Her Dark Wings Quotes

“Tell me of the flower-touched girl hidden at the ends of the earth; of betrayal and vengeance, of blossoming and blame. Tell me of heartbreak and healing, tell me what it means to forgive, to plant a seed, to watch it grow.
Tell me what happens next, Muse.
Sing.”
― Melinda Salisbury, Her Dark Wings

“Most people have two faces. If you haven’t learned that by now, there’s no hope for you.”
― Melinda Salisbury, Her Dark Wings

“His mouth was cold, he tasted like ice, or salt, or diamonds—something clear and sharp and glittering, something that would quench or call a thirst, or buy an army, start a war.”
― Melinda Salisbury, Her Dark Wings

“I’d thought it would just be a kiss, like a hundred kisses before. I thought I knew what to do, how it would go. I didn’t know anything at all.”
― Melinda Salisbury, Her Dark Wings

“Are you just going to let me have everything I ask for?” I say. “Yes.” He nods. “I don’t want to give you even the slightest reason to leave.”
― Melinda Salisbury, Her Dark Wings

“I always thought getting used to something automatically meant you'd accepted it, but that isn't true. Acceptance is a choice; you have to do the work to achieve it and make peace with the outcome, even if - especially if - it's not what you want. But getting used to things doesn't require any work, all you need to do is stop fighting.”
― Melinda Salisbury, Her Dark Wings