C.J. Archer > Quotes

“Tell me you won't go, tell me you'll stay forever, tell me you love me.”
― C.J. Archer, The Medium

“I know you think what we have is sordid. Perhaps it is. Perhaps neither of us knows how to love properly and this is our twisted way of showing that we care. Or perhaps we should both be committed to an asylum”
― C.J. Archer, Of Fate and Phantoms

“It was like comparing chocolate and apples. Both tasted good, yet one was a decadent experience to be savored, and the other something that could be found in every grocer's cart on every corner. I liked both, but I would always choose chocolate over an apple.”
― C.J. Archer, The Watchmaker's Daughter

“Things tend to fall into perspective when your life hangs in the balance.”
― C.J. Archer, The Watchmaker's Daughter

“A hidden passage inside a library? Have you been reading my childhood diary and discovered all my favorite things?”
― C.J. Archer, The Librarian of Crooked Lane

“It lies not in our power to love or hate, For will in us is overruled by fate."

-Christopher Marlowe, Hero and Leander
(The Charmer)”
― CJ Archer

“Where common sense gets thrown out and emotions rule, trouble follows.”
― C.J. Archer, The Magician's Diary

“met Barnaby Wiggam's ghost. The fat, bulbous-nosed spirit fading in and out beside me like a faulty gas lamp clearly thought he was dealing with a fool. I may only be seventeen but I'm not naïve. I know when someone is lying—being dead didn't alter the tell-tale signs. Mr. Wiggam didn't quite meet my eyes, or those of his widow and her guests—none of whom could see him anyway—and he fidgeted with his crisp white silk necktie as if it strangled”
― C.J. Archer, The Medium

“I do love a woman who can misquote Shakespeare to me.”
― C.J. Archer, The Wisdom of Madness

“Not everything in life is methodical and clear-cut. Sometimes it's messy. Embrace the mess,”
― C.J. Archer, The Imposter's Inheritance

“Luckily I can’t afford therapy, so I’ll never really know how crazy I am.”
― C.J. Archer, The Paranormal 13

“So much for a level head. I opened my mouth to say something, but nothing came. Instead, to my horror, I threw my arms around him and whispered, "I've missed you so much." He wrapped his arms around me, leaning close to my ear. "Not as much as I've missed you." I felt like I was in the arms of someone who loved me and would go to the ends of the earth to protect me. His breath tickled my skin. "Do you actually remember me, my beautiful?" Before I could answer, I heard my parents and friends gasping in surprise. My face warmed, and I let go of Cliff and then turned around. I couldn't explain why I'd leaped into a stranger's arms. I only knew it was the right response.”
― C.J. Archer, The Paranormal 13

“The devil get you," Holloway hissed. "One day. But not today. I be too busy.”
― C.J. Archer, The Last Necromancer

“Yet he'd never laughed at the jokes I laughed at. I should have taken that as a sign that he wasn't for me, at the very least.”
― C.J. Archer, The Watchmaker's Daughter

“If there is no respect between you, no genuine friendship, and no love, then you'll end up despising one another.”
― C.J. Archer, Of Fate and Phantoms

“I'm very busy.”
― CJ Archer

“How goes the investigation into Lady Lynden?" Hughe asked. "We saw her yesterday in the village." "She saw you too," Orlando said. "She thought your hat was ridiculous by the way." She'd said no such thing, but Orlando knew the sort of hat Hughe usually wore when he was playing the part of the fop and they were always elaborate and impractical. "That was my best hat." "She's very beautiful," Cole said, unexpectedly. He never noticed beautiful things, not even women. Or if he did, he never commented. For him to say Susanna was a beauty meant he'd certainly noticed. "So?" Orlando snapped. "So I was expecting a murderess to look more...bitter. Shrew-ish." Orlando's head began to pound inside his skull. "Perhaps she's not a murderess then," he heard himself say. "If she isn't," Hughe said lightly, "I wonder if she'd agree to become the next Lady Oxley. I wouldn't mind that slender body wrapped around my-" He slammed back into a tree trunk and his muttered oomph echoed through the woods. Orlando shook out his hand. It hurt, but it felt bloody good shutting Hughe up. It wasn't often he caught him unawares like that. "I win," Cole said. Hughe rubbed his jaw and grunted. "That wasn't a wager I wanted to lose."

-Hughe, Orlando and Cole. (The Charmer)”
― CJ Archer

“It lies not in our power to love or hate, For will in us is overruled by fate.”
― C.J. Archer, The Charmer

“He leaned back and sat very still. He was often still, whether sitting or standing, as if conserving every ounce of energy and storing it for later use.”
― C.J. Archer, Her Majesty's Necromancer

“Time is no one's friend. It's no one's enemy, either. It simply is,”
― C.J. Archer, The Convent's Secret

“There can be no doubt that the most enchanting way to spend a wet day is indoors with a cup of tea in one hand and a book in the other.”
― C.J. Archer, The Untitled Books

“You are correct, of course. But who is to say what the balance is and what is chaos? Does not chaos become the new balance, in time?”
― C.J. Archer, The Toymaker's Curse

“Academia doesn't pay well, unfortunately.”
― C.J. Archer

“friend”
― C.J. Archer, The Watchmaker's Daughter

“I could move away. Yes, I could go far away and never step foot in New York City again. Where would I go? Kansas. Yes, Kansas. No one ever says, “Hey, let’s leave New York to go to Kansas.” That means no one I know will move there.”
― C.J. Archer, The Paranormal 13

“Nobody could make anyone believe something they didn’t want to, no matter how compelling.”
― C.J. Archer, The Librarian of Crooked Lane

“What exactly were you trying to do?" I asked him, as my heart rate returned to normal. He looked into my eyes with his chocolate eyes and I started to melt. "I didn't get to see you today and I just wanted to get a glimpse of you. I just thought I would see you sleep for a few minutes.”
― C.J. Archer, The Paranormal 13

“You’re as sweet and warm as a pot of hot chocolate.”
― C.J. Archer, The Librarian of Crooked Lane

“Anyway,” I added, “why do you want people noticing you? I thought you were with Anthony.” “I am. But that doesn’t mean I don’t still want guys looking at me.”
― C.J. Archer, The Paranormal 13

“Fear did not make someone cowardly; allowing that fear to stop them taking appropriate action, did. He”
― C.J. Archer, The Medium