Em > Em's Quotes

“Is life just about getting a house, a job, a partner, going on lavish holidays – is there not something else too?”
― Paul A. Gilbert, Mindful Compassion

“We have not touched the stars,
nor are we forgiven, which brings us back
to the hero’s shoulders and the gentleness that comes,
not from the absence of violence, but despite
the abundance of it.”
― Richard Siken, Crush

“My eyes burned. I closed my hand, tight, relishing the press of the stones against my palm, as if I could still feel my mother’s touch on them if I tried hard enough.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King

“I exhale and set aside my book. It’s about a nosy elderly Were lady who solves murder mysteries in the Northeast pack. I absolutely loathe her, but somehow I’m already at number seven in the series.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Bride

“Gods, I forgot how wonderful it felt to exceed expectations.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Daughter of No Worlds

“Looks like it’s morphin’ time, boys.”
― Rumer Hale, Blood and Reign

“The world was filled with poets who thought a woman’s love had unmade them.”
― Olivie Blake, The Atlas Six

“We aren’t normal; we are gods born with pain built in.”
― Olivie Blake, The Atlas Six