Elara Sinclair > Elara's Quotes

“That was the moment I knew I loved you, he had said. When that arrow went through your heart, and it might as well have gone through mine.”
― Alex Aster, Lightlark

“I go to that cliff, that beach, every single morning because the sea is the green of your eyes, and it’s the closest I get to waking up next to you.”
― Alex Aster, Skyshade

“Please tell me this is easier to take off than it was to put on.”
Calla raised a brow. “You do not think Master Kell knows how?”
― V.E. Schwab, A Gathering of Shadows

“Isobel." He swept down to his knees and kissed my hand, gazing up at me in devotion. "I love you more than the stars in the sky. I love you more than Lark loves dresses.”
― Margaret Rogerson, An Enchantment of Ravens

“If you must stare at something for hours on end, I’d prefer it to be me alone.”
― Margaret Rogerson, An Enchantment of Ravens

“Oro turned to her, then. He looked her right in the eyes as he said, “Isla. You are my favorite everything.”
― Alex Aster, Nightbane

“It’s the parts you don’t seem to like about yourself that I love the most.”
― Alex Aster, Nightbane

“I wish you could see yourself the way I do. You would never doubt yourself again.”
― Alex Aster, Nightbane

“If you hurt her,” he said, voice lethally calm, “she will kill you. And then I will find a way to revive you so I can kill you again with my own bare hands.”
― Alex Aster, Nightbane

“I fell in love, Grim,” she said, her voice rising, echoing through the tunnels. “I fell in love with someone else, while I was married. And I had no idea.” He winced. Her words hurt him. Good, she thought. She wanted him to hurt. She wanted him to understand.”
― Alex Aster, Skyshade

“Love each other for me.”
― Lauren Roberts, Fearless

“Evie replied with an eye-roll. “Do you think you can manage to not steal anything while I’m gone?”

“The only thing I’m trying to steal is your heart, doll.” Sam smirked.

“You’re not that talented a thief, Sam Lloyd.”
― Libba Bray, The Diviners

“You can’t blame a fella for kissing the prettiest girl in New York, can you, sister?” Sam’s grin was anything but apologetic.

Evie brought up her knee quickly and decisively, and he dropped to the floor like a grain sack. “You can’t blame a girl for her quick reflexes now, can you, pal?”
― Libba Bray, The Diviners

“There is a hideous invention called the Dewey Decimal System. And you have to look up your topic in books and newspapers. Pages upon pages upon pages…”

Uncle Will frowned. “Didn’t they teach you how to go about research in that school of yours?”

“No. But I can recite ‘The Battle Hymn of the Republic’ while making martinis.”

“I weep for the future.”

“There’s where the martinis come in.”
― Libba Bray, The Diviners

“He flung his arms around her neck, but only once he saw Silvertoungue's back was turned. He never knew with fathers. "I'll save him, Meggie!" he wispered in her ear. "I'll bring Dustfinger back. This story will have a happy ending.I swear!”
― Cornelia Funke, Inkspell

“He put his hands on her shoulders and kissed her full on the mouth. His skin was wet with rain. When she didn't pull away, he took her face between his hands and kissed her again, on her forehead, on her nose, on her mouth once more. "You will come, won't you? Promisse!" he whispered.”
― Cornelia Funke, Inkspell

“If anything goes wrong, I have a sword.”
He took her in, his eyes sparkling. “That’s my girl.”
― Margaret Rogerson, Mysteries of Thorn Manor

“There’s no need to thank me, Scrivener,” Nathaniel said from the floor. He was still peering into cracks in the baseboard, creeping along on his hands and knees. “I’ll get down on all fours for you whenever you like.”
― Margaret Rogerson, Mysteries of Thorn Manor

“I don’t want a suitor,” she replied, emotion coursing through her. “I just want you, Nathaniel, not life-endangering acts of heroism, or—or priceless treasures, or even starlight in a jar. I haven’t changed my mind. I still love you. I think it’s possible I might love you even more than I did three months ago.”
― Margaret Rogerson, Mysteries of Thorn Manor

“Three words, large enough to tip the world. I remember you.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“Books, she has found, are a way to live a thousand lives--or to find strength in a very long one.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“Kate wondered who was more addicted to their high, serial killers or coffee addicts.”
― Victoria Schwab, Our Dark Duet

“August stared at her, aghast. "Did I know that kissing you would bring your soul to surface? That - THAT - would have the same effect as pain or music? No, I must have missed that lesson."

She stared at him, agape. "August, was that sarcasm?”
― Victoria Schwab, Our Dark Duet

“Pip found that—most of the time—other people only slowed you down. That was why she despised group projects.”
― Holly Jackson, Kill Joy

“Cash or check?” he said cheekily. Even the dullest Ohio girls knew that bit of lingo: Kiss now or kiss later?

“Bank’s closed, pal.”
― Libba Bray, The Diviners

“What took you so long?” Will asked when Evie came panting into the room. He and Jericho had assembled a stack of books, which they were tucking into Will’s attaché case.

“I walked to Jerusalem for the Bible. I knew you’d want an original,” Evie snapped.”
― Libba Bray, The Diviners

“I've always wanted the IQ of a rock. No, wait. That would be an insult to the rock.”
― Julie Kagawa, The Iron King

“Did she just say they’d drag the river for your body?” T. S. Woodhouse asked, his pencil poised above his open notebook.
Sam sighed like a man deeply in love. “She did, the little bearcat. It’s the only defense that poor, helpless girl’s got against the animal pull of our love. Uh, you can quote me on that.”
― Libba Bray, Lair of Dreams

“But why not take pride in this country? It's the envy of the world. A place where any man can realize his dream. We, the dreamers, built this nation."
"The Indians and slaves might disagree," Jericho shot back.”
― Libba Bray, Lair of Dreams

“I wouldn’t marry you if you were the last man on earth.”
“If I were the last man on earth it’d be because you drove the other poor suckers to early graves.”
― Libba Bray, Lair of Dreams