Annie Morand > Annie's Quotes

“Love does that. It makes you feel infinite and invincible, like the whole world is open to you, anything is achievable, and each day will be filled with wonder. Maybe it’s the act of opening yourself up, letting someone else in— or maybe it’s the act of caring so deeply about another person that it expands your heart. I’ve heard so many people say some version of I never knew how much I could love another human being until . . . And after the until is usually something like my niece was born or I gave birth to a child or I adopted a baby. I never knew how much I could love another human being until I met you, Gabe.
I’ll never forget that.”
― Jill Santopolo, The Light We Lost

“A dead lover can never break your heart.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent and the Wings of Night

“Oraya of the Nightborn,” he murmured. “I give you my body. I give you my blood. I give you my soul. I give you my heart. From this night until the end of nights. From daybreak until our days are broken. Your soul is my soul. Your heart is my heart. Your pain is my pain. I bind myself to you.” I wanted it to all be a lie. But it was not a lie.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent and the Wings of Night

“Be careful. Don't die.
Only because you asked.”
― SenLinYu, Manacled

“I’m sorry—I’m sorry—I’m so sorry. I’m sorry for everything I did to you,” he said, his voice hoarse and broken. “I love you. You left, and I’d never told you.”
― SenLinYu, Manacled

“You’re like a rose in a graveyard. I wonder what you could have turned into without the war”
― SenLinYu, Manacled

“I have warned you. If something happens to you, I will personally raze the entire Order. That isn't a threat. That is a promise. Consider your survival as much a necessity to the survival of the Resistance as Potter's. If you die, I will kill every last one of them.”
― SenLinYu, Manacled

“I always have to choose, and I never get to choose you. I'm tired of not getting to choose you”
― SenLinYu, Manacled

“You are not replaceable,” he said. His hands were shaking as he gripped her. “You are not required to make your death convenient. You are allowed to be important to people. The reason I took that fucking Vow was to keep you alive. To keep you safe." - Chapter 52: Flashback 27”
― SenLinYu, Manacled

“Someday I am going to love him in a moment that isn't stolen, she promised herself.

-Chapter 35”
― SenLinYu, Manacled

“I must admit,” he said in a low voice as though it were a confession, “if anyone had told me that you’d become so lovely, I would never have come near you. I was rather blindsided when I first saw you again.”

She stared at him in confusion.

“You’re like a rose in a graveyard,” he said, and his lips curved into a bitter smile. “I wonder what you could have turned into without the war.”
― SenLinYu, Manacled

“I love you. As long as there is anything of me that exists, I will love you. Always.”
― SenLin Yu, Manacled

“Draco sat back and stared at her. His eyes flickered. “I’ve never known anyone as bad at keeping promises as you. You are—quite possibly—the worst promise-keeper I’ve ever met.”

Her throat tightened, but she pushed her chin up and met his stare. “I keep the ones that matter.”
― SenLin Yu, Manacled

“Just live, Hermione.” His voice was shaking. “That's all I am asking you to do for me.”

“He pressed his lips against her forehead. “You’re better than anyone,” he said quietly, the words brushing against her skin. “This world doesn’t deserve you at all.”
― SenLin Yu, Manacled