Teresa Flavin > Quotes

“Would it surprise you to know that a presence was on your back a few seconds ago?”
― Teresa Flavin, The Shadow Lantern

“That’s where they found the skeletons. Right where you’re standing.”
― Teresa Flavin, The Blackhope Enigma

“The riders, clad in crimson and black, stopped to scan the maze. Blaise shrank into the hedge, but one keen-eyed hunter spied him. He raised his crossbow, took careful aim and fired.”
― Teresa Flavin, The Blackhope Enigma

“This place is alive," Sunni said in wonder. "Things are moving. Inside a painting.”
― Teresa Flavin

“They inched through dense, heart-stopping darkness. In the distance was what looked like a bright white door cut out of a black wall. Sunni tiptoed towards it, puzzled by its brilliance.”
― Teresa Flavin, The Blackhope Enigma

“The momentary darkness gave way to scores of small glowing lights. Blaise stepped into a candlelit room filled with people and furniture.
'Where are we?" he asked Livia. "How can a whole other room be here? There were only two rooms on the top floor.”
― Teresa Flavin, The Crimson Shard

“Leave the light and travel the shadow-lands," said Blaise, repeating the inscription on the silver box.”
― Teresa Flavin, The Shadow Lantern

“Blaise decided that the thing he would remember most about this London was the sour stink of it. The overripe foulness of the streets made him gag, and when a woman emptied a chamber pot from a top window, nearly catching him in its spray, he bent over and wretched, much to the Nightsneaks' amusement.”
― Teresa Flavin, The Crimson Shard

“Somehow the painted door now stood open. Blaise was following Livia through it, past Throgmorton's outstretched arm. Sunni shed her slippers and hurried after them, still not quite believing they were walking through what she had thought was only paint on a wall.”
― Teresa Flavin, The Crimson Shard

“The hedges and driveways were black and silent, but he imagined the silhouette of a jacket hood could move into view at any time, skimming past the light of a window like a shark's fin.”
― Teresa Flavin, The Shadow Lantern

“A black pendant in the shape of a heart lay in her hand. It was carved with roses and strung onto a velvet cord.”
― Teresa Flavin, Jet Black Heart

“There's a bit of a local legend about a jet heart that has turned up over the years," Flynn said. "Any time it turns up, strange things happen.”
― Teresa Flavin, Jet Black Heart

“The boy with the haunted eyes was Dory's secret. Eli. And she knew that she had to see him again.”
― Teresa Flavin, Jet Black Heart