Say Surrender > Say's Quotes

“Hate me, curse me, I cared little, so long as I was the first thought of her day and the last of her night.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“I don’t mind if you speak to shadows, Silas, but let me be the one to hold the candle and walk with you through the darkness.”
― L.J. Andrews, Song of Sorrows and Fate

“but I would not keep wounding my heart for a man who would not take it for his own.”
― L.J. Andrews, Court of Ice and Ash

“She was never theirs anyway. Not really. From the moment the songbird tried to appeal to a serpent, she was mine.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“Kari narrowed her eyes. “Halvar.” He looked to me. “She gets so timid when I whisper my sweet sentiments in public. I don’t understand it.” He turned back to Kari. “I would put my lips upon you in the most indecent places, my love, no matter who saw. You need only let me!”
― L.J. Andrews, Crown of Blood and Ruin

“And if I could bottle the smile on his face into a memory that would never fade, I'd cross all the kingdoms to find the magic to do it.”
― L.J. Andrews, Crown of Blood and Ruin

“Oh, the villainous lengths we all took. Truth be told, we all were a little monstrous in our own ways.”
― L.J. Andrews, Night of Masks and Knives

“I’d simply not expected our lack of attention elsewhere would get the man slaughtered.”
― L.J. Andrews, Dance of Kings and Thieves

“So, who are you, little bird?” A rush of something dangerous hummed in my bones. “Yours, I suppose. For a little while.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“Not like this. I would rather live a thousand more turns with this curse.”
― L.J. Andrews, Curse of Shadows and Thorns

“When I claim that moment of bravery, it will not be sudden. It will be slow. It will be well thought out. I will wait until I have you in my grasp. You may not even realize it has happened. In that moment, I will strike and watch you bleed.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“I am in your hands, I am at your command, for you have made me love you, and you will be my destruction because of it.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“Satan, if you’re listening. I know this one was made by you. And bravo. He’s a work of art.”
― Caroline Peckham, The Death Club

“Hello pretties, I’ve come for tea. Is there cake? I do like cake. But only when it’s served with a side of murder.”
― Caroline Peckham, The Death Club

“It was exhausting fighting to own stuff that was supposed to belong to me inherently.”
― Caroline Peckham, The Death Club

“People always hated others for being different, but really they just hated themselves for being average.”
― Caroline Peckham, The Death Club

“Ignorance is Swiss after all. And the Swiss are notoriously happy.”
― Caroline Peckham, The Death Club

“She plucked a sharp little knife from the bag and slipped it into her boot. I grabbed a garrotte, a wrench and a potato peeler because why the hell not?”
― Caroline Peckham, The Death Club

“if saving her means letting the rest of the world burn then pass me the fucking matches and I'll get the gasoline.”
― Caroline Peckham, Queen of Quarantine

“Because if I am to hold myself to any standard, my siren, my heart, my fucking everything, then there is no greater standard on earth than you.”
― Caroline Peckham, Queen of Quarantine

“Characters could never escape me. Not when I could trap them in my kindle for the rest of time. Suckers.”
― Caroline Peckham, Kings of Quarantine

“caging a wild animal didn’t make it any less wild. And they were going to find out how hard I could bite soon enough.”
― Caroline Peckham, Kings of Quarantine

“Because how could I destroy three monsters without becoming one myself?”
― Caroline Peckham, Kings of Quarantine

“We might own her, but she owned us too.”
― Caroline Peckham, Kings of Quarantine

“She might just be my undoing. Or even my salvation.”
― Caroline Peckham, Kings of Quarantine

“Maybe she wants a man who will tie her to his bedposts and fuck her so hard she can’t walk straight the next day,”
― Caroline Peckham, Kings of Quarantine

“I’m not afraid of the dead, I bet my heart is colder than theirs.”
― Caroline Peckham, Kings of Quarantine

“I can stick the pineapple up your ass or down your throat, either way them prickles are gonna hurt like a bitch,” he mumbled and I snorted a laugh.”
― Caroline Peckham, Kings of Quarantine

“Saint sliced everything up on his plate like it had personally insulted his mother and bitch slapped his puppy across the room. Although, if I ever saw that guy with a puppy, I’d be calling animal services faster than a snow cone melting in hell.”
― Caroline Peckham, Kings of Quarantine

“There were three words which described each of them right now: Emotion. Control. Disregard.”
― Caroline Peckham, Kings of Quarantine