D.N. Hoxa > Quotes

“Love is not peaceful. Love is a thunderstorm that shall not leave a stone untouched in your mind and body when it is felt right. Love is alive.”
― D.N. Hoxa, The Elysean Trials

“That was the reason why I had accepted the invitation to the Academy. Alan. Tobias. Peter.”
― D.N. Hoxa, The Elysean Academy of Darkness and Secrets

“Yes, people do change. But only when it is convenient.”
― D.N. Hoxa, The Elysean Illusion

“Go ahead, Headmistress. Walk away, but don’t kid yourself because that has nothing to do with me,” I said, and she stopped walking. She didn’t turn to face me at all, but she stopped, and by God, I was going to say everything I had to say even if it fucking killed me. So, while I laughed like a lunatic, I started pacing in a small circle, just to give my body something to do. “I get it, though. I understand why you’d want to blame me for all of it—I point out everything you already know is wrong, but you pretend you don’t because you’re too cowardly to do anything about it. You just wear your secrets like a fucking armor, and you act like you know what you’re doing, and what you’re doing is the right way, the only way, and I remind you that it’s not. I make you look at yourself—and you know what? You can’t fucking stand that!”
― D.N. Hoxa, The Elysean Academy of Darkness and Secrets

“You do know that light and darkness cancel each other out, right?” I blinked. “What?” “Light and darkness. They cannot coexist. It’s the nature of things.”
― D.N. Hoxa, The Elysean Illusion

“I bet that red lipstick will look great wrapped around my cock. I can’t wait to see it.”
― D.N. Hoxa, The Elysean Illusion

“But then there was something else, something I had no clue how to even name. I couldn’t see it, couldn’t isolate it from the light. It could very well be part of it, part of the magic, but it sort of pushed back. It tried to stop the magic from slipping out of me—like a damn disease or a block or something.”
― D.N. Hoxa, The Elysean Illusion

“Do not trust the compliment of those who stand to gain from you.”
― D.N. Hoxa, The Elysean Academy of Darkness and Secrets

“Oh, I don’t. I don’t know why she seems like she’s always hiding something. I can’t even explain it properly,” I said, shaking my head. My instincts warned me just like he did, and I planned to listen.”
― D.N. Hoxa, The Elysean Illusion

“Mortals and their godlight. As impossible as it sounded, when he said it, I understood—we saved them. We saved ourselves, too, but we saved Elyseans as well, just as much as they saved us.”
― D.N. Hoxa, The Elysean Illusion

“We’re witches,” he said. “Every day is Halloween for us.”
― D.N. Hoxa, Bone Coven

“I was just coming down here to check on my flowers when I saw you all alone. Well, with Oreo, of course.” And she leaned down. “How are you, pretty hound? Oh, I’m sorry I didn’t bring you cinnamon cookies. I didn’t know you’d be here! Don’t be mad, okay? I’ll keep some in my pocket for next time.”
― D.N. Hoxa, The Elysean Illusion

“Aunt Jules is convinced someone did something to him. Put a spell on him that we can’t find or something like that. There was a cause for his mind to shut down on itself like that. We just don’t know what it is.” A cause. A trigger. Like…like doing a spell that could cost you all your energy. All your magic. Like doing a forbidden spell that would bring a dead person back to life.”
― D.N. Hoxa, The Elysean Illusion

“And then came that familiar ache, the one I still couldn’t explain but always had across all those dreams, no matter who I was in them or in which timeline or which place I happened to be in. It was a throbbing pain right in my gut that came from missing something so much it almost made me physically sick—so much worse than the rocking boat. I missed magic. I missed feeling it vibrating in my fingers, and right now, in the dream, as I looked down at my hands, I imagined what it would feel like to just release it into the world, set it free, see what it did, see if it was as bright as the sun falling behind the horizon, drenched in all those colors. But the voice in the back of my head, this time that of a man’s, was there to warn me just like in all the other dreams—no magic, not for any reason, ever.”
― D.N. Hoxa, The Elysean Illusion

“You’re fucking delicious, you know that?” I pushed his shirt up a little more and proceeded to kiss and lick my way to the other side, then up to his belly button. “I can’t wait to taste you everywhere…” I bit his skin a little just to hear him moaning again. “And when I do, I’m going to ride you slowly. I know you love the sight of me like that. You’ll get to watch without touching me, without moving at all.”
― D.N. Hoxa, The Elysean Illusion

“Not as wrong as you, though. Who gets excited to see those monsters?” I shot back. She pointed both thumbs at her chest. “Me. I do. It turns me on to spill their blood.” “You’re wicked,” Cyth told her, and he looked proud. “She’s disturbed,” Liam informed me. “And you’re no better.” “Thank—” “Not a compliment, mortal. And if your hellhound poops in our chambers, you’re cleaning it up.”
― D.N. Hoxa, The Elysean Illusion

