Erika George > Erika's Quotes

“They’re not hideous,” said Tessa. Will blinked at her. “What?” “Gideon and Gabriel,” said Tessa. “They’re really quite good-looking, not hideous at all.” “I spoke,” said Will in sepulchral tones, “of the pitch-black inner depths of their souls.” Tessa snorted. “And what color do you suppose the inner depths of your soul are, Will Herondale?” “Mauve,” said Will.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Prince

“It's all right to love someone who doesn't love you back, as long as they're worth you loving them. As long as they deserve it.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

“I can’t believe I didn’t see him for what he was from the beginning: a wolf in sheep’s clothing. And now I’m the sheep pretending to be a wolf.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“Only the gods tell him what to do, and you should beware of men who take their orders from the gods.”
― Bernard Cornwell, The Last Kingdom

“The less you say, the more weight your words will carry.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“Night falls. Or has fallen. Why is it that night falls, instead of rising, like the dawn? Yet if you look east, at sunset, you can see night rising, not falling; darkness lifting into the sky, up from the horizon, like a black sun behind cloud cover. Like smoke from an unseen fire, a line of fire just below the horizon, brushfire or a burning city. Maybe night falls because it’s heavy, a thick curtain pulled up over the eyes. Wool blanket.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

“I believe that decadence is a valuable perspective that should always be considered.”
― Cassandra Clare, Chain of Iron

“Most maidens are perfectly capable of rescuing themselves in my experience, at least the ones worth something, in any case.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus

“Stories have changed, my dear boy,” the man in the grey suit says, his voice almost imperceptibly sad. “There are no more battles between good and evil, no monsters to slay, no maidens in need of rescue. Most maidens are perfectly capable of rescuing themselves in my experience, at least the ones worth something, in any case. There are no longer simple tales with quests and beasts and happy endings. The quests lack clarity of goal or path. The beasts take different forms and are difficult to recognize for what they are. And there are never really endings, happy or otherwise. Things keep overlapping and blur, your story is part of your sister’s story is part of many other stories, and there in no telling where any of them may lead. Good and evil are a great deal more complex than a princess and a dragon, or a wolf and a scarlet-clad little girl. And is not the dragon the hero of his own story? Is not the wolf simply acting as a wolf should act? Though perhaps it is a singular wolf who goes to such lengths as to dress as a grandmother to toy with its prey.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus

“Good and evil are a great deal more complex than a princess and a dragon . . . is not the dragon the hero of his own story?”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus

“I do not mourn the loss of my sister because she will always be with me, in my heart," she says. "I am, however, rather annoyed that my Tara has left me to suffer you lot alone. I do not see as well without her. I do not hear as well without her. I do not feel as well without her. I would be better off without a hand or a leg than without my sister. Then at least she would be here to mock my appearance and claim to be the pretty one for a change. We have all lost our Tara, but I have lost a part of myself as well.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus

“And there are never really endings, happy or otherwise. Things keep going on, they overlap and blur, your story is part of your sister's story is part of many other stories, and there is no telling where any of them may lead.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus

“But then, liars do make the best magicians, and he happened to be exceptional.”
― Lisa Maxwell, The Last Magician

“But then, people usually do miss what's right in front of them.”
― Lisa Maxwell, The Last Magician

“Steal me the night, girl.”
Esta couldn’t help but smile. Steal me the night, like it was an impossible task. Like she hadn’t been born to do exactly that. ”
― Lisa Maxwell, The Last Magician

“But this young prince has his mother's fearsome beauty.”
― Giles Kristian

“Dear me,” said Will. “Such harsh truths so early in the morning cannot be good for the digestion.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

“I am nothing if not gracious,” Will said. His eyes searched Jem’s face, that face as familiar to him as his own. “And determined. You will not leave me. Not while I live.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Princess

“She held back a smile. It was a lie. She'd wreck a garden for something to eat right now. "This is about the time you'd tell me you'd wreck a garden for something to eat right now." Norah jerked her head to him, her eyes wide. "Should I steal you something?" he asked, his eyes gleaming.”
― Nicola Tyche, North Queen

“But will you be able to forget, brother?"

The answer haunted him.”
― Nicola Tyche, North Queen

“leading people takes heart, and you've always been the heart of this kingdom. Follow yours. and you'll know what to do.”
― Nicola Tyche, North Queen

“Your grandmother has no idea she’s going to see you today. And Catherine Andell is not an easy woman to surprise. I’m very much looking forward to it.” Norah couldn’t help but smile at the sense of his genuine excitement.”
― Nicola Tyche, North Queen

“She needed control, and he gave it to her. He gave her power. And she gave herself back to him, because what she wanted in that moment was him.”
― Nicola Tyche, North Queen

“There was a man in Kharav that thought he could take what belonged to Salar. And Soren would see him dead.”
― Nicola Tyche, North Queen

“Duty. He had given his life to duty. And it had ripped out his heart.”
― Nicola Tyche, Shadow Queen

“The North Queen with winter hair. I couldn’t even picture you. Can I touch it?” Norah smiled awkwardly. “My hair?” Tahla grinned with a nod. Strange. Norah shrugged. “Sure.” Tahla reached out and combed her fingers through the blonde locks. “I don’t know what I was expecting. I imagined ice in some form.” She smiled sheepishly. “It feels like normal hair.” “It is normal hair,” Norah said, and both women laughed.”
― Nicola Tyche, Shadow Queen

“Tell me the heart is not finite. Must you love one less to make room for another?”
― Nicola Tyche, Shadow Queen

“Do you not like handsome, powerful men who change the fate of kingdoms for you?”
― Nicola Tyche, Shadow Queen

“She wanted him safe, this man who had once been her enemy, whose kingdom had warred against hers for ten years. This man who had captured her, and a piece of her heart—she needed him safe. Yet he wasn’t.

And if he wasn’t safe, Alexander wasn’t safe.”
― Nicola Tyche, Shadow Queen

“Her strength left her. She wasn’t salara. She wasn’t queen. She was a prisoner.”
― Nicola Tyche, Shadow Queen