Taken to Heimo Quotes

“There is a proverb that says, ‘When I am with you in the ruins, I am in the garden, but when I am without you in the garden, I am in the ruins.”
― Elizabeth Stephens, Taken to Heimo

“Perhaps, there is no such thing as hate, only gardens not yet tended to.”
― Elizabeth Stephens, Taken to Heimo

“I was often distracted by a male with scarred red skin and hair as white as the sky. A male who moves so quickly shadows would be jealous and who fights like a battle god. “A male who draws terrible and wonderful things out of me. Who makes me question everything. Right and wrong. Good and evil. Who makes me feel in ways I’ve never felt. I feel twice the woman I was and it’s because of you. Because fighting you makes me feel strong. Because having you at my back makes me feel invincible.” She kisses my shoulder.”
― Elizabeth Stephens, Taken to Heimo

“I touch my hand to her chest where her one heart beats and I know everything I need to know about her. What I saw in that first glance, right at the very beginning. An imperfection that matches my own. She fills in all my raw and broken bits. And I fill in hers. Like this we are whole.”
― Elizabeth Stephens, Taken to Heimo

“No one treats you like this but me. No one worships you like I do. You are mine, Svera. Mine to protect, mine to mate. And I vow to you that I will spend every solar for the rest of my existence showing you how wrong I was denying you in the first place.” I swallow, stilling for just a breath. “I lawv you.”
― Elizabeth Stephens, Taken to Heimo

“You are the garden. Proud, fiery, bloodthirsty and sweet. And you ruined me, Svera. You ruined me before I even knew who you were. You ruined me the first time I looked into your eyes and saw stars. You’re pure light and better than me in every way and you make me want to be part of that light, to rise up beyond my heritage and be everything you deserve, even though I know I never can be because you deserve the universe. But it won’t stop me from trying. I’m not a decent enough male for that, but I’m your male. Your mate. And I will may’ree you. You will call me house-band and I will call you whiff.”
― Elizabeth Stephens, Taken to Heimo

“She doesn’t know it yet, but all she has to do is ask me for what she needs. All she has to do is ask me to ruin my pride and marry her.”
― Elizabeth Stephens, Taken to Heimo