Dystopian Romance Quotes

“You’re easy to read, Ivy, but the whole book of you is complicated.”
― Amy Engel, The Book of Ivy

“They may think they have freedom because they have money, choices and a slither of power. But they are still pawns in this whole game!”
― Holly Guy, Five Red Flags

“Death works for dramatic and engaging television.”
― Holly Guy, Five Red Flags

“He sets the rifle down and we close the gap in between us in half a second. His arms around me, mine around him. Holding tight, as though we're trying to fuse ourselves together. It's familiar and lovely.”
― Erik J. Brown, The Only Light Left Burning

“So I distract. I deflect. Desire her more than ever in case this is the last time I get to.”
― Lauren Roberts, Fearless

“He kisses the column of my throat, right down to the hollow at the base of it. “You have my mercy, my mind, my adoration, my body, my… life.”
― Laura Thalassa, Pestilence

“I want the next goddamn tyrant who tries to burn the past down to choke on the ash.”
― Elijah Stepanovich, The Heir of Ash and Thunder

“I missed you so much" he says, dropping a kiss on the top of my head. I crane my neck up and smile at his shiny onyx eyes, " We both know that's the understatement of the millennium" and poke my tongue at him, as he leans in kissing my nose.”
― Luna. J, God Bless You Devil Kiss You

“Our teacher, Professor Adam, doesn’t know we’re just going through the motions. He doesn’t understand that nothing he’s saying really matters anymore. This classroom, and everything that happens inside it, once seemed big and important. Now it all seems silly and insignificant. I try to pay attention, because we’re supposed to, but my mind can’t focus on the present. It’s too busy thinking about the future. A future where every life in this room is in jeopardy.”
― J.W. Lynne, Above the Sky

“The city was in ruins.
It had merely been months since its fall and it already looked like a century year old abandoned settlement. Steel skyscrapers and buildings once covered in suspended organic gardens and fountains were riddled with black poisonous vines. Fountains which once harboured blue waters were soiled with rotten bodies, bones and toxic moss.
The streets were a cemetery of vehicles and skeletons, a graveyard of metal and bone.”
― Myosotis, Alchemy of Light and Shadow

“He hated himself for taking such a useless risk, for such a desire to save her. It was entirely unlike him. There was no reason to jeopardise the integrity of the mission for one soldier. No reason for Sterling to treat Elizabeth differently than any other. Yet there he was, clawing through the smoke to get to her.”
― Myosotis, Alchemy of Light and Shadow

“She haunted his soul in ways he couldn’t control or explain. She was a poison with no antidote. Sterling had never let impulses overcloud responsibility, and now he had no idea how to handle the inexplicable boiling wrath he felt while seeing her powerless and at the mercy of others. It made him want to burn the whole room and everyone inside. It made feral to see her cuffed to that table - the one he’d purposely stuck her on - dangled like bait for people like Zimmermann to bite on.”
― Myosotis, Alchemy of Light and Shadow

“A tidal wave crashed against the shores of Sterling’s soul, permanently shifting something inside him.
It was as if his body felt too small, too crowded for his own mind, as if something else was there, another heat he couldn’t quite discern amidst his own.
“Catena binds you. Through this rune, you both shall adhere to the order of this court, as neither of you will be able to stay away from the other. The thinner and longer the chain gets, the worse the suffering. The closer you are, the less you’ll feel its effects. This way, Elizabeth cannot escape your control. If she proves too dangerous, she will have no way to run from your punishment, and you’ll keep your oath to neutralise her.”
Sterling didn’t mean for things to go this far.
He merely wanted to be responsible for Elizabeth and keep her under his girdle, not actually be alchemically bound to being near her at all times. Indignation was painted on Elizabeth’s face in colours he yet hadn’t seen on her, washing the feeble traces of fear away. She was furious.
But so was he.
Annoyed with himself for not thinking alchemy would have been used… outraged for liking it.”
― Myosotis, Alchemy of Light and Shadow

“I am Pestilence, and my memory is longer than recorded history- it is even longer than man. I came before him, and, dear Sara, I will outlive his end.”
― Laura Thalassa, Pestilence

“That kiss? I'd Bleed for you again just for another taste.”
― Kay Riley, Bite of Sin

“I'm everything you've been taught to hate. To Kill. Yet here you are willingly putting yourself at my mercy.”
― Kay Riley, Bite of Desire

“My heart squeezed with guilt as I kissed him back. But he knew me. He knew the best way I could distract him. He should have seen this coming.”
― Kay Riley, Bite of Desire

“Don't run," he demanded. "Why? Not a fan of fast food?”
― Kay Riley, Bite of Sin

“you left marks on her. I want scars on you.”
― Kay Riley, Bite of Sin

“You could live a thousand lives and never deserve that boy" - Haymitch
(The Hunger Games)”
― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

“There was a twinkle in those grey eyes, like starlight, as if she was a shooting star full of unfulfilled wishes.”
― Talia Wall, The Nightshades

“For the first time in my life, I was a believer. And I was in love.”
― Miscelleana Tsalikis, Beyond Power

“I’ve been angry. I’ve been confused. I’ve been so many things, but mostly, I’ve been grateful. I wouldn’t change one day we had together.”
― Miscelleana Tsalikis, Beyond Power

“I’d never seen anyone—anything—so beautiful.”
― Miscelleana Tsalikis, Beyond Power

“They know what you can do, and they are coming for you. They are coming right now.”
― Miscelleana Tsalikis, Beyond Power

“We write about us. We write it all down. We write until everything disappears, just in case we do too.”
― Lily Braun-Arnold

“My heart flutters against my will, and I curse it for succumbing to flattery. Damn you, traitorous organ.”
― K. A. Riley, The Cure

“Why do you want to marry me?” I ask.
This is not a conversation I ever imagined having.
“You gave yourself over to me, as I did you,” Pestilence says. “You are mine, mind, spirit, flesh.”
Ugh. Definitely working with an Old Testament God here. Pestilence probably expects two cows and four goats from my father too.”
― Laura Thalassa, Pestilence

“In sickness… and in health… till death do we part…” Her eyes redden, brimming with tears. “You promised me, Jake. Twice. Long before this world fell apart. You swore you’d take care of me. Has that changed?”
― Jon Waugh, The Dearly Departing: The Dreams They Planted

“I want to be the friend you hopelessly fall in love with.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Unravel Me