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“We don't forgive people because they deserve it. We forgive them because they need it—because we need it.”
― Bree Despain, The Dark Divine

“The problem with promises is that you've made one, it's bound to be broken.”
― Bree Despain, The Dark Divine

“The problem with promises is that once you've made one, it's bound to be broken. It's like an
unspoken cosmic rule.”
― Bree Despain, The Dark Divine

“But why is it so hard to forgive?' Mrs. Conners asked.

'Pride,' Dad said. 'This person has already wronged you in some way, and now you are the one who has to swallow your pride, give something up, in order to forgive him.”
― Bree Despain, The Dark Divine

“If you have the ability and the opportunity to help someone, but you don't do anything just because you're scared or it's inconvenient or something, then maybe you're just as bad as the people who caused the trouble in the first place.”
― Bree Despain, The Lost Saint

“You Bedazzled my stake?”
― Bree Despain, The Lost Saint

“You really are one of a kind. I mean, it's not every day my girlfriend offers to kill me.”
― Bree Despain, The Dark Divine

“There's a difference between people who do hurtful things because they're evil and people who do bad things because of their circumstances.”
― Bree Despain

“Remember Grace, if you let anger into your heart, it will push out your ability to love.”
― Bree Despain, The Dark Divine

“I flipped open my phone and sent Daniel a text: I love you.
As I crawled into bed, my phone beeped with a message back from him: Always.”
― Bree Despain, The Lost Saint

“Do you believe in angels? Real ones?'

He strugged. 'I don't think they have feathery wings or anything like that. I think they're people who do good things even if they get nothing out of it. People like your father... and you.”
― Bree Despain, The Dark Divine

“There are a lot of bad things out there. Things the Hounds of Heaven were
created to destroy." He trailed his finger down the side of my face. "I can't be the hero you want
me to be--at least not in that way. But you can, Grace. You don't have to become one of the dark
ones. You can fight it. You can turn this curse into a blessing. You can become the hero. You
can become truly divine.”
― Bree Despain, The Dark Divine

“I know there's still good in you, Jude," I whispered. "You were always such a saint...and now you're lost. But you're still my brother.”
― Bree Despain, The Lost Saint

“Are you serious?" She asked. "Are you telling me you've got superpowers? 'Cause that'd be pretty much be made of awesome." She grinned at me and shook in her excited, trembly way.
"Um. Yeah. Kind of. I mean, I'm just learning how to use them, and they're kind of fickle--but they came in handy tonight, didn't they?"
"Heck, yeah, they did!" April squealed. "Did you see the look on that guy's face when he hit the ground? Seriously, that was the coolest thing ever. He was all like, 'come here defenseless little girl,' and you were like,'BAM! Take that suck-face! I've got superpowers!”
― Bree Despain, The Lost Saint

“I guess its time you officially met the lost boys," I said to Daniel.
"Lost boys? You mean like that old Kiefer Sutherland movie?
"What? No, I mean like Peter Pan and the lost boys."
"Is she calling us fairies?" Asked Slade.
"No," Brent said. "She means the lost boys that never wanted to grow up, and got into mischief with Peter Pan."
"Still sounds like fairies to me." Slade crossed his tattooed arms in front of his chest.
"Still sounds like that Kiefer Sutherland movie to me." Daniel smirked.
"We were in the play together, like, seven years ago. You were mad because my mom made you wear tights, but you wanted to be a pirate."
Daniel held his hand up. "Partial amnesia here, remember? I must have blocked out any and all recollections associations with said tights."
Brent, Zach, and Ryan laughed. Slade almost cracked a smile.


~ Grace, Daniel, and The Lost Boys”
― Bree Despain, The Savage Grace

“No one should have the right to ask you to keep promiseespecially if they don't consider all the facts.”
― Bree Despain, The Dark Divine

“I'll always love you.”
― Bree Despain, The Lost Saint

“Okay, don't get mad." She pulled out my stake --- or at least something that looked like my stake,only the hilt of it was now covered in bright blue crystals and diamond-like gems.

"You Bedazzled my stake?"
"Um ... Surprise," April said, "Just because you're hunting nasty stuff doesn't mean you can't do it in style.”
― Bree Despain, The Lost Saint

“Cold air clawed at my face, ripping tears from my eyes. I buried my face deep into Daniel's back and breathed in a mixture of familiar scents - almonds, oil paint, earth, and a hint of varnish. I didn't even question why I was on that bike. I just knew I was suppose to be.”
― Bree Despain

“I'm not going to let anyone Wendy me."

"Wendy you? What the hell does that mean?"Talbot asked.

"Wendy, from Peter Pan! Peter and the lost boys set to go off fighting pirates while Wendy has to stay back and clean their stupid tree house. We'll, I'm not doing it. I'm fighting for my baby brother and that's final.”
― Bree Despain, The Savage Grace

“You want to be a superhero still, Grace? Well, every hero has a nemesis. And I'm yours.”
― Bree Despain, The Savage Grace

“Caleb offered me a family, but you offered me something worth so much more: myself.”
― Bree Despain, The Lost Saint

“I had one too," Daniel said. He was quiet for a minute. "Do you think after Trenton, we could get married and settle down in an apartment in New York City or somewhere? I could be an industrial designer, and you could fight crime like a part-time ninja assassin."
I almost laughed, but then I stopped myself, because I knew it would come out as a sob. I was quiet for a while as I composed myself. "Yeah," I said. "Yeah, that would be awsome.”
― Bree Despain

“Sometimes beautiful things come into our lives out of nowhere. We can't always understand them, but we have to trust in them. I know you want to question everything, but sometimes it pays to just have a little faith.”
― Lauren Kate, Torment

“Trust is a careless pursuit at best. At worst, it's a good way to get yourself killed.”
― Lauren Kate, Fallen

“The only way to survive eternity is to be able to appreciate each moment.”
― Lauren Kate, Fallen

“You know everyone loves to hate a happy pair of lovebirds.”
― Lauren Kate, Fallen

“Would he find her?
Without question.
Would he save her?
Always.”
― Lauren Kate, Torment

“Are you okay?" Daniel whispered, his voice soft, his lips so close to hers.
"Yes." She could feel the beating of his wings. "You caught me."
"I will always catch you when you fall.”
― Lauren Kate, Torment

“I'll always choose you." Yes that was the word. "Every single lifetime, I'll choose you. Just as you have always chosen me. Forever.”
― Lauren Kate, Passion