Amanda Bouchet > Quotes

“Now that that's settled, you're coming with me."

"Never in a billion suns. Not even if Zeus showed up as a swan and tried to peck me in your direction. I wouldn't go with you even if my other option was Hades dragging me to the Underworld for an eternal threesome with Persephone.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“Happiness is a strange, frightening, fragile feeling when you're not used to it.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“Have I cheated death again? Hades must be allergic to me.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“I conquered a kingdom and found a treasure." His voice turns gravelly, low. "I won't let you go. Not now. Not ever.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“The ice inside me melts. Suddenly, I'm burning up and terrified, scared I'll be too weak to resist.

Scratch that - I'm petrified I've already given in.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“People talk about fight or flight? That's nonsense. It's fight and flight.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“I will never let you go, and I will never leave you. I would defy creatures, and Gods, and terrible, brutal queens to keep you safe and by my side. I would move Mount Olympus itself to hold you in my arms and feel your heart beat against mine. You are my soul, and yes, I will fight for you and protect you until my dying breath.”
― Amanda Bouchet, Breath of Fire

“Let go,” I demand. “No.” My eyebrows snap together. “Why not?” “Because your gut reaction is always to punch, and I don’t like being tickled.” Tickled? Tickled! Indignation swamps me. I’ll show him a tickle.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“I've known all sorts of fear - fear of pain, fear of discovery, fear of capture. This is new. This is the kind of fear that teaches me the difference between trying to stay alive, and wanting to live.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“You’re the shield, and I’m the sword.”
― Amanda Bouchet, Breath of Fire

“I love you like a man insane.”
― Amanda Bouchet, Breath of Fire

“For some reason, the strength and deadliness he keeps so easily leashed make him the most compelling man I've ever met. I envy his self-control.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“How can people be so blind?” I shrug. “Don’t overestimate the masses. They love you until they hate you. They hate you until they love you.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“When a crumbling house reaches a certain point, there’s no fixing it. You tear it down. You clear the rubble, and then you build something better.”
― Amanda Bouchet, Breath of Fire

“That's what it comes down to for everyone. How much use we can be.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“Temporary homecomings are bittersweet. Sometimes it's better not to go back at all than to have to leave again.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“I will always come back to you.”
…I lean forward and kiss him because he’s my hunger and my food, my thirst and my water, my air and my every breath.”
― Amanda Bouchet, Breath of Fire

“Maybe I'll trust him to fight my monsters while I sleep. Maybe I don't have a choice.
His voice is fierce in my ear. "You're mine now, Cat. Don't you dare die on me.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“Never promise things you can't deliver," I whisper.
"I can try," he whispers back, and I hate myself because I smile.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“She talks big, but she’s made of custard.” “Fluffy and full of cream?” Kato wiggles blond eyebrows at me. Carver grins. “Think she’s sweet, too?” My eyes spit fire. “Bite me. You’ll find out.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“I'll show these people how a curtsy is done, even if I am wearing soggy boots and a bloody pair of pants. Literally. There's blood on them, and I can't get it out, no matter how hard I scrub. At least it's not mine.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“The warlord pierces me with a hard stare. "We can do this the easy way, or the hard way."
"Or no way, " I retort.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“Trial by fire.
It forges a heart of iron.
And sets it alight.”
― Amanda Bouchet, Heart on Fire

“Who are you to decide what needs to be done? That's subjective by nature. No two people think alike."

"Someone has to decide. Without, rulers, there's chaos.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“I dread this power he has over me. It makes me want to tell him all my secrets and see if he still wants me.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“I don’t know why it’s not universally acknowledged that looking back is a terrible idea. It only makes going forward that much harder.”
― Amanda Bouchet, Breath of Fire

“Make a decision, and don't turn back."
"What if it's wrong?"
"I don't know." He winks at me over his shoulder. "It's never happened.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“Hades, Hera, and Hestia!" Flynn curses, pointing up.
"What in the Underworld is that?"
"A She-Dragon." Everyone turns to me, and as much as I love having four handsome men gape at me in stupefaction, right now, I could do without.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“You’re intelligent, brave, skilled, and lethal. You’ve got Poseidon and Hades looking out for you. I don’t believe you’ll die young, and I don’t believe they’d let you. And even if they’re not paying attention, then I am. I won’t let you. I told you I was keeping you. I meant it.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“I want him everywhere. I burn for him in places he hasn't even touched.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire