Kingdom of the Feared Quotes

“I always knew you. And always will. Your soul calls to mine. It’s a feeling of coming home. Of peace. No magic can duplicate it.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“I believe I’m powerful, therefore I am.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“Rise,” he said softly. “Just as they always feared you would.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“One of the hardest things anyone can do is live in the here and now. Not worry about the future, not rehash the past. Be present, that's the secret to changing your future. To finding true happiness.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“love and hate are both rooted in passion- strange how that line becomes blurred over time.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“Tell me now. That I'm your favorite sin.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“And he is her fate. As she is his. ‘As above, so below.’ They are the balance. Light and dark. One fallen from above, and one created in the underworld below.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“If you die on me now, I’ll hunt you down and drag you back.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“Fear would hold me back. But faith in myself would set me free.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“Prince Wrath, please say hello to the Duke of Devon.”
Wrath flashed his teeth. “Fuck off, Devon.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“Show me why they call you the Wicked.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“Once something is put in motion, we rarely have control over the outcome, no matter what our initial intentions are.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“Standing back so someone can walk the rest of their path alone is often the most difficult part, especially when you care.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“Lazier?” Lust supplied. “He is, trust me. All he does is lounge about with his books. His House is one giant, messy library. Not an orgy or sinful tableau to be found in the whole of his circle. I can’t tell you the last time he engaged in debauchery. I bet he hasn’t even stroked his own cock in a decade. Fucking insulting to demons everywhere.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“Subtlety isn’t your strong suit.”
“Subtlety is for cowards, my lady.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“Twisted though it may be, that was the power of love. It could usher in warmth and light, and it could also turn a single ember into a raging inferno, destroying those who threatened it. Love might be the worst sin of them all, with its two sides.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“Instead, he extended a hand. Tears streamed down my face as I stared at it, my sobs nearly choking me now. “Rise,” he said softly. “Just as they always feared you would.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“He looked like someone who understood, intimately, what it was like to lose everything. To be forced to stand when you wished to fall. To get up on your own and then defy the hand of fate that brought so much pain by smacking you down time and again. To choose to live and flourish despite the bad. And most important, to dare to dream of better days while your current world was a living nightmare.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“Some of us have yet to indulge in our baser desires. Murder, unfortunately, seems to be an aphrodisiac only for House Wrath. Surprising to none, actually.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“We are hell gods, Emilia. We are the Feared.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“There was more to life than vengeance and the retribution. If we went after everyone who ever hurt or wronged us, we'd never appreciate the good in our lives.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“A powerful ally to some. A nightmare to others”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“Grief wasn’t simply a shadow that followed people around; it was the worst sort of companion. It was an emotion that could either encourage someone to wither away through sorrow and tears or turn them into a monster. Craving vengeance like blood. Justice. Retribution. As if spilling blood would bring that one person back. I would know. It was the very same spark that ignited my current path.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“To be forced to stand when you wished to fall. To get up on your own and defy the hand of fate that brought so much pain by smacking you down time and again, To choose to live and flourish despite the bad. And most important, to dare to dream of better days while your current world was a living nightmare”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“I chose to end a curse that would have kept
me caged for eternity. I gave up my power for freedom, to right a wrong I’d
helped to create, intentional or not. I did not give up my magic for one
demon. Though following my heart was the right path, at least for me. When
I considered the paths open to me, I could live without magic, but I couldn’t
imagine giving up everything else I loved to hold on to it. I chose the path
that offered me the life I want to live.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“Apologies, my temper got the best of me.”
I gripped my skirts and spun on my heels, following the trembling attendant out of the room. I had just gotten my sister back, and it would be the coldest day Hell had ever known before I allowed any harm to befall her. Deceitful, conniving wretch that she was, she was my blood, and I’d protect her with each drop of mine whether she deserved my loyalty or not.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“I can only hope one day you won't have to ask me such a question" I said. "That my actions will speak louder than my words.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“I choose you today, tomorrow, and every day thereafter. I accept our bond. I give my heart, my soul, my power to thee.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“I don’t give a high holy fuck about my court, my lady.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“You really shouldn't have flung that match. Now you'll feel her burn”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared