Meraki A Syren Story Quotes

“If there's one thing I can always guarntee, it's that the chaos will follow me.”
― Naomi Kelly, Meraki: A Syren Story

“His face is so bland I worry if I took too long blinking I might simply forget who I was talking to.”
― Naomi Kelly, Meraki: A Syren Story

“If there's one thing I can guarantee, it's that the chaos will follow me.”
― Naomi Kelly, Meraki: A Syren Story

“I want to pretend I have not massacred dozens of men in a handful of minutes without laying a finger on them. I want to act as if the rush of power doesn't set me alight, that this moment isn't the most in control I have felt in years. But alas, syrens cannot lie, not even to themselves.”
― Naomi Kelly, Meraki: A Syren Story

“I'm not cold but I wrap the large blanket around myself anyway, needing to have another layer between us. Anything to make him feel less close.”
― Naomi Kelly, Meraki: A Syren Story

“Kellan somehow pulls me a fraction closer. I can no longer tell where he ends nor where I begin.”
― Naomi Kelly, Meraki: A Syren Story

“I feel clammy against his heat, yet I do not move away. Maybe it's because I am too weak. Maybe it's because I don't want to. I guess there are worse places to die.”
― Naomi Kelly, Meraki: A Syren Story

“I do not need him anymore. I do not need anyone. Yet I cannot deny that I want him. And maybe it's okay to want something that isn't good for you. He wants his war and rum, and I, I want him.”
― Naomi Kelly, Meraki: A Syren Story

“Even with my eyes shut, the dancing flickers and shadows penetrate through my lids. I try to remind myself it’s just from the fire, but an ever-growing part of me fears it is Hades stoking the pits of the Underworld in preparation for my arrival.”
― Naomi Kelly, Kairos: A Syren Story

“My sorrow forges into something
else. My slab of dark sadness begins to heat, cracking its way through whatever hold I had on it. Like coal forming into a diamond, what comes next is crystalline, hardened, and pure. Rage. ”
― Naomi Kelly, Kairos: A Syren Story

“You may have a golden heart, but gold is easily dented. I recommend you find a way to guard it.”
― Naomi Kelly, Kalon: A Centaur Tail

“My heart skips a beat.
Kairos.
I hadn’t heard the ancient term in an era. I almost forgot it existed. It’s not often one declares this moment has been crafted by Fate. That this instant must be seized…or lost forever.”
― Naomi Kelly, Kairos: A Syren Story

“Inhaling sharply, his grip on my door tightens. His deep yet hushed voice sounds pained as he says, “Nessa, do not make me reject you.”
“Aengus, do not make me beg.”
― Naomi Kelly, Kalon: A Centaur Tail