Any respectable romantasy reader or BookTok user has read at least one book from Sarah J. Maas’ Crescent City series. And no matter what you thought of House of Flame and Shadow—we do not speak of the crossover in this house—Crescent City is a well-crafted urban fantasy and has some of our favorite quotes.
“I am a descendant of Ranthia Drahl, Queen of Embers. She is with me now, and I am not afraid. My friends are behind me, and I will protect them.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“Loyal unto death and beyond.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
Danika grabbed her hand again. “That’s the point of it, Bryce. Of life. To live, to love, knowing that it might all vanish tomorrow. It makes everything that much more precious.” She took Bryce’s face in her hands and pressed their brows together.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“Allow me to demonstrate why you all can kiss my f****** ass”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“Sandriel just gaped at the feed that had shown Bryce Quinlan casually vacuuming up the ashes of a Governor as if she'd spilled chips on the carpet.”
― Sarah J Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“Shifter or true animal, that truth lay etched in the soul of every canine. Ithan Holstrom sprinted toward Asphodel Meadows with the weight of that history behind him, burning in his heart. He prayed he was not too late.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“Because you pretend to be irreverent and lazy, but deep down, you don’t give up. Because you know that if you do, then they win. All the alpha-holes, as you called them, win. So living, and living well—it’s the greatest ‘fuck you’ that you can ever give them.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“Twenty-seven was the ideal age to make the Drop, they'd decided together, after years of mercilessly judging the various immortals who marked their lives by centuries and millennia. Read before any prominent lines or wrinkles are gray hairs. They merely said to anyone who inquired, ‘What's the point of being mortal basses if we have sagging tits?’”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“Immortality is a long time to have a giant stick up your ass.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“She was sea and sky and stone and blood and wings and earth and stars and darkness and light and bone and flame.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
The Most Swoon-Worthy Quotes from House of Earth and Blood
Hunt Athalar definitely deserves a spot in the bookish boyfriends wall of fame!
“You're the person I don't need to explain myself to—not when it matters. You see everything I am, and you don't run away from it.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“‘I see you, Quinlan’, he silently conveyed to her. ‘And I like all of it’. ‘Right back at you’, her half smile seemed to say.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“No one had ever fought for him. No one had ever cared enough to do so.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“Only sorrow lay there. And something like understanding. Like she saw him, as he'd seen her in that shooting gallery, marked every broken shard and didn't mind the jagged bits.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“‘Hunt.’ The entire world went quiet. ‘I was waiting for you.’ ‘Bryce, sweetheart, just get back to your apartment and give me an hour and —’ ‘No,’ she whispered, closing her eyes. She put her hand on her chest. Over her heart. ‘I was waiting for you—in here. ’Hunt couldn't stop his own tears then. ‘I was waiting for you, too.’
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“‘I see your kindness and your … whatever.’ She squeezed his hand for emphasis. ‘I see all the shit you conveniently forget.’”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“She tucked away what his praise did to her heart, how it lifted the fog that had settled on her.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“And that was a winged male sitting on the opposite roof. Staring right at her.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“The angel's gaze met hers, so full of agony she thought it was what her soul must look like.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“‘I've got you,’ he murmured. ‘Sweetheart, I've got you.’”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“Chin up, Quinlan! Let's see you do that fancy trick where you somehow look down your nose at people a foot taller than you.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“… I realized all this was the wrong path. But you and me, Bryce… You are where I want to end up. A life—with you. You are my fucking path.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“‘What sort of an afterward for you and me do you have in mind, Athalar?’
He didn't balk from her searching gaze. ‘The good kind,’ he said with equal quiet.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“How many males had run from this part of her, their alpha-hole egos threatened by it? He hated them all merely for putting the question in her eyes.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“We’ve been ordered to get to the bottom of these murders. So I hate to tell you this, sweetheart, but we’re about to get real up close and personal.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“‘Want to come play Scary Asshole with me?’ Despite everything, despite the Asteri's watching and all that had occurred, Bryce smiled. ‘I have just the outfit.’”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“‘This wasn't supposed to happen between us,’ she whispered. ‘I know,’ he said, kissing her shaking fingers again. He gently unfurled them, exposing the heart of her palm. He pressed his mouth there, too. ‘But thank fucking Urd it did.’ Her hands stopped shaking. Hunt lifted his eyes from her hand to find her own lined with silver—and full of fire. He interlaced their fingers. ‘For fuck's sake, just kiss me, Quinlan.’”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“Hunt leaned forward, putting his cool brow against hers. ‘I've known who you were this whole time. I never forgot you.’”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“‘I have fun with you, Quinlan. Despite how terrible this case is, despite all of it. I haven't had fun like this in a while.’ In ever.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“‘When males are kneeling between my legs, Athalar,’ she said, ‘they’re not usually grimacing.’”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
The Most Chilling, Soul-Shaking House of Earth and Blood Quotes
“Then let the world know that my first act of freedom was to help my friends.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“My friends are with me and I am not afraid.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“What blinds an oracle, Bryce Quinlan?”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“Through love, all is possible.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“Sabine snapped back at him, ‘There are no wolves left for the Old Square!’ But the Prime of the wolves had stirred at last, and pointed an ancient, gnarled finder to the screen. To the feed. And he said, ‘One wolf remains in the Old Square.’”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“Bryce stared at the fire, her face still splattered with the Archangel’s blood. And finally, she lifted her eyes. Right to the camera. To the world watching. Vengeance incarnate. Wrath's bruised heart. She would bow for no one. Hunt's lightning sang at the sight of that beautiful, brutal face.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“‘I am Bryce Quinlan,’ she said to the Gate, to the void, to all of Hel behind it. Her voice was serene—wise and laughing. ‘Heir to the Starborn Fae.’”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“Message me when you're home safe. Bryce began typing. The answer it had taken her two years, nearly to the day, to write. I'm home.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“Hunt hissed to Bryce through his gritted teeth, thunder cracking above him, ‘I heard what you said.’ Pump, pump, pump went his powerful arms. ‘What you waited to admit until I was almost dead, you fucking coward.’ His lightning surged into her, sending her body off the ground as he tried to jump-start her heart. He snarled in her ear, ‘Now come say it to my face.’”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
“Bryce's face crumpled as she lurched to her feet, sprinting to the Gate. She didn't care how it was possible, as Danika said again, ‘Light it up.’ Then Bryce was laughing and sobbing as she screamed, ‘LIGHT IT UP, DANIKA! LIGHT IT UP, LIGHT IT UP, LIGHT IT UP!’ Bryce slammed her palm onto the bronze disk of the Gate. And soul to soul with the friend whom she had not forgotten, the friend who had not forgotten her, even in death, Bryce made the Drop.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood
Final Thoughts
From Lehabah’s sacrifice to Danika Fendyr’s untimely end, the first Crescent City book packs an emotional punch like no other. Don’t get us wrong, House of Sky and Breath (HOSAB) and House of Flame and Shadow (HOFAS) are good—they have more of Ruhn Danaan, Crown Prince of the Valbaran Fae, but nothing beats Bryce’s self-sacrifice and her bond with Danika and Hunt.
Always living in her own enchanted little world, Christina discovered the magic that can be hidden within the pages of a book when one dares to take a closer look from a tender age. An avid reader, she is constantly inspired to delve into the secrets woven between the lines and challenges herself to find her own voice amidst the chaos. She is a dedicated fan of the classics, but the supernatural creatures that have tormented readers for years are her kryptonite. The mastery it takes to infuse the author's essence, molded by the era they grew up in to their innermost desires fascinates her. Undoubtedly, putting her passion and knowledge on paper has a mesmerizing allure on her, and following the steps of so many other dreamers before her she wishes to leave her mark in the literary world. Guided by T.S Eliot’s haunting words: “I will show you fear in a handful of dust” she intends to wreak havoc in the minds of her future readers.
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