Ruby > Ruby's Quotes

“Fuck, but she was beautiful. Of course, I'd found her attractive since the first day. But now I knew I'd really had no idea.

She was a work of art. Sculpted in a way that left no room for flaws. Pale, smooth skin stretched over delicate curves. Every inch of her, a perfect balance of strength and femininity.”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond That Burns

“I leaned down, kissing her eyelids, her cheeks, her lips. Every wet spot I could find, every tear. I kept kissing her, because if that was all I could give her at that moment, I'd give it all.

I kissed her like she was the air I needed to breathe. Gently, reverently. As if I could somehow piece her back together with the touch of my lips”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond That Burns

“Red was never a color I'd given much thought to before. It was one of the colors of my house. It was anger, danger, blood.

Then I saw Pendragon-her hair, wild, untamed, burning like dragon fire. And suddenly red wasn't any of those things. It was the scent of jasmine and vanilla, autumn leaves swirling in the wind, the crackle of a fire on a chilly night, the first light of dawn rising golden and rosy. All the things that made life sweet. All the things that made it worth living.

So yeah, red was officially my favorite color now.”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond That Burns

“The heat from Loren’s still lingered on Darien’s skin long after they broke the contact, like the kiss of sunlight on a cold day.

He wasn’t sure what to make of that.”
― Kayla Edwards, City of Gods and Monsters

“Loren, I'm crazy about you. Since the moment I pulled away from you-like an idiot, might I add-I haven't been able to get you out my head. You're all I think about. You're all I want.

I need you to understand that what I did was only to keep you safe. I never wanted to be away from you. That's the last thing I could ever want. Until you came along, my life never made sense. You are the kindest thing that has ever happened to me. You are...you are my home. And I think it's safe to say that my life would be a whole lot darker without you in it. You light up my life, Loren Calla.”
― Kayla Edwards, City of Gods and Monsters

“Sweetheart, I am not a devil. I am the devil. Don’t start getting the wrong idea.”
― Kayla Edwards, City of Gods and Monsters

“Touch her again and I'll cut your goddamn heart out.”
― Kayla Edwards, City of Gods and Monsters

“Whether he called himself a Devil or not, he had quickly turned into her angel. Perhaps she was becoming his, too.”
― Kayla Edwards, City of Gods and Monsters

“You make me happier than I've ever been, Loren. I can see myself having that life with you, can see us building our one day together. I can see myself there, clearer than ever, and I want it. I want all of it.”
― Kayla Edwards

“Until she'd come along, he hadn't dared to dream, and had rarely ever prayed. And until she'd come along, and he'd fallen hopelessly in love with her, he hadn't realized she was not only a dream come true, but a desperate prayer he hadn't realized he'd made being answered.

He prayed that this right here - this girl, this blessing - would last forever. He knew he would never deserve her, not in a million years. But he was selfish enough to want her forever.

Always and forever. No matter what.”
― Kayla Edwards

“I said I'll give you time, and I will. But I need you to promise me something. If you need anything, if you find yourself in even the smallest amount of trouble, I need you to come to me, okay? I might be broken, but I am good at fixing things, and I will fix anything that tries to hurt you, do you understand me?”
― Kayla Edwards

“Do you want me on my knees? Do you want me to beg, is that it? Because I will, I'll crawl for you.”
― Kayla Edwards

“When he'd found Loren in that alley on the Avenue of the Scarlet Star, he'd discovered a purpose, a home that was a person instead of a place. She was his heart, his place of refuge and security, the only woman he'd ever wanted, the only woman he'd ever been in love with.

She was his forever and always, and not long ago he'd believed he was hers. But while she was perfect in every way, he... he wasn't. And seeing her with someone else, even if it was for something as innocent as a school project, set fire to a new emotion he'd hoped not to feel for a very long time.

