Illusion Quotes

“Over, under, around, or through, there's always a way. You don't give up and you never give in. They can scar your body and take your freedom, but only you can surrender your heart and soul. Nothing is worth compromising yourself for. Stand fast and stand true. Always.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Illusion

“there was a reason why there was only a single stairway to heaven, but an entire highway to hell.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Illusion

“Are you sure Savitar is on our side?" Nick
"I can hear you, kid," Savitar growled "And yeah. I'm on your side."
"Just checking. My other former allies turned out to be myths.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Illusion

“Remember. Make him cry uncle.
Cry uncle, my posterior. I'm going to make him cry like a girl who broke her mom's designer heels at the prom.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Illusion

“By the power of Grayskull. . . I have the power!" Nick
"By the power of Grayskull, I'm going to cleave your skull from your shoulders if you don't take this seriously." Caleb”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Illusion

“Life is never simple. It's messy, complicated, and at times debilitating.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Illusion

“For better or worse, every decision we make, good or bad, small or large, puts us on a course to nightmares we don't see coming until they're in our face.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Illusion

“The Ambrose Malachai will never be forgotten. But it's up to you as to how he'll always be remembered.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Illusion

“--beware the easy path. It's never as simple as it seems.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Illusion

“Nick moved over to Amanda, who seemed to be the safest bet in this family of homicidal loons. Amanda glanced at him over her shoulder. “For the record, if they attack, I’m throwing you at them and running for the door.” “Gee, thanks.” She shrugged. “How you think I’ve survived so long in this family?”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Illusion

“I know I don't want to ask this, but the compulsion's more than I can bear. What's kind of human?" Ash
"She's a ghost." Nick
"What kind of idiot dates a ghost?" Ash”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Illusion

“What's the deal with this Malachai?" Xevikan
"I don't know. I just joined him myself. But he seems level. Decent even." Zavid
"He's with a half-daeve turncoat, a Charonte, and an Aamon, and you don't find that off?" Xevikan
"Wait until you meet his Arel girlfriend, lunatic mother, and the two human homicidal maniac he calls family. Buddy, everything about the Malachai ain't right." Zavid”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Illusion

“When the going gets tough, the tough gets napalm. -Nick”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Illusion

“What do you have to say for yourself, boy?" Cgerise
"Sorry, Ma, I'm a sexy demon magnet?" Nick
"Cherise!" Bubba
"Don't you even take that tone with me, Mr. Triple-Threat-I-don't-have-to-listen-to-anyone-because-I'm-the-size-of-a-tabk. You're in the doghouse, buster. You might as well pack a bag 'cause you're going to be in there so long your name's going to be engraved on the mailbox." Cherise
"Ah, what'd I do, cher?" Bubba
"You dragged my baby into danger, and you-- Are you one of them?" Cherise
"I'm going with whatever answer doesn't get me swatted with that bat." Savitar
"Cherise, calm down. What are you doing here?" Bubba
"What do you think? I'm protecting my boys. Both of you ... Because Mark values his own life and inparticular his male body parts, he called me after he got off the phone with you to tell me what the two of you were doing. You didn't honestly believe that I've been ignorant of what you and Mark do at night all these years? Did you?" Cherise
"Um, yeah." Bubba
"Well then you're a fool,Michael Burdette. And I'm not." Cherise”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Illusion

“Every step we take is one inch closer to our salvation and one foot closer to our doom.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Illusion

“Rise to the occasion, my daughter. Never let anyone tell you that you lack courage or conviction to see your tasks done. The only opinion that really matters is your own, and you are a creature of absolute beauty and strength, through and through. Never, ever forget that.
So in the midst of the storm, stand proud against it, lift up your middle finger, and defy the fates with everything you have. If they want to fight, bring it. You have more than enough intelligence and skill to battle them until they beg you for mercy.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Illusion

“In every universe, we play out different decisions we've made for whatever reason. What breaks one person at one time can make them strong at another. And one small variable can have devastating consequences. Timing is everything, kid.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Illusion

“We do it for those tiny moments when the world opens up and we're no longer alone. Those moments when we realize that we aren't the center of the universe, but to one single person, we're their entire existence. We are what they live for and we matter to them more than anything. No matter how hard we get knocked down, we stand back up, and we face the darkness that's inside us and we raise our fist at it and tell it, not today. You won't have me yet. I won't let you take that last bit of my soul.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Illusion

“Babe, I don't know you and my no zone has a very short guest list. Consider my belt the velvet rope no one crosses without an express invitation.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Illusion

“Marriage and friendship were built on trust and loyalty. Not deceit and lies. Love could only be given. It could never be demanded.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Illusion

“He started to look back, but he knew better. That fool always got eaten in the movies. And Nick didn't want to be on anyone's menu.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Illusion

“No destiny is set by any birth. no matter how lowly or how high. All creatures have the right and ability to choose who and what they become...
Be it good or evil.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Illusion

“It was all primal instinct. A dog doesn't know why it barks or growls. It just knows something about its environment isn't right and it reacts.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Illusion

“Tell Savitar I said hi.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Illusion

“Life hammers us all. Too many times we become things we never thought we'd be. For many reasons.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Illusion

“Don't sell your soul for a lifetime of slavery to avoid a brief time of misery. This, too, shall pass.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Illusion

“Its a matter of free will. Decisions made at the wrong or right time, for the wrong or right reasons.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Illusion

“- Aunt Artie?
- Why do you keep saying it like that? We loved each other more than anything. I can't imagine we could be different in your world.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Illusion

“- Don't lie! You're human!
- Separated from my body.
- Yes, you're about to be.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Illusion

“As an infant, my oldest brother was taken from my parents and they weren’t allowed to raise him. For centuries, my father thought him dead while my mother … well, both of them really, were imprisoned by different gods. When they were finally reunited, long after my oldest brother was grown, they had my brother Ari right away.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Illusion