Ash Princess Quotes

“We are not defined by the things we do in order to survive. We do not apologize for them,” she says quietly, eyes never leaving mine. “Maybe they have broken you, but you are a sharper weapon because of it. And it is time to strike.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“I was a princess made of ashes; there is nothing left of me to burn.
Now it's time for a queen to rise.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“Is it better to have your life ended by someone who hates you or someone who loves you?”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“Maybe they have broken you, but you are a sharper weapon because of it. And it is time to strike.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“I take one last look at my reflection in the mirror. Ashes already flake down over my cheeks and nose, marking me. The red stain I used on my lips looks like fresh blood. Underneath, I see bits and pieces of my mother staring back at me, but twisted with hate and fury my mother never needed to know.
I'm not sorry for it.
I am angry.
I am hungry.
And I promise myself that one day I will watch them all burn.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“We are not defined by the things we do in order to survive.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“Because I am not all right. I am a hurricane barely contained in skin.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“May you always do the right thing, even when it’s hard.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“The hope inside me is not smothered yet. It is dying, yes, with only a few embers left. But I’ve seen fires rekindled with less.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“You’re a lamb in the lion’s den, child. You’re surviving. Isn’t that enough?”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“My body remembers—even when the rest of me forgets—that I am not made for curtsying.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“My thoughts are growing bolder now, and though I know they are dangerous, I can no longer quiet them. And for the first time, I don’t want to”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“If there is a step after anger, I haven't yet found it.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“It’s safer to live only in the present, to be a girl with no past to yearn for and no future to have ripped away.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“I’m always alone. I should be used to it by now, though I don’t think it’s the kind of thing a person ever grows used to.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“Theodosia, Ampelio called me. It's a strong name - the one my mother gave me. It's the name of a queen. It doesn't feel like a name I deserve, but here I stand, alone. If I am to survive, I must be strong enough to live up to it.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“He is a stone, incapable of feeling anything, and I don't like being reminded that he's also human. I don't like to be reminded that we love the same person.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“He has already taken everything, my mother, Ampellio, my home. And now, I have nothing left to lose. And now, I have nothing left to fear.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“Impossible. The word ruffles me and I ignore it.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“The Kaiser should have killed me when he had the chance.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“Everything is the same, even though I am not.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“Because that’s how water works. The river flows, pushing against a stone, even as it knows it won’t move it. It doesn’t have to. Enough currents go by, over enough time, and even the strongest stone gives in. It might take a lifetime or more, but water doesn’t give up.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“My mother was known as the Fire Queen, regal and strong. But I am the Ash Princess, a living joke.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“Not to worry, I was saving stupid for tomorrow, or maybe next week. I haven't decided yet.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“Thora is so much simpler. She is a hollow thing with no past no future. No desires. No anger. Only fear. Only obedience”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“I believe that if the gods could interfere they would, but maybe that’s beyond their reach. Maybe, instead, they can give us what we need to succeed on our own.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“It only makes the voice in my head grow louder. And when the voice grows loud enough to push past my lips, the Kaiser grows angry”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“The thought almost sends me running back for my bed, but I know it’s only a slower death that awaits me there. I have to make a choice. I have to trust myself.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“All I can do is put one foot ahead of the other, one hand in front of the other, and climb. Everything else is out of my control. In a way, there is freedom in knowing that.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“My name is Theodosia Eirene Houzzara, Queen of Astrea, and I will endure this”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess