Stabby Quotes from Of Song and Scepter
for mood readers everywhere
This one’s for the mood readers. For whenever you feel like boiling the sea with the heat of your rage.
Looking for a dark and stabby twist on a familiar fairytale? In my dark little mermaid retelling, Of Song and Scepter, “Ariel” isn’t the headstrong teenager you know from the 1989 Disney film. She’s a 30-year-old death-dealer from the darkest trenches of the sea.
And yeah, she’s stabby.
I’ve been in a burn-down-the-patriarchy mood all week, so I’ve dug up some of the best feisty female quotes from my book to share with you. Cheers.
I count my life in kills. My first was the hardest: a male siren with a scowling face. My knife didn’t cut deep enough, and the poor fucker clung to his life. It took me until my twenty-third kill to perfect the flick and slice of my blade. I’ve killed 2,735 times since him, and now I know better. I have learned to make it painless, as easy as blinking. ~ Enna Valomir
I’m a death-dealer. A monster. But like Odissa says, there are worse things to be than deadly—dead is one of them. ~ Enna Valomir
“Nobody can hear you scream out here, princess. Nobody but me and the dredgebeasts. And we don’t want to wake them up, do we?” ~ Odissa
“It’s not nice to play with the target, Odissa. Be done with it.” ~ Enna Valomir
I’m notoriously bad at feelings. Sex, I can do. But the heart-pumping, gut-twisting romantic shit? I’d much rather knife a prince. ~ Enna Valomir
“You should know better than to get between a death-dealer and her prey.” ~ Odissa
“I’m not a helpless female, pretty prince. Show me the blood.” ~ Enna Valomir
“Are you ready, Your Highness, or are we going to admire your fancy fork all evening?” ~ Captain Nara
“Pretend to know what I’m thinking one more time, pretty prince, and I’ll slit your throat.” ~ Enna Valomir
I’m going to kill her myself, slide my knife right through that pretty throat, and watch it bleed all over her cinnamon cake. ~ Enna Valomir
“If you mean to spit me next, Your Highness, I’ll gut you where you stand.” ~ Enna Valomir
If I lose him now, the sea will boil with the heat of my rage. ~ Enna Valomir
Read the book while you listen to the stabby mermaids playlist on Spotify for an immersive experience of Enna’s story.
Stay deadly,
Liesl West