Quotes By Author: Rachel Vincent
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“…the dead have a way of becoming saints in the eyes of their survivors…”
“When I was a child, all problems had ended with a single word from my father. A smile from him was sunshine, his scowl a bolt of thunder. He was smart, and generous, and honorable without fail. He could exile a trespasser, check my math homework, and fix the leaky bathroom sink, all before dinner. For the longest time, I thought he was invincible. Above the petty problems that plagued normal people.And now he was gone.”
“Ethan was loyal and funny and protective. When we were little, he was the brother most likely to make me cry—and mostly likely to wipe away my tears.”
“Some things are private. Some things needed to be said, even when the person who needed to hear them couldn’t hear anything. Ever again.”
“…don’t judge your future based on others’ mistakes.”
“You don’t want me to stand against the council. You want a magic wand, so you can walk around smacking people with it until everything’s just the way you like it. But guess what, Faythe? Life doesn’t work like that. Life bites, and the harder you fight it, the more leverage it has to tear your heart right out of your chest. And if you really want to wake this particular sleeping dog, the truth is that if you’d just taken that “damn ring” five years ago, none of this shit would ever have happened!”
“Why is this so hard?” I whispered.His pulse leaped crazily at my admission. “Everything worth fighting for is hard.”
“The three of you are enough to drive a mara mad.’She can wear my shirt,” she growled in an imitation of Nash.”No,she can wear my shirt,”she said switching to Tod’s smoother tone.Then Sabine took off down the hall without a glance at any of us.”I have a spare.Come on, Kaylee,before I choke on testosterone and melodrama.”
“You’re not lost, Kaylee. You can’t ever be lost, because I’ll always know where you are. And if I’m not there with you, I’m on my way, and nothing standing between us will be standing for very long.”
“If I love you more than you love me, I’m as good as dead. Yet I can’t make myself take it back. I can’t just walk away from you, because every time you pass by me without smiling, without touching my hand, or at least making eye contact, it feels like I’m dying inside.”
“I want you. I want you so badly I can’t stand it. When you left, it felt like the world got darker. Like I couldn’t truly see anything. Couldn’t feel anything.”