Jennifer Giesbrecht Quotes

But words are easily manipulated. History lives on in other ways.

You're awful,' Florian hissed out between chuckles. 'You're a vile creature.'

'Herr Leickenbloom, please.' Johann smiled easily. 'Don't underestimate me. I'm more than vile; I'm an honest-to-god monster.

Unwise to dream of death in a world where someone has the power to make those dreams come true.

We move through cycles that grow shorter with each rotation (...) First is creation; then we prosper; then we preserve. Then, decline. Finally, decay.
The last cycle is a corrupted world, so far from the light. When this cycle collapses, the world folds in on itself. An then, we begin again.

Thin ice isn't a problem for the sea; it's a problem for the blind idiot who steps out on it. The fool who breaks it gets sucked under; the ice, it mends.

Is this it? Johann wondered. The longer fall I was looking for? To know that I was summoned up from the dark ether to do a monster's deeds for Hallandrette's truest son? And when our work is done, I will carry him to the bottom of the sea, where we both belong. Deep beneath the silt our bones will turn to salt.

Don't you feel it, sometimes? As if the world wants to consume itself.

There's nothing to fear from the end of the world. Annihilation is a fire that cleanses what it burns. For a corrupted world, apocalypse is the only hope for redemption.

Power was sweeter than apples. It was cheaper than water, and sustained the soul twice as well. If Johann was going to be a Thing with a name, then from now on he would be a Thing with power, too.