Fallen King Quotes

“Focus on King. Not that he’s gone, but all the amazing things he left us with. Let’s celebrate his courage, drink a toast to his wisdom, eat in honour of his love for us. Let’s be happy for him ’cause he can’t be any more for himself.”
― Giana Darling, Fallen King: A Fallen Men Short Story

“I had no doubt Harleigh Rose had organized the playlist purposely because “Coming Home” was playing. “My son’s home.”

Dramatic, maybe.

The entrance, the song, the announcement.

But Dad, H.R., and I were theatrical.”
― Giana Darling, Fallen King

“Love you more than life,” I murmured against her damp lips before nippin’ at that lush bottom swell.

“Love you more than death,” she echoed, runnin’ her hands through my hair in that way she had now, like she was remindin’ herself I was real.”
― Giana Darling, Fallen King

“You became a hero that day.” She paused, breath fast over her tongue, heated by the flame of her passion. “Being a hero isn’t an easy thing, though. Just because you act in the service of others doesn’t mean you’ll only encounter thanks.”
― Giana Darling, Fallen King

“When you’d lived through the worst of it, the only thing that’ll get you up in the mornin’ is the thought that maybe tomorrow will be better, just a little bit brighter.”
― Giana Darling, Fallen King

“How did one return from death?

There was no road map or bible for such a thing. I knew ’cause I’d googled it like a fuckin’ idiot. Cress caught me, but she hadn’t laughed ’cause my woman knew me inside and out. She knew how wrong self-doubt felt around my shoulders, an ill-fittin’ shirt. I kept pickin’ at it, adjustin’ it, wishing it would feel right when I knew it never would.”
― Giana Darling, Fallen King

“It was strange to look into the window of your own life without you in it and realize that your loved ones could survive without you.

The beauty was in knowing they didn’t want to.”
― Giana Darling, Fallen King

“It was something like a privilege to die for the people you loved. To know your loss was worth something so much more than yourself.”
― Giana Darling, Fallen King: A Fallen Men Short Story