Two Twisted Crowns Quotes

“To anyone who’s ever felt lost in a wood. There is a
strange sort of finding in losing.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“Be wary, Be clever, Be good”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“There once was a girl,” he said, his voice slick, “clever and good, who tarried in shadow in the depths of the wood. There also was a King—a shepherd by his crook, who reigned over magic and wrote the old book. The two were together, so the two were the same: “The girl, the King, and the monster they became.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“You did not come all this way to yield to despair.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“Here we are, my darling girl, he whispered to me. The end of all things. The last page of our story.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“There were not enough pages in all the books Elm had read, in all the libraries he’d wandered, in all the notebooks he’d scrawled, that could measure—denote or describe—just how beautiful she was.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“I'll tell you a story, I whispered. It always helped me sleep as a child.
He nodded, folding his hands over his lap, and closed his eyes.
There once was a girl, clever and good, who tarried in shadow in the depths of the wood. There also was a King, a shepherd by his crook, who reigned over magic and wrote the old book. The two were together, so the two-
I couldn't go on.
Elspeth.
No. I'm not ready. Not yet.
Finish the story, dear one.
My voice shook. The two were together-
Together.
So the two were the same.
The girl, he whispered, honey and oil and silk.
The King...
We said the final words together, our voices echoing, listless, through the dark. A final note. An eternal farewell. And the monster they became.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“I’d be your King, but always your servant. Never your keeper.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“Above rowan and yew, the elm tree stands tall. It waits along borders, a sentry at call.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“He has looked pain in the eye - and refused to let it make a monster of him”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“For nothing is safe, and nothing is free. Debt follows all men, no matter their plea. When the Shepherd returns, a new day shall ring. Death to the Rowans.” His gray eyes focused, homing in on Elm. “Long live the King.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“I’ve wanted to know you since I saw you all those years ago, riding in the wood, mud on your ankles.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“I know as well as you that magic is the oldest paradox. The more power it gives you, the weaker you become.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“But the tide always turns, and the truth always outs.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“The two were together, so the two were the same: “The girl, the King, and the monster they became.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“Human life is short. You are not as a tree, stoic and unyielding, but a butterfly. Delicate, fleeting. Inconsequential.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“There you are.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“For even dead, I will not die. I am the shepherd of shadow. The phantom of the fright. The demon in the daydream. The nightmare in the night.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“You’re a Rowan. Don’t you take whatever you fancy?” “Clearly not, when all I fancy is a proper night’s sleep.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“But his soul carried on, buried deep in Elspeth Spindle, the only woman Ravyn had ever loved.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“I was the darkness and the darkness was me, and together we rolled with the tide, lulled toward a shore I could neither see nor hear. All was water—all was salt.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“The Nightmare’s smile was a thinly veiled threat. “I know what I know. My secrets are deep. But long have I kept them. And long will they keep.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“Having hope does not make me delusional, Elspeth,”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“There you are.” He wrapped me in his arms, holding me against his armored chest like a father would a child. “One day, you will be nothing more than memory, Elspeth Spindle. But not yet.” His yellow eyes rose to the blackened sky. “Don’t leave me alone with these fools.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“A hundred years,” he said to her, as if she were the only one in the room. “I’ll love you for a hundred years—and an eternity after.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“I’m tied to a post with a grating headache and the dimmest Yews in five centuries,” the Nightmare muttered. “Never been better.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“My thoughts festered until my mind turned septic.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“There were not enough pages in all the books Elm had read, in all the libraries he’d wandered, in all the notebooks he’d scrawled, that could measure—denote or describe—just how beautiful she was. “There you are.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“Balance,” she answered, head tilting like a bird of prey. “To right terrible wrongs. To free Blunder from the Rowans.” Her yellow eyes narrowed, wicked and absolute. “To collect his due.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“There is no weakness in pain.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns