Heather Bennett > Heather's Quotes

“because acceptance of death was what preceded surrender.”
― Mariel Pomeroy, Helfyre

“There had been so much blood in her short life, the good tainted by the bad long ago. It left her unable to separate the memories she held close to her heart from the looming darkness and frigid ice she carried in her veins.”
― Mariel Pomeroy, Helfyre

“She was met with a stare that spoke of burnt secrets and gray ash, eyes that were flecked with embers, dark and angry. His gaze felt like a touch, like the rough slide of hands against her skin and the promise of tight grips and harsh words.”
― Mariel Pomeroy, Helfyre

“he heard a soft noise—not quite a whimper, not quite a groan—but every bit of it enticing. He wanted to see her face the next time she made a sound like that.”
― Mariel Pomeroy, Helfyre

“He wanted to see what it looked like when she truly begged, and imagined it would be so fucking pretty.”
― Mariel Pomeroy, Helfyre

“Don’t believe the truths told to you by the light. The brightness you’re used to casts the most vicious of shadows.”
― Mariel Pomeroy, Helfyre

“those who were hand-fed safety would never need to learn to lick it from blades as she did.”
― Mariel Pomeroy, Helfyre

“We’re all broken, Aheia. It’s what gives us strength. Only the broken can grow.”
― Mariel Pomeroy, Helfyre

“To those who can’t remember their childhood because blacking out memories of it was the only way they survived.”
― Mariel Pomeroy, Honey

“The ones that nourish you and the ones that poison you can look the same.”
― Mariel Pomeroy, Honey

“Death wasn’t the violence, it was what came after.”
― Mariel Pomeroy, Honey

“Religion, a fucking circle jerk of oppression.”
― Mariel Pomeroy, Honey

“When enough people believe something, it doesn’t matter if it’s real. The energy that is lent through faith will make it true. That’s how that frivolous book the mortals plastered a religion around and follow so blindly holds magyck. It’s all just energy exchange.”
― Mariel Pomeroy, Honey

“Nature, just like fate, couldn’t be fought once she made up her mind.”
― Mariel Pomeroy, Honey

“How did trepidation swallow happiness in mere moments when it took so long to build it?”
― Mariel Pomeroy, Honey

“it’s easier to wage war on the back of semantics.”
― Mariel Pomeroy, Honey

“it would be too simple, letting yourself be happy. You’d rather sink into your heaviness because it makes you feel something. Anything. Isn’t that right? You’re holding on to the fear and the pain because you don’t know who you are without them. You’re afraid to let them go because then you might have to actually live a life that isn’t rooted in hardship.” He took another step. “Happiness scares you, and anger and sadness are familiar. It’s an age-old story. You’re not special.”
― Mariel Pomeroy, Honey

“Balance, princess. Not one thing in our life is given without having something taken in return. No one is meant to hold that much power. All we can do is learn how to live with the pain we’re dealt, how to make it work to our advantage.”
― Mariel Pomeroy, Honey

“I think the Gods have a plan for each of us. I think that we are placed in deliberate hardships so that we can become who we are meant to be.”
― Mariel Pomeroy, Honey

“The young version of you—you know her because she knows you. Who you are now”—she felt the warmth seep in where he held her—“is who she would have needed then. It’s who she would have felt safe around when she wasn’t safe with anyone else.”
― Mariel Pomeroy, Honey

“You look beautiful covered in the blood of your enemies.”
― Mariel Pomeroy, Honey

“You’re under my fucking skin and you haven’t left since the day I ripped your soul from you.”
― Mariel Pomeroy, Honey

“Because no God could ever bring me to my knees the way you do.”
― Mariel Pomeroy, Honey