Nicole Conway > Quotes

“Those who are timid in love are the ones who will inevitably end up brokenhearted and alone.”
― Nicole Conway, Mad Magic

“He did not like his new pet name.”
― Nicole Conway, Traitor

“he was doing pushups upside down in a handstand against the wall.”
― Nicole Conway, Traitor

“Their aura, their soul, conflicts with yours. Humans refer to it as intuition, sometimes,” she said. “But when you meet someone whose soul creates perfect harmony with yours, the result is …”
― Nicole Conway, Mad Magic

“He was so cheerful all the time it seemed like he might have brain damage.”
― Nicole Conway, Avian

“If you’re constantly worrying about something a hundred miles away, you’re liable to get killed by something two feet in front of you.”
― Nicole Conway, Avian

“You asked me to promise that I would make you happy forever. That was the contract we made … after you captured my heart.”
― Nicole Conway, Mad Magic

“the dragonrider. Ulric scowled darkly, and stomped over to take it from me. He slung it over his shoulder like it weighed nothing at all, growling curses under his breath at me as he went to tie it down to the knight’s horse.”
― Nicole Conway, Fledgling

“Last night, he told me about something that happened when I was little. He said I captured his heart, and that I made him promise to make me happy.” I flushed, looking away as I repeated the story. “I don’t remember it. I must have been too young.”
― Nicole Conway, Mad Magic

“Most faeries—be they bogle, sprite, dryad, or even a full-fledged sidhe—love mischief like that. Usually, it was harmless fun that sometimes got taken a little too far.”
― Nicole Conway, Vicious Vows

“Bravery is not an immunity to fear, it is rising up to meet it with the hope that nothing is impossible.”
― Nicole Conway, Fledgling

“essentially the human personification of a dandelion puff.”
― Nicole Conway, Betrayer

“Preposterous. A pumpkin is a terrible item to render into a carriage. The smell would be repugnant. This so-called ‘faerie godmother’ is obviously a hack.”
― Nicole Conway, Mad Magic

“It’s been about wanting to be something better, not for ourselves, but for others, and being willing to work every day to achieve that.”
― Nicole Conway, Betrayer

“Mavrik”
― Nicole Conway, Avian

“I love you, Josie. I know it probably doesn’t make any sense to you, but I have been yours alone ever since that day.”
― Nicole Conway, Mad Magic

“I’d have to look into it later, but for now … this was the first real piece of my mom’s belongings I’d ever had. Somehow,”
― Nicole Conway, Mad Magic

“And if something goes wrong?” I asked. “Then we fight.” King Jace shrugged like that should have been obvious. “And if something goes really wrong?” He smirked. “Then we run away bravely.”
― Nicole Conway, Savage

“burn in his wake.”
― Nicole Conway, Mad Magic

“Reigh Farrow! Are you even listening to me? You’re in no shape to be walking anywhere! I can’t believe Kiran even let you leave Ms. Lin’s house like this. You’ve torn nearly all your stitches and you’re bleeding all over your clothes.” Phoebe fussed like an angry sparrow, her voice echoing down the hallway before I even got to the top of the stairs. “Go back and lie down right now. So help me, I know where you keep your chaser root tea, and I will sedate you if that’s what it takes—HEY! Don’t make that face at me; I’m just trying to keep you alive! Isandri didn’t put up any fuss at all, but you’re acting like a big baby.”
― Nicole Conway, Godling

“Anger isn’t just an emotion; it’s a reaction. It’s most often the voice of pain.”
― Nicole Conway, Mad Magic

“Hecate stood between her grandparents, her lovely face pale and her visionless eyes darting rapidly in the direction of every sound. Her chest rose and fell with frantic, shallow breaths. I wondered what she was hearing that made her so scared. Paligno? Clysiros? Noh? Or something worse?”
― Nicole Conway, Harbinger

“Until then, I would never be Reigh’s father. But he would always be my son.”
― Nicole Conway, The Dragonrider Legacy Box Set: Books 1-3

“She must follow her own path. And we must accept that in her journey, we might not be the heroes meant to save her, merely the guides meant to walk alongside her. To love her through it. That is the true price of friendship.”
― Nicole Conway, Born of Shadow

“Something about him reminded me of a vicious hamster. Stupid. Conniving. Just intelligent enough to be truly annoying, but it would still be socially frowned upon to murder him in cold blood.”
― Nicole Conway, Born of Shadow

“He finally met my gaze again, tears still pooling in his eyes. “One day in the summer the three of us were out playing in the yard. It was just around sunset. There were fireflies everywhere, so you and William wanted to run around and catch them. And you held my hand like this—with your little finger wrapped around mine. You asked me to promise that I would make you happy forever. That was the contract we made … after you captured my heart.” My breath caught in my throat. I couldn’t move. Even if I didn’t remember”
― Nicole Conway, Mad Magic

“Every soldier that falls, elf or human, is someone’s father, brother, son, or husband. If we can’t forgive those deaths, then peace means nothing and Hovrid has already won.”
― Nicole Conway, Traitor

“If he was going out like a dying star, then I was already doomed to”
― Nicole Conway, Mad Magic

“You’re enjoying this, aren’t you?” “What?” I feigned an insulted gasp. “Me enjoy you interrogating one of the blockheads who constantly mocked and bullied me as a child? Never! And frankly, I’m wounded you’d even suggest it.” Jaevid rolled his eyes. “I don’t suppose you could tell him the bird is a sacred, ancient forest spirit he now has to pay homage to for the rest of his life?” “Not a chance.”
― Nicole Conway, Harbinger

“I arched an eyebrow. “And that weapon would be … ?” The old king smirked widely. “My wife.”
― Nicole Conway, Successor