A Shadow in the Ember Quotes

“You're a feisty little thing, aren't you?”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“I walked forward, just a few feet into where I was forbidden to travel. I remembered Ash’s warning, but how dangerous could they be when no gate or wall separated the woods from Haides?”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“What does...Meyaah Liessa mean? It means My Queen.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“I know what I am. I've always known. I am one of the worse sort. A monster...But don't you ever tell me how I feel.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“And then I will make sure the Princess has no reason to fear her wedding night or any night she is doomed to spend at your side.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“I know what I am. I’ve always known. I am one of the worst sort. A monster,”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Love is a beautiful weapon, often wielded as a means to control another. It shouldn’t be a weakness, but that is what it becomes. And those most innocent always pay for it. I’ve never seen anything good come from love.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Telling myself that I needed to mind my business, I did the exact opposite”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“I can smell her blood on your lips. There is nothing that I will not do to you because of that.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“knew his parents. I called them my friends, and I call Ash one of my own,” he answered, head straightening. His gaze caught mine and held it. “I think I will call you one of my own.” I really had to be asleep. “Why?” “Because you’ve given him peace.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“The road to hell is paved with good intentions,”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“We go home to marry, my Princess.'

As in get married?

To him?”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“If I had a child, or if any descendant of mine had been harmed, I would burn through both realms just so I could flay the skin from the body of the one who’d hurt them. Breathe in. I”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“He’s not a spirit.” To confirm this mostly for myself, I reached out and pressed a finger against the rich brown skin of his arm.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Everything in me stopped. My legs refused to move. My head emptied because what I was seeing—who I saw standing before the dais, cast in the soft light of the candles and the stars—brought me up short. It made no sense. None at all. My eyes had to be playing tricks on me. Because it couldn’t be Sir Holland.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“It couldn’t have been him this entire time.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Smoothing out the skirts of the gown, I crossed my ankles. “I believe he slipped and fell upon my blade.” “Was it his throat that fell upon your blade?” “Odd, right?” “Odd, indeed.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“But when I’m around you, the last thing I want is to be uncomplicated.” Ash’s lips coasted over my cheek, dragging a ragged gasp from me as they neared my ear. “Or in control. Or decent,” he said, and I shuddered at the decadent, wet flick of his tongue across my skin. “What I want is your taste on my tongue again. What I want is to be so deep inside you that I forget my own fucking name.” His sharp teeth closed around my earlobe. My entire body jerked, and nothing about it was forced. “And I don’t even need to read your emotions to know how much you want that, too.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“The Primal’s head snapped forward. There was a brief flash of fangs, and my stomach hollowed. He tore into Pike’s throat, ending the man’s short, abrupt scream of terror. Wrenching his head back, the Primal forced the man’s jaw open as he spat a mouthful of Pike’s own blood into his mouth. My stomach churned with nausea as I planted a hand on the tile. The Primal shoved Pike aside. The mortal fell to the floor, twitching and grasping at the jagged tear in his throat. I couldn’t look away. Not even when he stopped moving and his blood-coated hands slipped away from his neck.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“What do you need?” I asked as I took the iron blade from Sir Holland, sheathing it. “Many things,” she replied. “One of those chocolate scones Orlano makes when he’s in a good mood would be lovely. Along with cooled tea. A good book that isn’t misery fiction, which begs the question—why do the curators of the city Atheneum think any of us wants to read things that only depress us?” she asked, rocking back on her heeled slippers as Sir Holland rubbed at his brow.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Animals
didn’t judge. They didn’t care about worthiness. They didn’t choose to
use or hurt another. They simply lived and expected to either be left
alone or loved. That was all.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“A Queen of Flesh and Fire. And him, a King risen from Blood and Ash, who ruled side by side with man. And they…they felt right. They felt like hope.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Love is a beautiful weapon, often wielded as a means to control another. It shouldn’t be a weakness, but that is what it becomes. And those most innocent always pay for it.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“skin of a Primal. And he was terrifying and beautiful. Nyktos rose into the air, wings stretched wide, arms at his sides, hands open, and eather dancing across his palms.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Are you worried Daddy Nyktos will be upset with you for allowing her in here and send you to bed without your supper?” I lifted my brows. Daddy Nyktos?”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“And you, liessa, are very brave.” His thumb moved, sweeping over the curve of my jaw. “But, sometimes, one can be too brave.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“I had a child, or if any descendant of mine had been harmed, I would burn through both realms just so I could flay the skin from the body of the one who’d hurt them.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“court.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“—Tienes un cabello precioso. Es como la luz de la luna hilada. Impresionante.
—Creo que me lo cortaré todo.
Ash se rió.
—Lo harías, ¿verdad?”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“—¿Por qué? —susurré—. ¿Por qué están esas personas en la pared?
—Son dioses —respondió Ash, su voz plana y tan fría como las aguas del lago—. Y sirven de recordatorio para todos.
—¿De qué?
—De que la vida de cualquier ser es tan frágil como la llama de una vela, que se apaga y extingue fácilmente.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember