Starside Quotes

“He said you rise, always. Sometimes I have to remind myself why. Because sometimes rising is hard.”
― Alex Aster, Starside

“Starside. The land of magic and immortals. A place that is said to glimmer like diamonds and cut like teeth.”
― Alex Aster, Starside

“I’m helping you, you cranky bastard.”
― Alex Aster, Starside

“You are the most reckless person I have ever met. Danger is drawn to you. And you run right toward it. It’s like you’re courting death. It’s like you’re trying to take me down with you.” I didn’t think it possible”
― Alex Aster, Starside

“And I think everyone should go on a wild, transformative journey at least once in their lives.”
― Alex Aster, Starside

“With knee-shattering force, my dragon breaks through the arch, shattering the silver beams, and lands right behind me, shaking the ground. I can feel the steam of her breath above my head.
The goddess' eyes widen. "You made a blood oath not to kill me."
"I never said anything about my dragon." I look up at my silver companion. "Eat."
The goddess can't even summon a flicker of power before my dragon swallows her and her thousand gems whole.”
― Alex Aster, Starside

“These men...
They abducted me. They touched me. They plan to offer me to some lord.
No. I am not a thing to be taken and traded. If they want me, they will have me bloody and broken, because I refuse to go down quietly.”
― Alex Aster, Starside

“And now I realize that his silence thus far has been a gift”
― Alex Aster, Starside

“I am older than the dawn of this world—alive before it even had a name.”
― Alex Aster, Starside

“The gods only serve themselves,” she says. “Whatever legends you’ve heard about them, they’re worse.”
― Alex Aster, Starside

“It’s the only magic that matters,”
― Alex Aster, Starside

“A sword like yours is drawn not just to the strength of one’s abilities . . . but to the strength of one’s soul.”
― Alex Aster, Starside

“His limbs are lithe and just slightly too long. The way he moves is almost feline. And his eyes . . . They are a sparkling violet”
― Alex Aster, Starside

“A blade does not fall from the trees. No. It cuts up through the ground”
― Alex Aster, Starside

“Thin silver rootlike markings spread down my throat”
― Alex Aster, Starside

“But the prize at the end of the quest is worth the risk. A goblet full of something that can turn miles of ash to fertile plains”
― Alex Aster, Starside

“Just when I think I can't possibly feel any better, his fingers slip between my legs, to the aching core of me, and-
Fuck.
A burst of pleasure races through my veins, and my head is falling back against his chest, and I'm making a sound I've never made in my life.”
― Alex Aster, Starside

“I have seen both the best and worst of you. I've seen it all. I have seen the evil in you, Raker, which is how I know the good exists.”
― Alex Aster, Starside

“I apologize for your... for your affliction”
― Alex Aster, Starside

“Your greatest enemy lives within you. It’s fear. Kill it before it kills you.”
― Alex Aster, Starside

“No one can heal you in here. You have to step out of the fire. Rise”
― Alex Aster, Starside

“I am not wrong”
― Alex Aster, Starside

“There is nothing stronger than a woman underestimated.”
― Alex Aster, Starside

“Learn this. Some of the most beautiful creatures in this world are the deadliest.” I look over at Raker”
― Alex Aster, Starside

“She smiles. “That’s where you’re wrong. You are not alone”
― Alex Aster, Starside

“We’ve ruined each other. And by the time we finally go to sleep in the pile of sheets”
― Alex Aster, Starside

“I still hate you,” I gasp. “Yeah?” “Yeah.” I say”
― Alex Aster, Starside

“I,” he says”
― Alex Aster, Starside

“A shriek peels through the sky”
― Alex Aster, Starside

“This was nothing. You are nothing. Don’t get close to me again,” he snarls.”
― Alex Aster, Starside