Lana Pecherczyk > Quotes

“But that was the thing about anxiety… it didn’t conform to logic. It itched and scampered beneath the surface, finding ways to break through until even the smallest possibility of her worst fears coming true was amplified.”
― Lana Pecherczyk, The Secrets in Shadow and Blood

“You can’t base your future on the what ifs and dreams of the past. You can only work on the dreams of today’.”
― Lana Pecherczyk, The Solace of Sharp Claws

“Everyone had a right to hurt in the way that mattered to them. It didn’t mean they could take it out on those they supposedly cared for.”
― Lana Pecherczyk, The Solace of Sharp Claws

“My darkness dances with yours.”
― Lana Pecherczyk, A Symphony of Savage Hearts

“I would drink every drop of water in existence if it meant saving you from drowning.”
― Lana Pecherczyk, Castle of Nevers and Nightmares

“When her heart opens to ours, we will walk in her light for eternity. For this, I make the sacrifice.”
― Lana Pecherczyk, Castle of Nevers and Nightmares

“He wanted that to be true, but no one argued with fate. Fate was the tie that bound… and bound… and bound until it choked you in your own misery.”
― Lana Pecherczyk, The Longing of Lone Wolves

“Sometimes pain occupied a permanent place in your soul. It was an unwelcome tenant, festering until it came back to haunt you when you least expected.”
― Lana Pecherczyk, The Solace of Sharp Claws

“No matter what you think, there is chaos in the world. There is suffering. And there is good. Sometimes there is no sense to it. It happens. The sooner you can accept that your past is a part of you, the quicker you will learn to find meaning in it, and you can understand how to draw on it, and to move forward.”
― Lana Pecherczyk, A Symphony of Savage Hearts

“Being a dickhead must be ingrained so deeply into the male psyche that it survived a holocaust and the mutation of DNA.”
― Lana Pecherczyk, The Dreams of Broken Kings

“we will steal every star in the sky trying to outshine you. We will ravage every heart pumping to hurt yours. We will devour the world if it means keeping you safe.”
― Lana Pecherczyk, Castle of Nevers and Nightmares

“It didn't matter what she looked like on the outside. It only mattered how she lived her life and the love she invited in.”
― Lana Pecherczyk, Of Kisses and Wishes

“Lilo knew as well as any abusive relationship refugee that sometimes the abuse wasn’t obvious. Sometimes it silently wore you down until one day you found yourself in a situation you couldn’t escape”
― Lana Pecherczyk, Greed

“I want a future with you,” he said soundlessly. “I want you more than I want to hear.”
― Lana Pecherczyk, A Crown of Cruel Lies

“She cupped his face and allowed him to stare into her eyes. In their depths, he saw salvation.”
― Lana Pecherczyk, The Dreams of Broken Kings

“Laughter purifies the soul.”
― Lana Pecherczyk, The Dreams of Broken Kings

“Yes. I want to know everything about you. I want to understand you.”
― Lana Pecherczyk, Greed

“He flinched. The entire family assumed because he’d triggered his bond, that being in a relationship with her was the natural progression.”
― Lana Pecherczyk, Greed

“You feel everything intensely, don’t you?” “It’s a curse and a blessing,” he laughed painfully. “First time sex is the hardest. The next is easier. Better.” “The next?” she grinned wickedly. She liked he was thinking the same things. “Already imagining more?” “Absolutely.” Eyes like lava pinned her and melted everything inside.”
― Lana Pecherczyk, Greed

“When faced with a naysayer, Grace always found it better to be overly kind.”
― Lana Pecherczyk, Envy

“Emotion clogged Thorne. And then, for the first time in his decades-long life, he hugged his father.”
― Lana Pecherczyk, The Solace of Sharp Claws

“Would you like to go to Hell with me this weekend?” “Pardon?” “That didn’t come out right. I meant the nightclub Hell. For the grand opening. Not the real hell.”
― Lana Pecherczyk, Greed

“You look good too.” “Stop it.” She waved him down and batted her eyelashes. Griffin had learned that when women said one thing, they often meant another. And this felt like such an occasion, so he offered a second compliment. “Your lips are very red.” She laughed. “Oh, Griff. Still not with it on the lady-talk, are you?” He wasn’t? He thought he did rather well.”
― Lana Pecherczyk, Greed

“Fact: Being near her screwed with his equilibrium. He didn’t care if his tattoo said he was balanced. He knew how he felt, and his emotions were in turmoil. How could that be good? Fact: He couldn’t afford weakness—just touching her blocked out all sense of greed in the building. Fact: She distracted him, and that was dangerous. When she had her hands on him, he couldn’t breathe from the intensity of his irrational desire for her. It was illogical”
― Lana Pecherczyk, Greed

“He’d fried her brain, and short-circuited her wires, but her new biology worked furiously to save her, and it had. For now.”
― Lana Pecherczyk, Envy

“You were born alone, and you died alone. Everything else in between was just trying not to be alone.”
― Lana Pecherczyk, Envy

“You see, small things can have big consequences.”
― Lana Pecherczyk, A Labyrinth of Fangs and Thorns

“Nature always made Ada feel like her problems weren't so big. How could they be under the face of the world?”
― Lana Pecherczyk, The Dreams of Broken Kings

“Belong to me, he signed, begging. Be with me.”
― Lana Pecherczyk, A Crown of Cruel Lies

“Time is what we do not have. Our replicates are expiring. You’re expiring. There is nothing else we can glean from the Lazarus family and without that missing piece of the genetic puzzle, your cells will reproduce until you age rapidly and die at the tender age of three months.”
― Lana Pecherczyk, Envy