Earthflown Quotes

“If virtue must be discarded on the altar of happiness, then so be it.”
― Frances Wren, Earthflown

“There were generally two kinds of stories: the ones you chased and the ones that chased you.”
― Frances Wren, Earthflown

“Certainty wasn't worth the doubt. Probably.”
― Frances Wren, Earthflown

“Corinna had been looking forward to this murder for weeks - she wasn't there for the last one.”
― Frances Wren, Earthflown

“Where there’s love, there will be vice;
Where there’s greed, there is a price.
Sow them desperate and afraid,
You’ll find there’s profit to be made”
― Frances Wren, Earthflown

“You know, I'm boring when I'm tired. And I'm always tired.”
― Frances Wren, Earthflown

“If gentle fretting could be bottled, this would be its scent: skin-warmed oak and bergamot.”
― Frances Wren, Earthflown

“How could one articulate the sensation of a wound knitting together?
The itch and the pain were merely symptoms of the process.
It was like describing respiration: instinctive, necessary, controllable to a point.”
― Frances Wren, Earthflown

“The Langleys and the Ardens enjoyed a symbiosis that came naturally to parasites sharing a common host - the public purse.”
― Frances Wren, Earthflown

“It's a ballet. Dancing is a euphemism for everything.”
― Frances Wren, Earthflown

“Unfathomable: pouring money into the things destined to wilt.”
― Frances Wren, Earthflown

“How reassuring. A discount hitman.”
― Frances Wren, Earthflown

“When my pager rings, someone is literally dying. When your phone rings, someone's already dead and it can wait until morning.”
― Frances Wren, Earthflown

“Babe, some help please?!"
Jav rushed over. Ethan lay, limbs akimbo with the toddler on his chest. He had managed to break his fall with his own back, rather than Tilly's - who had a fistful of Ethan's nose, face bright red with the effort of crying. It was the most adorable thing Jav had ever seen.”
― Frances Wren, Earthflown

“Ollie knew that the brighter Nick's expression, the more upset he was. Right now, he resembled a toothpaste commercial.”
― Frances Wren, Earthflown

“Nick tapped the case in his pocket.
"These look expensive. Stole them, did you?"
"One could say I 'nicked' them. Eh?”
― Frances Wren, Earthflown

“What does Vegas think about all this?"
"She thinks Javier's sweet," Ollie muttered. "Bastard's been bribing her with expensive alcohol and cat-themed kitchenware."
"Aww."
"No, not aww. What's wrong with you?”
― Frances Wren, Earthflown

“Ethan ran both palms up Jav's abdomen. Then - in a move that might have toppled Rome - he licked his lips.
The sheer want felt foreign, like heat injected straight into Jav's veins.”
― Frances Wren, Earthflown

“A surgeon, at your age?" Lady Hartford glittered with interest. "I know this is gauche to ask, but..well, it's so hard to tell with healers."
Ethan seized the opportunity. "I'm eighty-five this December. Jav got catfished. Right, cupcake?"
"My love, you don't look a day over fifty," said Jav.”
― Frances Wren, Earthflown

“Don't worry, I have an escape plan."
Ethan lifted his jacket to reveal a pager clipped to his belt. "Anytime we want to leave, I'll get an emergency call, " he stage-whispered.
"The perils of dating a doctor."
"....I love you.”
― Frances Wren, Earthflown

“Ethan's here indulging me," said Jav.
"I'm here for the free food."
"Darling, I'll take what I can get.”
― Frances Wren, Earthflown

“Ethan's amusement was a shot of liquor, a pleasant blur.
"Have I been pronouncing your name wrong this whole time?"
"No, grandpère is French, so it's a soft 'j'. But either works."
"Whatever you say, Havier.”
― Frances Wren, Earthflown

“What's this gala that Maddy mentioned? She said something about an incest tango."
"Oh lord."
"Something I should know?"
"There's no incest."
"That's nice.”
― Frances Wren, Earthflown

“Carter rounded the kitchen island to hug him.
It was like being blasted with an oven light; Carter's sunny disposition always threatened a severe tan.”
― Frances Wren, Earthflown

“Jav stared at Rina, speechless.
It's not that you've made a fool of me, it's that you're so entertained. It hurt.”
― Frances Wren, Earthflown

“Their next kiss tasted like toothpaste and soda-water, free of expectations and softened by relief.”
― Frances Wren, Earthflown

“Guilt festered in the quiet, and it was quietest while Ethan was asleep beside him.
When left alone with warm skin and steady breaths, all doubts became dangerous.”
― Frances Wren, Earthflown

“So, Edward--"
"Ethan."
"That's what I said, Edmund. Any hobbies besides gold-digging?"
"Only on the weekends," said Ethan.”
― Frances Wren, Earthflown

“Jav wanted his own rituals, trading handfuls of habits and affections until one lover was indistinguishable from the other.”
― Frances Wren, Earthflown

“Rina conjured a flame, rolling the blue orb between her knuckles like a poker-chip.
The nearest jug of water floated off the table in response.
Jav grabbed it. "Hey. Guests.”
― Frances Wren, Earthflown