Fateful Quotes

“Nobody else will ever be able to save me if I’m not fighting as hard as I can to save myself.”
― Claudia Gray, Fateful

“You’re strong enough to stand up to anyone. Smart enough to do anything you want. Don’t sell yourself
short; don’t be afraid of what your new life is going to offer. Because I know—if there’s any justice in this
world, good things are going to come to you. Better things than you ever dreamed.”
― Claudia Gray, Fateful

“He frames my face with his hands as he says, "Tess. Only you could be brave enough to die with me. But I want you to live for me."
We kiss, as desperate as though we were drowning. When our lips part, Alec says, "Forgive me.”
― Claudia Gray, Fateful

“You should go."
"I can't."
"Because you want to stare at the monster?" Alec's green eyes blaze, but with a wholly human fire now. "Or because you pity me?" I couldn't guess which possibility he loathes more.
I fold my arms. "I can't leave because the door's locked. Believe me, I would've gone hours ago if I could have."
"Oh. Of course." Then he looks so abashed--so boyish, and so handsome--that I almost want to laugh.”
― Claudia Gray, Fateful

“I wonder how much of the rest of his clothes I could convince him to take off, then wonder where that thought came from.
Well I guess I know.”
― Claudia Gray, Fateful

“But you have nothing better to do with your time than harass us, do you? Go back to ruling the universe from Mount Olympus or whatever else it is you mongrels do.”
― Claudia Gray, Fateful

“Beauty is no guarantee of goodness.”
― Claudia Gray, Fateful

“As far as I can see, in this world, you’re a fool for not using whatever gifts
you’re given. It’s not as though you lied or cheated or stole to get Howard Marlowe as your father. That’s
who he is; that’s who you are. You got dealt a bad card when you were bitten—so use one of the better
cards you have in your hand to make up for it.”
― Claudia Gray, Fateful

“It’s less as if he sees me and more as if . . . something happens to him.”
― Claudia Gray, Fateful

“The way I see it, men and women oughtn’t to get married just because. You should marry when you’re really truly in love, forever. When you’ve found the one girl you’d most want in the whole world. If you haven’t got that, then best not to marry at all , I think.”
― Claudia Gray, Fateful

“Mijail me agarra del pelo, y es tal el dolor que me saltan las lágrimas. Me arrastra por el pasillo mientras yo trato en vano de aferrarme a algo, lo que sea. Llegamos a una puerta la abre, y justo antes de empujarme dentro, reparo en el letrero: es el baño turco.
Tropiezo por entre la oscuridad y el calor, y caigo de rodillas y manos contra un suelo de baldosas blancas y verdes. El vapor del baño todavía empaña el aire, y siento como si me hubieran arrojado a una nube de niebla. No puedo ver, no puedo respirar. La luz principal proviene del pasillo, y el cuerpo de Mijail se recorta contra ella cuando entra y cierra la puerta tras sí.
Espero que me pegue, o me viole, o me mate.
No espero el lobo.”
― Claudia Gray, Fateful

“Sobre nuestras cabezas, el campo de estrellas, rutilante y sin una nube, parece burlarse de nosotros con su perfección y serenidad.”
― Claudia Gray, Fateful

“Piensa que soy más débil de lo que en realidad soy, lo cual debería irritarme. En lugar de eso, le miro casi con asombro, porque me esta tratando como a una dama y no como a una criada. Alec desea cuidarme, a mí, que siempre he tenido que atender las necesidades de otro. Aunque pequeño, jamás esperé ni siquiera un gesto como ese de un hombre rico. De nadie, en verdad. Inopinadamente, me doy cuenta de lo maravilloso que sería tener a alguien cuidara de mí de vez en cuando.”
― Claudia Gray, Fateful

“Eres lo bastante fuerte para enfrentarte a quien sea y lo bastante inteligente para conseguir lo que quieras.”
― claudia gray, Fateful

“Alec y yo nos miramos, desolados. Me arrojo a su cuello y mientras me abraza susurro entrecortadamente:
- Te quiero.
- Y yo a ti.
- Y yo estoy orgullosa de resistir a tu lado, pase lo que pase. -Con los ojos empañados, levanto el rostro hacia él. La ternura que veo en su mirada me conmueve.
Toma mi cara entre sus manos mientras dice:
- Tess, solo tú podrías ser lo bastante valiente para morir conmigo. Pero quiero que vivas por mí.
Nos besamos con la misma desesperación que si estuviéramos ahogándonos.
Cuando nuestros labios se separan, dice:
- Perdóname.”
― Claudia Gray, Fateful

“From this moment on, Alec will no longer belong to me. He was mine for hardly a second, and yet I feel like the loss will be with me the rest of my life.”
― Claudia Gray, Fateful

“The household doesn't allow any of us girls much chance to be with men of our own class—we're not meant to fall in love and get married, only to drudge on and on in service until we dry up and go gray and our teeth fall out. And here I am acting like an idiot over a man who's shown no interest in me, save keeping me from harm like any decent human being would.”
― Claudia Gray, Fateful