The Ascended Quotes

“I’d carved into my skin to make sure she’d always be safe—so that I could always find her. She’d never know that my soul was tied to hers. That my heart bled for her, more and more every passing day.”
― Bree Grenwich, The Ascended

“Every part of me belongs to you, Thais. My body, my heart, my fucking soul—it's all yours.”
― Bree Grenwich, The Ascended

“I’d wage wars for you," he murmured, his breathing ragged. "I won’t hide from it anymore. I’m done doing what everyone else requires of me. Done. I’m choosing me now. And I’m choosing you.”
― Bree Grenwich, The Ascended

“Every once in a while, you read a book that shifts something in you. Where the pages feel like they’re written for you - your soul, your mind, your tastes - and it’s impossible to articulate just how good it is without wildly gesturing and begging people to read it. That was The Ascended for me.”
― Bree Grenwich, The Ascended

“Only you would face down a god of death at his most unhinged and complain about his emotional unavailability.”
― Bree Grenwich, The Ascended

“I dont need anything from you." His voice was fierce. "I just need you to exist. To be here. To let me help carry this until you can carry it yourself again." "And if thats never?" "Then Ill carry it forever." He said it like a simple fact. Like the sun rising. "Thats what loving someone means." Love. What a cursed”
― Bree Grenwich, The Ascended

“That’s not the only problem, Thais. I don’t just want your body. I want all of you. Every single piece. If we go there, it will ruin me for the rest of my life.”
― Bree Grenwich, The Ascended

“You think you could break me?" "Break you?" His laugh was cold. "Breaking would be such a waste. I'd much rather watch you bend.”
― Bree Grenwich, The Ascended

“He used to watch the sky for hours as a child”
― Bree Grenwich, The Ascended

“My heart will only ever beat for you." The words came out rough, edged with darkness. "You own me completely. You always will." I wanted to feel something at that confession. Wanted to tell him he deserved better than my emptiness. Wanted to care that he'd just married someone else an hour ago and here he was, holding me like I was his whole world.”
― Bree Grenwich, The Ascended

“You taste like starlight and sin," he murmured against my throat.”
― Bree Grenwich, The Ascended

“It had been like this since that night—every accidental touch charged with the memory of his hands in my hair and his eyes drinking me in.”
― Bree Grenwich, The Ascended

“There's always a choice. But sometimes all the options are terrible." Marel sat beside me. "Then you choose the least terrible one. And you find ways to live with the consequences.”
― Bree Grenwich, The Ascended

“So they created the Trials of Ascension. Every decade, those with gifts were gathered, tested, broken down, and rebuilt in the gods' image. A few would ascend to join the pantheon. The rest would die, their power reclaimed by the Aesymar.”
― Parker Lennox, The Ascended

“Now," he said”
― Bree Grenwich, The Ascended

“Why did you bring me here?" I asked. He turned”
― Bree Grenwich, The Ascended

“Luck is for those without skill or power. And you harbor both of those”
― Bree Grenwich, The Ascended

“It had been this way for generations now—mortals manifesting powers that once belonged solely to the gods. It began centuries ago”
― Bree Grenwich, The Ascended

“I couldn’t allow Thatcher to do all the heavy-lifting. I needed to investigate too. If their conversation had anything to do with what we’d learned at the prison—if I could figure out exactly what this meant for Sundralis and Bellarium,”
― Bree Grenwich, The Ascended

“A third thread tangled with ours. This one was the color of storm clouds. Gray and strange”
― Bree Grenwich, The Ascended

“You think you could break me?" "Break you?" His laugh was cold. "Breaking would be such a waste. Id much rather watch you bend.”
― Bree Grenwich, The Ascended

“I wasnt sorry I saved her. But that also meant I wasnt sorry he was dead”
― Bree Grenwich, The Ascended

“Let them teach me. Let them train me. Let them believe I served their purposes. They would discover”
― Bree Grenwich, The Ascended

“Xül sighed”
― Bree Grenwich, The Ascended

“He reached for my hand unexpectedly, and I let him take it, curiosity momentarily overriding my better judgment.”
― Bree Grenwich, The Ascended

“You have no right to be jealous," I said”
― Bree Grenwich, The Ascended

“Your body doesn't lie as prettily as your mouth does.”
― Bree Grenwich, The Ascended

“Pronunciation Guide Thais - THAY-iss Xül - ZOOL Thatcher - THATCH-er Aelix - AY-lix Aella - AY-el-lah Aesymar - AY-seh-mar Asteria - as-TEER-ee-ah Axora - ax-OR-ah Bellarium - bell-AIR-ee-um Chavore - shah-VORE Davina - dah-VEE-nah Drakor - DRAY-kor Draknavor - DRAK-nah-vor Elysia - eh-LIS-ee-ah Hydrathis - hy-DRATH-us”
― Bree Grenwich, The Ascended

“In the beginning, there were only the Primordials. Beings whose thoughts shaped reality itself, who breathed life into nothingness and painted existence across the Abyss. From their dreams came oceans and forests, mountains and stars. From their whispers came mortals. From their pride came the Aesymar, divine children who carried fragments of their makers’ power. But power breeds ambition.”
― Bree Grenwich, The Ascended

“And beneath it all”
― Bree Grenwich, The Ascended