Aashi Parikh > Aashi's Quotes

“I don't want you to walk back to the palace," she said. "But if you ruin this, I swear on the stars, I will never speak to you again. The count has to believe you're a chaperone. We can tell him that you are you're my cousin."

"That's not going to work unless you're fine with him believing you have an inappropriate relationship with your cousin." Julian darted closer and pressed a quick kiss to her neck.”
― Stephanie Garber, Finale

“It would be a shame," Jameson commented, "if we were related." He spared another smile for me, slow and sharp-edged. "Don't you think?”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“I do hate you," Xander replied, happily devouring his third scone. "If you notice, I have kept the blueberry confections for myself and given you" - he shuddered - "the lemon-flavored scones. Such is the depth of my loathing for you personally and on principle.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“Can I have one of the blueberry scones?" I asked--my version of a peace offering.
Xander handed me a lemon scone. "Let's not get ahead of ourselves.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“The first scone is what I like to call the practice scone." Xander stuffed an entire scone in his mouth, handed one to me, then swallowed and continued lecturing. "It is not until the third—nay, fourth—scone that you develop any kind of scone-eating expertise."
"Scone-eating expertise," I repeated in a deadpan.
"Your nature is skeptical," Xander noted. "That will serve you well in these halls, but if there is one universal truth in the human experience, it is that a finely honed scone-eating palate does not just develop overnight.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“I agree," Xander told me, even though I hadn't said anything for him to agree with. "This party sucks. The socialite-to-scone ratio is pretty much unforgivable.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“Like, even in fiction, friends to lovers? Never my thing. I'm more star-crossed tragedy, supernatural soul mates, enemies to lovers. Epic, you know?”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Final Gambit

“Have you thought about hair and makeup?" she asked.
"Constantly," I replied in a deadpan. "These days, I think of literally nothing else. A girl has to have her priorities in order."
Thea smiled. "And here I was thinking your priorities all had the last name Hawthorne.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“You don't have to kiss me. You don't even have to like me, Heiress, but please don't make me do this alone.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“Where are you going?” I asked him. After everything it has taken to get to this point, he couldn’t just walk away. “To hell, eventually,” Jameson answered. “Probably to the wine cellar, for now.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“Getting involved with Jameson would just be throwing gasoline on the fire." "And what a lovely fire it would be,”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“Heads, I kiss you. Tails, you kiss me. And either way, it means something.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Hawthorne Legacy

“Which one of those explains your face?" Nash asked Jameson. The bruises and swelling clearly suggested that their brother had been in one hell of a fight.
"Some faces need no explanation," Jameson replied. He gestured to his own. "Work of art.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Brothers Hawthorne

“I'll have you know that most celebrity sites rank me as the second-hottest Hawthorne." -Jameson”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Brothers Hawthorne

“When words are real enough, when they’re the exact right words, when what you’re saying matters, when it’s beautiful and perfect and true—it hurts.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Brothers Hawthorne

“You honestly expect me to breathe in a world without air?”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“Grayson was Not Pleased - and no one did Not Pleased like Grayson Hawthorne.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Hawthorne Legacy

“She said I could touch her when I was sober”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerless

“Her conviction wavered further. “I told you; don’t try to own me.”
“I don’t want to own you.”

She swiveled her neck to meet his gaze. “Then never speak of sending me away again. I am not yours to do with as you will.”

Khalid’s features smoothed knowingly. “How right you are. You are not mine.” He dropped his palm from the door. “I am yours.”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“Oh, darling, as long as you still think I’m pretty, I don’t give a damn what I look like.”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerless

“Because beasts don’t get the beauty.”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerless

“What are you doing to me, you plague of a girl?” he whispered.
“If I’m a plague, then you should keep your distance, unless you plan on being destroyed.” The weapons still in her grasp, she shoved against his chest.
“No.” His hands dropped to her waist. “Destroy me.”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“I love when you threaten to kill me, do you know that?” “Oh? And why is that?” The corner of his mouth twitches up. “Because every time you don’t, it only proves that you don’t want to.”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerless

“As tempting as it is to watch you stare at me all night,” his voice is a caress, lulling me to sleep with a single sentence, “sleep, Pae.” I manage to give him a groggy grin before asking, “Are you going to sleep?” “Oh, darling, I’m already dreaming.”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerless

“So you would have me throw Shazi to the wolves?”
“Shazi?” Jalal’s grin widened. “Honestly, I pity the wolves.”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“Do you always fall into the arms of handsome strangers or is this a new thing for you?"

"No, only the cocky ones.”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerless

“She’s confusing, captivating, and we’re completely wrong for each other in all the right ways.”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerless

“Promise me you’ll stay alive long enough to stab me in the back?”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerless

“I don't know if I can fix your broken heart, but you can take mine because it's already yours.”
― Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart

“[...] After I got mauled by the wolf, my scars weren't sexy scars-"
"He just said sexy scars," Jacks drawled. "Are you really listening to this?”
― Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart