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“She didn't understand that. "How can anyone be afraid of love?"
"How can they not?" His face was completely aghast. "When you love someone... truly love them, friend or lover, you lay your heart open to them. You give them a part of yourself that you give to no one else, and you let them inside a part of you that only they can hurt鈥攜ou literally hand them the razor with a map of where to cut deepest and most painfully on your heart and soul. And when they do strike, it's crippling鈥攍ike having your heart carved out. It leaves you naked and exposed, wondering what you did to make them want to hurt you so badly when all you did was love them. What is so wrong with you that no one can keep faith with you? That no one can love you? To have it happen once is bad enough... but to have it repeated? Who in their right mind would not be terrified of that?”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Devil May Cry

“You are my heart, my life, my entire existence."
-Ash”
― Julie Kagawa, The Iron Queen

“Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.”
― Leonard Cohen

“Even when we're apart, we'll be looking at the same sky!”
― L.J. Smith, Daughters of Darkness

“Looks like nobody鈥檚 home,鈥� Puck said, turning in a slow circle. 鈥淗ellooooooooo? Anybody here?鈥�

鈥淏e quiet, Goodfellow,鈥� Ash growled, peering into the shadows with narrowed eyes. 鈥淲e鈥檙e not alone.鈥�

鈥淵eah? How do you figure that, prince? I don鈥檛 see anyone.鈥�

鈥淭he cait sith has disappeared.鈥�

鈥� 鈥� Crap.”
― Julie Kagawa, The Iron Queen

“Hey, princess.鈥�

鈥淗ey,鈥� I whispered, as Ash slipped his arms around my waist from behind, drawing me close. I could feel his glare aimed at Puck over my head, a silent, protective gesture that spoke louder than any words. Mine. Back off.”
― Julie Kagawa, The Iron Queen

“His breath hitched, and he regarded me hungrily. 鈥淵ou鈥檙e playing with fire, you know that?鈥�
鈥淭hat鈥檚 weird, considering you鈥檙e an ice prin鈥斺€� I didn鈥檛 get any further, as Ash leaned in and kissed me.”
― Julie Kagawa, Winter's Passage

“Meghan,鈥� whispered a voice, heart wrenchingly familiar, drawing me out of the void. I recognized it immediately, just as I realized it was a figment of my desperate imagination, because the real owner of that voice would never be here, talking to me.
Ash?
鈥淲ake up,鈥� he murmured, his deep voice cutting through the layers of the darkness. 鈥淒on鈥檛 do this. If you don鈥檛 come out of this soon, you鈥檒l fade away and drift forever. Fight it. Come back to us.鈥�
I didn鈥檛 want to wake up. There was nothing but pain waiting for me in the real world. If I was asleep, I couldn鈥檛 feel anything. If I was asleep, I didn鈥檛 have to face Ash and the cold contempt on his face when he looked at me. Darkness was my retreat, my sanctuary. I drew back from Ash鈥檚 voice, deeper into the comforting blackness. And, through the layer of dreams and delirium, I heard a quiet sob.
鈥淧lease.鈥� A hand gripped mine, real and solid, anchoring me to the present. 鈥淚 know what you must think of me, but鈥︹€� The voice broke off, took a ragged breath. 鈥淒on鈥檛 leave,鈥� it whispered. 鈥淢eghan, don鈥檛 go. Come back to me.”
― Julie Kagawa, The Iron Daughter

“He shook his head, examining the wound again. 鈥淚t's not frostbitten,鈥� he muttered. 鈥淚t'll blister, but you should be fine. You might only lose a couple fingers.鈥�
I glanced at him sharply, but he was smirking. For a moment, I was speechless. Good God, the Ice Prince was making jokes now; the world must be ending.”
― Julie Kagawa, The Iron King

“Ash? Get bent and die.”
― L.J. Smith, Daughters of Darkness

“I鈥檓 going to kill you one day,鈥� I told him as we hurried after Grimalkin, back into the swampy marshland. It was not an idle threat.
Puck just laughed. 鈥淵eah. You and everyone else, prince. Join the club.”
― Julie Kagawa, The Iron Knight

