Alex Aster > Quotes

“That was the moment I knew I loved you, he had said. When that arrow went through your heart, and it might as well have gone through mine.”
― Alex Aster, Lightlark

“There are lies and liars all around you...”
― Alex Aster, Lightlark

“I’ve been stabbed a thousand times . . . but none of that hurts more than hearing you say goodbye.”
― Alex Aster, Nightbane

“And I don’t know what I enjoy more. Replaying the image of my sword against your throat . . . or thinking about how your heart might look on my plate.” Grim’s dark eyes flashed with amusement. “Careful, Hearteater,” he whispered, towering over her, standing far too close. “I might just give it to you.”
― Alex Aster, Lightlark

“If you hurt her,” he said, voice lethally calm, “she will kill you. And then I will find a way to revive you so I can kill you again with my own bare hands.”
― Alex Aster, Nightbane

“My entire world was night, and you lit a match. No matter what happens to me in this life, I’ll find you in the next one. I’ll always find you. What I feel for you can never be extinguished. Like the nighttime sky, it is infinite. You and me . . . we’re infinite.”
― Alex Aster, Nightbane

“The temptress and the ruler of darkness. A winning pair.”
― Alex Aster, Lightlark

“I wish you could see yourself the way I do. You would never doubt yourself again.”
― Alex Aster, Nightbane

“I’m not sure what I enjoy more. Seeing the way you grip a sword . . . or the way your dress grips you.”
― Alex Aster, Lightlark

“I’ll give you anything,” he said immediately. “Anything you need. Anything of mine. It’s yours.”
― Alex Aster, Lightlark

“The ruler of darkness and the ruler of the wild, both breathing a little too
quickly”
― Alex Aster, Lightlark

“Isla could feel Grim getting closer. When she opened her eyes, he was right in front of her.

“Heart,” he said steadily. The spikes on his shoulders made him look like a demon. His blood-slicked armor glimmered in the moonlight.

“If waging a war for one woman is a crime, then please do consider me a criminal.”

Closer.

“If killing thousands to keep you alive is wrong, then consider me a villain.”

She now had to tilt her head to see him clearly. He leaned down. His breath was hot against her mouth.

“If loving you this much is my downfall . . . then consider me already on my knees.”
― Alex Aster, Skyshade

“It’s the parts you don’t seem to like about yourself that I love the most.”
― Alex Aster, Nightbane

“You think I would watch you die, for the sword? Did you think I would make any choice that wasn’t you?”
― Alex Aster, Nightbane

“Please,” he said, sounding pained. “Please, tell me you want this.” He waited for her to nod. He traced her body with his eyes and said, “I know if I touch you again it will kill me . . . but I think I might die if I don’t.”
― Alex Aster, Nightbane

“You might be dying, but you’re not dead yet, you miserable wretch, now get up and do something before you allow your brother’s
sacrifice and everything we all have lost to be for nothing.”
― Alex Aster, Lightlark

“...a yolky thing.”
― Alex Aster, Lightlark

“Look at me, heart. I want to watch you come undone.”
― Alex Aster, Lightlark

“The Centennial was many things. A game. A chance at breaking the many curses that plagued the six realms. An opportunity to win unmatched power. A meeting of the six rulers. A hundred days on an island cursed to only appear once every hundred years. And for Isla— Almost certain death.”
― Alex Aster, Lightlark

“Oro turned to her, then. He looked her right in the eyes as he said, “Isla. You are my favorite everything.”
― Alex Aster, Nightbane

“I could open a black hole that would swallow the beach. I could turn the sea dark as ink and kill everything inside of it. I could demolish the castle, brick by brick, from where we stand. I could take you back to Nightshade lands with me right now.” His voice was deep as dreams, dark as nightmares. “I could do all of those things.” His lips pressed against the top of her ear, for just a moment. “And I might—if I didn’t think you would hate me for it.”
― Alex Aster, Lightlark

“What about staying away from me?” His lips were right above hers now, his words practically pressed against the corner of her mouth. “I gave it an honest effort,” he said. “But it turns out . . . I’m not that honest.”
― Alex Aster, Lightlark

“They had always loved wildly, lived freely, and fought fiercely.”
― Alex Aster, Lightlark

“The gods don't listen to people like me, but I would go on my knees and beg them to let me keep you. You were once the bane of my existence... and now, you are the center of it.”
― Alex Aster, Nightbane

“When you’ve seen something truly beautiful, everything else starts to look painfully ordinary.”
― Alex Aster, Nightbane

“You take the pain like medicine, Terra had said in response to her tears. You swallow it down with a smile.”
― Alex Aster, Lightlark

“If killing thousands to keep you alive is wrong, then consider me a villain.”
― Alex Aster, Skyshade

“I would do it a thousand times over, heart; you should know that. I will choose you over the world every single time.”
― Alex Aster, Skyshade

“Who did this to you?”
― Alex Aster, Nightbane

“The only way not to fear death is to meet it.”
― Alex Aster, Lightlark