Never Keep Quotes

“Help me up,” I commanded. “You look like a turd in a latrine down there,” she called. “You look like a turd hanging halfway out of an ass up there,” I called back.”
― Caroline Peckham, Never Keep

“Misfits forge the most remarkable paths - my mama had told me that. “Better to be on the outside looking in, than on the inside looking out, Everest.”
― Caroline Peckham, Never Keep

“Success was only achieved through attempt.”
― Caroline Peckham, Never Keep

“This darkly romantic tale of fantasy, wonder and woe is dedicated to all the wandering souls of the world, seeking refuge between the pages of books and wistfully dancing through make-believe lands that call to you all the more deeply than your own. Here, in this new and twisted magical realm, you will find gothic halls to creep through, beautiful libraries to peer into, and characters who will steal your heart and refuse to give it back, keeping a piece of you in this story forevermore. Once touched by the magic woven through these pages, you cannot go back. So are you ready to step into The Waning Lands, dear one? Because fate is calling your name…”
― Caroline Peckham, Never Keep

“I hated him so ferociously that sometimes I thought it would eat me alive.”
― Caroline Peckham, Never Keep

“Success was only achieved through attempt. The number of attempts was unknown”
― Caroline Peckham, Never Keep

“Merrow – the very same Order my father happened to be and, of course, in his opinion, the greatest Order in existence. They were a ferocious breed; jagged, serrated blue scales coating their body like armour in their shifted form, remaining mostly Fae in appearance apart from the spines that ran the length of their backs and the sharp spikes that extended between the knuckles of their hands. In water, they could shift their legs into a tail and carve through waves faster than any other Order of the ocean, their throat producing gills that allowed them to breathe underwater too.”
― Caroline Peckham, Never Keep

“The Endless War never gave”
― Caroline Peckham, Never Keep

“Your death wasn’t worth the time it would have taken to clean my sword,”
― Caroline Peckham, Never Keep

“Misfits forge the most remarkable paths - my mama had told me that.”
― Caroline Peckham, Never Keep

“I don’t want you because you’re hurting over him. I want you when you’ve fallen for the trap of me and ache for no hands on your flesh barring mine. I want you in my cage, little lamb, begging me to take you because there is no other who could satisfy the ache between your thighs or the desperate needs of your lonely heart. I’ll have you all. But not while he can still claim you as his creature. I need you to be mine.”
― Caroline Peckham, Never Keep

“War of the four, divided and torn asunder. Flame, sky, rock and sea collide, While the stars bless the valiant souls of battle. Seek the void, for it shall guide the victor to their glorious path, A weapon of purity, and the gift of null. In a web of lies and cruelty, fate will favour the cresting wave of destiny, And a bountiful empire shall be reborn under one all-powerful rule, Garnering the fortune and favour of the almighty sky.”
― Caroline Peckham, Never Keep

“Blue means you, small dragon. I do hope you remember that. Yes, oh boy. I think he likes it.”
― Caroline Peckham, Never Keep

“I looked at the girl in the mirror across the room, her leathers peeled open, her features written for poetry, body designed for temptation, and I hated her. She was as empty as the vast expanse of the sea. Just as brutal, just as powerful, just as easy to ignore when your feet were on dry land.”
― Caroline Peckham, Never Keep

“Realistically, I was probably half of the problem when it came to making friends. I didn’t exactly attempt to talk to other Fae, and my face was often fixed in the kind of scowl that warned people not to approach me. But when your hand had been bitten by the dogs you tried to pet as a kid, it kind of left its mark on you.”
― Caroline Peckham, Never Keep

“We have always protected each other and I’m not going to abandon him, no matter what this costs me. I will find him. You think asking for your help is easy? You think I want to turn to my enemies for this? None of this is what I want, but for him, I would climb into the stars if that’s where they’ve taken him.”
― Caroline Peckham, Never Keep

“Domerna sil oceania,” he growled, his copper eyes flaring with all the injustice of what had happened to me. Tame the ocean.”
― Caroline Peckham, Never Keep

“People could do great things in the name of proving assholes wrong.”
― Caroline Peckham, Never Keep

“She threw herself at me, forcing me to the floor and covering her body with mine while the entire world ripped in two.”
― Caroline Peckham, Never Keep

“And I made an oath upon the ocean and all the stars in the heavens that his death would soon be mine.”
― Caroline Peckham, Never Keep

“My eyes ached from reading late into the night,”
― Caroline Peckham, Never Keep

“Fuck fate, I make my own tonight.”
― Caroline Peckham, Never Keep

“Eské tamin, Koe morden mas ocil harbrin,” I gritted out in Cascalian. Fuck fate, I make my own tonight.”
― Caroline Peckham, Never Keep

“His faith in me was often the foundation of my faith in me.”
― Caroline Peckham, Never Keep

“My heart had been hardened, strengthened by my loss and made anew.”
― Caroline Peckham, Never Keep

“I was his creature, his creation, his shadow in the darkest of places and my every move was calculated by his desires.”
― Caroline Peckham, Never Keep

“I ached for somewhere in this world where I belonged.”
― Caroline Peckham, Never Keep

“There’s only one bed,” I grunted.”
― Caroline Peckham, Never Keep

“As my star sign, I knew the turbulence of a Pisces’ emotions. When we hurt, we were in torment, and when we smiled, we felt joy with the entirety of our hearts.”
― Caroline Peckham, Never Keep

“I was the Sky Witch. I did not bend and I certainly did not break.”
― Caroline Peckham, Never Keep