“I don't need to kill goats to say things. I CAN talk.”
― L.J. Smith, Daughters of Darkness

“I will be with her again, or I will die. There aren鈥檛 any other options”
― Julie Kagawa, The Iron Knight

“One night, bored and restless, I found a stack of dusty board games in a closet, and bullied Ash into learning Scrabble, checkers and Yahtzee. Surprisingly, Ash found that he enjoyed these 鈥渉uman鈥� games, and was soon asking me to play more often than not. This filled some of the long, restless evenings and kept my mind off certain things. Unfortunately for me, once Ash learned the rules, he was nearly impossible to beat in strategy games like checkers, and his long life gave him a vast knowledge of lengthy, complicated words he staggered me with in Scrabble. Though sometimes we鈥檇 end up debating whether or not faery terms like Gwragedd Annwn and hobyahs were legal to use.”
― Julie Kagawa, The Iron Queen

“You think I don鈥檛 know pain?鈥� Puck shook his head at me. 鈥淥r loss? I鈥檝e been around a lot longer than you, prince! I know what love is, and I鈥檝e lost
my fair share, too. Just because we have a different way of handling it, doesn鈥檛 mean I don鈥檛 have scars of my own.鈥�
鈥淣ame one,鈥� I scoffed. 鈥淕ive me one instance where you haven鈥檛鈥斺€�
鈥淢eghan Chase!鈥� Puck roared, startling me into silence. I blinked, and he sneered at me. 鈥淵eah, your highness. I know what loss is. I鈥檝e loved that
girl since before she knew me. But I waited. I waited because I didn鈥檛 want to lie about who I was. I wanted her to know the truth before anything else.
So I waited, and I did my job. For years, I protected her, biding my time, until the day she went into the Nevernever after her brother. And then you
came along. And I saw how she looked at you. And for the first time, I wanted to kill you as much as you wanted to kill me.”
― Julie Kagawa

“For better or worse, I'm afraid you're stuck with me now." -Ash”
― Julie Kagawa, The Iron Queen

“I hate it when you鈥檙e reasonable.鈥�
He laughed. 鈥淪omeone has to be." ...
(Meghan and Ash)”
― Julie Kagawa, The Iron Queen

“So,鈥� I demanded, trying to sound confident, 鈥渨here can we find this trod to New Orleans?鈥�
鈥淭he frost giant ruins,鈥� Ash replied, looking thoughtful. 鈥淰ery close to Mab鈥檚 court.鈥� At Puck鈥檚 glare, he shrugged and offered a tiny, rueful smirk. 鈥淪he goes to Mardi Gras every year.鈥�
I pictured the Queen of the Unseelie Court flashing a couple of drunken partygoers, and giggled uncontrollably. All three shot me a strange look. 鈥淪orry,鈥� I gasped, biting my lip. "Still kind of giddy, I guess.”
― Julie Kagawa, The Iron King

“How very like you, Puck.鈥� Ash鈥檚 voice came from a great distance, and the room started to spin. 鈥淥ffer them a taste of faery wine, and act surprised when they鈥檙e consumed by it.鈥�
That struck me as hilarious, and I broke into hysterical giggles. And once I began, I couldn鈥檛 stop. I laughed until I was gasping for breath, tears streaming down my face. My feet itched and my skin crawled. I needed to move, to do something. I tried standing up, wanting to spin and dance, but the room tilted violently and I fell, still shrieking with laughter.
Somebody caught me, scooping me off my feet and into their arms. I smelled frost and winter, and heard an exasperated sigh from somewhere above my head.
鈥淲hat are you doing, Ash?鈥� I heard someone ask. A familiar voice, though I couldn鈥檛 think of his name, or why he sounded so suspicious.
鈥淚鈥檓 taking her back to her room.鈥� The person above me sounded wonderfully calm and deep. I sighed and settled into his arms. 鈥淪he鈥檒l have to sleep off the effects of the fruit. We鈥檒l likely be here another day because of your idiocy.鈥�
The other voice said something garbled and unintelligible. I was suddenly too sleepy and light-headed to care. Relaxing against the mysterious person鈥檚 chest, I fell into a heady sleep.”
― Julie Kagawa, The Iron King

