The Mist Thief Quotes

“I do not know what kings are like in your land, but in ours, we do not silence our queens.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Mist Thief

“I’m in love with you.” Jonas pressed his forehead to mine. “I do not hold you on the surface of my heart, you are in the deepest pieces where I keep my worst fears. To lose you would mean facing pain so wretched it would destroy me. I would not survive it. Even if I was still breathing, I would no longer be me, and instead would become a cruel, violent, hopeless shell of the man I was.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Mist Thief

“In that moment, when she is the only one you want standing with you against a foe, that is when you will know you've fallen in love with your wife.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Mist Thief

“Those flames in her eyes were going to devour me. Part of me hoped they would.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Mist Thief

“Be kind, be gentle, and be monstrous. I will want you every way.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Mist Thief

“I am your husband. It will always be an honor to carry you should you stumble”
― L.J. Andrews, The Mist Thief

“I promise you, if I burn, so will you.” The green of his eyes brightened. “I can hardly stand the wait.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Mist Thief

“Because if I were to be taken from you, after being here even this short while, I would be as monstrous as I ever was until I found you again.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Mist Thief

“I do not hold you on the surface of my heart, you are in the deepest pieces where I keep my worst fears. To lose you would mean facing pain so wretched it would destroy me. I would not survive it. Even if I was still breathing, I would no longer be me, and instead would become a cruel, violent, hopeless shell of the man I was.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Mist Thief

“when words and fear are pushed into your mind over and over, it becomes a truth.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Mist Thief

“Worse than the smugglers of the Falkyn guild were the damn king and queen. The recovered circlet in hand, I made my way toward the great hall only to collide with my disheveled mother and father emerging from one of the chambers. “What the hells are you doing?” Heat boiled in my face when my bleeding father spun around, still adjusting his damn belt. “You couldn’t wait a night, perhaps a day, before defiling the linens?” “Jonas, really. Emotions run high during a fight. It isn’t all that scandalous.” My mother had the decency to flush as she smoothed her hair. Daj patted my cheek. Hard. “I expected a quiet reprieve when you all were going to the South. You think I would let something as trivial as battles stop me from claiming that with my wife?” “I’m never looking at you again. You’re heathens. No regal blood in your veins.” “Thank you,” both said in the same breath. “Hopeless.” I shoved into the great hall. “Bleeding hopeless.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Mist Thief

“How is it even possible to feel so differently after so short a time?” “Because you have found a woman who burned through those shields you like to keep with your companions. She was not even trying. That is how you know—at least I think so—it is a bond worth keeping.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Mist Thief

“Gods, I hated him. He was one of the most entrancing men I’d ever seen.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Mist Thief

“They’re all quite afraid to die.” My father looked at Skadi, a cruel sort of sneer on his face. She did not hesitate. “Such a pity for them, Daj.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Mist Thief

“We didn’t feel there was a choice at the beginning, Skadi. But every day since, you’ve become the best choice I will ever make. I will never stop choosing you.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Mist Thief

“Where is my wife!”
― L.J. Andrews, The Mist Thief

“As long as I get your fire. It speaks to me.” The tip of his nose brushed over my cheek. “So, I plan to make it mine.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Mist Thief

“Gods, can you not read about something for one day.” “That would be an awful day.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Mist Thief

“I do not know what kings are like in your land, but in ours, we do not silence our queens”
― L.J. Andrews, The Mist Thief

“I suppose it is a good thing she goes to a realm of nightmares then. She’ll fit right in.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Mist Thief

“Skadi, I want nothing more than to walk my days with you at my side. I have been caught in the blaze of your fire, and I swear to you, I will never douse it. You are the thief of my heart, and I will give it to you every day so long as we live, and through the eternities of the Otherworld.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Mist Thief

“Erik is just waiting for a reason to lose his damn mind and slaughter Arion. He could piss crooked and the Ever King would use it as a call to war.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Mist Thief

“His voice was a flame, me the moth, and I could not help but be drawn toward it.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Mist Thief

“I like it.” My voice was low, soft, meant for the prince alone. “Like what?” “Your feral kingdom.” The same heat from the coach flashed in his eyes, and instead of fearing it now, I thought I might want it to swallow me whole.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Mist Thief

“I’m not certain I’ve ever felt this way.” He looked at me, confused. “Meaning?” I hesitated. “Peaceful.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Mist Thief

“Sunlight was absolute shit.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Mist Thief

“All right, you might’ve discovered I am not so lost in the remnants of my affinity, but hear this, Husband […] I promise you, if I burn, so will you.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Mist Thief

“Once wild, you’re always a little wild.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Mist Thief

“Gods, I ought to have thought of something more tangible. Bloodsinger gives Liv jewelry. Daj gives Maj notes.” I slumped in a chair, tossing the book back into the pile. “My gift is a mountain of fables.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Mist Thief

“Why did you never love, Jonas?” My words were breathless, hardly there as I stroked his velvet skin. “Because I was waiting for you, Fire.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Mist Thief