Archangel's Viper Quotes

“They let you drive now?" he said in a wondering tone of voice calibrated to get under her skin. "I leave for a couple of years and miss kitty's first steps. Did anyone take photos for the baby album I sent you?"

"It's full of pretty pictures." Holly bared her teeth at him in a caricature of a smile. "Honor is a little concerned about how I keep drawing you with your head cut off," she said in a deliberately thoughtful tone, "but an artist must follow her instincts.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Viper

“Do you have infrared vision?" Interest glittered on his face.

Venom smiled, the curious reaction a far preferable one to quivering fear or horror. "You'll have to court me with roses and diamonds before asking such intimate questions."

Vivek snorted. "It's just like working for the Guild--place is full of smartasses.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Viper

“Does it hurt to bite your tongue so hard?" he asked with faux concern.

Holly didn't miss a beat. "I'm in a car with you--I clearly have a high pain threshold,”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Viper

“If I am the menace, then you must be the trouble.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Viper

“I love you,” he said, his eyes locked with hers. “From the roots of my hair to the tips of my toes. From yesterday to tomorrow and every tomorrow we will ever see. From this moment to the mystery beyond death. Every part of you, slow or fast, small or big, strong or weak. I love you, Holly.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Viper

“Bye, Trace. Hope you and Andreja have a good day. Oh, I may be arrested for homicide soon. Please come visit me in prison.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Viper

“Just because a person was broken didn't mean they had no value, no right to live.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Viper

“Only the stupid regret choices. The smart learn to adapt.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Viper

“I can't bury someone I love again. Not ever." He pressed his lips to hers. "Please don't make me, Holly.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Viper

“I love you,"she said simply. honestly, forever. "You make the idea of forever a journey into adventure rather than a thing to be endured.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Viper

“Things we build ourselves, they matter.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Viper

“It’s all true.” Venom’s hair lifted up in the wind coming through his open window, his profile so astonishingly perfect that her breath caught for a second. “I’m deadlier than the deadliest snake in the world, with the ability to impact strong immortals. But you’re not too far behind.”
“Try being used as a chew toy by an insane archangel,” Holly said with a grim smile. “It does wonders for your poison, I hear.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Viper

“Venom didn't answer until they'd crossed teh street, his body moving with liquid grace. Holly couldn't help it; she watched him. There was something deadly about Venom. Not just power, but him. She wondered if he'd been like this as a human, too, dangerous and beautiful.

She blinked, shook her head. Obviously, if she was starting to think Venom beautiful, it was time to break her self-imposed celibacy and go get laid.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Viper

“You made me fall in love with you. You don't get to go now!”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Viper

“love you,” he said, his eyes locked with hers. “From the roots of my hair to the tips of my toes. From yesterday to tomorrow and every tomorrow we will ever see. From this moment to the mystery beyond death. Every part of you, slow or fast, small or big, strong or weak.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Viper

“They also had enough of a heel that she didn’t feel Lilliputian next to all the tall people who occupied the Tower.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Viper