Prince of Air and Darkness Quotes

“You are not indebted to us because you were born. Your life is your own. However long or short you decide that is.”
― M.A. Grant, Prince of Air and Darkness

“Funny how such innocuous details—the red blip of a voicemail, the single-page letter from a bank requesting a meeting to discuss the foreclosure, the subtle appearance of moving boxes in the garage—can upend your world. Unlike monsters or faeries or kidnappers, you never see these details coming. They don't draw blood or leave visible scars or bruises. You can't fight against them or use magick to fix them. You can only wait to see if you survive them.”
― M.A. Grant, Prince of Air and Darkness

“Exhaustion steals color and shape and coherency from the room.”
― M.A. Grant, Prince of Air and Darkness

“They want his light. They want him, even if they don’t know it.”
― M.A. Grant, Prince of Air and Darkness

“His claim binds my heart with impossibly light chains, even through there’s no romance to be found in his words.”
― M.A. Grant, Prince of Air and Darkness

“I want one night for myself, one night when I can pretend it’s all going to be okay even if I know it’s a lie.”
― M.A. Grant, Prince of Air and Darkness

“I drink him in, grateful for my anonymity in this living mass.”
― M.A. Grant, Prince of Air and Darkness

“She can suspect my divided loyalties all she wants, but she can’t find evidence of treason on my face.”
― M.A. Grant, Prince of Air and Darkness

“The rough honesty of his question is what keeps my feet rooted to the ground, a direct contradiction to my brain’s command to flee before I say something I’ll regret. His inquiry may be directed at me, but it goes deeper than that.”
― M.A. Grant, Prince of Air and Darkness

“Isn’t it exhausting pretending to be someone else all the time?”
― M.A. Grant, Prince of Air and Darkness

“He makes no effort and still stands out more than any man here. He’s always stood out.”
― M.A. Grant, Prince of Air and Darkness