City of Mirth and Malice Quotes

“You can be called anything you like, Camilla, but your title will never change what you truly are to me.” “And what is that?” I asked. Bringing both of my hands to his lips, he kissed the spot they overlapped. “Mine.”
― Alexis L. Menard, City of Mirth and Malice

“He was danger and darkness and deliverance, and he was every desire of my soul embodied.”
― Alexis L. Menard, City of Mirth and Malice

“Love and kindness and loyalty.” His voice went soft. “The things you cannot control, that”
― Alexis L. Menard, City of Mirth and Malice

“cannot be bought, stolen, or negotiated, are the most powerful forces in this world. Over power, position, or money, love will win every time.”
― Alexis L. Menard, City of Mirth and Malice

“Justice. The ability to deliver it, to offer it, that was true power.”
― Alexis L. Menard, City of Mirth and Malice

“Fear can only be beaten with faith.”
― Alexis L. Menard, City of Mirth and Malice

“Sometimes, ideas are spread in the quiet whispers of sisterhoods.”
― Alexis L. Menard, City of Mirth and Malice

“The things we whisper to the shadows have a tendency to come true.”
― Alexis L. Menard, City of Mirth and Malice

“Sometimes idiocy disguises itself as courage.”
― Alexis L. Menard, City of Mirth and Malice

“The only reason you resent your power is because how others reacted to it, but that is not your fault, and it is not within your power to control how others see you---only how you see yourself.”
― Alexis L. Menard, City of Mirth and Malice

“Men in power have taken from me before, but they will not take my accomplishments.”
― Alexis L. Menard, City of Mirth and Malice

“Order will be established when Chaos is destroyed.”
― Alexis L. Menard, City of Mirth and Malice

“A broken heart doesn't make wise judgements.”
― Alexis L. Menard, City of Mirth and Malice

“You’re just like our father. Only cared about making her happy at the expense of the rest of us.” If that made me similar to Giovanni Marchese, then so be it. “Am I?” I said, feigning interest. “Perhaps that’s why Milla calls me Daddy every night.”
― Alexis L. Menard, City of Mirth and Malice

“Tell me you love me every day. Don’t miss a single morning.” My fingers combed through her wet hair. “I’ll tell you every day, until our last sunrise. And even then, when we cross the veil, I’ll whisper it through the void until my voice fills Oblivion. I love you, Camilla.”
― Alexis L. Menard, City of Mirth and Malice

“Your laugh is a song of victory, proving you faced their worst and not only survived, but came out with joy still in your heart. And that fucking smile, not to mention your eyes—the light still shining in your eyes—they are beacons to me, guiding me to my true home as they have since the first time I caught a glimpse of them.”
― Alexis L. Menard, City of Mirth and Malice

“We started our next story how we started our last—at the House of Bane.”
― Alexis L. Menard, City of Mirth and Malice

“For what it’s worth, I’m really glad you’re here. I didn’t think . . .” She swallowed hard. “I didn’t think I’d ever see you again.” The pain of that truth filled her eyes, and the force of it nearly broke my heart. “There isn’t a hell in the void that could keep me from you, Milla. I’d suffer for a lifetime to have another moment on your lips.” My honesty was rewarded with the tip of her chin, lifting her mouth to mine in a way that felt like an offering. “I think we have a moment to spare.”
― Alexis L. Menard, City of Mirth and Malice

“Will you do me a favor?” she asked. “Anything.” She looked up at me, resting her chin on my chest. “Tell me you love me every day. Don’t miss a single morning.” My fingers combed through her wet hair. “I’ll tell you every day, until our last sunrise.”
― Alexis L. Menard, City of Mirth and Malice

“Everything that had happened. All the trials and difficulties we’ve faced. We—us, together—were worth fighting every damn day for. To one day have our forever.”
― Alexis L. Menard, City of Mirth and Malice

“His gaze darkened as he waited for my answer. Inside that smoky stare, my fire had found a kindred flame.”
― Alexis L. Menard, City of Mirth and Malice

“Don’t tempt me to find some, Nicolai. I’m not in the right mind to be merciful.” “She’s stunning when she’s homicidal, isn’t she, cousins?”
― Alexis L. Menard, City of Mirth and Malice

“those eyes that were my personal form of glint, rendering me powerless as they crossed me—this is what I’d burn the world to have and keep forever.”
― Alexis L. Menard, City of Mirth and Malice

“I knew a time would come where I’d be forced to choose between my new family and my old. The choice wasn’t easy but clear as the day I’d prepared to make it. I started down the opposite corridor. It was time to get my wife back.”
― Alexis L. Menard, City of Mirth and Malice

“Nico,” I whispered. He smiled. Steel-grey eyes settled over me. “Hello, princess.”
― Alexis L. Menard, City of Mirth and Malice

“She killed a few guards. Had taken out part of the fucking island—the alleged impenetrable stone. The news swelled pride in my heart. “That’s my girl,” I murmured.”
― Alexis L. Menard, City of Mirth and Malice

“All change starts with one person pissed off enough to get their hands dirty.”
― Alexis L. Menard, City of Mirth and Malice

“Love and kindness and loyalty.” His voice went soft. “The things you cannot control, that cannot be bought, stolen, or negotiated, are the most powerful forces in this world. Over power, position, or money, love will win every time.”
― Alexis L. Menard, City of Mirth and Malice

“In the hollow places, the body mass you’ve lost when they deprived you of food, I see where your tenacity filled you with willpower. Every scar discoloring your skin was a battle fought and won, and a reminder of each time you called on your strength to fight back, to live.”
― Alexis L. Menard, City of Mirth and Malice