“The only thing every love story really has in common is that it’s worth it. Love is always worth fighting for. I mean, that’s why there’s all the songs and poems and movies about it. It has to be something spectacular if everyone’s chasing it.” “You really believe that, don’t you?” There wasn’t any malice in his voice, just pure curiosity. I nodded. “I don’t think Happily Ever After is an ‘if’ thing. I think it’s ‘when.”
― Not in My Book
― Not in My Book
“When I’m here, or when I’m reading, or when I’m perusing fan art, what if I’m learning how to find strength in fantasy? In imagining myself in the world of characters whose magic I’ll never possess, maybe I’m practicing how to imagine myself as the person I want to be.”
― Book Boyfriend
― Book Boyfriend
“You are my Queen, and I am your sword. Point me at your enemies, and watch them fall. Lead this world, Diem, and I will follow you—into war, into death, into the tundra of hell itself.” He took my palm and set it against his chest, just above the patch of unscarred skin that lay beneath his jacket. “You are the fate my heart was spared for. As long as it beats, you will never fight alone.”
― Glow of the Everflame
― Glow of the Everflame
“Don’t choose a mediocre life for a mediocre man. Go be exceptional. If he’s worth it, he won’t judge you. And if he’s really the one, he’ll come along for the ride.”
― Spark of the Everflame
― Spark of the Everflame
“I kept the scar as a symbol of that promise.” His focus rose to me. “But you are the woman I pledged myself to. And now, this scar is for you.” He laid his hand over mine to flatten it over the scar’s rippled edge. “Let all those who might try to tear us apart see this and know how far my devotion will go. I will suffer for you, bleed for you, but most of all, I will survive for you. My body can be carved in two, open and dying, and still I will crawl from the ruins of my flesh and fight my way back to your side. Death itself could not keep me away. “My oath to you is written on my skin. Once, that vow was just to serve you.” He brought my hand to his mouth and kissed my knuckles. “Now, it is everything.”
― Heat of the Everflame
― Heat of the Everflame
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