Robin LaFevers Quotes

Robin Lorraine LaFevers is an American children's book writer from California. She is the author of the Theodosia series (illustrated by Yoko Tanaka) and Nathaniel Fludd, Beastologist series (illustrated by Kelly Murphy) for children. She is the author of the His Fair Assassin series for young adults.

Surely He does not give us hearts so we may spend our lives ignoring them.

Robin LaFevers
- Heart
- May
- Giving
I will sit here but an hour or two, then leave." I yawn. "So very long as that?" When he answers, there is a wry note in his voice. "I do have my reputation to protect.

Robin LaFevers
- Long
- Voice
- Two

Every time he glances at me I feel it just as surely as if he has reached out and run his finger along my soul. It is all I can do not to smile at the sheer wonder of it.

Robin LaFevers
- Time
- Soul
- Wonder
If he is smart, he will run. He is not.

Robin LaFevers
- Smart
Good intentions are only lies the weak tell themselves.

Robin LaFevers
- Good
- Lies
One heart cannot serve two masters.

Robin LaFevers
- Heart
He does not start guiltily, as he should, but frowns in annoyance. "Who are you?" I slip my hand through the slit of my overskirt, and my fingers close around the hard wood of the crossbow tiller. "Vengeance," I say softly.

Robin LaFevers
- Hand
Jewels can be replaced, cousin. Independence, once lost, cannot.

Robin LaFevers
- Lost
- Independence
- Cousin

Hate cannot be fought with hate. Evil cannot be conquered by darkness. Only love has the power to conquer them both.

Robin LaFevers
- Power
- Hate
- Evil
The maids in my village talked of falling in love with a man at first sight. That has always seemed naught but foolishness to me. Until I enter Sister Serafina's workshop. It is unlike anything I have ever seen, full of strange sights and smells, and I tumble headlong into love.

Robin LaFevers
- Sister
This is what I want to be. An instrument of mercy, not vengeance.

Robin LaFevers
- Mercy
And just as love has two sides, so too does Death. While Ismae will serve as His mercy, I will not, for that is not how He fashioned me. Every death I have witnessed, every horror I have endured, has forged me to be who I am -- Death's justice.

Robin LaFevers
- Death
- Justice
- Mercy