Jessica Fortunato > Quotes

“Your cell phone is on the nightstand. Call me immediately if something changes. I don’t care if you are merely dizzy or if you start seeing pink dragons, do you understand?”

I solemnly swear I will call you the second a pink dragon shows up.”
― Jessica Fortunato, The Sin Collector

“Truth was, I didn't really want to die today. I was in the middle of a really good book, and being alive had always worked out for me. . .”
― Jessica Fortunato, The Sin Collector

“You can't know how much a mother loves.”
― Jessica Fortunato, Steam

“The only time you ever really lose love is when you choose to let it go.”
― Jessica Fortunato, Steam

“After everything, you still want to believe that love prevails, that in the end there will be justice. That is an illusion, and I pity you.”
― Jessica Fortunato, Sacrifice

“He took her hand without question, without fear, and he never regretted it.”
― Jessica Fortunato, The Sin Collector: Thomas

“I have faith in us as a family, and our friends. I think we will survive because we don’t wish to harm anyone. If you ever need something to believe in, believe that to stand and fight for the people you love is the most honorable thing you can do with your life.”
― Jessica Fortunato, Sacrifice

“Living on steam isn't easy.”
― Jessica Fortunato, Steam

“Every part of life changes with every breath we take. If you don’t like where your story is headin’, you fight your fate with everything you have.”
― Jessica Fortunato, Sacrifice

“What if he can't save me? What if trying destroys us both?”
― Jessica Fortunato, Steam

“You cannot have a best friend for one hundred and fifty four years without trust.”
― Jessica Fortunato, The Sin Collector: Thomas

“God will bring into judgment
both the righteous and the wicked,
for there will be a time for every activity,
a time to judge every deed.
~Ecclesiastes 3:17”
― Jessica Fortunato, The Sin Collector: Thomas

“For my days vanish like smoke;
my bones burn like glowing embers.
My heart is blighted and withered like grass;
I forget to eat my food.
In my distress, I groan aloud
and am reduced to skin and bones.
I am like a desert owl,
like an owl among the ruins.
~Psalm 102 NIV Bible”
― Jessica Fortunato, Sacrifice

“He held up his hands in surrender. “I’m not here to start trouble. I am just doing some research for my thesis.”

“If you don’t get out of this bar, you are going to be writing your thesis via Ouija board.”
― Jessica Fortunato, Nocturnal Embers

“I was about to run, possibly fight, definitely scream...”
― Jessica Fortunato, The Sin Collector

“What kind of person would I be if I didn’t fight for them, those who God deemed most precious?”
― Jessica Fortunato, The Sin Collector: Thomas

“There are no saints either. We are immortal, but not so unlike the humans as you think. We have enemies, we have duties, we hate, we struggle, and we love.”
― Jessica Fortunato, The Sin Collector: Thomas

“I was sick of the body count that existed around my family. It seemed statistically that eventually the body count would include my family.”
― Jessica Fortunato, Sacrifice

“Love is a fairytale blah, blah, blah.”
― Jessica Fortunato, Steam

“I jumped between them holding my hands up in front of me to stop the onslaught. We would all sit down and figure this out as rational adults. We’d been adults for a century at least, and it should not be a problem.
It appeared to be a problem.”
― Jessica Fortunato, The Sin Collector

“To call it helmet hair was an insult to my helmet.”
― Jessica Fortunato, The Sin Collector

“Her name is Emmilina. She is quite eccentric and was Thomas’s best friend.”
― Jessica Fortunato, Sacrifice

“I screeched with frustration, which in hindsight is never okay when there are people trying to kill you.”
― Jessica Fortunato, Sacrifice

“I thought I saw my entire future once, every moment of it, until the day of my death. I spent it in her arms. Then after twenty years, she left.”
― Jessica Fortunato

“You think me noble?” She rolled to her side facing him. “Am I saint-like? Do I slay dragons and hang the moon as well?”
― Jessica Fortunato, The Sin Collector: Thomas

“He reminded me of one of those adventure seekers on TV. He hadn’t shaved in a few days at least, and his reddish hair was suffering from intense bed head. His Hawaiian shirt and khaki shorts completed the look. I was inclined to ask him if he knew we were all marked for death or if he just thought he was taking a long cruise.”
― Jessica Fortunato, The Sin Collector

“I was really putting a lot of pressure on this beer prop; it was going to distract me enough so that I didn’t run around screaming like a lunatic on fire.”
― Jessica Fortunato, The Sin Collector

“Cricket’s voice broke through Thomas’s memory. He was reading a letter, most likely from his mother. He was trying hard to hide it, but he was tearing up.
“Captain I don’t want to be here,” was all he could choke out. Thomas reached over and gave Cricket’s shoulder a tight squeeze.”
― Jessica Fortunato, The Sin Collector: Thomas

“The Castus had become a myth to most, a shadow, but Thomas knew that every rumor was rooted in truth.”
― Jessica Fortunato, The Sin Collector: Thomas

“Eventually the Collector from the prophecy would be born.”
― Jessica Fortunato, The Sin Collector: Thomas