The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk Quotes

“Take me to her,” I said. Acaeja smiled as she straightened. Her wings went dark as fate shifted. “Billions of threads,” she murmured, “and not a single one where you say no.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

“Are you going to tell me it’s not my fault?” I shook my head. “No. I’ve learned over the years that people think they want absolution. But that’s not what they really need to hear.” “What do most people need to hear?” For some reason, I had to speak past a lump in my throat. “They need to hear, ‘Even if it is your fault, I will love you anyway.’ ”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

“Mische Iliae, Dawndrinker or Shadowborn, living or dead, I will never let you go.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

“Mische Iliae would be remembered by the bones of time itself, and I knew it because I would write her story there with my blood if I had to.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

“When I died, it was with my god’s blood on my hands, my lover’s pleas in my ears, and the oblivion of eternal darkness—not eternal dawn—seared into my eyes.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

“Billions of threads,” she murmured, “and not a single one where you say no.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

“This is the tale of how a fallen one ascends. He does it in countless cascading decisions, over years, over centuries. He does it with the desperation of a starving soul willing to sacrifice anything, everything, for a single chance at redemption. But in the end, he loses her every time.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

“I’m giving credit to its rightful owner. I did not kill Atroxus. Mische Iliae did, and she deserves to have her name painted in the stars for it.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

“You agreed to play a game with high stakes. You do not get to waste your time as the cards are drawn.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

“But I’d know her anywhere. I’d memorized her soul. I’d pressed her final moments into my heart like preserved rose petals.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

“As if the gods had seen some beauty in mortality but failed to realize that the imperfection of it was what made it remarkable.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

“I told you that strength is measured by the sacrifices we refused to make,” she said softly. “You were mine."

I squeezed her hand back, my response silent but unmistakable: And you were mine.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

“I love you,” she whispered. “I love you, Asar Voldari, Warden of Morthryn, king of the underworld, heir of Alarus. I love you, and in this life or the next, worlds mortal or divine, I will never let you go.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

“What do you expect me to call you? Highness?” He stared at me. Oh, gods. He actually did. Sun fucking take me.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

“In the darkness, I found solace. In the underworld, I found hope. And here, in this twin soul, in this love we built together, I finally found it: Home.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

“My queen. My light. My darkness. My future. The answer to every question. The ending to every sentence.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

“I love you, Asar Voldari, Warden of Morthryn, king of the underworld, heir of Alarus. I love you, and in this life or the next, worlds mortal or divine, I will never let you go.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

“And a voice, quiet and booming at once, said, "Get your hands off my wife.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

“Finally, he received the very thing that his mentor had promised him that night - illumination into every dark corner of the world, power beyond anything he ever could have imagined. And he cared about none of it, because he was losing the love of his life.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

“Carve out your heart for it. In that moment, he would hear his instructor’s words. He would think of that little boy. Turn away, he’d beg his past self. But the boy takes the man’s hand every time. Death, after all, is inevitable. This is the tale of how a fallen one ascends. He does it in countless cascading decisions, over years, over centuries. He does it with the desperation of a starving soul willing to sacrifice anything, everything, for a single chance at redemption. But in the end, he loses her every time.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

“I’d hated my scars for so long, but now, I was grateful I had them.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

“I am the greatest Nightborn king in Obitraen history. I go where I please.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

“Septimus half shrugged. “Suit yourself, dove. I have never been afraid to bear the mantle of the villain.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

“It’s perfect,” I whispered. “I will treasure it forever.”
He gave me a sad smile. “It always belonged to you,” he said.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

“There,” he murmured. “Now we can both be imperfect together.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

“Maybe greatness should come not from the sacrifices you make, but the ones you refuse to.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

“There is no map for the path we must walk in times like this,” Vincent said. “But we must seize the chances that are given to us.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

“Curious, that in a lifetime of researching magical artifacts, the thing that no one told you was that they never stopped talking.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

“He said, wryly, “Are you going to tell me it’s not my fault?” I shook my head. “No. I’ve learned over the years that people think they want absolution. But that’s not what they really need to hear.” “What do most people need to hear?” For some reason, I had to speak past a lump in my throat. “They need to hear, ‘Even if it is your fault, I will love you anyway.’ ”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

“Be ruthless, Highness,” he said. And the winds of the underworld, at last, swept him away.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk