Song of the Abyss Quotes

“How could I? When your hair is the color of the sun on a cloudless day? When your smile warms the entire ocean around me? When I touch you, your soul is so familiar to me. It is like I have known you in a hundred lifetimes before this, and some part of me that I’ve forgotten wishes to bury itself inside you. It tells me to cling to the curve of your waist, to clutch at the feeling in my chest that lingers when you are near. My soul wishes to keep you and never let you go.”
― Emma Hamm, Song of the Abyss

“Bowing his head, he murmured, “I honor your reminder. The darkness and the depths do no favors for my state of mind. I should not seek out the shadows when there is so much to see in the light.”
― Emma Hamm, Song of the Abyss

“When the first and last tear slid down his temple, he felt the spasm of death take him. His powerful tail curled up toward his body, the muscles bunching despite the drugs they had filled him with. Then and only then did he feel the sea reach to take him back.”
― Emma Hamm, Song of the Abyss

“Come back to me,” he growled, before shoving the rebreather aside with his nose and kissing her once again. It felt like a brand. Like he knew this could be the last time either of them saw each other, and he refused to let this end without her knowing how much he wanted her. Heart thundering in her chest, she kissed him back with every ounce of hope in her chest. She would get back to him, no matter how hard that was.”
― Emma Hamm, Song of the Abyss

“With her chin on his shoulder, she watched Alpha disappear behind them. Her home was gone. But her heart was free.”
― Emma Hamm, Song of the Abyss

“So he did not trust that primal part of his mind”
― Emma Hamm, Song of the Abyss

“Daios wanted to turn to her and say that he would keep her safe. If she wished to send him out into the world as her weapon of destruction, he would massacre anything in her way.”
― Emma Hamm, Song of the Abyss

“Where are you going to put me?” she practically shouted. “There’s only one dome. What’s next? Chain me to the wall? You can do that if you want, but we both know you were the one who sent a wounded soldier into a dangerous city to find someone who inevitably proved useless.”
― Emma Hamm, Song of the Abyss

“No rest for the wicked,”
― Emma Hamm, Song of the Abyss

“My lack of arm has nothing to do with feeling whole. A metal device or not, I was never whole before you. You were the first person to look at me and see a man after my injury. Not a mistake, not a failure. You were the one to see me.”
― Emma Hamm, Song of the Abyss

“The fire that burned inside him was one that she could easily stoke or extinguish. He’d always thought his rage and hatred would come before anything else. But this woman could make him pause if she wished.”
― Emma Hamm, Song of the Abyss

“I want you, Daios. I don’t know why or how, but I do. Every bit of you. Your anger, your rage, your pain. I want that just as much as I want your attention and your adoration.”
― Emma Hamm, Song of the Abyss

“I still can’t believe you feel that way about Daios, though. He sucks.”
― Emma Hamm, Song of the Abyss

“I want to find someone who doesn’t fear me. I want to know that when I come home, there is a soft place to rest my head, and someone who cares if I had a hard day, or if I am upset. I want someone to take care of, and who takes care of me in return. That is what I dream of, kalon.”
― Emma Hamm, Song of the Abyss

“Her happiness was a fleeting moment he would cling to for the rest of his life.”
― Emma Hamm, Song of the Abyss

“You turn so many colors, kalon. I can’t wait to see how many.”
― Emma Hamm, Song of the Abyss

“She shouldn’t”
― Emma Hamm, Song of the Abyss

“There is no science in this monster fucker book, so please just sit and enjoy the nonsense.”
― Emma Hamm, Song of the Abyss

“Then he could only hear Mira scolding Anya, who couldn’t hear a word anyone was saying. “What were you thinking, doing all that by yourself? You should have set the bombs and run. That’s some stupid shit I would have pulled and I don’t appreciate anyone else doing it.”
― Emma Hamm, Song of the Abyss

“Mira shook her head. “You’re calling for a war.” In his arms, she shook. He could feel her trembling with emotion, and some part of him whispered it might be fear. “No,” Anya replied. “I’m calling for a massacre.”
― Emma Hamm, Song of the Abyss

“Mira’s voice interrupted him with a hissed, “That’s the most words I’ve ever heard him say in one sitting.”
― Emma Hamm, Song of the Abyss

“Her voice, when she spoke, was ragged and raw. “This does not surprise me. As much as I wish it did. I have always known my father to be bloodthirsty in both battle and in knowledge. I’m sorry. If I had known I would have done... more.”
― Emma Hamm, Song of the Abyss

“Anya,” Mira said. “Did you have any idea this was happening?”
― Emma Hamm, Song of the Abyss

“Thank the heavens he was breathing for her, because she might have forgotten to do that. Breathing hard,”
― Emma Hamm, Song of the Abyss

“They named me the enemy of yours.”
― Emma Hamm, Song of the Abyss

“Daios knew he was baiting her. He wanted her to ask what he did not want to tell her. It was a foolish thing to do, an endeavor that would only end in pain for him. And then she asked, “What does Daios mean?” He cupped her cheek in his hand, watching as she tilted her face into his palm. Her lips pressed against his skin. Not a single part of her flinched away from him, and perhaps that was why he let the words slip from his tongue. “Enemy,” he whispered,”
― Emma Hamm, Song of the Abyss

“Careful what you say, Anya. We’ve taken you in and given you this much leeway, but don’t think we cannot make you an unwilling captive.”
― Emma Hamm, Song of the Abyss

“I want to know more than just that you are my kidnapper.”
― Emma Hamm, Song of the Abyss

“This is just... Stockholm Syndrome.”
― Emma Hamm, Song of the Abyss

“I took you from your home.” “Because I told you to.”
― Emma Hamm, Song of the Abyss