Sarah Diemer > Quotes

“Gay kids aren’t a “plot point” that you can play with. Gay kids are real, actual kids, teenagers, growing up into awesome adults, and they don’t have the books they need to reflect that. Growing up, my nose was constantly stuck in a book. Growing up as a lesbian, I was told over and over and over by the lack of gayness in said books that I did not exist. That I wasn’t important enough to tell stories about. That I was invisible. Why are we telling our kids this? Why are we telling them that they’re a minority, and they don’t deserve the same rights as straights, that they’re going to grow up in a world that despises them, that the intolerance of humanity will never change, that they’re worthless. It’s not true.”
― Sarah Diemer

“Monsters were wild. Monsters were strong. Monsters were fierce and free.
If I was monstrous...perhaps it wasn't such a bad thing.”
― Sarah Diemer

“Love had found me again, brought me back to life in the land of the dead.”
― Sarah Diemer

“She was prisoner to an old, forgotten god, kept from her home, probably never to see it again, and yet... the way she sat, poised, calm, clear like a full moon night, she seemed much happier than me, the witch who contained them all, the jailer with the magic key.”
― Sarah Diemer, The Witch Sea

“I had loved and lost, and now... Love had found me again, brought me back to life in the land of the dead.”
― Sarah Diemer, The Dark Wife

“I'm keeping my promise, I'm coming home. To her.”
― Sarah Diemer, The Dark Wife

“And you, Persephone... You were foretold, too. I never wanted anything-" her mouth moved softly, gently over my skin "-until I wanted you.”
― Sarah Diemer, The Dark Wife

“The stars are the one thing that I miss about the earth. They're so constant, steady, bright. I've always loved the stars. You reminded me of them, Persephone," she added quietly.”
― Sarah Diemer, The Dark Wife

“Who does a goddess pray to?”
― Sarah Diemer, The Dark Wife

“Do you think, for a moment," she whispered, "that I would have done anything differently? That I could have chosen anything but this, now?" Her dark eyes were alive, bright, shining. "I would suffer any lie, Persephone, for you.”
― Sarah Diemer, The Dark Wife

“You see, I have been content with the darkness. But then you came, with your fire. And you reminded me about the stars, shining in the dark, never wavering.”
― Sarah Diemer, The Dark Wife

“You have made of my life something beautiful," she said. "I am blessed beyond measure by your presence, and love... And I will spend the rest of my forever making you happy. I promise you that.”
― Sarah Diemer, The Dark Wife

“I found a hollow in an old, forgiving tree, curled up within it, and hoarded my thoughts like acorns.”
― Sarah Diemer, The Dark Wife

“You saved my life, Persephone."
"I didn't..."
"You are, even now.”
― Sarah Diemer, The Dark Wife

“If you‟ll let me be, Persephone, I will be even better.”
― Sarah Diemer, The Dark Wife

“Welcome back, my queen," she said, and dark eyes shining, Hades saved me.”
― Sarah Diemer, The Dark Wife