Evie > Evie's Quotes

“Courage does not always roar. Valor does not always shine.”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone

“One day, you will be old enough to start reading fairytales again.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia

“She was the heir of ash and fire, and she would bow to no one.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Heir of Fire

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
― Dr. Seuss

“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.”
― Lloyd Alexander

“Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.”
― Dr. Seuss

“Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
― Terry Pratchett

“I would always rather be happy than dignified.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“Her lips were frosted with sugar and faeriedust.”
― Allyse Near, Fairytales for Wilde Girls

“Unseelie dreams make unseelie fae.”
― Luna Lindsey, Emerald City Dreamer

“ ‘I dwelt alone / In a world of moan, / And my soul was a stagnant tide, / Till the fair and gentle Eulalie became my blushing bride.’ ”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“All my life has been moonlight and the stars. I can smell the sunlight racing through your veins from across a room. Sunlight and heat and salt. Always the salt,”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“dwelt alone / In a world of moan, / And my soul was a stagnant tide, / Till the fair and gentle Eulalie became my blushing bride.’ ”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“Come not as you are but as you wish to be seen.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“When certain kinds of people get desperate enough, they're willing to do anything.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“It still smelled like autumn here. Pine needles and cold, crisp air, bonfires and moldering leaves, the world dying as it readied to be reborn.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“Nights like this were meant to be shared, remembered, and talked about for years. Skies like this were meant to be kissed under.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“Flushed with starlight and moonlight drowned,
All the dreamers are castle-bound.
At midnight’s stroke, we will unwind,
Revealing fantasies soft or unkind.
Show me debauched nightmares or sunniest daydreams.
Come not as you are but as you wish to be seen.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“It shouldn’t matter what your parents did, just what you do as a person.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“The euphoria was tangible: I could taste it in the air, the sweetness coating my mouth and going straight to my head like champagne.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them. It is a wrong to his family. He cheats them! Children learn to read by being in the presence of books. The love of knowledge comes with reading and grows upon it.”
― Henry Ward Beecher, Eyes and ears

“Love is an enchantress—devious and wild. It sneaks up behind you, soft and gentle and quiet, just before it slits your throat.”
― Shea Ernshaw, The Wicked Deep

“We wait for death. We hold our breath. We know it's coming, and still we flinch when it claws at our throats and pulls us under.”
― Shea Ernshaw, The Wicked Deep

“This town was built on revenge,” I say. “And it’s never made anything better or right.”
― Shea Ernshaw, The Wicked Deep

“This shit is easy peasy, pumpkin peasy, pumpkin pie, muthafucka!”
― Gerard Way

“It is sexy in here or is it just me?”
― Darynda Jones, Second Grave on the Left

“Are we going to one of those kinky parties where everyone dresses like stuffed animals? ’Cause those people freak me out.”
― Darynda Jones, Second Grave on the Left

“He grinned. “You think if we play nice, you won’t wind up with my cock inside you anymore.”
I shifted in my seat. “Must you be so vulgar?”
“What did I say?” He seemed genuinely confused.
I leaned forward and lowered my voice. “Cock. Do you have to say it like that?”
He grinned. “I’m sorry. Can you say that again? I didn’t hear you.”
I squinted. “You heard me. I know you did.”
He leaned forward and lowered his voice. “Maybe. But I really liked hearing you say cock.”
A busboy walked by our table just as Weston spoke. The guy looked our way and smirked, but kept going.
“Keep your voice down.”
Needless to say, he didn’t. “Is it just my cock you don’t like talking about? Or is it all cocks in general?”
― Vi Keeland, The Rivals

“I’m going to fuck the nice out of you.”
― Vi Keeland, The Rivals

“My dinner is late.”
“Me: I’m sorry, who is this?
Christian: Funny.
Me: Todd?
Christian: I’m going to spank your ass.
Me: Promise?”
― Danielle Lori, The Maddest Obsession