A.P. Bartels > Quotes

“Nur you’re all I can see. You are everywhere, the scorching sunshine, the sound of my feet when I run, the thump in my heart. I can’t think straight, can’t focus, can’t accomplish anything with you near me. The hours I spent going over Layla’s plans? All I did was stare at that paper dreaming of you. And I know it’s dangerous to let go. If I give in, I could lose control, lose everything in just one second. I could be ripped right out of myself, wrecking everything I’ve worked so hard at. But, God Nur… I want the enemy.”
― A.P. Bartels, The Destroyer

“Prophecies are a funny thing. They’re nothing but lengthy riddles that only a blessed few can unravel, and yet people hang on to their every word as if Fate’s secrets were being spilled. Prophecies weave patterns of words and symbols into a rope so thick you could hang yourself with it. They cause confusion, hope, paranoia, comfort, fear, and even war. They doom the virtuous before birth and revive the damned in their final hour. They are poems that don’t rhyme and lyrics without a song.
And we rely on them as drivers of our own fate.”
― A.P. Bartels, The Dark Prophecy

“Slade was more alive, more tormented and afflicted and lovely than I had ever dreamed over the past few weeks. And the electricity between us, the love and hate and hurt and heat burned just as strong. I scarcely could breathe under the surge in my chest. Everything else in my body was secondary. I had no hands, no arms, no legs, no feet… I was nothing at all, save for a heart. And it screamed. Thrashed. Exploded. Died and came back to life.”
― A.P. Bartels, Overthrown

“Lily, I know you like your independence. You nearly suffocate me with it whenever I see you. I know you can take care of yourself. Maybe, just this one time, it’s not about giving something up. It’s about letting someone in.”
― A.P. Bartels, Overthrown

“Annabelle, if there is one thing I’ve learned over my years watching and protecting humans, it’s that we can talk about black and white and good and evil all we want. The reality is there can never be absolute darkness or absolute light. As soon as something exists, it either brings energy to the night or creates a shadow under sunlight.”
― A.P. Bartels, The Dark Prophecy

“What a way to die. In the arms of a beautiful immortal, his mouth locked on your skin and his fangs so deep inside of you that it stung all the way to your soul.”
― A.P. Bartels, The Dark Prophecy

“I dreamt of Slade. They were painful dreams, beautiful dreams, and harrowing dreams… dreams that both haunted me and lifted me to such heights of happiness... He was too dark, too angelic, too wicked and sinful and holy for me. I cried in my dreams. I called out his name, screamed it, laughed it and sung it. I felt him inside me, on my skin, in every breath and beat of my heart. He held me down till I was frozen, till I was kicking my way out of Hell under his kiss. He let me fall apart while never letting go. I saw his cruel wanting, green eyes as fresh as dew, spread and drown me. It was the worst kind of passion, one that left me breathless… because without him I was suffocating.”
― A.P. Bartels, Overthrown