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“Because I wasn’t a witch if I didn’t practice. I wasn’t a witch.”
― Shelby Mahurin, Blood & Honey

“You cannot escape us, Reid Labelle. We are part of you. As if to prove its words, it latched tighter, the pressure in my head building—painful now—as tendrils of gold snaked outward, stabbing deep and taking root. Into my mind. My heart. My lungs. I choked on them, struggling to breathe, but they only pressed closer. Consuming me. For so long we have slept in the darkness, but now, we are awake. We will protect you. We will not let you go. Seek us.”
― Shelby Mahurin, Blood & Honey

“Fuck, I can almost taste the fear, feel the flames licking me—my cock hardens in my trousers at the image.”
― K.A. Knight, Den of Vipers

“When you’re a kid, they tell you stories of monsters hiding under your bed or in the dark. They don’t tell you of the very real human ones. Those who prey on people weaker than them, or even the monsters that hide within ourselves.”
― K.A. Knight, Den of Vipers

“Yes, they can be cold, evil bastards, and this…this relationship didn’t start off in the best way. But what ever does in real life? They aren’t knights in shining armour, no, they are the villains in the dark, with brooding eyes and beast-like tendencies. I never needed a knight.”
― K.A. Knight, Den of Vipers

“And among the faeries, lesser and High Fae alike, a firm hand is needed. We’re too powerful, and too bored with immortality, to be checked by anything else.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“Because your human joy fascinates me—the way you experience things, in your life span, so wildly and deeply and all at once, is … entrancing. I’m drawn to it, even when I know I shouldn’t be, even when I try not to be.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“But I know you—more than you realize, I think—and I don’t believe for one damn minute that you’re remotely fine with being a pretty trophy for someone who sat on his ass for nearly fifty years, then sat on his ass while you were shredded apart—”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“Who knows? With Cassian, he’s probably more interested in fucking you than protecting you.” “You’re a pig.” “You could, you know,” Rhys said, holding up the branch of a scrawny beech for me to slip under. “If you needed to move on in a physical sense, I’m sure Cassian would be more than happy to oblige.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“I snapped up my mental shields. I didn’t want to talk about it. “Thank you for telling me,” I said, and took my book and tea up to my room.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“Tamlin had given me so much, done so many kind things for me and my family. And here I was, wanting another male, even as I hated Tamlin for what he’d done, how he’d failed me. Traitor.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“And Rhysand … Rhysand … He would be there. He’d give me the money to open my own shop; and because I wouldn’t charge anyone, I’d sell my paintings to pay him back. Because I would pay him back, mate or no. And he’d be here during the summer, flying over the meadow, chasing me across the little streams and up the sloped, grassy mountainside. He would sit with me under the stars, feeding me fat summer berries. And he would be at that table in the town house, roaring with laughter—never again cold and cruel and solemn. Never again anyone’s slave or whore. And at night … At night we’d go upstairs together, and he would whisper stories of his adventures, and I’d whisper about my day, and … And there it was. A future. The future I saw for myself, bright as the sunrise over the Sidra. A direction, and a goal, and an invitation to see what else immortality might offer me. It did not seem so listless, so empty, anymore. And I would fight until my last breath to attain it—to defend it. So I knew what I had to do.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“One thing I can promise,” his voice was deep and sensual in the dark, “is you won’t ever doubt it’s real when I touch you.” Frustrated, embarrassed, and furious to have submitted to desiring him for even one second, I plucked up his shirt and roughly tugged it back on before flopping onto my side. “Someone’s cocky.” “Says the person rubbing up against my c—”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Cursed

“Let me clear up any confusion. You’re very enjoyable to look at. And on some occasions where logic fails I may desire you, but I’ll never love you. Enjoy last night’s illusion—a fantasy is all it was and all it will ever be.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Cursed

“I recalled Nonna’s warnings about the Wicked—how once someone caught a demon prince’s attention he’d stop at nothing to claim them.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Cursed

“Love and hate are both rooted in passion.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Cursed

“The stars incline us; they do not bind us.” “Beautiful.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Cursed

“Perhaps we’ve finally found your Achilles’ heel, your majesty.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Cursed

“I knew precisely how much princes of Hell coveted power. Enough to bind themselves to someone they may enjoy between their sheets on occasion, but would never truly love. For eternity. Well suited enough.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Cursed

“House Gluttony. Interesting. His parties are legendary for their debauchery.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Cursed

“The First Witch was rumored to have cursed the devil because her daughter fell in love with him and they refused to give each other up.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Cursed

“Names have power. Titles are a show of power.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Cursed

“I hope you know what you’re getting into. After”
― Katee Robert, Court of the Vampire Queen

“I test the floor, now clear of shadows, and it feels solid enough. “Creepy.”
― Katee Robert, Court of the Vampire Queen

“Grace is hurt because of the deal she made with you, I’ll find a way to kill you myself.” Maybe it’s an impossible task, but I’ll do what I can to repay that debt.”
― Katee Robert, Court of the Vampire Queen

“Our eyes are locked, and there’s this unsettling feeling brewing in my gut. It’s new and unwelcome, and I don’t know how to control it, so I do the only thing I can think of to drown it out. I lean in and I kiss her.”
― Emily McIntire, Hooked

“I am not a good man.” “I know,” she breathes. “I have tortured.” I dip my lips down, brushing them against her neck. “I have killed.” Lifting her shirt with my free hand, my fingers skim up her side, my mouth tasting her collarbone, then trailing over the swells of her breasts. “And I’ll do both again, without ever regretting a thing. I enjoy them.”
― Emily McIntire, Hooked

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

“I would introduce myself by my net worth,” he said. “But it would be impolite to categorize you as a stranger given the purpose of tonight’s dinner.”
― Ana Huang, King of Wrath

“Annoyance flared at her horrified expression. I didn’t want to kiss her, but I didn’t appreciate how she acted like kissing me was the equivalent of getting bitten by a poisonous snake.”
― Ana Huang, King of Wrath