Veiled in Stars and Silver Quotes

“She stepped closer. Even if by some miracle they defeated Pan and the Crocodile let them go free, Wendy’s finger would remain as lost as his hand. A mixture of emotions roiled through him. Anger, guilt, sorrow. Reverence.”
― J. Ann Curtis, Veiled in Stars and Silver

“When I came to Neverland, I made a magically binding deal to never speak the name of the One-Who-Controls.” Something meaningful lingered in the Crocodile’s expression.”
― J. Ann Curtis, Veiled in Stars and Silver

“His breath brushed across the back of my neck, followed by a touch of wetness as he caressed my skin with his lips. He descended inch by inch, trailing kisses down to my shoulders. My eyes shut, enjoying every moment of the tender sensation.”
― J. Ann Curtis, Veiled in Stars and Silver

“Wendy.” He looked at me and I saw a chasm as empty as the depths of the sea. “I don't have any happy thoughts.” The windows in the surrounding rooms shattered, glass skittering across the rain and blood-soaked wood. Fear crawled up my throat. Hands and arms shot through the space. Shit. There were a lot of them, and trained or not, under Pan's power, they'd keep coming until they overwhelmed me and Hook. I needed to get him in the air. The wind howled, and I dropped onto the porch, a raging desperation in my chest. I grasped his overcoat and jerked him close. “Then let me give you one.” Rising onto my toes, I pressed my lips to his.”
― J. Ann Curtis, Veiled in Stars and Silver

“We treat the past as this precious porcelain doll, meant to be preserved, unblemished. Our view of the past isn’t designed to be a doll kept untouched on a shelf.”
― J. Ann Curtis, Veiled in Stars and Silver

“I settled into the plush chair and took in my face in the glass, noting my own flushed cheeks, and the spark of fire in my eyes. I looked beautiful, but not in a proper, pure kind of way. I looked like a woman of desire, and it brought a measure of pride and confidence to me to throw off the fear of my own body and embrace this part of myself.”
― J. Ann Curtis, Veiled in Stars and Silver

“Sometimes, despite his eternal youth, he felt old, wrung out, like a ship taking on water, tilting into the sea’s depths.”
― J. Ann Curtis, Veiled in Stars and Silver

“I grasped the small bottle of potion I had bought from the woman at the market off my bedside table, popped the lid and swallowed. I curse James Hook with a rotten, torturous existence, I thought.”
― J. Ann Curtis, Veiled in Stars and Silver