“He touched my cheek softly, his eyes intense as they gazed into mine."You might have to teach me a little about the human world, but I'm willing to learn if it means being close to you." He smiled again, a wry quirk of his lips. "I'm sure I can adapt to 'being human' if I must. If you want me to attend classes as a student, I can do that. If you want to move to a large city to pursue your dreams, I will follow. And if, someday, you wish to be married in a white gown and make this official in human eyes I'm willing to do that, too." He leaned in, close enough for me to see my reflection in his silver gaze." For better or worse, I'm afraid you're stuck with me now.”
― Julie Kagawa, The Iron Queen

“Technically, I was trying to kill Puck. You just happened to be there. But yes, if I'd had the shot, I would have taken it.

-Prince Ash”
― Julie Kagawa, The Iron King

“You might have to teach me a little about the human world, but I'm willing to learn if it means being close to you." - Prince Ash”
― Julie Kagawa, The Iron Queen

“Poetry is just evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.”
― Renee Carlino, Before We Were Strangers

“Puck threw Ash a mocking smile. 鈥淵ou look like crap, Prince. Did you miss
尘别?鈥�
Ash frowned, stabbing a faery that was clawing at his feet. 鈥淲hat are you
doing here, Goodfellow?鈥� he asked coldly, which only caused Puck鈥檚 grin to widen.
鈥淩escuing the princess from the Winter Court, of course.鈥� Puck looked down
as the wire-fey piled on the squealing boar, ripping and slicing. It exploded into a pile of leaves,
and they skittered back in confusion. 鈥淭hough it appears I鈥檓 saving your sorry ass, as well.鈥�
鈥淚 could鈥檝e handled it.鈥�
鈥淥h, I鈥檓 sure.鈥� Puck brandished a pair of curved daggers, the blades clear as
glass. His grin turned predatory. 鈥淲ell, then, shall we get on with it? Try to keep up, Your
贬颈驳丑苍别蝉蝉.鈥�
鈥淛ust stay out of my way.”
― Julie Kagawa, The Iron Daughter

“Meghan rose with the regal grace of a queen, calm and unruffled. I noticed she subtly moved in front of me when facing Ariella, a familiar gesture that caught me off guard. The Iron Queen was protecting me.”
― Julie Kagawa, The Iron Knight

“Still dressed in matching butler suits with pink bow ties, the redcaps filed into the dining room, every one of them scowling at me. Ash's eyes widened and he quickly hid his mouth under his laced fingers, but I saw his shoulders shaking with silent laughter.
Luckily, the redcaps didn't notice.”
― Julie Kagawa, The Iron Queen

“Ash," I murmured, which made him flinch, bracing himself. My heart pounded, but I ignored my doubts and hurried on. "I...will..." Closing my eyes, I took a deep breath and whispered, "Will you be my knight?”
― Julie Kagawa, The Iron Queen

“I was a princess made of ashes; there is nothing left of me to burn.
Now it's time for a queen to rise.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“This one," Ash growled "is off limits.”
― Julie Kagawa, The Iron King

“He punched me in the face," Ash said, who understandably did not seem to find the situation humorous at all. "And then he yelled at me for sleeping with our personal trainer!"
"I was told breakup scenes were a good way to distract people," Jared said with beautiful simplicity.
"Ash looked so surprised," Holly said. "He had no idea what was going on. He said, 'I didn't sleep with our personal trainer! We don't even have a personal trainer!'"
Angela and Holly giggled. Ash held the back of his hand to his bleeding mouth and glared.
Jared was still grinning like a maniac. "In that case," he told Ash solemnly, "I will consider taking you back.”
― Sarah Rees Brennan, Unspoken