Jeneane O'Riley > Quotes

“There is beauty to be found in the dark, just as there is horror within the light.”
― Jeneane O'Riley, How Does It Feel?

“How does it feel?” he said, breathing heavily. “To know that I love you and that you have doomed me? That you and only you have the power to disarm and debilitate me. That you, a human, have dismantled every part of me and rebuilt it as a shrine in your honor.”
― Jeneane O'Riley, How Does It Feel?

“Wait to go until I’m dead so that I never have to feel the pain of you leaving.”
― Jeneane O'Riley, How Does It Feel?

“Because if you’re not dead, I fear I will leave everything to follow you.”
― Jeneane O'Riley, How Does It Feel?

“No one expects an angel to set the world on fire,”
― Jeneane O'Riley, How Does It Feel?

“If you die tonight and I never get to tell you, you are the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.”
― Jeneane O'Riley, How Does It Feel?

“You develop a taste for blood when you’re constantly licking your own wounds,”
― Jeneane O'Riley, How Does It Feel?

“I knew in that very moment I was so deeply in love with her, and she would be the one thing capable of my demise. The weak point in my unbreakable armor. I stared at her, and it scared me to death. It scared me to death what I wouldn’t do for her.”
― Jeneane O'Riley, How Does It Feel?

“To you. My hope is not that you finish this book, but that this book finishes you.”
― Jeneane O'Riley, How Does It Feel?

“If ever anyone believed you an assassin, they ought to listen to you walk, be quiet! We will never escape with the sounds of your troll feet clapping for attention”
― Jeneane O'Riley, How Does It Feel?

“You killed him!” I yelled, unable to believe what had just happened. I hadn’t even seen him pull the dagger out! He looked up nonchalantly. “He was touching you.”
― Jeneane O'Riley, How Does It Feel?

“We were taught as kids that evil is ugly and crass, and beauty is honest and good, but that is a dangerous lie.”
― Jeneane O'Riley, How Does It Feel?

“How does it feel?” he said, breathing heavily. “To know that I love you and that you have doomed me? That you and only you have the power to disarm and debilitate me.”
― Jeneane O'Riley, How Does It Feel?

“I was glowing, I was sure of it. Like someone had poured a fresh pitcher of hope into my system.”
― Jeneane O'Riley, How Does It Feel?

“I can lose everything, but not you. I can’t lose you,” he whispered so quietly I knew I wasn’t meant to hear.”
― Jeneane O'Riley, How Does It Feel?

“Tell me, do you ever grow tired of letting him think you are the princess in the tower and not the dragon that guards it?”
― Jeneane O'Riley, What Did You Do?

“You may be her father, Zef, but I’m her daddy now.”
― Jeneane O'Riley, Where Did You Go?

“He was crazy. An evil, psychopathic villain. But when he kissed me, it was like the entire world melted away—like everything was right for just once. Like when you step into your home after you’ve been gone a long time. The second the smell of home and comfort hits you, the tension in your body withers away. The feel of belonging and comfort cloak you like a warm blanket. That’s how it felt when Mendax touched me, when he looked at me with three different shades of light blue eyes. I saw—no felt—what I meant to him. He is the bad guy, I reminded myself for the trillionth time, but it didn’t matter. I craved him every bit as much as he seemed to be lost to me.”
― Jeneane O'Riley, How Does It Feel?

“To you. The pleasure of a chapter is surpassed only by the torment of a story.”
― Jeneane O'Riley, What Did You Do?

“Until this moment, I didn’t know you could crave something you’ve never wanted.”
― Jeneane O'Riley, How Does It Feel?

“I was so deeply in love with her, and she would be the one thing capable of my demise.”
― Jeneane O'Riley, How Does It Feel?

“You were sent here to destroy me, and you have succeeded, even if it wasn't in the way you intended.”
― Jeneane O'Riley, How Does It Feel?

“I love sunshine and animals. I-I am human—I don’t belong here. I need to leave,”
― Jeneane O'Riley, How Does It Feel?

“How sweet, the monster has fallen in love with the human.”
― Jeneane O'Riley, How Does It Feel?

“You know what’s so great about being nothing? You can become whatever you want.”
― Jeneane O'Riley, What Did You Do?

“I am nothing more than a soul without residence since you left me, and I refuse to bear a life without you. Should I die, let it be by your hand, so that your touch is what I remember when I haunt every single dwelling you inhabit. Soon enough, you will meet with me again in Tartarus.” His voice softened while his eyes steeled. “Go on, Calypso, make your life better and finish me off. For good this time.” His right dimple popped. “It makes no difference to me if I’m dead or alive when I chase you.”
― Jeneane O'Riley, What Did You Do?

“How does it feel?” he said, breathing heavily. “To know that I love you and that you have doomed me? That you and only you have the power to disarm and debilitate me. That you, a human, have dismantled every part of me and rebuilt it as a shrine in your honor.” His”
― Jeneane O'Riley, How Does It Feel?

“He smelled like a forest fire doused in seductive, lush spices. Like pine and cardamom mixed with something deep and sultry.”
― Jeneane O'Riley, How Does It Feel?

“Owls hooted to each other in the distance in sync with the crickets. I loved the night; it always gave me a sense of calm.”
― Jeneane O'Riley, How Does It Feel?

“Because if you're not dead, I fear I will leave every-thing to follow you.”
― Jeneane O'Riley, How Does It Feel?