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“There was no way he could know that in the two hundred years it had taken for me to be born, the knowledge of how to kill a Primal had been obtained. Love. They had one fatal weakness that made them vulnerable enough to be killed, and that was love. Make him fall in love, become his weakness, and end him. That was my destiny.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“You’re a god. Can’t you do something…godly?”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Some call me Ash.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“You should’ve thought about that before you picked up that whip,” the Primal growled. “And touched what is mine.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“For the first eighteen to twenty years of life, they live relatively mortal lives,” she continued, snapping my attention back to her. “They may not even know that they carry the blood of the gods in them. But they soon will.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“You,” Ash whispered, his deep voice hoarse. I looked over at him, and I…I’d never seen him so stunned, so exposed. “You carry an ember of life.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Ash touched one of my hands, causing the familiar jolt. “What Kolis did can’t be undone, but what my father did by placing what had to be his ember of life in you? Hidden away in a mortal bloodline this whole time? He made sure there was a chance for life.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Now we know why the poppies came back.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“When you are courting a nice girl, an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder, a second seems like an hour. That’s relativity. —Albert Einstein”
― S.T. Abby, The Risk

“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once. —Albert Einstein”
― S.T. Abby, The Risk

“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. —Albert Einstein”
― S.T. Abby, The Risk

“Because I’m going to kiss you and when we listen to next year’s playlist, I want this song to be on there so we can rewind it back however many times we want to and remember this.” ”
― Liz Tomforde, Rewind It Back

“I understand why you’re hesitant or uninterested,” he whispers. “I’m not going to push you to want me. But I am going to be here, waiting, if you ever decide you want to try again. I’m not going anywhere this time.”
― Liz Tomforde, Rewind It Back

“He’s quiet for a long moment before he says, “But you’re not just a part of my life. You’re the center of it. So, if something isn’t fitting around us, that piece needs to change, not you.” He runs his thumb over my knuckle. “And yes, I’m in a different phase of my career than the last time we were together, but you’ve been with me since the beginning of all of this. So, if anyone should feel out of place, it certainly isn’t you.” ”
― Liz Tomforde, Rewind It Back

“Besides Indy, we’re all a bunch of transplants from other places who found a home in the windy city…and with each other.  I’ll speak for all ten of us when I say, there’s nowhere else we’d rather be.  ”
― Liz Tomforde, Rewind It Back

“Her smile deepens. “I’m the girl who takes on the darkest of men. Men who’ve done things dark and twisted to the weak. Men who preyed on the innocent. Men who thought they killed me when I was weak. Just like the women you’ve killed.”
― S.T. Abby, Scarlet Angel

“The devil can cite Scripture for his own purpose. —William Shakespeare”
― S.T. Abby, Scarlet Angel

“Expectation is the root of all heartache. —William Shakespeare”
― S.T. Abby, Scarlet Angel

“Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause. —Voltaire”
― S.T. Abby, All the Lies

“Injustice in the end produces independence. —Voltaire”
― S.T. Abby, All the Lies

“It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. —Voltaire”
― S.T. Abby, All the Lies

“Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character. —Albert Einstein”
― S.T. Abby, Paint It All Red

“Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today’s events. —Albert Einstein”
― S.T. Abby, Paint It All Red

“Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. —Confucius”
― S.T. Abby, Paint It All Red

“That’s…gods, that’s my Queen.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, The War of Two Queens

“Her name is a shadow in the ember, a light in the flame, and the fire in the flesh. The Primal of Life has forbidden us to speak or write her name.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, The War of Two Queens

“Never again are we taken from one another.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, The War of Two Queens

“You’re selfless, caring, and willing to go above and beyond to help those around you. You tutor kids for free, and you bring a grumpy old man bread and cookies. And the selfish part of me wanted to steal a piece of you for myself. You reminded me of what it was like to not feel so damn lonely all the time, and I didn’t want to lose that.”
― Lauren Asher, The Fine Print

“A small part of me rejoices in the fact that she doesn’t offer him a smile. Those are all mine, fuck him very much. ”
― Lauren Asher, The Fine Print

“If I had a heart to give, it would be all yours. Free of cost.” ”
― Lauren Asher, The Fine Print