For the Love of the Gods Quotes

“I’m sorry I lied, and I’m sorry I didn’t know about this. But I can’t say I’m sorry it happened. Because this means not even the Fates can take you away from me.”
― Rory L. Scott, For the Love of the Gods

“Revenge is nothing compared to you. Nothing makes this”—he tapped the knife over his heart—“beat except for you. And I can’t let you die because you’ll be taking us both down. Live with me, Rose.”
― Rory L. Scott, For the Love of the Gods

“We don’t manipulate. We may push physically. End a life or start another. We inspire, but we are not in the business of altering minds.”
― Rory L. Scott, For the Love of the Gods

“May your Rose never lose her thorns,” Adrian toasted dramatically,”
― Rory L. Scott, For the Love of the Gods

“Stop treating it like it's something trivial!” I snapped. It wasn’t, not when it was still affecting me. “The reputation was clearly bad enough for people to try to hurt me!” “I know this isn’t fucking trivial!” Dominic yelled, his eyes dark with a crazed sort of fury. “You are not fucking trivial. You are not replaceable.”
― Rory L. Scott, For the Love of the Gods

“Did he just say please?”
“I think he did,” I answered through a smile. ​
“I mean it,” Dominic said.
“One piece.”
"Be careful, Dominic,” Lukas chastised. “You’re sounding quite possessive.”
“I damn well should,” Dominic shot back. “Allude to fucking my wife again and I’ll break your nose.”
​“But I like my nose,” Lukas pouted.”
― Rory L. Scott, For the Love of the Gods

“Dominic, stop playing with me,” I said, sounding so desperate it was almost embarrassing. ​“Never,” he promised.”
― Rory L. Scott, For the Love of the Gods

“What are you doing?” I asked, trying not to squirm under his assessment. “Looking at you.” “Why?” “Because I like to look at beautiful things,” Dominic said plainly. “Now shut up and let me.”
― Rory L. Scott, For the Love of the Gods

“People do stupid shit when they are scared. React the wrong way out of fear.”
― Rory L. Scott, For the Love of the Gods

“The second his hand slipped trying to cut off the top of the wax, Dominic grumbled, “I can do that.” “No, I couldn’t let you,” the waiter said, terrified. Dominic took the bottle out of his hand anyway. “Not a fan of other people serving my wife.”
― Rory L. Scott, For the Love of the Gods

“I gasped, offended. “I would never abandon Maria like that.” “Not even for me?” Dominic asked, mocking my reaction. “Not even for you, baby,” I said, trailing a finger down his jaw, relishing in the feel of his stubble. He didn’t squirm like I wanted him to, just threw his hand across his chest, grabbing his heart. “It’s like you’re trying to hurt me.”
― Rory L. Scott, For the Love of the Gods

“We fight like we hate each other, and we are going to fuck like it too.”
― Rory L. Scott, For the Love of the Gods

“This isn’t going to be slow and sweet, Rose,” Dominic rasped against the shell of my ear and sending a lightning bolt down my spine. “That’s not what we are. What we do.”
― Rory L. Scott, For the Love of the Gods

“Why not just tell Dominic?” I breathed in sharply. I trusted Lukas. I did. It was just…complicated. No one knew about the Fates, except Marcus. I couldn’t risk anyone trying to stop me or try to reason with me. The other half of the answer was, “It doesn’t change what happened. I won’t beg for sympathy from someone who so easily believed I was capable of cold-blooded fratricide.”
― Rory L. Scott, For the Love of the Gods

“I tried to come across cold. Anger showed passion and passion showed that you cared.”
― Rory L. Scott, For the Love of the Gods

“My heart rate was starting to slow now that I was sure Rose wasn’t dead. I couldn’t make her life hell if she died.”
― Rory L. Scott, For the Love of the Gods

“It was a careful balance of magic. Stay too long and your life source would start to fade, take a step an inch too far from the city limits and your soul would never leave.”
― Rory L. Scott, For the Love of the Gods

“I would be insane if I was asking you to marry me because I claimed I loved you. This is an arrangement.”
― Rory L. Scott, For the Love of the Gods