Agnese > Agnese's Quotes

“There are lies and liars all around you...”
― Alex Aster, Lightlark

“I’ll give you anything,” he said immediately. “Anything you need. Anything of mine. It’s yours.”
― Alex Aster, Lightlark

“And I don’t know what I enjoy more. Replaying the image of my sword against your throat . . . or thinking about how your heart might look on my plate.” Grim’s dark eyes flashed with amusement. “Careful, Hearteater,” he whispered, towering over her, standing far too close. “I might just give it to you.”
― Alex Aster, Lightlark

“You might be dying, but You're not dead yet, you miserable wretch.”
― Alex Aster, Lightlark

“You take the pain like medicine, Terra had said in response to her tears. You swallow it down with a smile.”
― Alex Aster, Lightlark

“I could open a black hole that would swallow the beach. I could turn the sea dark as ink and kill everything inside of it. I could demolish the castle, brick by brick, from where we stand. I could take you back to Nightshade lands with me right now.” His voice was deep as dreams, dark as nightmares. “I could do all of those things.” His lips pressed against the top of her ear, for just a moment. “And I might—if I didn’t think you would hate me for it.”
― Alex Aster, Lightlark

“Right now, you’re killing me.”
― Alex Aster, Lightlark

“The only way not to fear death is to meet it.”
― Alex Aster, Lightlark

“I’ve been stabbed a thousand times . . . but none of that hurts more than hearing you say goodbye.”
― Alex Aster, Nightbane

“If you hurt her,” he said, voice lethally calm, “she will kill you. And then I will find a way to revive you so I can kill you again with my own bare hands.”
― Alex Aster, Nightbane

“It’s the parts you don’t seem to like about yourself that I love the most.”
― Alex Aster, Nightbane

“I wish you could see yourself the way I do. You would never doubt yourself again.”
― Alex Aster, Nightbane

“You think I would watch you die, for the sword? Did you think I would make any choice that wasn’t you?”
― Alex Aster, Nightbane

“Please,” he said, sounding pained. “Please, tell me you want this.” He waited for her to nod. He traced her body with his eyes and said, “I know if I touch you again it will kill me . . . but I think I might die if I don’t.”
― Alex Aster, Nightbane

“Oro turned to her, then. He looked her right in the eyes as he said, “Isla. You are my favorite everything.”
― Alex Aster, Nightbane

“My entire world was night, and you lit a match. No matter what happens to me in this life, I’ll find you in the next one. I’ll always find you. What I feel for you can never be extinguished. Like the nighttime sky, it is infinite. You and me . . . we’re infinite.”
― Alex Aster, Nightbane

“His expression softened. “You’re struggling, love.” He took her hand. “I feel like I’m watching you fade, day by day, and I don’t know what to do.” He surprised her by going down on one knee, his gaze never leaving hers. The king of Lightlark was kneeling before her. “Tell me how to help you. I’ll do anything. Give you anything. Just tell me.”
― Alex Aster, Nightbane

“I don’t recognize you, love.”
― Alex Aster, Nightbane

“No, Isla,” he finally said. “It’s the parts you don’t seem to like about yourself that I love the most.”
― Alex Aster, Nightbane

“Hello, Hearteater,”
― Alex Aster, Nightbane

“Control your emotions, or you could bring the palace down. Control your heart, because allowing anyone access to that power would be ruinous. Control your tongue, because you are not the firstborn, and your opinions don’t matter.”
― Alex Aster, Nightbane

“When you’ve seen something truly beautiful, everything else starts to look painfully ordinary.”
― Alex Aster, Nightbane