Into the Fading Twilight Quotes

“Sometimes you just need a hug. This book is for everyone looking for comfort, solace, peace, healing: may you find it in both likely and unlikely places⁠— and consider this my hug to you in book form.”
― Catherine Cowles, Into the Fading Twilight

“You make me feel worthy when I’m not sure I ever have before. You give me peace even when the outside world rages. I love you”
― Catherine Cowles, Into the Fading Twilight

“Kol’s eyes blazed with gold fire as they met mine in the mirror. “I cared. I was looking. I didn’t even know you yet”
― Catherine Cowles, Into the Fading Twilight

“It can take a little time to figure out, but what makes us different is also our superpower. Though sometimes, we can’t see that those differences make us beautiful.”
― Catherine Cowles, Into the Fading Twilight

“I need a hug.” Fucking hell. Those four words killed me. Sliced me right to the quick. A hug. How had everyone around Nova been so blind to the fact that she wanted human connection but was too scared to ask for it? How could I have been so blind?”
― Catherine Cowles, Into the Fading Twilight

“Nova cupped my face now. “You’re the best person I’ve ever known. All I want is forever with you.” And then she kissed me. It was far too brief, but it was a vow of her own.”
― Catherine Cowles, Into the Fading Twilight

“Those silver eyes filled with unshed tears, and I knew they were tears of love. They still killed me—more lethal than any blade. I shoved the flashlight into my pocket and cupped her face. “I will always come back for you. Always.”
― Catherine Cowles, Into the Fading Twilight

“You make me feel worthy when I’m not sure I ever have before. You give me peace even when the outside world rages. I love you, Phoenix. And that’s a forever thing.” It was a vow without asking or pushing. But I needed her to know.”
― Catherine Cowles, Into the Fading Twilight

“I blinked through the blur of tears and light, trying to see the person in front of me. Dark hair and scruff. Hazel eyes, both light and dark, swirling. “Kol?” “That’s right. I’m right here, baby. I’ve got you.”
― Catherine Cowles, Into the Fading Twilight

“I’m lost,” I croaked. “No, you’re not. You’re found,” the voice rasped. “I’ll always find you, remember? I’ll always come for you.”
― Catherine Cowles, Into the Fading Twilight

“Aster sent me a little nod. “I might be heading into my grandma era because what sounds really nice right about now is a hot bath and a good book.” “Preach.”
― Catherine Cowles, Into the Fading Twilight

“Home can mean whatever you want, Phoenix. It can mean sitting on the back deck and talking till sunrise. It can mean me holding you like before and nothing else. It can mean whatever you want it to mean.” This man. He wrecked me. In the best possible way.”
― Catherine Cowles, Into the Fading Twilight

“I hooked my pointer finger around hers. “You make me better. My life. My world.”
― Catherine Cowles, Into the Fading Twilight

“Phoenix. Sometimes, we have to walk before we run. Here, you’ll know you’re safe but will have your space. No one breathing down your neck.” “Kol,” I croaked. “I’ve got you.”
― Catherine Cowles, Into the Fading Twilight

“I’m sorry. I…” There was nothing I could say. Everything I did seemed to hurt someone. Made them worry. I’d never felt more like a burden than in that moment.”
― Catherine Cowles, Into the Fading Twilight

“She was a survivor. She’d crawled back from death itself. And she was still here.”
― Catherine Cowles, Into the Fading Twilight

“I don’t bend that way, Phoenix.” Her eyes sparked at the nickname—one I’d never uttered aloud before. But a phoenix was exactly what I’d started to think of Nova as. She’d risen from the ashes, and she was more powerful than ever. People might not think of her that way. They might see her as damaged or broken. But I knew the truth.”
― Catherine Cowles, Into the Fading Twilight

“I just…I hugged her.” Brae’s pained words had stuck with me. They’d stuck with us all. Now, we were careful around Nova. Careful not to cross any invisible boundary.”
― Catherine Cowles, Into the Fading Twilight

“I coughed to cover my laugh. “A real long one, huh?” She blew out a breath. “The longest.” “Go play. I’ll have an ice-cold chocolate milk waiting for you when you’re done.” “Better make it a double.”
― Catherine Cowles, Into the Fading Twilight

“Can I go play ninja warrior with Tink and Pepper now? I put in a hard day’s work.” I coughed to cover my laugh. “A real long one, huh?”
― Catherine Cowles, Into the Fading Twilight

“You want to be a part of that?” Kol asked me without taking his eyes off Reese. “No.” My lungs were so tight”
― Catherine Cowles, Into the Fading Twilight

“All of you is beautiful,” he rasped. “Your hope and your fear. Your joy and your pain. Because all of it is you.”
― Catherine Cowles, Into the Fading Twilight

“You lived with a monster, just like I did. It makes sense why you understand me so well. I hate that that’s why. But I’m also grateful. Because the darkness doesn’t scare you. Because you lived in it, too.”
― Catherine Cowles, Into the Fading Twilight

“You deserved to know whose house you were moving into.”
“I did know. The man who saved me when I’d all but given up. The man who gave me back my fight when I couldn’t find it. The man who found me. The man who hugged me when no one else would.”
― Catherine Cowles, Into the Fading Twilight

“Nova. You’re going to live, okay? You’re alive. You’re breathing. And you’re going to fight for that. You’ve got so much to live for.”
― Catherine Cowles, Into the Fading Twilight

“You’re perfectly imperfect. Because all those things you see as failures only make you more beautiful.”
― Catherine Cowles, Into the Fading Twilight

“Nova. Supernova. Phoenix. All those names had one thing in common—they were each powerful beacons of light in their own ways. Not the kind of thing that could be snuffed out easily.”
― Catherine Cowles, Into the Fading Twilight

“Phoenix. Sometimes”
― Catherine Cowles, Into the Fading Twilight

“Her eyes sparked at the nickname—one I’d never uttered aloud before. But a phoenix was exactly what I’d started to think of Nova as. She’d risen from the ashes”
― Catherine Cowles, Into the Fading Twilight

“I don’t bend that way”
― Catherine Cowles, Into the Fading Twilight