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“The passion I feel for you is more than you’re prepared for.”
― Kailin Gow, The Phantom Diaries

“There is no law stronger than that of
magic.”
― Kailin Gow, Bitter Frost

“We are meant to be.” He pressed his lips to mine again; against myself, against my worry, I once again succumbed to the power of his kiss. “I know that now. Our love is stronger than magic, stronger than the laws of all Feyland. It will survive this...whatever the future brings.”
― Kailin Gow, Silver Frost

“Dreams, my mother always told me, represend part of our unconsciousness--the place where we store the true parts of our soul, away from the rest of the world.”
― Kailin Gow, Bitter Frost

“My father laughed. "The magic of Summer," he said, "is unlike anything else. Imagine life, fertility, laughter, joy, ripening fruits and the smell of fresh bread baking in the morning. That is Summer magic.”
― Kailin Gow, Bitter Frost

“it takes someone brave to do what everyone else is afraid to do first.”
― Kailin Gow, Silver Frost

“How can I rule anyone - when you so completely rule me?”
― Kailin Gow

“Change back to your ugly self before I change your face for you,” Logan said, Silver Frost.”
― Kailin Gow, Silver Frost

“A king without a Queen." Kian sighed, breathing mist into the air. He held me tighter, kissing me with a heat that seemed to thaw the very snow on which we stood. "You don't know me as well as you think you do," he said. "What I'm holding back. What I'm capable of. You haven't felt it - how much I love you...”
― Kailin Gow, Silver Frost

“Don’t worry…three vampire meanies and a horse won’t keep me away from you.”

Kalina looked at Jaegar.

Jaegar shrugged. “If you don’t get it, it’s before your time.”

“And what time is that?”

“The Dark Ages…that’s why you’ve never heard of it before. Everything was kept in the dark…”
― Kailin Gow, The PULSE Papers

“the dream had come again, like the sun after a storm. It was the same dream that had come many times before, battering down the doors of my mind night after night since i was a child. it was the sort of dreams all girls dream, i suppose- a dream of mysterious worlds and hidden doorways, of leaves that breathe and make music when they are rustled in the wind, and river that bubbles and froth with secrets.”
― Kailin Gow, Bitter Frost

“Somehow she felt hollow, as though her heart was wrenched away from her. She didn't realize it. She hadn't expected it. She loved Fallon.”
― Kailin Gow, Wicked Woods

“The denizens of Feyland find the absence of magic to be quite funny. I mean no offense. ”
“None taken.”
“For example – In the Land Over the Crystal River (for that's how we refer to humans), there was once a man and a woman. And the man was in love with the woman, and wanted her for himself. But because he had no magic, he couldn't feel whether or not there was a “pull” towards her or not, so he didn't know whether she loved him or not. So what did he do?”
“What?”
“He had to ASK her!” Kian couldn't help laughing.
“I don't get it!”
“Ask her!” said Kian. “It's funny – because he didn't have magic.” His laughter grew louder and less controlled, tinkling like bells in the winter snow. “He had to ask her!”
I realized that there were some cultural barriers Kian and I might never transcend.”
― Kailin Gow, Bitter Frost

“Hush,” I said. “I’m here, and I’m not letting you out of my sight anytime soon so keep holding me tight.” I looked down, a little more than afraid of plummeting hundreds of feet down.”
― Kailin Gow, Silver Frost

“I can't wait." Kian pressed my hands to his lips. "I love you with all my heart, all my being, all of myself. Whatever my mother says, whatever the law says, you are still my intended. I can feel it. Feel it the way I feel the power of Winter Magic in my blood. It is a truth more ancient than any laws, any magic. We can still communicate telepathically, with our minds, which is one magic of love. When you have love for someone, and it is returned, lovers can communicate through the mind - as long as we have that connection, we will never be truly parted. Promise me that, Breena.”
― Kailin Gow

“If she did have to describe the kind of person who hunted vampires though, she was certain of one thing. It wouldn't be the kind of person who wore pink fluffy slippers at night and fell asleep in front of the television”
― Kailin Gow, Wicked Woods

“They say beauty is only skin deep. I say it is soul deep. If one’s soul glows with kindness, warmth, and generosity; this kind of beauty attracts more than physical beauty. - STRONG: Powerful Philosophy for Timeless Thoughts by Kailin Gow”
― Kailin Gow

“the real world was only a dream, only an echo, and in silent moments throughtout the day it would hit me: i am not at home here.”
― Kailin Gow, Bitter Frost

“As I gave my hand to one and then another of the Winter Knights, hoping to forget Kian's kiss in the arms of the other dancers, I could feel Kian's eyes piercing through me, their flame-tinged ice searing through my soul.”
― Kailin Gow, Forever Frost

“In his eyes I could see the same love, the same longing. I wanted to kiss him; I wanted him to kiss me, and I could feel his longing so clearly I could not distinguish between my wanting and his. And in his arms I felt safe, warm, alive.”
― Kailin Gow

“He was the only one interested in me."
"Of course he isn't," Steve said. "Practically every boy in the school would want a chance to... ow, Maisy!"
"Sorry, my elbow slipped.”
― Kailin Gow, Wicked Woods

“Things change, Briony. You can't stop them, and you'll drive yourself crazy if you try.”
― Kailin Gow, Shimmer

“Love hits you when you least expect it, grabs you, sucks you in whole, and twists you around until you could hardly breathe. Love hurts like a sucker punch, that's both glorious and beautiful. Falling for Summer was like that for me, every time.”
― Kailin Gow, Falling for Summer

“It’s one way or another, Summer. For me, it’s black and white. You’re either in the friend zone or the lover zone. And with you…Gosh, Summer, you’re in my danger zone. My rip-my-heart-out and change-me-forever zone. I have to tread lightly with you. Because if I don’t, I may never be able to find my way back.”
― Kailin Gow, Perfect Summer

“I don’t want to be anyone’s arm candy or trophy,” Simone said. “Women can be more than that.”
― Kailin Gow, Anti-Nice Guy

“-the place where we store the true parts of our soul, away from the rest of the world.”
― Kailin Gow, Bitter Frost

“Try being an indie author, a minority author, a woman, and a person with health issues in the world of traditional - that's where you are clearly 'different' and marginalized. I am all of that, yet I am still here and smiling. Life is good!”
― Kailin Gow

“the words were like gunpowder blasts, sparking me into thought and action.”
― Kailin Gow, Forever Frost

“I didn't want to fight with him. And yet I could not promise him what I most wanted to give - my love, the promise that I would stay with him in the Winter Court, that I would throw caution aside and be with him.”
― Kailin Gow

“It touched me so deeply that my soul felt as if it were being torn open, rent apart by this storm of feelings.”
― Kailin Gow, Forever Frost