Emma > Emma's Quotes

“You gave me stars, and that means this is…this is more.”
His thumb swept over my cheek. “I don’t know what more means to you, but it means that I love you, Trinity Lynn. That I’m in love with you.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Rage and Ruin

“You’re under my skin and in my blood. I can’t get you out.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Rage and Ruin

“You say I have a light about me, but you are my light."
Zayne reclaimed the space between us, kissing me. "You're never getting rid of me now."
"I wouldn't want to.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Rage and Ruin

“There were no walls. No stupid file cabinets, Nothing between me and everything I felt. Nothing between me and all that Zayne was.
Which was more.
So much more.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Rage and Ruin

“You’re beautiful, Trin. You have this thing. It’s this spark from within. A light. There isn’t a single person out here that can’t see that.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Rage and Ruin

“You never cease to amaze me, Trinity. I don’t think there’ll ever be a time that you do. So, yes, I’m in awe of you.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Rage and Ruin

“No matter what happens, we’ll face it together. I didn’t kiss you without considering there could be a risk. I didn’t share with you what we just shared believing nothing could come from it.” His eyes searched mine. “I knew there was a risk for us—and there is an us. I also know that you’re worth the risk. That we’re worth the risk.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Rage and Ruin

“You make this so hard," I muttered.
"Make what hard?"
Irritated and charmed, and annoyed because I was charmed, I glared at him. "Not liking you," I admitted.
Zayne's lips tipped up and a wide, beautiful smile appeared, stealing my breath again.
My eyes narrowed as I crossed my arms. "I don't know why you're smiling."
"Maybe because..." He rose, extending his hand toward me. "Maybe because I'm not trying to make it easy, Trin.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Rage and Ruin

“I'm your Protector. No one, demon or Warden or human, is going to put you in a position of danger."
I met his stare. "You're my Protector, not my rabid guard dog that bites anyone who gets too close."
"Oh, I'll do more than bite.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Rage and Ruin

“His forehead dropped to mine, and the breath we took was shared. "Whatever happens, this will be worth it," he said, and it sounded like a promise. "This is right, no matter what.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Rage and Ruin

“I'm... greedy enough for anything." His thumb moved along my chin and then the line of my jaw. "Or maybe it's that I'm desperate for anything that you will allow.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Rage and Ruin

“You cannot allow yourself to become distracted. Everything in this room, especially the uninvited third wheel, needs to fade away.”
“Hey,” Roth scuffed. “That’s offensive.”
“This is my I-don’t-care face,” Zayne replied.
I planted my hands on my hips. “I think I know how to concentrate, Zayne.”
“And I think I’ve been around you enough to know that you have the concentration level of a puppy on its first car ride.”
Roth laughed.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Rage and Ruin

“Rage and ruin had not corrupted me. They powered me.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Rage and Ruin

“Look, I just don't want to be..."
A burden. A victim. A challenge. Someone to pity and coddle and worry about. Someone treated less than, even with the best of intentions.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Rage and Ruin

“Cocking his head, the demon frowned. He stared at me as if he'd ordered a tender marinated filet, but instead had ended up with a cheap flat beef patty. I was sort of offended.
I was 100 percent organic Angus beef, thank you very much.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Rage and Ruin

“I can see you. Each breath you take. The way your lips are parted. How wide your eyes are and how flushed your skin is. That light inside you. The spark. I can see it and it's beautiful. You're beautiful.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Rage and Ruin

“Roth might be a cool demon 99 percent of the time, but I wasn't stupid. Not that I needed the daggers when I had mt grace, but I wouldn't just whip out my grace willy-nilly and start a party with it.
I'd end a party with it.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Rage and Ruin

“Every cell and molecule of who I am desires, needs and covets Layla. Humans call that love. I call it obsession. Same thing, I suppose, but I am a demon, Trinity. I'm brutally selfish and there are very few things I truly care about. While I may randomly commit acts of perceived kindness, I do them only so that Layla is happy. Because when she's not happy, it makes me want to do really, really bad things to whatever and whoever has upset her.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Rage and Ruin

“Roth might be a cool demon 99 percent of the time, but I wasn't stupid. Not that I needed the daggers when I had my grace, but I wouldn't just whip out my grace willy-nilly and start a party with it.
I'd end a party with it.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Rage and Ruin

“You're going to want to play along and do so quickly, because I have the patience of a hungry toddler and a severe problem with impulsivity. I don't think before I act.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Rage and Ruin

“A thousand thoughts entered my head, threatening to shatter the heat, but when he stopped, piercing me with those eyes when he looked up at me, I was...
I was found.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Rage and Ruin

“You're going to have to hold on harder than that." Amusement lanced his tone, and I rolled my eyes. "And scoot up, or the moment this Ducati moves, you're going to fly right off the back of it."
"Sounds like if that happens, it's your fault," I retorted, but flattened my hands against his sides. "And if I get any closer, I'm going to be riding your back like a book bag."
"That's a sentence I never thought I'd hear." His voice crackled through the microphone.
"You're welcome.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Rage and Ruin

“A slow, heart-wrenching smile pulled at his lips. A real one, and it was the kind of smile that could break hearts and rebuild them.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Storm and Fury

“The second you kissed me in the training rooms, I knew you were going to be trouble.”
“Is that why you ran from me?”
“I’m not running from you now,” he said. “It seems I’m running after you now.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Storm and Fury

“What are you going to do if it does get worse?” he asked.
“Maybe I’ll get myself a seeing-eye gargoyle.”
Zayne chuckled. “I can be that for you.”
“Uh, yeah, I feel like you’d grow very bored of that.”
“I don’t think so.” His fingers curled around my chin, bringing my gaze back to his. Air hitched in my throat. “I don’t think…there’s ever a boring second around you.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Storm and Fury

“I know what you want,” he said, squeezing me against his side. “You want to be wanted, and there’s nothing wrong with that, Trin. Not at all.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Storm and Fury

“This is not that America I was promised, but it is the afterlife I'm here for.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Storm and Fury

“Because it's always the last ones you suspect in my experience. The ones who hide their dark souls rather than show the world what a shit ball they are,' he replied, and I shook my head. 'And the fact that even though he's involved in all these good works, he voted down every reform or bill that would have actually helped people in need.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Storm and Fury

“What are you going to do if it does get worse?” he asked. “Maybe I’ll get myself a seeing-eye gargoyle.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Storm and Fury

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey