Alice Wilde > Quotes

“Seeing her smile, her joy over the simplest things, makes me want to bend the world to kneel at her feet.”
― Alice Wilde, Kiss of Death

“It’s terrifying in its perfection. In its beauty. I could gaze upon it for the rest of my life, and still, I would never be able to replicate its perfection on my canvas.”
― Alice Wilde, Kiss of Death

“I could spend a thousand lifetimes with you, and it would never be enough.”
― Alice Wilde, Touch of Death

“I finally grasped just how much strength it would take to stay soft in a world hell-bent on breaking you.”
― Alice Wilde, Kiss of Death

“Death may be what he is, but I don't think it's who he is.”
― Alice Wilde, Kiss of Death

“Sydian.”
― Alice Wilde, Kiss of Death

“Despite everything, I still want him to be close. But deep down, I know he’s not. I cannot feel him near me. The darkness doesn’t hold the same inkiness to them that his shadows do.”
― Alice Wilde, Until Death

“Closing my eyes, I take a deep breath in and exhale slowly. So be it, I will do whatever it takes to make sure Hazel is given everything she is owed a thousand times over. Double checking the red ribbon binding Hazel’s father to the gate, I turn back to face the Underworld. And, ultimately, the Fates themselves.”
― Alice Wilde, Until Death

“No matter how much it feels like my heart is being torn from me with each added step between us. No, I will not go after her again until I can prove myself to her. Until she can be made certain that nothing will come between us again. That I will stop at nothing to prove that my love for her is true.”
― Alice Wilde, Until Death

“Cerberus, the Guardian of the Gates, and the Keeper of Souls. He’s the one responsible for making sure souls stay in the Underworld.”
― Alice Wilde, Touch of Death

“Persephone?”
― Alice Wilde, Touch of Death

“I need help. Just a little light, anything ... please.”
― Alice Wilde, Kiss of Death

“Eros, God of Lust and Desire.”
― Alice Wilde, Touch of Death

“Cerberus”
― Alice Wilde, Touch of Death

“Anteros.”
― Alice Wilde, Touch of Death

“Three guys, just three. I can outrun three guys. Three gigantic, super-fit men with legs for days. Yeah, totally doable.”
― Alice Wilde, Pack Lies

“Aglaia, City of the Gods,”
― Alice Wilde, Touch of Death

“Hazel”
― Alice Wilde, Touch of Death

“Kate may be their golden child, and they may treat me more like a living, breathing version of Cinderella or Fanny Price when it comes to household chores and responsibilities, but I am their daughter, too.”
― Alice Wilde, Pack Lies

“Desire smolders, it can be contained with care, but once it gives over to lust … Lust is a raging fire with a will of its own. A will that even I cannot control if the temptation grows too strong.”
― Alice Wilde, Touch of Death

“Funny, is it not, how we often do not notice what is staring us right in the face?”
― Alice Wilde, Touch of Death

“the Judges, those who are meant to decide the ultimate destination of your soul. Minos, Rhadamanthus, and Aeacus.”
― Alice Wilde, Touch of Death

“Pain unlike anything I have ever known claws its way through my chest, threatening to destroy my will to stay where I am. To obey Hazel’s command, despite knowing that my very existence means nothing without her by my side.”
― Alice Wilde, Until Death

“Ten days.”
― Alice Wilde, Touch of Death

“A virgin mortal soul.”
― Alice Wilde, Touch of Death

“Follow the cold and the shadows of night," she says cryptically. "The crystal will help guide your path. May each of your steps be certain and true.”
― Alice Wilde, Kiss of Death

“Death.”
― Alice Wilde, Touch of Death

“The Fates.”
― Alice Wilde, Touch of Death

“Here, amongst these demons, you are everything. You are a light amidst and endless world of darkness, and we but dark moths to your flame. Eros would be lucky to have you.”
― Alice Wilde, Touch of Death

“It’s my last day. I quickly catch my fading smile before it can slip from my face entirely. Swallowing down the sadness that has settled like a pit in my stomach, I force the cheeriness back to my smile. I will not allow the heaviness of sorrow to weigh me down. I will not let it drown me. I will not waste my last moments here. No, I will enjoy this last meal with Death at my side. Then I will meet my fate with a smile. I will not allow Death to see me fall apart, not here. Not now.”
― Alice Wilde, Kiss of Death