Endgame Quotes

“Happiness is such a fragile thing, isn't it? So easily burst, like a bubble blown by a child, and always on the verge of being carried away.”
― Nenia Campbell, Endgame

“I know what it is to want something that could destroy you.”
― Nenia Campbell, Endgame

“Everyone needs to escape sometimes, and retreating into somebody else's fantasy isn't nearly as satisfying as slipping into your own.”
― Nenia Campbell, Endgame

“When mothers warn their daughters about all the cold nasty men out there who will only break their tender little hearts, I'm the one they've got in mind because I'm the one who broke their hearts when their mothers were warning them.”
― Nenia Campbell, Endgame

“That's life. Life is the ultimate game, and its rules were made to be broken”
― Nenia Campbell, Endgame

“Crazy people always think they're perfectly sane. It's what makes them so crazy; their entire delusion lies within the fact that they believe they aren't deluded.”
― Nenia Campbell, Endgame

“I hope you nail the bastard.”

So does he.”
― Nenia Campbell, Endgame

“I remember something."
"Yes?"
"You told me once that you were going to break my heart."
He rolls over to face her. "Yes," he says. "I may once have said something like that."
"What happened?"
His beautiful eyes are even more hypnotic up close.
"You broke mine.”
― Nenia Campbell, Endgame

“Thank you, Co-Pilot Obvious.”
― Nenia Campbell, Endgame

“I am not going to think about the things I am not going to think about.”
― Nenia Campbell, Endgame

“That's not cruel. This is. You come here in the middle of the night, expecting me to be awake, and ask—no, demand—me to give you things that belong to me as much as they belong to you. Never mind what it does to me. Never mind that each time I see you, I wonder if I'll ever hold you in my arms again, or be able to touch you without you cringing away like I'm a monster. I think it's fair to ask if there's an 'us,' my dear, because I suspect you're trying to use me just now. Tell me that's not cruel, and I'll let you go.”
― Nenia Campbell, Endgame

“All right," she snaps at the computer. "I get it. I'm slowing down! Gods!"
"Activating Generic Ocular Display Sequence. G.O.D.S."
The front of her shuttle goes transparent and Vol experiences a nauseating wave of vertigo.
"No, that's not what I meant! It's an expression! What the hell?"
"Error. Request must be made in the form of a command."
"Oh, f*** you."
"Error. Command not recognised."
"I'm not surprised," Vol mutters.”
― Nenia Campbell, Endgame

“Why do you fight me?" His voice is soft again, as textured as velvet. "Can't you see I'm doing everything I can to help you?"
"Help yourself off the edge of a cliff," she growls.”
― Nenia Campbell, Endgame

“What's happening to me?" she whispers to the quilt. "I'm losing my mind."
Though that implies that I had one to begin with.”
― Nenia Campbell, Endgame

“Briar Rose awakens to grace us with her gentle presence once more."
"Shut up," says Vol.
"Your thorns are showing.”
― Nenia Campbell, Endgame

“Vol picks up the cup of tea in both hands and takes a long sip. Mm, grass-clippings. Her favourite.”
― Nenia Campbell, Endgame

“They stare at her, not seeing the woman she is or the girl she was none too long ago, but a mere puzzle. An intractable puzzle - bemusing and a little frustrating, but capable of being solved nonetheless.”
― Nenia Campbell, Endgame

“It symbolises strength."
Bastien snorts. "It certainly doesn't provide any.”
― Nenia Campbell, Endgame

“I though I made it clear that harming you isn't high on my list of priorities." He shifts her in his hold so that while he is speaking, he is looking directly into her eyes. "And even if it was - which it isn't - I certainly wouldn't go about hurting you in such a half-coccked way, nor would I do it when your back was turned. As with most other things, I'd do it face-to-face and with finesse.”
― Nenia Campbell, Endgame

“I think you enjoy messing with people."
"That's a purely hypothetical supposition on your part," the bastard says.”
― Nenia Campbell, Endgame

“Does your family play games, too?" She tries to sound off-hand.
"No. Just me - and my brother."
Which means her parents are in the casinos, then, leaving this kid in a collapsing mine. Okay, a virtual one, but still.”
― Nenia Campbell, Endgame

“Come here. Then we'll talk."
That sounds like a bad idea to her. "I can hear you fine right here."
"Is it the arrows?" He kicks bow and quiver into the stream and grins a grin that puts the devil to shame. "There. Now I'm harmless."
"No?" He tilts his head, shifting to his side so he can lean his stubbled chin on his hand. "Well, harmless enough. Don't you think?"
"No.”
― Nenia Campbell, Endgame

“You're going to the ball?"
"Aren't you? I was led to believe we had no choice in the matter."
Vol cracks a wry smile. "Ah. You've met Kira, then."
"If that self-congratulatory guinea pig in my doorway this morning was Kira, then yes. We're acquainted.”
― Nenia Campbell, Endgame

“You're screwed, scum, and not in the way you'd like, either. Irony's a bitch, isn't it?"
"You wouldn't say that if you knew who I am."
Vol's bounty hunter laughs. "Trust me, I've seen an asshole before. Drop the sword now.”
― Nenia Campbell, Endgame

“If she sees him again, she isn't sure what she might do. Only that it will include grievous bodily harm and possible grounds for her own firing.”
― Nenia Campbell, Endgame

“Do you ever get tired of being such a witch?" Vol asks, holding open the door.
"Oh, no. Never." She smiles. "You have to admit, it's so much more interesting than being nice.”
― Nenia Campbell, Endgame

“I'm not asking you to come-"
"Thanks." Vol studies herself in the cracked mirror and secures the braid with the tie.
"I'm telling you to come." Kira's mouth hardens. "This is not optional.”
― Nenia Campbell, Endgame