It was fear, realer than his heart beating in his chest. Fear that she was slipping through the cracks of his broken life, and fear that he loved her too much to stop her from going.”
― Kayla Edwards

“Whenever Darien inhaled, it felt like he had a bunch of glass in his lungs. Now that she was gone, everything hurt-hurt so much more than it ever had in the years before he'd met her and fallen for her. Physical pain was a drug for him-same as killing. But this? This glass-in-lugs sensation, this...this fucking raw, peeling soul...
He had no words for it.”
― Kayla Edwards

“We aren't just dating, we're in love with each other," Darien continued. "I fucking love you, sweetheart. You can hate me all you want, but it doesn't change anything. I've wanted you since the moment I laid eyes on you. I love you when you're angry. I love you when you're happy. I love you, Loren, and I will love you for the rest of your life-”
― Kayla Edwards

“Tell me what you want, whatever you want, and I'll give it to you . The world, anything-I'll give you anything, Shayla Cousens. Just fucking name it.”
― Kayla Edwards, City of Lies and Legends

“But it didn't matter, because the word was already out. And those four letters broke the last of Roman's self control. Fuck his life, fuck his dad, and fuck anyone who dared to tell him that this was wrong. Shay was right for him, and even if he could only have her for this one night, he'd take it, and he wouldn't regret a fucking thing.
So he moved, sweeping her into his arms.
And crushed his lips against hers.”
― Kayla Edwards, City of Lies and Legends

“Fuck, I just ached for her. I wanted her here, next to me. I wanted to hold her; the fact that she wasn't in my arms right now felt like the greatest injustice that had ever been inflicted upon me. There was no breathing my way past it.”
― Callie Hart, Brimstone

“I had no idea what you would mean to me. I had no idea what I would do to keep you safe. When I close my eyes, you are all I can see , Saeris Fane. I could be dead in the ground five thousand years and the frosts could have taken my bones, and still no other male will ever have loved another female the way I love you”
― Callie Hart, Brimstone

“I'd spend the fortunes of the universe to protect you. I'd drain the seas dry. Fell every tree. I would sacrifice the sun from the fucking sky and surrender the stars, too, if I could. But those things aren't mine to give. All I have is my life. It isn't much, but I'd spend it and consider the price small if it meant keeping you safe.”
― Callie Hart, Brimstone

“You're the most beautiful woman anywhere. But that wasn't enough to say. To tell you that you look beautiful seemed a lazy, easy thing to do to describe the way you look. Because I can barely put it in to words

So I didn't want to tell you that you looked beautiful. I wanted to tell you that you look like a fallen star”
― Imani Erriu, Heavenly Bodies

“I am not so hollow when I am with you”
― Caroline Peckham; Susanne Valenti, Echo Fort

“You are my most ruinous fantasy. You're like the sun drawing me to your orbit at all times, there is no light when you aren't near, no joy outside of your company, no point to my existence at all. You found me in the dark and set me free so that I could dedicate myself to worshipping you for all time, and I want to spend every second I have making you feel just a fraction of the bliss you offer me with your mere existence. Tell me you want me the same way, spectre.”
― Caroline Peckham; Susanne Valenti, Echo Fort

“I should've killed him like I killed the last guy she slept with.

No one fucks Stacey and gets away with it. I can't have her, but nobody else will.”
― Leigh Rivers, Insatiable

“I'm a creation of being used and abused, and there's nothing I can do to stop it. It's my life now; I just need to live it.”
― Leigh Rivers, Insatiable

“Losing your voice is one thing, but losing your voice to someone you loved - trusted - is ten million times worse.”
― Leigh Rivers, Insatiable

“Every single image stabs a whole in my already hollow chest; I want so desperately to jump back into that reality, to hide from the person I've become. But it doesn't exist. She's not the same Stacey from then, and I'm definitely not the same Kade either.”
― Leigh Rivers, Insatiable

“The phone slides again, and I have no energy left to finish my sentence, but as long as she knows I loved her, that she meant the world to me, that is she is fucking special and deserves everything that makes her happy - then I've said all I need to.”
― Leigh Rivers, Insatiable

“For the next two years, I die a little more each day, until the evrsion of Kade Mitchell I want to be turns into a ghost. My soul is shattered and broken, and I lose all the pieces, unable to glue it back together.

Look at me now, my little princess. Daddy's gone, and he's never coming back.”
― Leigh Rivers, Voracious

“I'll deal with Bernadette . I just needed to apologize. You don't have to ever forgive me, but I want you to know that if I had all the time in the world, I would spend it trying to win you back. I'd prove myself worthy of you, Stacey. Because there hasn't been a day that's passed where you haven't kept me going. My love might not be enough for you, but it's all I have left. I love you. I love you so fucking much that I want to live.”
― Leigh Rivers, Restitution