The Oath We Give Quotes

“On this day, I vow to make your rage my own, to weather the storm of your revenge and keep you forever safe. I promise to stand by you. No matter what comes, you will never be alone. Till death do us part.”
― Monty Jay, The Oath We Give

“What do you need?” Silas asks. “Huh?” “What do you need?” he asks again. “You frown when you’re upset. Tell me how to fix it.”
― Monty Jay, The Oath We Give

“The town may call this man a villain, but inside, he’s a lover … Good intentions and romance. His tender hearts bleeds all love the ones he cares for … Someone who would give absolutely everything for those he loves.”
― Monty Jay, The Oath We Give

“There is no defeat when you refuse to lose. We can only be beaten when we give up on ourselves, Coraline.”
― Monty Jay, The Oath We Give

“Silas Hawthorne is the keeper of secrets. The unstoppable force and immovable object. Silent water, with unknown depths filled with mysteries he will take to his grave.”
― Monty Jay, The Oath We Give

“This is fake, Silas.”
Like she’s trying to remind herself of that, like she’s trying to force herself to believe it when I don’t think we’ve ever been fake. Not once have I ever faked anything with her.
“But it feels real, doesn’t it?”
― Monty Jay, The Oath We Give

“It’s like he knows how to keep me rooted in the present. With two hands, he holds me to the earth, refuses to let go, and makes me feel everything.
It’s terrifying.”
― Monty Jay, The Oath We Give

“Life left you empty so that you’d have room to fill it. We are only hollow if we allow ourselves to remain that way.”
― Monty Jay, The Oath We Give

“I’ve always believed love is like water, the way it flows between bodies and souls. You can’t stop the flow of it because one pathway is closed off. It just finds another exit. It’s the part of me that refuses to love again. I’ve dammed up my soul because I know what the pain of losing someone feels like. I won’t do that to myself again.”
― Monty Jay, The Oath We Give

“We steal. We burn. We bleed. We promise that no matter what, we make our way back, even in death.” ”
― Monty Jay, The Oath We Give

“Loving Coraline Whittaker is worth inevitable death”
― Monty Jay, The Oath We Give

“loving CoraWhittaker is worth inevitable death”
― Monty Jay, The Oath We Give

“If you don’t learn to accept that you were a victim before you were ever a curse, all you’ll do is continue cutting people who didn’t hurt you.”
― Monty Jay, The Oath We Give

“Silas, I promise to be your peace when the world provides only war. To be your secret keeper and safe haven. Today, I vow to be the one person who accepts you for who you are and who you will become.” She glances up at me, holding my gaze as she speaks the last line. “Till death do us part.”
― Monty Jay, The Oath We Give

“But there is only so much preparation you can make for death. You can plan the funeral, buy the plot, and read the grief books, but in the end, it doesn’t matter. Death still has a way of sweeping the rug out from under you every time.”
― Monty Jay, The Oath We Give

“To the Styx?" I offer. In the dawn of death, with a fresh start on the horizon. "To the Styx." This is the echo that is heard across lifetimes.”
― Monty Jay, The Oath We Give

“It's easy to love someone who shares your DNA. A true test of unconditional love is who you choose to never give up on, regardless of relation. That's what we are to one another. Family.”
― Monty Jay, The Oath We Give

“Alistair Caldwell is more than wrath. He is a fierce protecter, an older brother, a shadow that cannot exist without a little light. To know Rook Van Doren is not internal damnation. It's a blessing to witness his burning, his inferno that consumes and releases the embers of the ones he loves. And Thatcher Pierson is not an apple fallen from a sinister tree. He's the reminder that our family's history does not determine our future. That love is action and never words. I am more than words no one believes. I'm a voice to someone who needs it.”
― Monty Jay, The Oath We Give

“From the second I saw her, I chose Coraline. Today, tomorrow, and every day after. I will choose to love her, to give myself to her. Because it could be no one else but her. It's us, forever. Inevitable death and all.”
― Monty Jay, The Oath We Give

“I will forever be his peace when the world gives only war. Every secret he spills will be kept safe by my lips and my arms will be his safety. I took a vow to be the one person who accepts him for who he is and who he will become. "I love you." I murmur, "I love you." Till death do us part.”
― Monty Jay, The Oath We Give

“Silas loves me like breathing, easy, naturally, like he was made for it. And I love him carefully, tenderly like he's the only thing keeping me alive. Our love is a living, breathing thing–it fills us up until there's no room for anything else.”
― Monty Jay, The Oath We Give

“That what I am, Hex?" He hums, turning around to face me, his hands cupping my face, "Your curse breaker?" "You are everything, Silas Hawthorne. Everything." I lean into his touch, smiling as I press my lips to his thumb, "Even if you are painting your office that ugly-ass orange color.”
― Monty Jay, The Oath We Give

“He'd died and come back to me, just to prove I wasn't cursed. I argue that it was him defying death that broken my wicked spell. Silas was willing to cross the grim reaper just to show me I was worth the return.”
― Monty Jay, The Oath We Give

“I thought I was going to spend my life all alone, trapped in a lonely tower, to protect people from my wretched heart. But Silas came into my life like a gust of wind, a voice that shattered the walls I’d built so high to protect myself. He saw through my pain, my sorrow, the scars. He loved me, not in spite of them, but because of them. He was the person life left me empty for. To give it room for him to fill.”
― Monty Jay, The Oath We Give

“Curse me. I’ll live my entire life cursed as a reminder that I loved you. That you let me love you. That you loved me.” "I'm your favorite color?" "You're my favorite everything, Hex.”
― Monty Jay, The Oath We Give

“You’re such a good fucking girl, taking all of me like this, Coraline.” My teeth grind together. “I’m going to fill you all up until you’re overflowing with me.”
― Monty Jay, The Oath We Give

“I’m in a foul mood, and the only thing that’s going to keep me from being a massive asshole to everyone I come in contact with lies between Coraline’s thighs.”
― Monty Jay, The Oath We Give

“I thought the fire he got caught in was an accident?”  Sage drags her tongue across the front of her teeth. “You met my boyfriend?”  Good point. Rook Van Doren and fire? Never an accident.”
― Monty Jay, The Oath We Give

“Jesus fucking Christ. Like he needed the piercings with a dick this fucking big.”
― Monty Jay, The Oath We Give

“Silas Hawthorne owns the term dead eyes. They hold an unsettling stillness, like the windows into his world are devoid of emotion. Hardened beauty and sheer masculinity that he wears almost better than his fitted black tee. What did he look like when he was alive?”
― Monty Jay, The Oath We Give