“I could have sworn someone else was in charge of my body because I wasn’t even thinking about moving, yet somehow I brought that cup to my lips.”
― D.N. Hoxa, The Elysean Illusion

“Well, I don’t want it. If I could give it back, I would,” I said, and it was a miracle my voice didn’t break. “Never,” Shade said, shaking his head. But I would. It was the thing that didn’t let me be with him, this light, and Shade mattered more than anything in the world to me. Magic was great, but his arms were the only place in the world where I’d ever belonged. He was my home.”
― D.N. Hoxa, The Elysean Illusion

“Arti looked concerned, even though she’d probably expected it. “We’ll find it,” she said, hands on her hips as she looked at the pieces of the ruby reflecting the light even better now. “We’ll find a stone strong enough. We just have to keep trying.”
― D.N. Hoxa, The Elysean Illusion

“I saw the wings made out of icy blue light coming out of me. Me. My back. They were coming out of me.”
― D.N. Hoxa, The Elysean Illusion

“His brother had used all the best god gifts on the animals, leaving mankind vulnerable to the biting winter cold, so Prometheus set out to Zeus to ask for the sacred fire to save his creation. Zeus refused, for fire belonged to gods and gods alone. But Prometheus loved his creation dearly, and he refused to stand by and do nothing to ease their suffering. That is why, despite knowing how angry Zeus would be, he decided to steal the fire and bear any punishment the gods would see fit.”
― D.N. Hoxa, The Elysean Trials

“I’ve been reading a lot lately, too. Something that caught my attention the other day was revival,” I started, petting Oreo so I didn’t have to hold Althea’s eyes when I spoke. “Bringing people back from the dead.” “Where did you read that?” she said, and I immediately tensed. “No idea,” I blurted. “But it just made me curious. Surely there’s no such thing, right?” I turned to look at her casually. “You can’t just bring people back from the dead. Once they die, they die.”
― D.N. Hoxa, The Elysean Illusion

“Nobody had been with me behind the Golden Doors of Freedom. Nobody knew that I’d been brought back from the dead. Nobody—except Alan, Tobias, and Peter.”
― D.N. Hoxa, The Elysean Academy of Darkness and Secrets

“Are you serious? She’s a goddess.” “Exactly,” Shade said without hesitation. “Don’t forget that the gods made us in their image. They’re just the same as we are. Don’t think for a second that they’re not capable of following their own personal agendas or that the greater good is their only concern.”
― D.N. Hoxa, The Elysean Illusion

“Yes, Sinclair, the monsters are gone,” said Carmine, her hair loose around her shoulders, her eyes wide and as blue as the sky outside the windows. “You killed them all.”
― D.N. Hoxa, The Elysean Academy of Darkness and Secrets

“Promise me you’ll be careful. No blood or anything like that.” “I promise I’ll be careful,” he said without hesitation. “But I can’t promise there won’t be blood. I like the sight of it too much.” “Spill as much as you want. Just don’t let them spill yours. I like your blood under your skin,” I said lazily, holding him there still. “And I like your pussy dripping with my cum,”
― D.N. Hoxa, The Elysean Academy of Darkness and Secrets

“You are mortal and cannot wield magic, but you must know the very first rule at this Academy, which is that you cannot use magic against one another for any reason, under any circumstances,” Carmine said. “Our second, most important rule is that your attendance in every class is mandatory. If you’re sick, you see our healer, and you get back to class. If you haven’t slept because of your own reasons—or ours—you will remain in your classes until the end of day. If you’re injured or bleeding, you will remain in your classes until the end of day. In other words, the only reason why you can be excused from your daily classes and assignments is if you are unconscious—or dead.”
― D.N. Hoxa, The Elysean Academy of Darkness and Secrets

“Something happened with his dad and the other kids, and Mave mentioned it before, but Max never told me what. It was the reason why the others bullied him, but I didn’t dare ask.”
― D.N. Hoxa, The Elysean Academy of Darkness and Secrets

“The ruby was in pieces right there in the palms of my hands—and now came the worst part. Taking the magic back was a bit more problematic than letting it out, even though that block or whatever it was disappeared the moment my intent changed—to take the magic back in. But now the magic didn’t want to settle back inside me, and I had to force it. It wasn’t impossible, but it did take a lot of energy, like pulling something incredibly heavy by a rope all by myself.”
― D.N. Hoxa, The Elysean Illusion

“Don’t look,” she spit. “It’s just a prank. Just a stupid prank—move!” But I already knew it wasn’t. I’d seen Kyra. A prank wouldn’t have made her look the way she had—scared shitless, like she knew for a fact that the sky was going to fall on our heads any second.”
― D.N. Hoxa, The Elysean Academy of Darkness and Secrets