Jacqueline White > Quotes

“Yshera,” he said, and there was a rawness, an honesty, in his voice I hadn’t heard before. “Taking on your pain is nothing compared to the pain I feel when you experience it.”
― Jacqueline White, Souls in Ruin

“I’m not built for happiness,” I told him, the closest thing to truth I could offer. “Only for survival.”
― Jacqueline White, Souls in Ruin

“If these chains were broken, if this wall between us was dust... I would show you the true meaning of divine intervention.”
― Jacqueline White, Souls in Ruin

“I had been called many things in my life—bastard, abomination, living shame—but beautiful was rarely among them, and never in reference to the very feature that marked me as different.”
― Jacqueline White, Souls in Ruin

“You will not die today, yshera,” Death replied, low and dangerous. “The world is not prepared for what I would do if this,” his thumb pressed against my pulse point, “were to stop.”
― Jacqueline White, Souls in Ruin

“I seek what I have always sought,” he said, his voice dropping to a near whisper, forcing me to lean slightly forward to hear. “That which is mine by right.”
― Jacqueline White, Souls in Ruin

“You told me that monsters were made. Shouldn’t you take responsibility for what you’ve created?”
― Jacqueline White, Souls in Ruin

“You play with fire, little queen,” he whispered, his voice deepening, acquiring an echo that hadn’t been there before. “You provoke a god.” “Good,” I breathed. “Burn me.”
― Jacqueline White, Souls in Ruin

“I was no longer certain which of us was predator, and which was prey.”
― Jacqueline White, Souls in Ruin

“And in the end,” he whispered, each word laced with quiet certainty, “you—your soul—will belong to me. I will make you mine.”
― Jacqueline White, Souls in Ruin

“You won’t touch her, Kassimir.” Death’s voice cut through the stone, precise as a surgeon’s blade and twice as cold. “Not unless you want to know what eternity tastes like as I rip it through your throat.”
― Jacqueline White, Souls in Ruin

“I believe, Mireille, that you deserve to be worshipped as thoroughly as you have been neglected.”
― Jacqueline White, Souls in Ruin

“Your eyes,” he murmured, his voice softer than I had heard it yet. “They’re quite unusual.” I stiffened, bracing for the familiar disgust or suspicion that typically followed such observations. “Beautiful,” he added, his gaze never wavering. “Like moonlight captured in a storm.”
― Jacqueline White, Souls in Ruin

“I would not break. I was Mireille of Vareth, bastard daughter of a king, wife to a monster. And somehow, I would find a way to turn this nightmare to my advantage. Even if it took an eternity.”
― Jacqueline White, Souls in Ruin

“I’m not built for happiness,” I told him”
― Jacqueline White, Souls in Ruin

“craftsmanship—deep crimson, the color of freshly spilled blood. Not the traditional golden hues of Vareth brides. I ran my fingers over the intricate embroidery at the bodice, where tiny garnets caught the light like droplets of crystallized gore. I loved it. “It suits you,” said a voice from behind my shoulder. One of my father’s seamstresses, her eyes quickly dropping when I met her gaze in the mirror. “Begging your pardon, Princess.” I turned slightly, the heavy fabric swirling around my ankles. “No need to apologize for speaking truth, Mathilda.” The gown’s beauty was undeniable, how it complemented my pale skin and dark hair. “Although, the Nocthari seem to have peculiar taste.”
― Jacqueline White, Souls in Ruin

“On the bed lay a gown, black as midnight, with a sheen that captured and distorted light like the surface of dark water.”
― Jacqueline White, Souls in Ruin

“What is the weight of a life that was never meant to be?”
― Jacqueline White, Souls in Ruin

“What is the weight of a life that was never meant to be? Heavy enough to crush the dreams of those foolish enough to hope”
― Jacqueline White, Souls in Ruin

“You want me to hate you because hate would mean I care,” I said, the dam broken. “It would mean I’ve invested something of myself in you—my emotions, my energy. That I think of you beyond these sessions.” I offered a cold smile. “But I don’t. The moment you leave my cell, you cease to exist for me.”
― Jacqueline White, Souls in Ruin

“I know you better than you think,” he said softly. He hesitated”
― Jacqueline White, Souls in Ruin

“I, Mireille of Vareth, take Valen of Nocthar as my king and husband. By blood, we are bound. By will, we are one. By oath, we are eternal.”
― Jacqueline White, Souls in Ruin

“The silk clung to the places where his hands had been only minutes before”
― Jacqueline White, Souls in Ruin

“How worthless was I”
― Jacqueline White, Souls in Ruin

“You may find, Princess, that defiance serves you poorly with me.” “And you may find, King Valen, that I am not so easily broken.”
― Jacqueline White, Souls in Ruin

“Heavy enough to crush the dreams of those foolish enough to hope”
― Jacqueline White, Souls in Ruin

“Did you think I wouldn’t remember?” I heard myself say. “Did you think I wouldn’t come for what is mine?”
― Jacqueline White, Souls in Ruin

“Belief doesn’t change truth,”
― Jacqueline White, Souls in Ruin

“This was my life. My story. And only I would write its ending.”
― Jacqueline White, Souls In Ruin

“Careful, little sparrow,” he murmured as he pulled me closer, our bodies now nearly flush. “Your wings are soon to be bound. Do not make me clip them entirely.”
― Jacqueline White, Souls in Ruin