Year One Quotes

“I don’t want to think about anything in my real life. That’s what books are for. To take you away . . .”
― Sophie Lark, The Heir

“Power is not only in what we do, but in what we don’t do,” Anna says calmly.”
― Sophie Lark, The Heir

“It’s funny how even the simplest words can cut if they’re said sharply enough.”
― Sophie Lark, The Heir

“They think they know Leo Gallo. Anna is the only person who actually does.”
― Sophie Lark, The Heir

“All the light went out of my life,” I whisper. “I’ve been so dark without you.”
― Sophie Lark, The Heir

“I’m yours, Leo,” she whispers. “I’ve always been yours.”
― Sophie Lark, The Heir

“Fantasies are so much more than dreams—they’re a vision of the path you need to take to get what you want.”
― Sophie Lark, The Heir

“I know it’s ridiculous because they’re just kids. But I want to be first in her eyes, the way she is in mine. Closer than blood.”
― Sophie Lark, The Heir

“You will have everything you want in this world, Anna,” he says. “I knew it from when I first held you in my arms. I knew you would take it all, and hold it tight.”
― Sophie Lark, The Heir

“Anna is the only person I’ve ever met more intense than me. Sometimes she scares me a little. But mostly she’s my balance, my rock.”
― Sophie Lark, The Heir

“he does not give a fuck about disappointing people. In fact, I think his greatest pleasure in life is defying expectations.”
― Sophie Lark, The Heir

“That’s what books are for. To take you away . . .”
― Sophie Lark, The Heir

“Young love!” my dad says, cheerfully. “Can I get you some orange juice, Miko?” And then, in an undertone, “Please don’t murder my son.”
― Sophie Lark, The Heir

“I’m kissing my best friend. After all this time, I finally know what it feels like to kiss Leo. It feels shocking, and enlivening, and absolutely fucking wonderful. It feels like two puzzle pieces clicking together. It feels like finally remembering something you forgot. It feels like coming home. For all the times I imagined it . . . this is better. This is exactly right.”
― Sophie Lark, The Heir

“have five tattoos myself: a swallow for my mother, a wolf for my father, a quote from my sister’s favorite book, a sprig of aconite for my brother. And a fifth that I’ve never shown to anyone.”
― Sophie Lark, The Heir

“I’ve always loved history. I feel like you live a thousand lives when you learn about the people who came before you.”
― Sophie Lark, The Heir

“If you don’t know history, then you don’t know anything,” she says. “You are a leaf that doesn’t know it is part of a tree.”
― Sophie Lark, The Heir

“He swapped positions with me, and now he’s basking in the light of the most beautiful girl in school, and I’m the one locked outside, jealously looking in with my face pressed up against the glass.”
― Sophie Lark, The Heir

“You think I care about licking your foot?” he says. “I’ll run my tongue over every fucking inch of this body.”
― Sophie Lark, The Heir

“Necessitas Non Habet Legem—Necessity Has No Law”
― Sophie Lark, The Heir

“Power is not only in what we do, but in what we don’t do,” Anna quotes, calmly.”
― Sophie Lark, Year One

“Then I set the book down and let my eyelids drop, trying to remember only the words on the page, without letting my mind wander. I don’t want to think about anything in my real life. That’s what books are for. To take you away . . .”
― Sophie Lark, Year One

“Anna…” His voice is low and secret. It warms me to my toes. “You know I couldn’t stop. Even if I wanted to.”
― Sophie Lark, The Heir

“he starts licking and sucking on my toes.”
― Sophie Lark, The Heir

“Anna is feline, and my pheromones are catnip.”
― Sophie Lark, The Heir

“Even in my own damn dorm room I butt heads with Bram, who’s used to being the leader of his wolf pack.”
― Sophie Lark, The Heir

“silver, sage, and olive.”
― Sophie Lark, The Heir

“The visualization in your mind is as important as the physical practice in the gym.”
― Sophie Lark, The Heir

“When they give me the ring, I’ll carve your name inside it to remember the guy who licked my balls while I won the game-winner.”
― Sophie Lark, The Heir

“Because the Gallos tried to destroy us with fire, but I became the fire instead. It’s burning inside of me, and it will never go out.”
― Sophie Lark, The Heir