Archangel's Shadows Quotes

“He'd never forget what Naasir had said to him when Dmitri yelled that he didn't intend to bury another child and that Naasir needed to have a care for his life.

“Am I a person, Dmitri? Will you be sad if I die?”

Hardened and cruel though he’d become, the innocent question had shaken him. “Yes,” he’d said, as honest in his answer as Naasir had been in his question. “You are a person. You are Naasir. I’ll lose a piece of me if you die and it’s a piece I’ll never get back.”

Naasir had stared at him for a long time before coming over to hug him. “Okay, Dmitri. I’m sorry. I didn't know I was a person before.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Shadows

“Venom has taken Naasir's place temporarily." This time, the amusement that shaped Raphael's lips was acute. "My mother called to ask what else I have in my menagerie."

Elena snorted, in no doubt of Caliane's acerbic tone. "Can you blame her? First you send her a tiger creature who eats people he doesn’t like, and then a vampire with the eyes and fangs of a viper.” She held up a finger. “Oh, and let’s not forget the mortal you keep as a pet.”

“My mother does not consider you my pet, Elena. She is very kind to pets.”

“Oh, ouch!”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Shadows

“I told Caliane that trying to civilize me is like trying to civilize a jungle cat,” Naasir said with a shrug. “We pretend to like people until we get hungry and want fresh meat.” A glance around, a glint in his eye. “I honestly do like you all. I haven’t thought about eating you for at least two centuries.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Shadows

“Naasir stretched lazily before settling back into his previous position. “I’m old enough now, and I want someone to play with like you play with Janvier and Raphael does with Elena. Even Dmitri plays with Honor.” This seemed to fascinate him. “The rules are secret in each game. I want to have secret rules with a woman who . . .” A long pause. “A woman who knows me, understands what I am, and who wants to have secret rules with me.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Shadows

“I’ll show you things that’ll make you laugh in delight, scream in passion, cry for the sheer joy of it.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Shadows

“Janvier watched Ashwini stride away, her hips moving provocatively beneath the snug fit of her jeans. “Take care of her,” he said quietly to his friend. “She is my eternity, Louis.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Shadows

“Did you hear how his head bounced down the steps? Thud, splat, thud, splat.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Shadows

“People didn’t always love who they should, or the ones who were good for them.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Shadows

“You were always meant to be mine.” His eyes burned, his chest so painful that it felt as if his heart had burst. “Whether it’s for a year or a century, it doesn’t diminish who and what we are together.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Shadows

“She gave him her soul, took his, and it was as it had always been meant to be.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Shadows

“A flaw does not make a man worthless,” Raphael had once said to Dmitri. “Else I would’ve been discarded long ago.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Shadows

“Because she was very much his lover, even if they’d never been skin to skin. The idea of being with any other woman after he met her had simply been out of the question.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Shadows

“It wasn’t only his city that was healing, Raphael thought, his eyes catching the refracted light that betrayed Aodhan’s presence in the sky; his people were, too. And it had all begun with a single, vulnerable mortal who did not accept that to be an archangel was to be always right.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Shadows

“Where did you come from? I wasn't looking for you.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Shadows

“My mother does not consider you my pet, Elena. She is very kind to pets.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Shadows

“Don’t let immortality do that to you,” she whispered. “Don’t let it steal your soul.” Moss green eyes held her own. “It is, others tell me, far easier to stay human if you split your heart in two and give one part to another to keep.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Shadows

“Maybe she didn’t know exactly how to be a consort, but she knew the members of a team functioned better with acknowledgment. And these people were all part of her team now—part of her family.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Shadows

“What she didn’t realize was that he’d go with her, making a clean, sharp cut of his own. He’d lived more than two hundred years already, and the best of them, the best of them, had been the four since she’d entered his life.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Shadows

“Janvier was six feet three inches of pure indulgent sex. He wasn’t even trying to project that at this instant—his sexual attractiveness was innate, created by his confidence, the lithe strength of his body, the lazy smile that said he knew every sin and had invented a few new ones.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Shadows

“Marry me,” she whispered. “I’ll show you things that’ll make you laugh in delight, scream in passion, cry for the sheer joy of it.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Shadows

“I’m old enough now, and I want someone to play with like you play with Janvier and Raphael does with Elena. Even Dmitri plays with Honor.” This seemed to fascinate him. “The rules are secret in each game. I want to have secret rules with a woman who . . .” A long pause. “A woman who knows me, understands what I am, and who wants to have secret rules with me.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Shadows

“Damn it, Honor, what do I do with an Ancient mother-in-law who thinks I’m a bug?” One that had infested the life of Caliane’s beloved son.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Shadows

“Sugar, remember—” “One of your best ideas, cher.” Secret rules, she thought, her eyes on his profile as he watched the sky rain color, secret play. When he met her eyes, his own reflecting the sky, she said, “Full throttle.” The smile faded from his lips, raw emotion in his voice as he repeated the vow. “Full throttle.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Shadows

“Take care of her,” he said quietly to his friend. “She is my eternity, Louis.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Shadows

“He’d never forget what Naasir had said to him when Dmitri yelled that he didn’t intend to bury another child and that Naasir needed to have a care for his life. “Am I a person, Dmitri? Will you be sad if I die?” Hardened and cruel though he’d become, the innocent question had shaken him. “Yes,” he’d said, as honest in his answer as Naasir had been in his question. “You are a person. You are Naasir. I’ll lose a piece of me if you die and it’s a piece I’ll never get back.” Naasir had stared at him for a long time before coming over to hug”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Shadows

“He was too selfish to be that understanding when it came to Ashwini; he would not watch her star go out.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Shadows

“I will personally nail his nuts to the floor before slicing him to ribbons.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Shadows

“Fangs flashed in her face. “It’s so nice when lunch has the manners to present itself on the doorstep.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Shadows

“Face devoid of darkness, Tanu kissed her on both cheeks. “Live an extraordinary life, won’t you, Ashi? Fate has promised me you’ll make it.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Shadows

“None had had a chance to experience love in this way, to walk hand in hand with a man who would lay down his life for her. A day, a week, a month, a year—no matter how long she lived as a whole person, she would do it with an open heart and an unfettered spirit.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Shadows