For Whom the Belle Tolls Quotes

“Lily,” Sharkie said. “Yeah?” “Is this a swearing kind of situation?” “Yeah.” “Fuck.”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

“But, damn it, she just wasn’t built that way. She wasn’t built to break, no matter how much she wanted to, and she silently and half-heartedly cursed that fucking part of her that wouldn’t—couldn’t—let her be that vulnerable, even alone.”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

“Oh, wait! How about ‘Help Desk,’ but spelled with two L’s? Hellp Desk?”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

“Grief isn't linear. There's no formula to it, and sometimes you feel guilty for feeling or not feeling a certain way. That's okay.”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

“She’d been grumpy about it right up until FruitBat had found her body and began the trial with: “Who the fuck killed my nerd wife?!”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

“If you’re scared and choose to be fierce anyway, that’s called being brave”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

“I still want to be kind, but I don’t want to have to be nice anymore.”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

“Nothing about us feels temporary, and things that aren't temporary require effort. I can't do this for you, Bel, but I will do it with you, and I am honored to do so.”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

“Seeing herself as unimportant was safe. Unimportance was safe, being a disappointment was safe. There were no expectations, no standards, no more pedestals to fall from.”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

“Everyone in the mortal world had made such a fuss about finding someone you were willing to die for, and there was a dramatic power to that, she supposed. But finding someone you were willing to live for? To fall in love with over and over through lifetimes, or to love for the whole of an eternity? She'd take that kind of love any day.”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

“Our first thoughts about a situation are seldom what we actually believe. They are what we have been conditioned to think, or sometimes they truly are random spits of consciousness. But our second thoughts, ah, that is where we are. It has helped me, working in this position, to forgive myself for my terrible first thoughts, and to pay more attention to my second thoughts”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

“Beauty feeds the soul, my sweet boy. It takes many forms, some of them obvious, like a flower in bloom or the laughter of a child, but sometimes it is hidden, though it is never absent. Find beauty.”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

“What is Gandalf’s favorite band? The Eagles.”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

“Too many people abuse the power of choice. Too many people take the power of choice away from others.”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

“She tried to not need things because her mother was exhausted taking care of three kids, and when Lily needed things, it made her cranky. So Lily learned to try and take care of herself. She figured that it would be good practice for when she got to be a mom, because moms figured stuff out. She’d always been praised for her maturity, for being an “old soul,” but sometimes Lily was painfully aware of how young and confused and desperate to please she was.”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

“There is teddy bear nice, and there is momma bear nice. You are momma bear nice.”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

“You don’t have to worry about changing the whole world, princess, that’s too big for anyone. But if anyone can change that child’s world, it’s you.”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

“Bel covered her hand with his again, shaking his head in wonder. "Nothing about you feels temporary.”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

“I’m sorry. However, when the fuckers who did this get down here, and it’s time for them to reap what they sowed, I’m sorry for that too. Because I will do my level best to make you look like an amateur at the job you created.” Lucifer’s power rippled, a slow smile easing onto his lips. “Ms. Lily, I believe that sounds like a challenge.” Lily smiled back. “Think you’re up to it?”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

“Home and family may not always look the way we imagined they would.”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

“I want to be happy with you, princess. For as long as you’ll let me. Whatever time we have together will be a greater gift than I deserve. And when you go back to the mortal world”—his voice grew raspy—“I will be cheering for you every step of the way, honored that, even for a short time, I got to call you mine.”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

“Hours and a lifetime spent working on herself, fighting to be better, failing sometimes, her sharp tongue slicing like a knife, even as her brain begged her to shut up. Trying to live. Trying to die, once. Trying to be kinder. Trying to be worse. Trying to make an impact. Trying to not make things worse. Trying to love better. Trying to heal. Trying.”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

“She was Lily, of Paradise, of Hell, of whatever she fucking felt like, and she was going to handle this. Because that’s what princesses did. Handled shit.”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

“Nothing about you feels temporary.”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

“Have you ever expected something and then suddenly had it yanked away from you? Or realized that it was never actually going to happen, and you’d been lying to yourself the whole time? It’s a shitty feeling.”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

“But you're a prince to me. Not in the shitty paperwork, 'you got assigned to be a prince of Hell' way, but in the 'you have a good heart' way.”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

“Do not be afraid of error. Make mistakes, and many of them. You learn much about yourself through them, often more than you learn from your triumphs.”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

“I could never leave you.” She brushed her thumb over his cheek. “Heartbeat or no heartbeat, I was always going to choose you. You’re worth dying for,” she said, smile broadening, “but more than that, you’re worth living for too.”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

“Princess, I’m so fucking proud of you I could burst.”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

“Bel deserved to feel as wonderful as he made everyone else feel. He deserved the kind of peace and support that his mere presence gave her. She was determined to give it to him.”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls