Among the Echoes Quotes

“Fuck your fairytale. I just want you. I’ll make my own God damn happily ever after. But you’re the one who is mistaken. You’ll be at the end of that story, beautiful. You either come willingly or you force me into the dark after you. It doesn’t matter to me, because either way, I’ll find you.”
― Aly Martinez, Among the Echoes

“I want you. All of you. Not these little bits I hear echoing around the room. I just want you, Riley.”
― Aly Martinez, Among the Echoes

“Erica, I love you. I never knew you before you had these scars, but that doesn’t mean I won’t spend my entire life trying to erase them from the inside out … Everyone has scars, Erica. Don’t for a second think yours are any different based on how you got them. I love you— scars and all.”
― Aly Martinez, Among the Echoes

“Please stop hiding and actually live your life.” He pauses long enough to squeeze my shoulder. “It’s killing me to watch you fade into the background.”
― Aly Martinez, Among the Echoes

“Self-defense isn’t a one-stop shop that will make her invincible, but I’m hoping I can light a fire inside her to maybe explore this further. It doesn’t hurt that I’ll have to touch her while we do it. While I think that may make me an asshole, I can live with that fact. I would never hurt her, but I wouldn’t mind making her come a time or twelve. Yeah, that absolutely makes me an asshole, but I’m still okay with it.”
― Aly Martinez, Among the Echoes

“The echoes are gone, beautiful. And the woman left behind is even more incredible than the one I fell in love with.”
― Aly Martinez, Among the Echoes

“I won’t push you, beautiful. Anything that happens from here on out is completely up to you.”
― Aly Martinez, Among the Echoes

“You gave me back the pieces that were stolen from me. You gave me back myself.”
“You did that all on your own, beautiful,” he says, leaning forward to kiss me.
“You’re wrong, but I love you anyway.”
― Aly Martinez, Among the Echoes

“I’m talking about the woman you only show for the briefest of seconds when we are alone. I will search to the ends of the earth to find that woman— because I love her. I don’t even know her real name, but I love her—fiercely.”
― Aly Martinez, Among the Echoes

“I need some truths, beautiful. I don’t want you to relive any details for me, but even the general idea of who you really are would be amazing.”
“Slate,” I whisper, swallowing around the newly formed lump in my throat.
“I want you. All of you. Not these little bits I hear echoing around the room. I just want you, Riley.”
― Aly Martinez, Among the Echoes

“I don’t know who you truly are, Riley, but tiny flashes of that woman whisper around the room between us. I will find the real you among the echoes—and I will make her mine.”
― Aly Martinez, Among the Echoes

“I’m not some damsel in distress you can just swoop off her feet and save, Prince Charming. I’m lost in a world so dark you wouldn’t be able to find the light of day again. But make no mistake, you’re the poisonous apple in this fairytale, Slate."

"Fuck your fairytale. I just want you. I’ll make my own God damn happily ever after. But you’re the one who is mistaken. You’ll be at the end of that story, beautiful. You either come willingly or you force me into the dark after you. It doesn’t matter to me, because either way, I’ll find you.”
― Aly Martinez, Among the Echoes

“Just over three weeks ago, Slate Adam Andrews walked into my life. I thought I was scared that day, but as I watch him drive away, I’m suddenly more frightened than ever.”
― Aly Martinez, Among the Echoes

“I would never hurt her, but I wouldn’t mind making her come a time or twelve. Yeah, that absolutely makes me an asshole, but I’m still okay with it.”
― Aly Martinez, Among the Echoes