Keeping the Human's Heart Quotes

“This is probably a fool’s errand that’ll get us killed, but the alternative is to always wonder what became of Esme, to live the rest of our lives missing an important piece of ourselves. When she dies, we’ll go with her.”
― Lyonne Riley, Keeping the Human's Heart

“I can tell then, by the look in his eyes, that he is a husk without a will to fight, a shell of himself without Esme here to be his heart, too.”
― Lyonne Riley, Keeping the Human's Heart

“And Han’zir. My troll, out of everyone, has only ever seen me as an animal to do his bidding and warm his bed. All those pats on the head... remembering it makes me seethe in a place I’ve never felt before.”
― Lyonne Riley, Keeping the Human's Heart

“The first day. You called me this.” I follow her. “It was a nickname,” Han’zir says in a calming voice. “Because you are⁠—” “Because I am your dog?!” Her words come out sharp and venomous. I didn’t know she had this sort of anger in her, not until now. Her eyes are blazing, the whites turned red with unshed tears.”
― Lyonne Riley, Keeping the Human's Heart

“Han’zir?” Esme whispers, her body fully relaxed, her eyes barely open. “Drazak?” “Hmm?” Drazak murmurs. “Yes, puppy?” I ask. “Thank you.” She covers our arms with her tiny hands and squeezes them. “I am home.”
― Lyonne Riley, Keeping the Human's Heart

“Today I think I’ve seen him at both his most primal and his most tender.”
― Lyonne Riley, Keeping the Human's Heart

“Two of them. That is why Han’zir never felt the mate bond with me before—we were always waiting for her, our Esme. She was meant for us as much as we were meant for her. And now we are complete.”
― Lyonne Riley, Keeping the Human's Heart

“to be squeezed and clenched by her, to look upon her small face and to smother her in my affection—it is unparalleled.”
― Lyonne Riley, Keeping the Human's Heart

“She’s the salve I need on all my burns and scars, on this hopelessness that’s taken up a permanent home in my chest.”
― Lyonne Riley, Keeping the Human's Heart

“I can’t survive without him, and if he’s going to get through this—like he must—the only thing that will give him enough hope to keep going is her.”
― Lyonne Riley, Keeping the Human's Heart

“Just because you can kill, doesn’t mean you should.”
― Lyonne Riley, Keeping the Human's Heart