Emily McIntire > Quotes

“You want to watch the world burn?"

"Let me guess, you'll set it on fire?" I ask.

He chuckles, the sound vibrating through me settling into my bones.

"No, darling. I'll hand you the match, and stand at your back, watching you become queen of the ashes.”
― Emily McIntire, Hooked

“Darling, if I’m the dark, then you’re the stars.”
― Emily McIntire, Hooked

“Just remember that whenever things feel bleak, all situations are temporary. It’s not your circumstance that determines your worth, it’s how you rise from the ashes after everything burns.”
― Emily McIntire, Hooked

“The greatest thing I've ever done in my life was to love you,Wendy,darling.”
― Emily McIntire, Hooked

“You could burn down the entire kingdom until it’s nothing but charred rubble, and I would crawl over the embers with glee, so long as I could worship at your feet.”
― Emily McIntire, Scarred

“Maybe people never change and it’s only our perceptions that alter the view.”
― Emily McIntire, Hooked

“If something happens, know that I will find you in every lifetime, Sara Beatreaux. You are mine, and not even death can keep you from me.”
― Emily McIntire, Scarred

“The truth is, I am yours. Wholly. Inexplicably. Painfully. Unconditionally.” He moves my hand until the dagger presses against his throat. “And if you need to sacrifice my soul so you’re able to live with yours, then do it.”
― Emily McIntire, Scarred

“Give it to me," she whispers.

I shake my head, my body trembling. "I don't have anything to give."

Her mouth grazes along my jaw, pressing soft kisses to my skin. "So give me all your nothing," she replies.”
― Emily McIntire, Hooked

“Only yours, James Barrie.” “And always yours, Wendy, darling.” He kisses my jaw. “Every night.” “And straight on ‘til morning.”
― Emily McIntire, Hooked

“But I regret, with every fiber of my being, that for even one moment you suffered under my hands.” Her eyes widen, the beautiful shades of brown glossing over. “You are, without a doubt, the only good I’ve ever known.” I rest my forehead on hers, my shaky breaths ghosting across her lips, my thumb rubbing against her cheek. “So… don’t lie to me, Wendy, darling. Because my heart won’t survive it if you do.”
― Emily McIntire, Hooked

“No, little doe, not here. They don’t get your tears.”
― Emily McIntire, Scarred

“But if I’m her calm, then she is my chaos, and if I can’t live with her forever, then I don’t want to live at all.”
― Emily McIntire, Wretched

“Anything happens to her and there will be no corner of the earth that can hide you from me. Understand?”
― Emily McIntire, Hooked

“And to think, it all started with a little bit of faith. Misplaced trust. Missing pixie dust. And a villain who just needed to steal a little love.”
― Emily McIntire, Hooked

“But we’re all a little twisted, and there’s no such thing as good and evil. There are only perspectives, and perceptions change depending on the angle.”
― Emily McIntire, Hooked

“Meet me where you kiss the stars.”
― Emily McIntire, Scarred

“I’m going to kiss you now,” I tell her. “Why?” she whispers. “Because, ma petite menteuse, the thought of not kissing you makes me want to die.”
― Emily McIntire, Scarred

“You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it. ​— ​J.M Barrie, Peter Pan”
― Emily McIntire, Hooked

“I'm done fighting it.

James may not be a hero, but even villains can feel. And you can't help who you love.”
― Emily McIntire, Hooked

“In a world of people who don’t see me, sometimes, it feels as if he’s the only one who does.”
― Emily McIntire, Scarred

“I want to reach into your chest and hold your heart in my hands, making sure it only beats for me,” I rasp. “But I don’t want your firsts, Yasmin. I want your forever.”
― Emily McIntire, Twisted

“I'll sacrifice my soul a thousand times over in order to stay with his.”
― Emily McIntire, Hooked

“the only love you can count on is the way you love yourself.”
― Emily McIntire, Wretched

“I want the rest of your firsts and your forever.”
― Emily McIntire, Twisted

“He doesn’t have much, but he does have the fucking audacity.”
― Emily McIntire, Wretched

“I would give you the world. You simply have to ask. You want kids? Done.” He presses his lips to my jaw. My stomach tightens. “You want to stay here and never work again?” Another kiss, this time just beneath my ear. “Done.” My core flutters, heat spreading through me. “You want to watch the world burn?” “Let me guess, you’ll set it on fire?” I ask. He chuckles, the sound vibrating through me and settling into my bones. “No, darling. I’ll hand you the match and stand at your back, watching you become queen of the ashes.”
― Emily McIntire, Hooked

“I want you to say it because you are mine. Because you’re going to stay, even though we both know you should leave.” Her breathing stutters, her hands framing my face as she stares deep into my eyes. “I’m yours, James.”
― Emily McIntire, Hooked

“I’m saying you could drive a man insane. Make him raze the world just to see you smile.”
― Emily McIntire, Scarred

“People aren't static. Our morals aren't constant. They're variables, ever changing and molding into different versions of themselves; energy that can be re-shifted and realigned.”
― Emily McIntire, Hooked