“Envy hurt exponentially more than heartbreak because your soul was torn in two, half soaring with happiness for another person, half mired in a well of selfpityand pain.”
―
Diana Peterfreund,
For Darkness Shows the Stars
“In every letter, in every line, she saw him. He hadn't changed - he'd only grown into the man he'd meant to be.” ― Diana Peterfreund, For Darkness Shows the Stars
“I can wait in silence no longer, but I’m afraid I’m already too late. I am trapped between agony and hope—believing I have no right to speak, but knowing more how much I’d regret it if I did not. Tell me I’m not wrong. Tell me that, this time, you will accept my offer. Because I’m making it again. I want you with me, Elliot. It’s all I have ever wanted. I offer you everything I have—my world, my ship, my self—perhaps they will be enough to replace what I know you would be giving up if you came with me.” ― Diana Peterfreund, For Darkness Shows the Stars
“Sometimes you met someone that changed the pattern, who wormed their way past the cracks in your heart, caulked them up, sealed themselves in, and stayed there. Sometimes they did it by insisting you meet them at every step, as Jamie had done to me.” ― Diana Peterfreund, Tap & Gown
“The old poems said that lovers were made for each other. But that wasn't true for Kai and Elliot. They hadn't been made for each other at all—quite the opposite. But they'd grown together, the two of them, until they were like two trees from a single trunk, stronger together than either could have been alone.” ― Diana Peterfreund, For Darkness Shows the Stars
“Three syllables and three thousand memories.” ― Diana Peterfreund, For Darkness Shows the Stars
“There was that word again.Mature. Was this what maturity was? Giving up on the things we wanted because we knew we’d never get them?” ― Diana Peterfreund
“Come with me, Elliot. I have wanted to ask you for weeks, but I have waited, out of fear and doubt and the belief that it’s nothing but my own selfishness that wants you with me. I wrestled with this, and chance after chance passed me by. I can’t afford to lose this one.Please accept. This time, please accept.And please believe that no matter what, I am, ever,YourKai” ― Diana Peterfreund, For Darkness Shows the Stars
“Kai held firm to her with one hand, and pointed up with the other. 'I can see them, Elliot. I can see them all. In the night, in the day, through clouds and storms and the setting sun.'She stared at him in wonder. This was his miracle, and he was sharing it with her. 'Thank you,' she said, 'for coming back for me.''Elliot.' He bent his head close to hers, and looked deep into her eyes. His gaze was no longer strange to her. He was just her Kai, the man he'd been born to become. 'No matter where I went, I always knew my way back to you. You are my compass star.'And he was hers.” ― Diana Peterfreund, For Darkness Shows the Stars
“See, Jace never learned how to flirt properly, because he was raised by a murderous sociopath.” ― Diana Peterfreund, Shadowhunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader
“Amazing how being bathed in arterial blood can wash out any lingering romantic disappointments.” ― Diana Peterfreund, Rampant
“Sometimes it's only the young ones who are crazy enough to change the world.” ― Diana Peterfreund, Across a Star-Swept Sea
“No one is innocent in the tide of history. Everyone has kings and slaves in his past. Everyone has saints and sinners. We are not to blame for the actions of our ancestors. We can only try to be the best we can, no matter what our heritage, to strive for a better future for all.” ― Diana Peterfreund, Across a Star-Swept Sea
“I don't need to see the trail to know you're at the end of it. My grandfather's compass may not work, but mine is still true.” ― Diana Peterfreund, For Darkness Shows the Stars
“Ti voglio bene..... It means everything. It means I love you. It means I want you. It means I want you to be okay. It means everything.” ― Diana Peterfreund, Rampant
“If they didn't take you seriously, they would never see you coming.” ― Diana Peterfreund, Across a Star-Swept Sea
“I found the hum of his computer rather soothing, but it was the complete lack of unicorn carcasses that really pulled the room together.” ― Diana Peterfreund, Rampant
“Look at us. You look like death, my friend, and I’m sure I do, too. We’ll never stop blaming ourselves. I guess that’s the price of love?” ― Diana Peterfreund, For Darkness Shows the Stars
