frances > frances's Quotes

“And there's something gold about her.”
― LovesBitca8, All the Wrong Things

“You’re like a rose in a graveyard. I wonder what you could have turned into without the war”
― SenLinYu, Manacled

“And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“Could a vow be not all the way broken? Could a sin be not all the way committed?”
― Sierra Simone, Priest

“I have warned you. If something happens to you, I will personally raze the entire Order. That isn't a threat. That is a promise. Consider your survival as much a necessity to the survival of the Resistance as Potter's. If you die, I will kill every last one of them.”
― SenLinYu, Manacled

“If he's a monster, then I'm his creator. What did you think was the source of all his rage?”
― SenLinYu, Manacled

“Name one hero who was happy."
I considered. Heracles went mad and killed his family; Theseus lost his bride and father; Jason's children and new wife were murdered by his old; Bellerophon killed the Chimera but was crippled by the fall from Pegasus' back.
"You can't." He was sitting up now, leaning forward.
"I can't."
"I know. They never let you be famous AND happy." He lifted an eyebrow. "I'll tell you a secret."
"Tell me." I loved it when he was like this.
"I'm going to be the first." He took my palm and held it to his. "Swear it."
"Why me?"
"Because you're the reason. Swear it."
"I swear it," I said, lost in the high color of his cheeks, the flame in his eyes.
"I swear it," he echoed.
We sat like that a moment, hands touching. He grinned.
"I feel like I could eat the world raw.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“He is half of my soul, as the poets say.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“I am made of memories.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“He is a weapon, a killer. Do not forget it. You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“Whatever happens after this, I just want you to know that this was worth it. You were worth it. You were worth everything.”
― Sierra Simone, Priest

“a cold, self-righteous prig, who goes regularly to church, may be far nearer to hell than a prostitute.”
― Sierra Simone, Priest

“One day, you might find that you have a life again. A life that makes you happy.”
― Sierra Simone, Priest

“if this was what love was, then I didn’t know how anyone could bear the weight of it.”
― Sierra Simone, Priest

“Is it weird to pray during sex? Maybe it is, but sometimes it happens. I’ve tried to accept that it’s who I am—a man who loves God, and who loves fucking, that I can be dirty and holy all in the same moment.”
― Sierra Simone, Midnight Mass

“There was life after fucking up, after all, even for those who lived without fucking.”
― Sierra Simone, Priest

“A man and a woman wanting each other is by far one of the least sinful things I've seen”
― Sierra Simone, Priest

“Si vis amari, ama," you tell me. If you wish to be loved, love.”
― Sierra Simone, Priest

“I cared about her as a person, as a soul, and I wanted to fuck her, and that was the recipe for something much worse than carnal sin. It was a recipe for falling in love.”
― Sierra Simone, Priest

“Worry is a sin, even I know that, yet I am more than just a lily of the field. I’m a lily that’s been plucked from the ground and laid at your feet. When it comes to you, I’m rootless and helpless and at your mercy for sunshine and water. And I’m not even supposed to be yours. How can I not worry?”
― Sierra Simone, Priest

“Sometimes the best decisions were the ones with the most short-term unhappiness”
― Sierra Simone, Priest

“Is there no way to be both completely woman and completely good?”
― Sierra Simone, Priest

“God dwelled in sex and marriage just as much as He dwelled in celibacy and service,”
― Sierra Simone, Priest

“Her eyelashes made me hard. That was a new benchmark for me, I had to admit.”
― Sierra Simone, Priest

“As always, she had both of us under control when she surrendered her control to me.”
― Sierra Simone, Priest

“The difference between envy and jealousy is subtle but distinct, once you know the flavors and contours of both.”
― Sierra Simone, Midnight Mass

“Sometimes people sneak up on you and suddenly you don’t know how you ever lived without them.”
― Elle Kennedy, The Deal

“I’m comfortable enough with my hetero status to say that if I did play for the other team? I wouldn’t just fuck Garrett Graham, I’d marry him.”
― Elle Kennedy, The Mistake

“Jesus Christ, will you quit dictating this conversation to Hannah?' I grumble. 'Bros before hos, dude.'
'Call my girlfriend a ho one more time and you won't have a bro.”
― Elle Kennedy, The Mistake