Violet Eden Quotes

“I hoisted myself onto my elbows. "Yeah, well, if I ever come back as a Grigori, then I'll kick your ass."
"You'll come back, and you'll be a Grigori." He spoke with such certainty it made me smile. "I doubt very greatly, however, that you'll kick my ass. But me and my ass will enjoy your efforts.”
― Jessica Shirvington, Embrace

“I pushed passed him. He grabbed my hand and swung me back towards him. Then he pushed me against the wall and... he kissed me.
He ran his thumb along my jawline and down my throat, hips pinning me to the wall. He kissed me slowly and with intensity, and once I got over the mind-numbing shock and comprehended what was actually happening, it was incredible. I had never been kissed like that before. We melted together. Every movement of mine was somehow perfectly mirrored by his. My heart was pounding so hard I knew he must be able to feel it and I was sure my legs were giving way, but he held me up, pushed me harder against the wall.
I grabbed a handful of his hair, remembering all the times I'd dreamed of doing it. I let my hand drift down his back and pulled him even closer to me. It all happened so quickly. I heard him make a low kind of growl and lean into me. His hand slid down my leg behind my knee, drawing it to him. I moaned and felt him tense.”
― Jessica Shirvington, Embrace

“It's like he's training you for battle or something." Her eyes lit up. "Hey, maybe he has some underground fight club and he's grooming you!"

"That's it, Steph. Definitely.”
― Jessica Shirvington, Embrace

“Ever heard the phrase, 'candy is dandy but liquor is quicker?'"
Great she wanted to get me drunk.
"Ah...ever heard of underage!"
"Where there's a will there's a way," she said, matter-of-factly.
"That's your great plan?”
― Jessica Shirvington, Embrace

“What do you want Phoenix?"
"I'm going away for a while. I wanted to say goodbye." He smiled, but it was empty. There was nothing there.
"Fine, goodbye.”
― Jessica Shirvington, Embrace

“Linc, I have no idea what you're talking about. I actually thought that was kind of unbelievable as far as kisses go." I was glad we were in the dark and he couldn't see me blushing.
He made a sound somewhere between a sigh and a growl of frustration. He pulled me in for a hug, which I fell into, feeling crushed. I had the strangest feeling we were stealing this moment and no matter how tightly I held on, it wouldn't help. Lincoln's next words were soft and perhaps not even meant for me, but they burned their way right into my soul.
"Did you ever think we would be anything other than unbelievable?”
― Jessica Shirvington, Embrace

“Violet!' Lincoln said, then sighed. 'You don't love him. This isn't real. You know what's real and it's hard and it hurts and we can't...Damn it, Vi--we're real!”
― Jessica Shirvington, Enticed

“You are you and you are me. You are the Keshet.”
― Jessica Shirvington, Embrace

“I'm tipsy." I corrected, "and it's my birthday and I want to dance. Come one, Linc, it won't kill you.”
― Jessica Shirvington, Embrace

“I think of all that happened since finding her. Barely a blink in my existence, but everything has changed... We love the ones we hate.
And I hate her with all my heart”
― Jessica Shirvington, Emblaze

“If I didn't have Lincoln's butt to stare at the whole time, motivation would be a lot harder to come by.”
― Jessica Shirvington, Embrace

“Dad, youre so far off the mark I can't even...Lincoln hasn't pressured me at all!" I grabbed my bag and heaved it onto my back. "WE'RE JUST FRIENDS! He's not even interested in me like that - and thanks to you," I shook my head at him in utter disbelief, "he never will now.”
― Jessica Shirvington, Embrace

“Linc?"
"Yeah."
"About the other thing my dad said to you," I cringed.
"What else is he supposed to think?" he asked, a smile in his tone. "You're over here all the time. If not training, we're hanging out. I'm surprised he hasn't warned me off sooner. It's good to see he's paying attention.”
― Jessica Shirvington, Embrace

“It's going to be like an...aura, I guess."
He looked down at me and raised an eyebrow. "Explain?"
"Like even though there are outside forces pushing through the walls, in here it's like a bubble of goodness. Like coming home."
I could feel him smiling and it encouraged me to elaborate. "When I think of how others would see it, I imagine them seeing a force of goodness overshadowing a force of evil, protecting it.”
― Jessica Shirvington, Embrace

“Violet Eden!" Steph said sternly, sucking me out of my trance. "We have your dad's Amex, a green light and no specified limit." Her mock rebuke morphed into a devious grin. "What more could a girl want as a birthday present?”
― Jessica Shirvington, Embrace

“Griffin stared at me, his expression grave. "There are only three things both light and dark exiles have in common. They despise each other, they hate grigori, and they place no value on the casualties of their brutal wars."
Excellent news. Not only was I apparently some weird angel-human combo, but I already had myself a badass immortal enemy.”
― Jessica Shirvington, Embrace

“I’d give you my soul in an instant, even if it meant I had to spend eternity in torment — just for one moment with you as mine.”
― Jessica Shirvington, Emblaze

“Above all else - I was his.
And he was mine.”
― Jessica Shirvington, Endless

“I found my life in the quiet. And all I could see and hear and smell and feel was you. Us.”
― Jessica Shirvington, Empower

“Humans strive for love - it is the one thing they give the most and yet fear they receive the least.”
― Jessica Shirvington, Empower

“Love will kill us all.”
― Jessica Shirvington, Emblaze

“The connection was gone. I had died. Lincoln's soul had shattered. He was gone.”
― Jessica Shirvington, Endless

“Even in the darkness, the nothingness, he was still the sun.”
― Jessica Shirvington, Endless

“I looked at the painting that had started as a solitary white lily, and now depicted a whole field of them beneath a violet sky and a golden sun. It was us...a lifetime ago.”
― Jessica Shirvington, Endless

“It's not fair that I know how great we would be together, except that we can't. It's not fair that, even though I know I'll never have you, I had planned everything - the candles, the lilies - replayed the words I wanted to say a million times when you and I finally made love. I get that it's not fair,”
― Jessica Shirvington, Embrace

“The only time I find myself - me - is in you.”
― Jessica Shirvington, Enticed

“A scream that held more than life and death, for it also held her soul, as everything she was departed this world with the one she was bonded to forever.”
― Jessica Shirvington, Enticed

“Their eyes were alight with a dangerous emotion. Hope.”
― Jessica Shirvington, Endless

“I couldn't trust myself to slip up even once. No matter how much I wished I could look into his clear green eyes - the only place I'd ever found myself - one more time. Because once will never be enough. A lifetime would fall short.”
― Jessica Shirvington, Empower

“I’d rather live on the other side of the world, cold and in constant agony, and at least know that somewhere you still exist, because I know for certain that if you’re with me - you’re as good as gone.”
― Jessica Shirvington, Empower