Ashleigh > Ashleigh's Quotes

“Could you hold the chainsaw a bit closer to your mouth, please?”
― Chuck Palahniuk , Invisible Monsters

“How do you control a population? You keep the people poor and uneducated. Tell them the same lie for centuries, and tie that lie to religion. Those people will believe you even when the truth is dancing naked in front of them. Because to believe otherwise would mean their entire world has always been a lie. And that realization is too difficult for most people to take.”
― Stacia Stark, A Court This Cruel & Lovely

“To the people who look at the stars and wish, Rhys."
Rhys clinked his glass against mine. “To the stars who listen— and the dreams that are answered.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“Libraries were full of ideas—perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

“Let me make this perfectly clear to you. Though some might seek to make it appear otherwise, I am not a bride to be bartered away to another kingdom, nor a prize of war, nor a mouthpiece for your Komizar. I am not a chip in a card game to be mindlessly tossed into the center of the pot, nor one to be kept in the tight fist of a greedy opponent. I am a player seated at the table alongside everyone else, and from this day forward, I will play my own hand as I see fit. Do you understand me? Because the consequences could be ugly if someone thought otherwise.”
― Mary E. Pearson, The Heart of Betrayal

“Run and keep running, until the gods die - or you do.”
― Mary E. Pearson, The Courting of Bristol Keats

“If you’re going to ask me to help you make my brother jealous, the answer is yes.”
― R M Gray, Nightweaver

“There is only one thing more powerful than fear, Aster,” he says, his voice dark and deep, as rich as honey and as smooth as velvet as he tucks the rose behind my ear. “What?” I whisper, nearly breathless. His boyish grin reveals the dimples in his cheeks. “Love.”
― R.M. Gray, Nightweaver

“I suppose anyone foolish enough to cage a wild bird shouldn’t expect them to sing for their captor,”
― Brooke Fast, To Cage a Wild Bird

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“Cully startled awake and jumped to his feet when he heard the screaming. ‘No’, Madame Chastain said, ‘Stay put. That is not a scream of pain. The king does not need rescuing”
― Mary E. Pearson, The Courting of Bristol Keats

“Maybe hope was mortal magic.”
― Mary E. Pearson, The Courting of Bristol Keats

“Tyghan”
― Mary E. Pearson, The Courting of Bristol Keats

“Because if ruin was the price of having him, let him destroy me.”
― Geneva Lee, Filthy Rich Fae

“I’ve never done a nip of shame before.”
― Geneva Lee, Filthy Rich Fae

“I knew we were an inevitability—as undeniable as the crash of thunder after lightning shatters the sky.”
― Geneva Lee, Filthy Rich Fae

“And if I had to walk into hell to get her back, let me burn.”
― Geneva Lee, Filthy Rich Fae

“No one touches you—human, fae, or any other creature—without your permission.” He definitely wasn’t joking now. “So enjoy yourself, because if you say no, it will be respected, or I will personally remove the offending part from the bastard’s body and choke them to death with it.”
― Geneva Lee, Filthy Rich Fae

“She bloomed in my arms as I wrapped her in my darkness.”
― Geneva Lee Albin, Filthy Rich Vampire

“The families we find are the families we keep.”
― Geneva Lee, Filthy Rich Vampire

“They won’t stare because of whom you belong to,” I whispered into her ear. “But because of how you belong to me.” “How is that?” she asked softly. “Completely.” I kissed the spot below her ear, earning a shiver. “Absolutely. Unequivocally.”
― Geneva Lee Albin, Filthy Rich Vampire

“It's a mechanism of survival--as old as the sun that gives us life and the moon that gives us rest. Dualities exist to complete us….”
― Geneva Lee, Filthy Rich Vampire

“You are exactly the person I want by my side. You deserve the world. Let me give it to you.”
― Geneva Lee, Filthy Rich Vampire

“Welcome to the Blood Orgy.”
― Geneva Lee Albin, Filthy Rich Vampire

“When I take you to bed, there will be no yes or no. You will belong to me. Now tell me, are you ready to be mine?”
― Geneva Lee, Crave Me

“You want to watch the world burn?"

"Let me guess, you'll set it on fire?" I ask.

He chuckles, the sound vibrating through me settling into my bones.

"No, darling. I'll hand you the match, and stand at your back, watching you become queen of the ashes.”
― Emily McIntire, Hooked

“Darling, if I’m the dark, then you’re the stars.”
― Emily McIntire, Hooked

“The greatest thing I've ever done in my life was to love you,Wendy,darling.”
― Emily McIntire, Hooked

“You could burn down the entire kingdom until it’s nothing but charred rubble, and I would crawl over the embers with glee, so long as I could worship at your feet.”
― Emily McIntire, Scarred