Gretchen Powell Fox > Quotes

“I don’t see through you,” she said, her melodic voice so soft that he thought he might have imagined it. “I just see you.”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Smoke and Scar

“I am Elyria Lightbreaker. The Revenant. And I may have been left broken, but I am not so easily shattered.”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Smoke and Scar

“Who did this to you?”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Smoke and Scar

“Cedric sucked in a slow breath, an eerie calm settling over him. “Who did this to you?”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Smoke and Scar

“All that brooding you’ve been doing must be taxing indeed.”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Smoke and Scar

“Oh, I am always well stocked when it comes to snacks.”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Smoke and Scar

“You think you’re so expendable, that you’re not worth saving? I disa-fucking-gree. And I really wish you would stop with this self-pitying, self-sacrificing bullshit.”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Smoke and Scar

“Shocking though it may be, I don’t actually know everything.” “That must be very difficult for you to admit.”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Splintered Kingdom

“Stars-damned motherfucking pompous fuckwits, the lot of them.”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Splintered Kingdom

“She didn’t need a seat at their table. She wanted to build an entirely new one.”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Splintered Kingdom

“She scoffed. “I’m not afraid of you.” He looked up from where he’d begun tracing the lines on her hand and met her glowing green stare. “Maybe you should be.” “Maybe you need to stop being afraid of yourself.”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Smoke and Scar

“broken, but I am not so easily shattered.”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Smoke and Scar

“Elyria,” he murmured into her ear, his voice low. “That’s enough.” She didn’t react. He lifted his hand. Paused. Drew it back. Then, with as gentle a touch as he could manage, he placed two fingers on the side of her chin and turned her face toward him. Magic sparked where their skin met, sending a shock zipping through Cedric. Elyria too, from the sudden way her arm fell, her shadow dissipating into nothing.”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Smoke and Scar

“He hadn’t endured. He’d been dragged out of the darkness by someone stronger”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Smoke and Scar

“Then, with as gentle a touch as he could manage, he placed two fingers on the side of her chin and turned her face toward him.”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Smoke and Scar

“I don't want to be your fucking friend."
"Well, thank the stars for that.”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Splintered Kingdom

“The infamous Revenant . . . who was, in reality, a woman like any other. A brash, reckless woman with a reputation so much bigger than her. Impulsive. Petulant. Maddening. Beautiful.”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Smoke and Scar

“Power is power,” Kit said. “It lures everyone.”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Smoke and Scar

“Cedric’s heart sank with the knowledge that this had only been the beginning. And much worse was yet to come.”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Smoke and Scar

“I am not your enemy, you absolute plonker.”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Smoke and Scar

“It would take a lot more than a striking face, shimmering green eyes, and pretty purple hair to get him to stray from his mission— and his morals. He frowned at the specificity of the image that came into his mind. He certainly wasn’t referring to anyone in particular.”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Smoke and Scar

“I bind myself to you, Elyria Lightbreaker,” he said, voice steady, unwavering. “You already know that, for me, there was never a choice to be made. I wish to be with you always, and not because of your power or your beauty, though those things are both so infinitely vast, it bewilders the mind to even attempt comprehending them. I simply want you. You, who are fierce and kind and terrifying in equal measure. Loving you is as easy and natural as breathing. It is like coming home. Never have I felt more at peace than when we are together. How could I not want that for eternity?”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Shadow and Son

“The voice that answered was not hers. “I am death and retribution”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Smoke and Scar

“Elyria sighed at the distinct lack of creativity in his insults.”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Smoke and Scar

“His friend was always on his case about his bleeding heart.”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Smoke and Scar

“The Revenant had come.”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Smoke and Scar

“But trust is a blade sharpened on both sides. It can cut”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Smoke and Scar

“And if their mouthpiece says unity is the name of this game, well then, slap my arse and call me ‘brother.’ ” Cedric”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Smoke and Scar

“Leona stumbled forward, then whirled on Elyria. “You!” Elyria wiggled her fingers in greeting. “Me.”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Smoke and Scar

“We are rescuing a damsel in distress. Does it get any more classic than this?” Tenebris Nox’s voice was laced with their telltale amusement as it wafted down the tunnel.”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Splintered Kingdom