Lady of Embers Quotes

“Grief doesn’t listen to ultimatums. Life would be so much easier if it did,”
― Melissa K. Roehrich, Lady of Embers

“You are Death’s Maiden, Princess of Avonleya, Queen of the Western Courts, and a Lady of Darkness.”
― Melissa K. Roehrich, Lady of Embers

“I will catch you, Scarlett. Tonight and tomorrow and the day after that. Even if I do not have my fire, I will still catch you.”
― Melissa K. Roehrich, Lady of Embers

“By the gods. That godsdamn tongue,” he muttered.”
― Melissa K. Roehrich, Lady of Embers

“I would request you provide me a portal back to the Witch Kingdoms before he arrives. I have had enough male interaction to last me for decades at this point,” the High Witch said from the bedside.”
― Melissa K. Roehrich, Lady of Embers

“You have faced loss and pain. You have battled the shadows and won. You have created stars when there were none. You are Death’s Maiden, Princess of Avonleya, Queen of the Western Courts, and a Lady of Darkness. You can face a hall full of people who will rejoice at your return surrounded by your family, both old and new. We do this together. Always together.”
― Melissa K. Roehrich, Lady of Embers

“the last year, she has managed to figure out her lineage, find her twin flame, master her magic, take a throne, tear down the wards containing the other beings, remove the magical wards around the mortal kingdoms, find her way into Avonleya, and find Sargon’s line? She is systematically undoing everything Deimas and I worked to put into place over centuries, and she is doing so in months.”
― Melissa K. Roehrich, Lady of Embers

“twin flames, Sorin.”
― Melissa K. Roehrich, Lady of Embers

“Well, day drinking and stabbing things are off the table, so I guess candy and chocolate it is,” she”
― Melissa K. Roehrich, Lady of Embers

“the kingdom favoring the night, they started everything a little later in the morning. Apparently that included lunch being served mid-afternoon rather than at mid-day.”
― Melissa K. Roehrich, Lady of Embers

“When Ashes Meld with Shadows, When Stars and Dreams Collide, When Night and Darkness Meet, She will return with the fire of the stars. Brother of the throne, Hope will rise, And the Prince will fall. For Darkness takes it all.”
― Melissa K. Roehrich, Lady of Embers

“He’d spend all the time she needed between her legs, tasting her, devouring her.”
― Melissa K. Roehrich, Lady of Embers

“She’d be lying if she said she didn’t get drunk off the power of this. Of watching him come undone from her knees.”
― Melissa K. Roehrich, Lady of Embers

“He will be good for you, Cyrus. After everything you have had to endure, you deserve happiness. You deserve someone like Cassius.”
― Melissa K. Roehrich, Lady of Embers

“These are all for battle?” Razik asked. “Impressive.” “I do not require the approval of a male,”
― Melissa K. Roehrich, Lady of Embers

“People who understood that sometimes…” She exhaled deeply. “Sometimes we just need people to sit with us in the middle of the mess. But those people? They tend to find you. You don’t find them. You’re too busy trying not to drown to even be looking.”
― Melissa K. Roehrich, Lady of Embers

“Sorin. I love you because you pull me from the river when all I want to do is drown. I love you because you came for me, and I will always come for you. I love you all the way through our darkness, even if you cannot light it up with your fire any longer.”
― Melissa K. Roehrich, Lady of Embers

“Just fuck me. Please.”
― Melissa K. Roehrich, Lady of Embers

“I will follow you up to the stars and down to the depths of the sea.”
― Melissa K. Roehrich, Lady of Embers

“From the very beginning. The Fire Prince I hated. The target I couldn’t kill. The general I couldn’t stand. The rescuer from my demons. The savior from drowning. The brightest star in the darkness. Only you. Only ever you. Where you go, I will follow, even if that means crossing the Veil. Never leave me again, Sorin. Never again.”
― Melissa K. Roehrich, Lady of Embers

“Sometimes we just need people to sit with us in the middle of the mess.”
― Melissa K. Roehrich, Lady of Embers

“A million stars in the sky above us, and you are still the brightest,” she murmured, fingers finally beginning to undo the buttons of his pants. “A million stars in the sky, and you are the only one I care to look at. The only one that matters,” he replied.”
― Melissa K. Roehrich, Lady of Embers

“But the days become bearable. They slowly become brighter. Then you have a good day amidst a mess of bad ones, and you think maybe it is worth it. To fight for the good days. It doesn’t hurt any less. It just hurts differently, and the pain isn’t quite so staggering when you have people to keep you from drowning.” Her head turned, silver eyes settling on him. “Fight for the good days, Callan. Even if they are few and far between right now, fight for the good days. And if good days seem too impossible right now, fight for the good moments that manage to appear amidst the hell you’re enduring. The glimpses of light. Fight for those.”
― Melissa K. Roehrich, Lady of Embers

“No one who knows you is indifferent to your existence. I am not indifferent to your existence.”
― Melissa K. Roehrich, Lady of Embers

“And I am your salvation or your destruction.” She took a single step forward. “It appears I am your god now.”
― Melissa K. Roehrich, Lady of Embers

“Scarlett, we will have this conversation, but it is time to be a queen. We can have it out later. You need to be there for your Court right now. You need to be there for Briar. Both as his queen and as his friend.” He was right. She knew that. She’d just needed a minute to breathe, but she’d left Briar to suffocate.”
― Melissa K. Roehrich, Lady of Embers

“If I can right only one thing before my death, then it shall be this.” “Then you will fail. Unless you can manage to draw blood,”
― Melissa K. Roehrich, Lady of Embers

“She turned to Razik, her mouth gaping. “You took my kill.” “Now I’m in the lead,” he said with a shrug.”
― Melissa K. Roehrich, Lady of Embers

“The sun dipped below the horizon, and she whispered a final word to him as she Faded from his arms.”
― Melissa K. Roehrich, Lady of Embers

“Dark leathery wings protruding from his back”
― Melissa K. Roehrich, Lady of Embers