Jessica Hinckle > Jessica's Quotes

“Everyone knows, karma’s a bitch. And today her name was Tory Vega.”
― Caroline Peckham, Ruthless Fae

“His heart is what truly lit the fires of war, and the fire burns because of you. The decision was for all of us, yes. But the vengeance? The vengeance is for you.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Mother of Death & Dawn

“One hundred and eighty thousand days I have been at the mercy of human kings,” I snarled. “And if you think you are any better than any of them, you are a fool.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Mother of Death & Dawn

“Sella- Thank you for everything. We’re glad life is treating you well. If your daughter ever needs anything, know that she can come to me. -Max Maybe it was a stupid thing to do, given the circumstances. She seemed like she had everything here that one could want, and hopefully she would never be in a position where she needed help from a half-mad convict like myself. But just in case. Just in case she ever found herself alone in the world. Everyone deserved, I figured, a thread back to their past.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Mother of Death & Dawn

“Stories are always useful. Life is more than a series of acts of violence. And while I respect our king and his commitment to teaching you practical skills, he is not always the most emotionally intelligent person.” Meajqa flashed another smile. “Perhaps because he doesn’t read enough romances.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Mother of Death & Dawn

“Tell me, my ashen son, do you know how much a million memories weigh? How about one? It weighs enough to break a spine. It weighs enough to break a soul.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Mother of Death & Dawn

“A realization came to me, one that I had been grappling with for the last ten years. There was no single moment when everything changed. No single before and after. There was just… life. A million decisions and a million consequences.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Mother of Death & Dawn

“Once I’d thought that love was the sum of its parts, the result of a collection of traits and experiences, like a structure steadily built from bricks layered over bricks. If you collect enough of them, there is love. But that had been a child’s view of the world. The bricks were important, but what they created was more than just a pile of stones. It was the difference between a house and a home. If the building burns down, something is still there that makes it home.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Mother of Death & Dawn

“I know how greedy tragedy is. It consumes everything. It consumes hope; it consumes faith. And in the absence of hope, the only thing that seems worth doing is nothing. The only perfect action. The only path forward. But I met someone who once told me that it is a privilege to do nothing. Many people never get that choice.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Mother of Death & Dawn

“I might be a fool for saying it,” he said. “But I believe we can be better than where we have been. I believe we can survive this, and survive it better, and give ourselves and our children a better version of ourselves. And that’s what we are fighting for, today. For a better, imperfect dawn after a long, imperfect night. I want to see that sunrise with you. Meet me there.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Mother of Death & Dawn

“Do not fear death, my daughter. We all walk with one foot in each world. There is beauty in impermanence. And what sad lives we would live, if we never loved anything we would lose.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Mother of Death & Dawn

“The public isn’t very receptive to the poor, the underprivileged, or immigrants—of which you are all three. Make an effort, and you will find both of you are happier. I didn’t watch you claw your way through this life just to see you falter.”
― I.V. Ophelia, Fruit of the Flesh

“Even with his cold treatment of me, a small knot formed at the idea of melting it. It was a foolish thought, but something about him made me feel like I was safe and in harm’s way all at once, like a lion grooming a lamb.”
― I.V. Ophelia, Fruit of the Flesh

“I didn’t have much energy, even if I summoned it from my core. But this type of morning, where you have someone to defrost with like spring soil, I wouldn’t mind getting used to.”
― I.V. Ophelia, Fruit of the Flesh

“I don’t know what you’re used to, and you are under no obligation to tell me, but do not mistake me for whatever sad, limp pieces of flesh who have had you before.”
― I.V. Ophelia, Fruit of the Flesh

“And like the critters of the pond, we spent the last of the early-morning hours staring up at the sky between the mudflowers. The wind between their stalks whispering to us of the secrets we shared, of the moments we stole, and the night our hearts dug their roots into each other and made a home.”
― I.V. Ophelia, Fruit of the Flesh