Even Though I Knew the End Quotes

“I never told her how she had saved me. I never told her how she became the dearest friend I’d ever had. I told her I loved her, but never enough. My Edith of the sparrows. My heart. My world.”
― C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

“Ain’t this our song?”
Edith smiled at me through her sand-brown curls. “You say that about all the love songs.”
“That’s because they’re ours. Come on; dance with me”
― C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

“Ten years. It wasn't enough time, but I would live every blessed second of it. "We're going to San Fransisco." She smiled up at me. "We'll get a house in North Beach." "Right away," I said. "I've got the down payment and then some."
She signed and pulled me close. "We're going to be so happy."
We would be. I'd dust the knickknacks, burn the sausage, wake up next to her every morning. I'd be grateful, even though I knew the end.”
― C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

“The bedsprings sang and Edith did too, because she was always a bit like music.”
― C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

“The moon peeped in our windows, but she was pretty good at keeping secrets.”
― C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

“Why, this is Hell, nor am I out of it,” Marlowe murmured. She gave me a wistful smile. “Ah, love. My usual terms. Ten years.”
― C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

“The spell worked by pairing the principles of contagion and sympathy. My blood activated the luminescent properties of the radium and the living glow of the fungus, connecting it to the blood that had been spilled— You know what? Let’s skip the explanation.”
― C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

“I'd read this book a dozen times, two dozen. I always held my breath, waiting for Daisy to come to him. Jay hoped every single time, and I hoped right along with him, even though I knew the end.”
― C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

“A warm firework blossomed in my chest, the brilliant sparks flying along my nerves. I barely stopped myself from reaching across the table for her hand.”
― C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

“We both knew as soon as Edith saw those pictures you took. The script you didn’t recognize? It’s the human adaptation of angelic language. It’s called Enochian.” I tore my eyes off the road to stare at them. “That’s Enochian?”
― C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

“You promise?” I asked, the outrage making my voice break. “Pinky swear and everything? How can I trust you’ll come?” Her smile disappeared. My throat squeezed shut. The edges of my vision blackened. I tried to suck down a breath, and a bolt of hot anguish struck my chest. “Don’t question my word, Elena Brandt.” Marlowe said softly. “I don’t like it.”
― C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

“They weren’t Greek to me; I could read that.”
― C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End