“Life is nothing without a little chaos to make it interesting.”
―
Amelia Atwater-Rhodes,
Demon in My View
“Love is the strongest emotion any creature can feel except for hate, but hate can't hurt you. Love, and trust, and friendship, and all the other emotions humans value so much, are the only emotions that can bring pain. Only love can break a heart into so many pieces. ” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, In the Forests of the Night
“I lifted my face to meet the kiss, wanting the comfort of his touch as much as I was willing to provide the comfort of mine. The contact was sweet and soft, yet at the same time desperate.It was Zane who pulled away first. "Danica, I think..." He trailed off and kissed me again, this time briefly, just the barest touch of lips to lips. "I love you."From a man who frequently uttered eloquent speeches, the tentative declaration was not the most flattering of compliments-especially when every movement he made and look he cast my way had shown the long truth before now.But coming from the serpent who had once informed me that he did not love me and did not think he ever could, whose cool, polished words could cut to the bone and freeze the Earth's frozen molten blood — whose eyes right now were just a bid dazed, and whose expression was as open and startled as I had ever seen it — the words were more than enough."I know," I answered. Then, soft but certain, I answered, "I love you too."His smile matched mine and said the same as mine: I know.” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Hawksong
“I ask for trust. It is a lot, I know; it isn't easy to give. But it is all I ask.” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Hawksong
“A story isn't a charcoal sketch, where every stroke lies on the surface to be seen. It's an oil painting, filled with layers that the author must uncover so carefully to show its beauty.” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
“I'm standing in a slaughterhouse where the cattle are begging to become hamburgers. I have a right to be jumpy.” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Shattered Mirror
“In a society that worships love, freedom and beauty, dance is sacred. It is a prayer for the future, a remembrance of the past and a joyful exclamation of thanks for the present.” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, The Shapeshifters: The Kiesha'ra of the Den of Shadows
“What one person does, several people usually consider.” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
“White pill, blue pill, yellow pill, purple pill; its like swallowing a rainbow every bedtime.” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Persistence of Memory
“Only love can break a heart into so many pieces.” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, In the Forests of the Night
“Live it well and this life can be grand.” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Hawksong
“Insanity makes the rivers flow.” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Midnight Predator
“My prayer is simple my dear one, my dear one. May you never need understand. My prayer is for peacetime, my child, my child. Live it well and this life can be grand.” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Hawksong
“Those who cannot be aggressive are hunted down while they shiver and hide because the night is dark.” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, In the Forests of the Night
“Only in our darkest hour do we find the light. Humans are destructive by nature. The world is lacking balance. Terrors are beginning to triumph over the simple joys. Stand back and watch, because you're going to be here when we fall.” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
“The question then is, how much are you willing to give?" And I answered, "Anything." A breath later, Zane echoed my response with, "Everything.” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Hawksong
“You speak of giving up my dreams. Have you ever, since Maeve's coven split, had a dream? Have you ever had anything worth dying for?” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Snakecharm
“The night is full of mystery. Even when the moon is brightest, secrets hide everywhere. Then the sun rises and its rays cast so many shadows that the day creates more illusion than all the veiled truth of the night.” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Demon in My View
“ Do you trust him? When had we reached the point where the answer to Rei's question had become yes without hesitation? When Zane had sat by my bedside for hours while I was drifting in and out of consciousness? When he had arranged for me to be visited by entertainers and friends, or had carried me home when I was too tired to walk? Or when I had first seen him cry and had wanted nothing but to comfort him? I do not know how, yet somehow, impossibly, we are here. ” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Hawksong
“Love is the strongest emotion any creature can feel except for hate, but hate can't hurt you. Love, and trust, and friendship, and all the other emotions humans value so much, are the only emotions that can bring pain. Only love can break a heart into so many pieces. ” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, In the Forests of the Night
“I lifted my face to meet the kiss, wanting the comfort of his touch as much as I was willing to provide the comfort of mine. The contact was sweet and soft, yet at the same time desperate.It was Zane who pulled away first. "Danica, I think..." He trailed off and kissed me again, this time briefly, just the barest touch of lips to lips. "I love you."From a man who frequently uttered eloquent speeches, the tentative declaration was not the most flattering of compliments-especially when every movement he made and look he cast my way had shown the long truth before now.But coming from the serpent who had once informed me that he did not love me and did not think he ever could, whose cool, polished words could cut to the bone and freeze the Earth's frozen molten blood — whose eyes right now were just a bid dazed, and whose expression was as open and startled as I had ever seen it — the words were more than enough."I know," I answered. Then, soft but certain, I answered, "I love you too."His smile matched mine and said the same as mine: I know.” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Hawksong
“I ask for trust. It is a lot, I know; it isn't easy to give. But it is all I ask.” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Hawksong
“A story isn't a charcoal sketch, where every stroke lies on the surface to be seen. It's an oil painting, filled with layers that the author must uncover so carefully to show its beauty.” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
“I'm standing in a slaughterhouse where the cattle are begging to become hamburgers. I have a right to be jumpy.” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Shattered Mirror
“In a society that worships love, freedom and beauty, dance is sacred. It is a prayer for the future, a remembrance of the past and a joyful exclamation of thanks for the present.” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, The Shapeshifters: The Kiesha'ra of the Den of Shadows
“What one person does, several people usually consider.” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
“White pill, blue pill, yellow pill, purple pill; its like swallowing a rainbow every bedtime.” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Persistence of Memory
“Only love can break a heart into so many pieces.” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, In the Forests of the Night
“Live it well and this life can be grand.” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Hawksong
“Insanity makes the rivers flow.” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Midnight Predator
“My prayer is simple my dear one, my dear one. May you never need understand. My prayer is for peacetime, my child, my child. Live it well and this life can be grand.” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Hawksong
“Those who cannot be aggressive are hunted down while they shiver and hide because the night is dark.” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, In the Forests of the Night
“Only in our darkest hour do we find the light. Humans are destructive by nature. The world is lacking balance. Terrors are beginning to triumph over the simple joys. Stand back and watch, because you're going to be here when we fall.” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
“The question then is, how much are you willing to give?" And I answered, "Anything." A breath later, Zane echoed my response with, "Everything.” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Hawksong
“You speak of giving up my dreams. Have you ever, since Maeve's coven split, had a dream? Have you ever had anything worth dying for?” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Snakecharm
“The night is full of mystery. Even when the moon is brightest, secrets hide everywhere. Then the sun rises and its rays cast so many shadows that the day creates more illusion than all the veiled truth of the night.” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Demon in My View
“ Do you trust him? When had we reached the point where the answer to Rei's question had become yes without hesitation? When Zane had sat by my bedside for hours while I was drifting in and out of consciousness? When he had arranged for me to be visited by entertainers and friends, or had carried me home when I was too tired to walk? Or when I had first seen him cry and had wanted nothing but to comfort him? I do not know how, yet somehow, impossibly, we are here. ” ― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Hawksong
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