Hell and Earth Quotes

“Forgiveness is cheaper than permission.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Hell and Earth

“The list of what the world would not allow was long for mourning over.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Hell and Earth

“No. He would. He would not repudiate Kit, on his deathbed for any reason.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Hell and Earth

“Oh, Kit. Were you ever priveleged to love where love was not given first elsewhere? Even once?”
― Elizabeth Bear, Hell and Earth

“Pure white light enfold him and he smiled at the lie.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Hell and Earth

“The Fae should know better than to love mortal men.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Hell and Earth

“His true voice rang Kit like a bell, with a sensation of flying. Or falling.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Hell and Earth

“The wall stood firm behind him; his hands flattened on the stones, but they gave him no purchase and less strength.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Hell and Earth

“Kit drew breath in an agony of anticipation, felt Mehiel’s surrender in the coldness of his brands.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Hell and Earth

“The Devil’s lips hovered over Kit’s, satin as rose petals, the warm brush of breath on Kit’s skin and the warmth of a presence clos enough to stir the fine hairs on his cheeks.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Hell and Earth

“Kit held his breath as Lucifer came to him, tilted his chin up with a wing-tip touch, wordlessly eased open his tight folded arms with a brush of gentle feathers.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Hell and Earth

“The crown of shadows that capped his golden hair seemed to draw a rich dark tint from the crimson velvet of his breeches, and his eyes caught more light than the sunset sky had to offer.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Hell and Earth

“His two short steps framed him before the fire, and he lifted his head and crossed his arms once more, keeping a disinterested glare fixed on Salisbury.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Hell and Earth

“Tom’s voice was light, level, and as sweet as a woman’s when she has her husband dead to rights.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Hell and Earth

“She reined her mare in close enough that Gin could lean a shoulder on her to be comforted, and slid her own arm around Kit’s waist, seeming not to notice that it took all of his flickering strength of heart not to shy and buck.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Hell and Earth

“He blinked, his expression the strangest blend of grief and hurt betrayal; Kit saw it with a clarity which made a mockery of the ten feet between them.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Hell and Earth

“Is this the side thou’rt choosing, then, sweet poet? After all the kindness of the Fae to thee?”

“Kindness?” Kit snorted, not caring that Baines could see this lips. “Is that what thou callest it, my Queen?”
― Elizabeth Bear, Hell and Earth

“Pussycat. Isn’t it time thou didst admit where thou dost belong?”
― Elizabeth Bear, Hell and Earth

“Baines smiled, voice like a velvet glove across the back of Kit’s neck.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Hell and Earth

“Baines jerked his hands as if tugging reins; the web of light around Will tightened. Will staggered woodenly like jagged marionette.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Hell and Earth

“Baines’s smirk gave the words layers Kit did not care to think about.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Hell and Earth

“Twas Morgan’s protest and the Mebd silenced her with a glance.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Hell and Earth

“Tis in thy hands, Sir Poet.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Hell and Earth

“The corner of her mouth quirked; it wasn’t humour.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Hell and Earth

“Poetry, he realized, in watching Will’s face. A furious brightness sparked in Kit’s breast, equal parts pride and fury. Even now, he comes back with poetry.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Hell and Earth

“A timeless ray of sunlight singled Baines out, fingering his blond hair gold.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Hell and Earth

“The same radiance that netted and shrouded Will twisted around Baines as well, knotted in his hands, drawn up to his chest.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Hell and Earth

“He raised his hands and froze there, still as an oil painting, poised like a man shielding his face from divine light.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Hell and Earth

“What settled over him felt like the brush of a silk sheet down his skin. What followed that touch was blackness, utter and complete.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Hell and Earth

“Behind him, a woman’s voice rises, fluid and mellifluous on words he does not understand, until Will pushed himself upright with both hands flat on the dew and got his feet under him in a crouch.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Hell and Earth