiu;///ubEWdcfhugiov’byhi;.//////-=‘-0i9juh8ygtfdcsaazs34defg7uefg7u8hi9o0p8hi9o0p-[[09ju8dcsaazs34d9o0p-[[09.” ― Jay Kristoff, Illuminae
“Cock is just another word for 'fool.' But you call someone a cunt, well..." The girl smiled. "You're implying a sense of malice there. An intent. Malevolent and self-aware. Don't think I name Consul Scaeva a cunt to gift him insult. Cunts have brains, Don Tric. Cunts have teeth. Someone calls you a cunt, you take it as a compliment. As a sign that folks believe you're not to be lightly fucked with.” ― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight
“It's easy to lose yourself in the idea of a person and be blinded to their reality.” ― Jay Kristoff, Stormdancer
“You might get only one shot. So shoot. You know who said that?"The rifle clatters to the bloody floor."Hanna FUCKING Donnelly. That's who.” ― Jay Kristoff, Gemina
“Dying is easy. Anyone can throw themselves onto the pyre and rest a happy martyr. Enduring the suffering that comes with sacrifice is the real test.” ― Jay Kristoff, Stormdancer
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Jay Kristoff

Jay Kristoff is a #1 international, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of fantasy and science fiction. He is the winner of eight Aurealis Awards, an ABIA, has over two million books in print and is published in over thirty five countries, most of…

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