Labyrinthine Quotes

“He saw the ruin in me and called it cathedral. He survived the storm of me and named it beautiful”
― C.J. Holmes, Labyrinthine

“Some women want to shine like stars,” he says slowly, “but I think you want to be the lightning that splits the skies.”
― C.J. Holmes, Labyrinthine

“If this is what it feels like to be wanted, truly wanted, then I understand why people hunger for it. Why they chase it through fire. Why they surrender to its flames, offering their hearts as kindling.”
― C.J. Holmes, Labyrinthine

“I am night. I am death. I am the thing he tried to kill in the cradle—the afterbirth of ruin and miracle.”
― C.J. Holmes, Labyrinthine

“Wars have been fought for less, Azhara. I’ve killed for you before. And I would burn a thousand kingdoms if they tried to take you from me”
― C.J. Holmes, Labyrinthine

“Only I remain. A crown with no court. A throne with no allies. A girl with no choices left but one.
Or so they say.”
― C.J. Holmes, Labyrinthine

“It's what men don't say that tells the real story.”
― C.J. Holmes, Labyrinthine

“He’s too bold. Too poised.
Too…certain.

And yet.
And yet.

It’s a relief to be chased so openly. To be seen, not as a dangerous or fragile or sacred thing, but as something desirable. Not as a relic to protect or a queen to shape—but as a girl. A woman.

There’s power in that.”
― C.J. Holmes, Labyrinthine