The Never King Quotes

“If you are not the most interesting person you know, then you're doing it wrong.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, The Never King

“Maybe we're all mad, in our own way.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, The Never King

“Most men don’t realize this,” she said once, “but us girls, we have toolboxes too. Ours aren’t stuffed with hammers and wrenches and screwdrivers. We have these.” She gave her boobs a squeeze. “And this.” Then tapped at her temple. “And there’s no greater power than tits and brains, baby girl.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, The Never King

“Even the mighty oak believes she is strong until a man comes along with an ax to chop her down.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, The Never King

“How much you break is entirely up to you.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, The Never King

“I am dead inside. And so fucking bored. And the only thing I have to look forward to is being kidnapped by a myth. Happy fucking birthday to me.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, The Never King

“She needs to know…there are no white knights here. Just monsters. And I am the worst one.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, The Never King

“Three, two, one. One, two, three. Better watch out: Peter Pan is going to murder thee.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, The Never King

“Maybe that's what love really is, at the heart of it - choosing the pain with the pleasure.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, The Never King

“I’m being finger fucked by a myth.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, The Never King

“This one is like a feral cat that wants to push the saucer of milk off the table just to watch it spill. I like that about her.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, The Never King

“Darling,” he says and tsk-tsks at me. “Good girls wait their turn.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, The Never King

“If you don’t hold yourself on a pedestal, then who will?”
― Nikki St. Crowe, The Never King

“The problem is, I don’t know how to stop pretending.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, The Never King

“I’m stronger than you think,” I tell him. “Even the mighty oak believes she is strong until a man comes along with an ax to chop her down.” “Is that you then? Do you have an ax?” “All men are born with an ax in their hands, Darling. To take the measure of a man, you just have to pay attention to how he wields it.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, The Never King

“There is always something to glean from words, which ones, how they’re said. If they’re used as knives or balms.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, The Never King

“All men are born with an ax in their hands, Darling. To take the measure of a man, you just have to pay attention to how he wields it.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, The Never King

“I am no longer lost. I think I might have finally been found.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, The Never King

“Because I will chase you,” he says, with a sinister bend to his voice. “And you don’t want to know what happens when I catch you.” The Darling visibly trembles. Good girl.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, The Never King

“There is something about him that is disarming. Unnatural. Haunting. Like a barren tree growing in the middle of a dark lake.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, The Never King

“We were supposed to be her knights, princes of the fae. Instead, we are erased.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, The Never King

“Maybe that’s what love really is, at the heart of it—choosing the pain with the pleasure.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, The Never King

“There’s something about seeing the supposed nice guy act not so nice.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, The Never King

“Get up,” I tell her. She looks to Kas. “He can’t help you,” I say. “Get up, Darling.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, The Never King

“Will she be okay without me? She loved me fiercely, but her love always hurt.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, The Never King

“Pancakes aren’t supposed to be fucking sexy.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, The Never King

“What are you doing? What is your plan? Fuck every Lost Boy on the island just to provoke me?” I frown up at him, catching on the words he used. There is always something to glean from words, which ones, how they’re said.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, The Never King

“You said that in my world, you’d be called a fairy. What do they call you here?” “Fae is a better word.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, The Never King

“My heart leaps to my throat and blood rushes to my head, pounding against my ears. This is it. This is how it happens. I don’t want to lose my mind.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, The Never King

“We murder a lot.” “Why?” “Because in this world, and in yours, if you’re not the monster, then you’re the prey.”
― Nikki St. Crowe, The Never King