Gleam Quotes

“You’re not the villain in my story.”

“I am,” he says without remorse, his sharp jaw tight with tension. “But I’ll be the villain for you. Not to you.”
― Raven Kennedy, Gleam

“Careful," he says, baring his teeth in a wicked smile. "There's a saying about rocks and glass houses."
"I don't live in glass, I live in gold. So I can throw whatever damn rocks I want," I snap.”
― Raven Kennedy, Gleam

“I will not disappoint you, I promise. My name is Gleam. Take me with you. I held you in the dark. I defied straw sandals to bring you sunfruit. I am worth something. One hundred and twelve years is worth something.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

“That what secretly flows between us today,
will gleam tomorrow, the way full moon does.”
― Rafy Rohaan

“We all have our edge, Auren. One day, you're going to find where yours is." The darkness of his essence brushes against my skin like a whisper's caress. "You're going to find out just how far you can be pushed until you're tipped over. And when that happens, when you find your edge, just promise me one thing."
My voice comes out like a croak, a single tear dashing down. "What?"
"Don't fall." Time stands still as he leans in and places a kiss on my temple, lips turning to whisper into my ear. "Fly."”
― Raven Kennedy, Gleam

“One life; a little gleam of Time between two Eternities; no second chance to us for evermore!”
― Thomas Carlyle, The Works of Thomas Carlyle Volume 26: Critical and Miscellaneous Essays I

“Not pretty exactly, but gleaming with the loveliness of youth.”
― Juliet Blackwell, Secondhand Spirits

“Those eyes so ecstatic with the gleam of new life, the wide laugh that no doubt uses up so much of the breath contained in those tiny lungs.”
― Saim Cheeda

“Déjà vu flashes.”
― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

“I don't think that I'll ever have the kind of love that I crave.”
― Raven Kennedy

“Don't dissolve, but gleam
with the beauty of what’s in your heart.”
― Rafy Rohaan

“Guilt doesn't assuage the guilty.”
― Raven Kennedy