Emily Colin > Quotes

“My mom always told me that when you’re doing what you’re supposed to do, the universe will help you out. It may throw you a few curveballs, but they’re all in the name of a good cause. Once you leave your path behind, that’s when you start swimming upstream. It’s good advice.”
― Emily Colin, The Memory Thief

“You don't really love me, or you never would have treated me like you did. You were just afraid of letting me go. There’s a difference, and no one knows that better than I do. We were both afraid of moving on, me of what I really wanted. It brought us together, it bound us, but no longer. I am done with making decisions based on fear. [Nicholas to Grace]”
― Emily Colin, The Memory Thief

“Holy denial, Batman. I feel this way because I love her. I”
― Emily Colin, The Memory Thief

“when you’re doing what you’re supposed to do, the universe will help you out. It may throw you a few curveballs, but they’re all in the name of a good cause.”
― Emily Colin, The Memory Thief

“I wasn't in love with Aidan's wife but I am in love with the idea of caring about someone like that, so you’d alter the pattern of your life and become a better person. ... I want to find someone who will travel this path with me, so that we can discover hidden places together and make each other happy.”
― Emily Colin, The Memory Thief

“It was a beautiful night to burn, and a ridiculous one to die.”
― Emily Colin, Fate and Fury

“I was empty... [and Aidan] gave me hope ... gave me back myself. ... [He] filled me. He reminded me of what it was like to feel passionate about what I did, who I was with. ... [He] showed me what it was like to love someone the way he did, with his whole self, holding nothing back.”
― Emily Colin, The Memory Thief

“Once again purpose fills my soul and courses through my limbs, but this time it is accompanied by an unmistakable presentiment of peace.”
― Emily Colin, The Memory Thief

““The world is on fire, or I am”.”
― Emily Colin, Siege of the Seven Sins

“Break me, then,” she said, a challenge. “Break me like your promises.”
― Emily Colin, Fate and Fury

“~ “Be brave,” he whispers. “Not for the sake of what’s between us. Not for me. But for yourself.” ~
Chapter 19, page 156”
― Emily Colin, Sword of the Seven Sins