A Touch of Chaos Quotes

“Forever will never be enough,” he said. “Not when I have lived half my life without you.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Chaos

“Mourning was not just about the person. It was about the world one created around them, and when they ceased to exist, so did that world.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Chaos

“I will love you through this,” he whispered. “I will love you beyond this.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Chaos

“I want your darkness,” she said. “But I want your secrets too.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Chaos

“When I chose you, I chose everything, Hades—your people, your realm, your enemies,” she said. “The only thing I fear is not having you at my side.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Chaos

“Hades tilted her head back. “Everyone deserves to heal, if not in life, then in death. It is the only way the world evolves when souls are reborn.” He paused.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Chaos

“It is curious that death would choose life as a bride. It is like the sun falling in love with the moon.”
“One cannot exist without the other. Just as honour cannot exist without shame.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Chaos

“I always want you," he said. "Even when you don't want me.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Chaos

“And fate? No one alive has ever escaped it, neither brave man nor coward.” —HOMER, THE ILIAD”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Chaos

“Everyone deserves to heal, if not in life, then in death.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Chaos

“You are everything that makes me good,” he said. “And I am everything that makes you terrible.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Chaos

“Perhaps I can make you forget you were ever alone," she said.
"I accept," he said.
"Did you take that as a challenge?"
"No," he said and grinned. "A promise.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Chaos

“Whatever it takes," he said. "But we should make a promise that if either of us has those thoughts, we will tell the other."
She raised a brow at his suggestion. It was ironic, given that he had not wanted to tell her his thoughts earlier. "You realize if you make a promise, it is binding?"
He smiled. "I do," he said, brushing her hair behind her ear. "But I will do anything to keep you from suffering alone with your thoughts.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Chaos

“It is not selfish to have a desire to be where you are loved, Persephone. Doubt and suspicion are not the same as losing your humanity. If anything, they will protect you better than even your magic.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Chaos

“You are Persephone," he said. "You are my wife and my queen. You are everything to me.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Chaos

“I will show you pain, Hermes," Ares threatened.
"Is that a promise, battle daddy?"
Hades sighed. "I am surrounded by idiots."
"Like attracts like," said Hecate.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Chaos

“I heard your heart stop beating," she said.
He held her tighter.
"So long as you live, it will never cease." he said.
"You cannot know that," she said. "Do not promise it."
"I would like to believe it all the same," he said.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Chaos

“I will murder you witch."
She smirked. "Then murder me," she said. "But know that I will cling to you, even in death. You will never know peace, not in your waking hours or in sleep.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Chaos

“I don't have time to learn how to fucking skate!"
"I suppose you don't have to," said Hermes. "You can just fly all the way there like that."
Dionysus gritted his teeth.
"Come on, big boy. Just treat it like a sit-up. Once you are upright, your weight will help you land."
"Treat it like a sit-up," Dionysus mocked, yet he tried, tightening his abs and swinging up. The first time, he only made it halfway, the second a little farther. His third attempt had him doing a complete flip.
"Fuck!"
"You almost had it," said Hermes.
"I know I almost had it, Hermes! I don't need your commentary!"
He crossed his arms over his chest. "I'm just trying to be helpful."
"Well, don't."
"Fine. You suck at this.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Chaos

“Why are your feet so huge?" Hermes asked. Then he met Dionysus's gaze and raised a brow. "Is it true what they say about shoe size and dick size?"
"I'm not sure what they say," said Dionysus. "But I'd really rather not talk about my dick with you."
"Fine," Hermes said, sniffing. "I was just curious."
"Well, I need these fucking shoes to fit," said Dionysus.
"Well, you have magic, idiot. Make them!"
"They are your gods-damned shoes. I can't change them!"
"You can add to them! Wrap vines around your fucking feet!" said Hermes. "Gods, and you think I'm stupid.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Chaos

“Please be safe," she said, and he heard what she was really saying—please don't leave me.
He tilted her head back. "If you are here waiting for me, I will always come back.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Chaos

“You asked me what I would fight for on the battlefield," he said. "It is this. It is to have you look at me with these eyes. You worship me with these eyes."
A smile curved Persephone's lips. "You are romantic, my king," she said.
"I am in love," he said. "There is a difference.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Chaos

“Hecate turned to Persephone and hugged her tight; then the goddess left, and they were alone.
It was the moment he had waited for, yet he did not close the distance between them. All he could do was stare at his wife, his goddess, his queen. She was so beautiful, his heart ached when he looked at her. He had spent most of his time in the labyrinth thinking only of her, conjuring her likeness from memory, and still he had not done her justice. He could never capture her truth—the unbearable beauty of her soul, the thing that called to him loudest, the thing that said they were made for each other.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Chaos

“Through all of it, she had looked forward to one thing, and that was Hades.
He was her light in the windows—the glow of hope in the distance despite the deep darkness around her— and just when she had felt his familiar warmth and the safety of his embrace, he had been taken from her again.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Chaos

“He wanted nothing else. He wanted her to take up every second of every day, to live in every part of his mind, to never leave his side. She was the dawn of his world, the warmth he carried in his heart, the light that kept him looking toward the future.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Chaos

“Where are you?"
"Waiting to carry you through the dark if you will bring me to the light.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Chaos

“she wanted to be dreaded.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Chaos

“There was no way he was coming back the same, but she would love him through it, no matter how many pieces she had to hold together.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Chaos

“will love you through this,” he whispered. “I will love you beyond this.” And he would murder everyone responsible for her pain.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Chaos

“I want your darkness,” she said. “But I want your secrets too.” “Darling,” he said. “Give me time, and I will give you everything.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Chaos