“I said go away!""No, you said 'get out'. I'm out.""Now go away."Silence. And then, "No.” ― Diana Peterfreund, For Darkness Shows the Stars
“In every letter, in every line, she saw him. He hadn't changed - he'd only grown into the man he'd meant to be.” ― Diana Peterfreund, For Darkness Shows the Stars
“I can wait in silence no longer, but I’m afraid I’m already too late. I am trapped between agony and hope—believing I have no right to speak, but knowing more how much I’d regret it if I did not. Tell me I’m not wrong. Tell me that, this time, you will accept my offer. Because I’m making it again. I want you with me, Elliot. It’s all I have ever wanted. I offer you everything I have—my world, my ship, my self—perhaps they will be enough to replace what I know you would be giving up if you came with me.” ― Diana Peterfreund, For Darkness Shows the Stars
“Sometimes you met someone that changed the pattern, who wormed their way past the cracks in your heart, caulked them up, sealed themselves in, and stayed there. Sometimes they did it by insisting you meet them at every step, as Jamie had done to me.” ― Diana Peterfreund, Tap & Gown
“The old poems said that lovers were made for each other. But that wasn't true for Kai and Elliot. They hadn't been made for each other at all—quite the opposite. But they'd grown together, the two of them, until they were like two trees from a single trunk, stronger together than either could have been alone.” ― Diana Peterfreund, For Darkness Shows the Stars
“Three syllables and three thousand memories.” ― Diana Peterfreund, For Darkness Shows the Stars
“There was that word again.Mature. Was this what maturity was? Giving up on the things we wanted because we knew we’d never get them?” ― Diana Peterfreund
“Come with me, Elliot. I have wanted to ask you for weeks, but I have waited, out of fear and doubt and the belief that it’s nothing but my own selfishness that wants you with me. I wrestled with this, and chance after chance passed me by. I can’t afford to lose this one.Please accept. This time, please accept.And please believe that no matter what, I am, ever,YourKai” ― Diana Peterfreund, For Darkness Shows the Stars
“Kai held firm to her with one hand, and pointed up with the other. 'I can see them, Elliot. I can see them all. In the night, in the day, through clouds and storms and the setting sun.'She stared at him in wonder. This was his miracle, and he was sharing it with her. 'Thank you,' she said, 'for coming back for me.''Elliot.' He bent his head close to hers, and looked deep into her eyes. His gaze was no longer strange to her. He was just her Kai, the man he'd been born to become. 'No matter where I went, I always knew my way back to you. You are my compass star.'And he was hers.” ― Diana Peterfreund, For Darkness Shows the Stars
“See, Jace never learned how to flirt properly, because he was raised by a murderous sociopath.” ― Diana Peterfreund, Shadowhunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader
“Amazing how being bathed in arterial blood can wash out any lingering romantic disappointments.” ― Diana Peterfreund, Rampant
“Sometimes it's only the young ones who are crazy enough to change the world.” ― Diana Peterfreund, Across a Star-Swept Sea
“No one is innocent in the tide of history. Everyone has kings and slaves in his past. Everyone has saints and sinners. We are not to blame for the actions of our ancestors. We can only try to be the best we can, no matter what our heritage, to strive for a better future for all.” ― Diana Peterfreund, Across a Star-Swept Sea
“I don't need to see the trail to know you're at the end of it. My grandfather's compass may not work, but mine is still true.” ― Diana Peterfreund, For Darkness Shows the Stars
“Ti voglio bene..... It means everything. It means I love you. It means I want you. It means I want you to be okay. It means everything.” ― Diana Peterfreund, Rampant
“If they didn't take you seriously, they would never see you coming.” ― Diana Peterfreund, Across a Star-Swept Sea
“I found the hum of his computer rather soothing, but it was the complete lack of unicorn carcasses that really pulled the room together.” ― Diana Peterfreund, Rampant
“Look at us. You look like death, my friend, and I’m sure I do, too. We’ll never stop blaming ourselves. I guess that’s the price of love?” ― Diana Peterfreund, For Darkness Shows the Stars
“I said go away!""No, you said 'get out'. I'm out.""Now go away."Silence. And then, "No.” ― Diana Peterfreund, For Darkness Shows the Stars
