The Games Gods Play Quotes

“Quitters never win, and winners never quit. But survivors change the game.”
― Abigail Owen, The Games Gods Play

“Seems to me that love can calm storms, end wars, make fools of smart people, and bridge the gap between life and death. Doesn’t that make it the most powerful?”
― Abigail Owen, The Games Gods Play

“I want you the way stars burn.”
― Abigail Owen, The Games Gods Play

“If gods could be killed, you'd be the death of me, my star.”
― Abigail Owen, The Games Gods Play

“Surviving isn’t just not dying.”
― Abigail Owen, The Games Gods Play

“Sometimes,' Hermes murmurs, 'bravery isn't actually bravery. It's just foolishness wrapped up in a pretty package.”
― Abigail Owen, The Games Gods Play

“I want you in the way a storm gathers over mountains only to give in to violent release.”
― Abigail Owen, The Games Gods Play

“Of course the god of death kisses like a demon.”
― Abigail Owen, The Games Gods Play

“The thing is…there’s something in his attitude that I envy. He doesn’t care. Not one shit is given if he’s welcomed here, let alone accepted or loved.”
― Abigail Owen, The Games Gods Play

“I only have my Heart left to give you,' I tell him. I'm talking about the flag.
He makes a sound that might be a laugh or a groan. 'I know,' he says. 'That's all I need.”
― Abigail Owen, The Games Gods Play

“Don't do that.'
He frowns. 'Do what?'
'The polite-charm thing.'
'It's how I put others at ease,' he says.
The god of death tries to put others at ease? There's a disturbing thought. 'Are you sure that actually works?'
'I was until now,' he mutters.”
― Abigail Owen, The Games Gods Play

“What if I hadn’t tried to reach for more than this world was willing to offer me…?”
― Abigail Owen, The Games Gods Play

“It turns out Hades’ voice is growly in the mornings, and a little bit grumpy. And the fact that the terror-inducing god is not a morning person is…kind of cute.”
― Abigail Owen, The Games Gods Play

“I’ve failed so many times, not succeeding is now statistically impossible.”
― Abigail Owen, The Games Gods Play

“The gods love to toy with us mere mortals. And every hundred years…we let them.”
― Abigail Owen, The Games Gods Play

“Victory or the grave. Death wins either way.”
― Abigail Owen, The Games Gods Play

“But gods don’t have to make sense,”
― Abigail Owen, The Games Gods Play

“We're not disposable,' I tell him, anger burning away the last of my despair. 'Mortals. You gods toy with us like you think we are.'
Hades lets loose a sigh almost as heavy as I feel. 'The others do because for them, mortals come and go. Blips. If you think about the lifespan of a butterfly from a mortal's perspective, so short compared to yours...' He shrugs. 'You think of it as a beautiful but doomed thing that is here, then gone too fast to get attached.'
...
'You don't think of mortals like that?'
'No.'
'Why not?'
That expression, the lost one, returns. 'Because they all come to me in the end.' Those nine words are so laden with burden, I don't know how they don't crush him.
...
'We're not butterflies to you,' I whisper. 'We're eternity.'
His eyes flare briefly with something savage, but he doesn't speak.”
― Abigail Owen, The Games Gods Play

“We’re not butterflies to you,” I whisper. “We’re eternity.”
― Abigail Owen, The Games Gods Play

“Being King of the Underworld without you at my side is an eternity of my own personal hell.”
― Abigail Owen, The Games Gods Play

“Good grief. Does he have to antagonize every god and goddess right from the start? If I make it home after this is all over, I’m switching to a different pantheon of gods. I sigh. “You don’t have to deliberately provoke them.” He says nothing to that.”
― Abigail Owen, The Games Gods Play

“But can anyone ever “get over” wanting to be loved—but being cursed to never be loved in return?”
― Abigail Owen, The Games Gods Play

“Do you know what I see in Elysium?' He's smoothing his thumb over my cheekbone in rhythmic circles.
'What?'
'The two of us there. And you as my queen. I've seen it for a long, long time.”
― Abigail Owen, The Games Gods Play

“I knew you had it in you.'
I lift my head, smile at Hades... then vomit all over his fancy shoes.”
― Abigail Owen, The Games Gods Play

“I'm a better partner than I am a puppet,' I insist.”
― Abigail Owen, The Games Gods Play

“But the best way to deal with his brand of dickhead is to ignore him.”
― Abigail Owen, The Games Gods Play

“You made me burn for you.”
― Abigail Owen, The Games Gods Play

“Never let it be said that the gods aren’t petty.”
― Abigail Owen, The Games Gods Play

“Seems to me that love can calm storms, end wars, make fools of smart people, and bridge the gap between life and death. Doesn't that make it the most powerful?”
― Abigail Owen, The Games Gods Play

“It’s hard enough to be taken seriously when love is up against powers like storm, war, knowledge, and death.” “Seems to me that love can calm storms, end wars, make fools of smart people, and bridge the gap between life and death. Doesn’t that make it the most powerful?”
― Abigail Owen, The Games Gods Play