Melissa K. Magner > Quotes

“She’d promised herself, not too long ago, that she’d accept every emotion. Even the painful ones. So if Kieron wanted her to feel pain, then feel it she would. She’d feel the agony and fear. She’d feel the grief.

After all, what was grief, if not love?

And she had loved—she did love—so very deeply.”
― Melissa K. Magner, Of the Sun and Sea

“Do not forget what holds you back, Aeric had said.

Fear. It did more than hold her back; it was her puppeteer. It orchestrated her every thought and movement, and like a compliant marionette, she played the part it wanted her to—lashing out when it gave the order, then freezing just as suddenly. On and on she danced for it, a prisoner to the strings she was bound by, finding it easier to submit than fight back.

No more. Strong as her puppeteer was, she was stronger.”
― Melissa K. Magner, Of the Sun and Sea

“I descend into the darkness so quickly that it isn't until I see the glint of silver that I register where I am: in the belly of a beast who detests me.”
― Melissa K. Magner, The Underground Moon

“Why did fate choose you,' he asked, 'to hold power made by a god?' She wasn’t sure if he was really talking to her—wasn’t sure if he was all there at the moment. 'You are unfit in every way—defined by loss and plagued by fear.'

He beheld her, his gaze a cold fire. She eyed the opened throne room door, but instead of bolting, she returned his stare with all the confidence she could muster.

'Fate didn’t choose me,' she answered. 'I did.”
― Melissa K. Magner, Of the Sun and Sea

“Shelley shrugged and grinned wryly. 'Well, nobody but you could drive this car anyway,' she said. 'It’d either stall, catch fire, scare ’em with the shimmy, or the hood would fly up.'
'It’s only caught fire twice,' Jan protested, 'and it only shimmies over thirty-five.”
― Melissa K. Magner, Jinx

“I continue through the forest, all the way to the gazebo where Hettie and I once watched a show of a thousand-colored stingrays, where we once danced to lulling music, and where I finally realized it was all a lie.”
― Melissa K. Magner, The Underground Moon

“Most of all, I think about how safe we'll be, and when the real moon comes out at night, we'll love it more than we've ever loved it before.”
― Melissa K. Magner, The Underground Moon

“She didn’t know where this path would take her or how she’d fare, but the unknowns didn’t scare her like they used to.

After all, amidst a thousand mysteries, she knew one thing for certain.

Time and time again, this was the path she’d choose.”
― Melissa K. Magner, Of the Sun and Sea

“How many people were in this endless cycle of guilt? Cal blamed herself for Astra, Ismene regretted leaving home, Pierce refused to say the name of the man he’d both loved and deserted. And even Aeric, who Marina had convinced herself was at fault for everything, had never pined for Kieron’s reign more than he’d pined for his approval. How different was he, really, from the rest of the lonely people plagued by guilt—by this cycle? How different was she?”
― Melissa K. Magner, Of the Sun and Sea

“It was true—the Fun Zone was a magnet for gossip, and after having worked there every summer for three years, Gabriel had developed a knack for knowing everything concerning the amusement park, as well as the whereabouts of nearly everyone in Aledale. Still, he always insisted that he didn’t like to gossip, but that was just Gabriel being Gabriel. Shelley said it was because he had a strong sense of morals, to which Jan would reply that anyone could be corrupted given the right persuasion.”
― Melissa K. Magner, Jinx

“Mr. Brown laughed and rested his hands on his hips. ‘Schätzli,' he said. 'Means Little Treasure. He wanders off every night and has to be discovered in the morning.”
― Melissa K. Magner, Jinx

“When the world was dark, those amber-emerald eyes filled the void, greeting Jan like an old friend - reminding her that they were part of her, and that they would be for years to come.”
― Melissa K. Magner, Jinx