Nightshade Quotes

“Strong women will always bear the dangerous burden of a weaker man’s pride.”
― Keri Lake, Nightshade

“A villain is quite capable of love. It’s only the matter of what he’s willing to sacrifice for that love which separates him from a good man.”
― Keri Lake, Nightshade

“I have crossed the endless void of time and space, over the centuries I've waited, with a yearning to see your face once more. If you think that I could just let you go now, when fate has gifted me the impossible, then you've not yet met the depths of my obsession. It has no bounds where you're concerned, Farryn. I would fight all the evils of hell for you, but I do not possess the strength to set you free.”
― Keri Lake, Nightshade

“My love for you will never fade. Not even when this wretched world ceases to exist and the sun dies out to an everlasting darkness. My life, my soul. It is yours eternally.” ”
― Keri Lake, Nightshade

“I will burn down this pathetic world for you. Only you. You are mine … Always.”
― Keri Lake, Nightshade

“Tell me,” he whispered. “Tell me what you refuse to say aloud. What you think every night before you go to sleep. Tell me the words you say in dreams, when no one can hear you.”
― Keri Lake, Nightshade

“You are a mystifying enigma, Mister Van Croix.”
His gaze swung back to me, devouring me in one sweep. “And you are a frustrating distraction, Miss Ravenshaw.”
― Keri Lake, Nightshade

“How cruel a fate to gift him with the warmth and sunlight, a mere breath of contentment in his otherwise cold and rayless world, only to steal it away.”
― Keri Lake, Nightshade

“You are mine, eternally … And I am yours.”
― Keri Lake, Nightshade

“I'm so unreasonably rapacious when it comes to you, Miss Ravenshaw, that not even a bolt of lightening should dare touch your skin without consequence.”
― Keri Lake, Nightshade

“My love for you will never fade. Not even when this wretched world ceases to exist and the sun dies out to an everlasting darkness. My life, my soul. It is yours eternally.”
― Keri Lake, Nightshade

“From this night forward, I am your church. When you are lost, I am your shelter. When you are in pain, I am your elixir.”
― Keri Lake, Nightshade

“This love has survived centuries. No matter what happens, or who tries to tear us apart, we are in this together.”
― Keri Lake, Nightshade

“I’m far more selfish. I would burn down an entire city for one woman.”
― Keri Lake, Nightshade

“I do not care for this world enough to concern myself with its other creatures. I would wish them all away and keep you for myself.”
― Keri Lake, Nightshade

“Scars of all shapes, sizes, and stages of healing. Tears filled her eyes, imagining the hours of pain it must’ve taken for such markings to be left.  She reached out to touch them, but hesitated. “Who did this to you?”
― Keri Lake, Nightshade

“If you think you’re going to try to seduce me into staying, Mister Van Croiz, you don’t know me, at all, I’m afraid.”
“If you think I have to try, I’m afraid you don’t know me either, Miss Ravenshaw.”
― Keri Lake, Nightshade

“You said that you would never belong to me. But you do. And I belong to you.”
― Keri Lake, Nightshade

“There is no hell worse than being apart from you.”
― Keri Lake, Nightshade

“earthly names.”
― Keri Lake, Nightshade

“Not even close. Your heavenly angels have a moral code. They are predictably good in all cases. They will always choose what is right and just, because they put that above all else--even human life.” The sound of an igniting flame drew my attention to where he lit a sugar cube balanced on a spoon over a glass on fire. “I’m far more selfish. I would burn down an entire city for one woman.” The glance he shot back at me was nothing short of unapologetic. ”
― Keri Lake, Nightshade

“This world never deserved you." Lifting her to his face, he pressed his lips to hers. " I will look for you in the Nightshade. However long it takes, I will find you and bring you home. Remember me.”
― Keri Lake, Nightshade

“She had always expressed the importance of passion over everything else, and how it could mean the difference between a cold and bland kiss, and one that left a blazing fire in its path.”
― Keri Lake, Nightshade

“Nightshade is bigger than you imagine. You will never find him.” “He went there to seek out a man named Van Croix. You seemed to recognize his name.” “Who hasn’t heard of Van Croix.” “Who is he? What’s so significant about him?” “He resides in Nightshade. Something of a pariah.” He popped a grape into his mouth and closed his eyes, as if to focus on its flavor. “He keeps company with the Fallen, and there are rumors that he trades souls to them for favors. The locals are terrified of him.” He chuckled and tipped his head back, plucking another grape with his teeth. “They fear he’s Death, if you can believe that. Wretched little souls don’t even realize they’re already dead.”
― Keri Lake, Nightshade

“Cambion.” “You were born half demon?” “Not every cambion is born. Some are made.” He winked back at me. “Bad choices.”
― Keri Lake, Nightshade

“The Fallen are certainly a threat to the poor uncorrupted souls who elect to go to Nightshade. But the most likely reason is that, in time, he will forget his life in this realm.” “Forget? Everything?” “Everything. You. Your mother. His purpose. That is how Nightshade works.”
― Keri Lake, Nightshade

“There are only two ways the living can traverse. They’re either stolen by the Fallen. Or they come to me.”
― Keri Lake, Nightshade

“If Nightshade is where the Fallen walk freely, then why did my father insist on going there?”  “Because it is also the place where the lost go after death.” “The lost?” “Those who believe in neither Heaven, nor Hell.”
― Keri Lake, Nightshade

“There is only one reason a Sentinel watches, at all.” “The Fallen?” “Yes. The heavens compel them to hunt the Fallen. It is their own personal demons which determine whether, or not, they do.”
― Keri Lake, Nightshade

“Do you know what comes from an angel and a human?”  Oddly enough, I did. “Nephilim.” “Very good. And what about a human and demon?” “Cambion, right?” Brows arched in surprise, he nodded. “I’m impressed, Miss Ravenshaw. Now then, a Sentinel is what happens when a demon falls in love with an angel.”
― Keri Lake, Nightshade