Gabe Cole Novoa > Quotes

“Emptiness felt like a living thing. A parasite growing in the center of your chest, somewhere behind your heart, taking every ounce of warmth and light and happiness and consuming it until there's nothing left. Emptiness feels like exhaustion, like there's no reason to fight, no reason to take another breath, no reason to try to survive. But emptiness also feels like freedom. Because it doesn't just take the good, it takes the bad, too--the anger, the bitterness, the pain--and when it's done, it leaves you with just you. A cold, shell-like echo of yourself, but still you.”
― Ava Jae, Beyond the Red

“I have struggled for some time, and I won't allow it any longer. If your feelings are still what they were earlier this month, please tell me so, but I can no longer contain my own. I admire you, Oliver Bennet. Your spirit, your wit, your open honesty-I have thought of nothing else since we first met”
― Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

“It was so easy for me to hate her when she was the face of a faraway force we had to run from. When she was one of them – the Sepharon who enslaved us. When she didn’t make me laugh, and she didn’t trust me with her life, and she didn’t turn to me when she felt lost. Now I don’t know what to thin. But even if I wanted to, I wouldn’t be able to hate her anymore.”
― Ava Jae, Beyond the Red

“We're permitted to bring a guest,' Darcy said. 'We could bring a guest every week if we wanted to. I'd be happy to make you mine.'

Oliver arched an eyebrow.

Darcy's face flushed pink. 'My... guest. That is.'

Oliver grinned. How on Earth was it possible that this was the same Darcy as last night? Or even this morning? 'I'd be honored.'

Darcy's smile was small and sweet—and Oliver found he couldn't look away.

For some reason, he didn't want to.”
― Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

“This felt real. This felt like the moons had aligned and the stars were shining in our favor and every breath was ours, every touch was right. This felt like eternity in a blink, like our lives unraveled and spun together, like the convergence of always and never and every step I've ever taken and every pain I've ever endured lead to that moment.”
― Ava Jae, Beyond the Red

“if the choice was between being someone’s wife and being alone, it wasn’t really a question at all.”
― Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

“Just the notion of being able to spend multiple days as himself made Oliver feel lighter. He finished his tea and stood, the heaviness of his argument with his mother melting away at the prospect of his upcoming visit. 'Thank you,' he said, his voice cracking with emotion. 'For everything. I--I don't know how I would have handled all of this without you.'
The warmth in his father's face alone made Oliver misty-eyed all over again. 'I know you didn't tell me perhaps the way you'd imagined, but I'm so glad to know you, son. No matter what, I will always fight for you.”
― Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

“I love you, Oliver," Darcy said, "Most ardently.”
― Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

“I love you, Fitzwilliam Darcy," Oliver said. "With my whole heart, I love you.”
― Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

“know you didn’t tell me perhaps the way you’d imagined, but I’m so glad to know you, son. No matter what, I will always fight for you.”
― Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

“The thing is, Mar loves using their magia.

No matter how much pain and death it has brought them, no matter all the ways it has made their life harder, none of that matters when it runs like liquid euphoria in their veins. Mar would give up their magia without hesitation, has wished it away every single day since Mamá was murdered, but no matter how much they wish it weren't true, using magia makes them feel alive.

And they hate it.”
― Gabe Cole Novoa, The Wicked Bargain

“Perhaps being a lady doesn’t come as naturally to you as it does your sisters, but that’s nothing that can’t be fixed. You just need the right education.”
― Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

“Going forward, your relationship with one of your parents will never be the same. Your mother will never speak to you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never speak to you again if you do.”
― Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

“How much simpler and more comfortable it would be, he thought, if my chest had remained flat.”
― Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

“To be clear,” Oliver interrupted at last, “I’m only walking because Caroline insisted. I couldn’t care less whether that was enough to pique your interest.”
― Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

“I would love to,” Oliver said, and then the strangest thing happened. Darcy smiled. Just a little.”
― Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

“You have such beautiful childbearing hips,” Collins said the moment they stepped into the center of the room, apparently managing to think of the worst possible thing to say.”
― Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

“I would say my worst characteristic is that my good opinion, once lost, is lost forever.”
― Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

“Oliver wanted to scream. You kissed a boy! You kissed a boy and you liked it!”
― Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

“Oliver balked at that. “Soon? I should hope not. I certainly haven’t met anyone who I’d like to make my husband.” Wickham smiled slyly. “Perhaps you have and you just don’t realize it yet.”
― Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

“He would, Oliver realized without a hint of exaggeration, prefer far darker ends.”
― Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently