SenLinYu > Quotes

“You’re like a rose in a graveyard. I wonder what you could have turned into without the war”
― SenLinYu, Manacled

“I have warned you. If something happens to you, I will personally raze the entire Order. That isn't a threat. That is a promise. Consider your survival as much a necessity to the survival of the Resistance as Potter's. If you die, I will kill every last one of them.”
― SenLinYu, Manacled

“I always have to choose, and I never get to choose you. I'm tired of not getting to choose you”
― SenLinYu, Manacled

“Being alive is not the same as living. I hope someday you'll have a chance to realise the difference.”
― SenLinYu, Alchemised

“She was a non-active member of the Order of the Phoenix and did not fight.”
― SenLinYu, Manacled

“You’re like a rose in a graveyard,” he said, and his lips twisted into a bitter smile. “I wonder what you could have turned into without the war.”
― SenLinYu, Alchemised

“She was a non-active member of the Order of the Eternal Flame and did not fight.”
― SenLinYu, Alchemised

“You are not replaceable,” he said. His hands were shaking as he gripped her. “You are not required to make your death convenient. You are allowed to be important to people. The reason I took that fucking Vow was to keep you alive. To keep you safe." - Chapter 52: Flashback 27”
― SenLinYu, Manacled

“Someday, she promised herself, someday I am going to love him in a moment that isn't stolen”
― SenLinYu, Alchemised

“I’m sorry—I’m sorry—I’m so sorry. I’m sorry for everything I did to you,” he said, his voice hoarse and broken. “I love you. You left, and I’d never told you.”
― SenLinYu, Manacled

“You are not replaceable," he said, his hands trembling against her shoulders. "You are not required to make your death convenient. You are allowed to be important to people.”
― SenLinYu, Alchemised

“Do I know you?” she asked as her eyes slid closed. “I suppose you do.”
― SenLinYu, Alchemised

“Be careful. Don't die.
Only because you asked.”
― SenLinYu, Manacled

“He’d loved her, even though he never expected them to be anything but doomed. He’d loved her all the same.”
― SenLinYu, Alchemised

“If he’s a monster, then I’m his creator.”
― SenLinYu, Alchemised

“If he's a monster, then I'm his creator. What did you think was the source of all his rage?”
― SenLinYu, Manacled

“I have warned you, if something happens to you, I will personally raze the Eternal Flame. That isn't a threat. It is a promise. Consider your survival as much as necessity to the Resistance as Holdfast's. If you die, I will kill every single one of them.”
― SenLinYu, Alchemised

“You made me feel like the parts of me that aren’t useful still deserve to exist. Like I’m not just all the things I can do.”
― SenLinYu, Alchemised

“Malfoy always comes for me.”
― SenLinYu, Manacled

“I’m going to take care of you. I’m not going to let anyone hurt you. You don’t have to be lonely, because you’re mine.”
― SenLinYu, Manacled

“What if it’s not that simple, though?” she said “Everyone who wins says they were good, but they’re the ones who tell the story. They get to choose how we all remember it. What if it’s never that simple?”
― SenLinYu, Alchemised

“I’m sorry—I’m sorry—I’m so sorry for everything I did to you,” he said, his voice hoarse and broken. “I love you. You left, and I’d never told you.”
― SenLinYu, Alchemised

“I promised--every time you asked, I promised I was yours always. There aren't any exemptions or expiration dates on always.”
― SenLinYu, Manacled

“But as she tried to unravel him, he grew increasingly tragic and terrifyingly human”
― SenLinYu, Manacled

“Sometimes she wished she’d died in the hospital with her father, to be remembered and mourned for her possibilities, rather than live day by day growing ever lesser. Now it didn’t matter if she’d been an alchemist, or a healer, or anything else. To anyone who ever learned of it, she would only be that one thing. Women were always defined by the lowliest thing they could be called.”
― SenLinYu, Alchemised

“Oh, Marino.” His thumb trailed along her neck, following the scar below her jaw. “If I’d known what pain you’d cause me, I never would have taken you.” He sighed, and she could smell the liquor on his breath as his head dipped closer. She had no idea what he meant, if she was supposed to apologise. “But at this point I suppose I deserve to burn. I wonder if you’ll burn, too.” His face was so close the words brushed against her lips, and his mouth crashed against hers.”
― SenLinYu, Alchemised

“They were the inverse and counter to each other. A healer and killer, circling slowly, the push and pull inexorable.”
― SenLinYu, Alchemised

“He had such long fingers. In another life, he could have been a healer or a musician. He would have had the perfect hands for it.”
― SenLinYu, Manacled

“We said always, didn’t we?” she asked, her voice strained. “Always. Well, if you don’t want that promise in full any longer, I’ll give it to you in increments.” She clutched his hand tighter. “Every day. I’ll choose you. That way you’ll know it’s still what I want.”
― SenLinYu, Alchemised

“I promised I’d do anything for you.” She curled her fingers into a fist. “Maybe you didn’t realise how far I was willing to go.”
― SenLinYu, Alchemised