Gem > Gem's Quotes

“You can keep the glory. I'm just here for the blood.”
― Jay Kristoff, Godsgrave

“Never flinch. Never fear. And never, ever forget.”
― Jay Kristoff, Godsgrave

“Too many books. Too few centuries.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“The books we love, they love us back. And just as we mark our places in the pages, those pages leave their marks on us. I can see it in you, sure as I see it in me. You're a daughter of the words. A girl with a story to tell.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“You've got the look of a girl who's no stranger to the page. I can tell. You've got words in your soul.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“I appear to have misplaced the fucks I give for what you think.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“The brighter the light, the deeper the shadow.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“Never flinch" A cold whisper in her ear. "Never fear. And never, ever forget.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“Iron or glass? they'd ask.
She was neither.
She was steel.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“Did everyone see that? Because I will not be doing it again.”
― Captain Jack Sparrow

“Lord Cutler Beckett: [Jack is about to light a cannon that's pointed at the mast] You're mad.

Jack Sparrow: Thank goodness for that, 'cause if I wasn't this would probably never work.

[fires the cannon, which catapults him onto his ship, landing safely on his feet behind his crew]

Jack Sparrow: And that was without even a single drop of rum.”
― Captain Jack Sparrow

“Jack Sparrow: Take what ye can!

Mr. Gibbs: Give nothin' back!”
― Captain Jack Sparrow

“If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“A philosopher once asked, "Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human?" Pointless, really..."Do the stars gaze back?" Now, that's a question.”
― Neil Gaiman, Stardust

“Teacher, not again." Her eyes filled with tears. "Please, don't make me be the one to survive again." He placed his withered hand on her cheek and smiled sadly. "I am sorry, my child. You must endure.”
― Jon Skovron, Hope and Red

“You look like a Turner painting and I want to learn your textures with my fingertips. You are the most fascinating thing in this beautiful house. I'd like to introduce my fists to whoever taught you to stop talking about the things that interest you.”
― Freya Marske, A Marvellous Light

“I would take your heart between my ribs and guard it like my own. Is there any way I can make you believe it?”
― Freya Marske, A Power Unbound

“I would write you into immortality. I would trap you in ink and wear the pages next to my skin until they fell apart. Kiss me until I know you. Kiss me until you know me, unmake me, and love me anyway.”
― Freya Marske, A Power Unbound

“Ross said, “Ask me if I’ve been paid for it.”
“Ask? I only have to look at you. Men would bankrupt themselves.”
― Freya Marske, A Power Unbound

“Now it was Maud's turn to laugh. She gave Jack an affectionate look from her position on the floor. Intolerable. Jack was never going to rid himself of any of these people.”
― Freya Marske, A Power Unbound

“I want to kiss you until your mouth forgets it exists for any reason but to let me taste it. I want to kiss you so well, and so long, that every narrator in your books will crawl off their pages and die from sheer jealousy”
― Freya Marske, A Power Unbound