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“You are broken. But it is broken things that are the sharpest. The deadliest. It is broken things that are the most unexpected, and the most underestimated”
― Sabaa Tahir, A ​Sky Beyond the Storm

“We are all dealt a hand at birth. A good hand can ultimately lose - just as a poor hand can win - but we must all play the cards the fate deals. The choices we face may not be the choices we want, but they are choices nonetheless.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Curse So Dark and Lonely

“The choices we face may not be the choices we want, but they are choices nonetheless.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Curse So Dark and Lonely

“I have nothing to give anyone, really. It’s the one gift I can give that has any kind of value. It makes me feel worthy.”
― Fisher Amelie, Callum & Harper

“She looked at me, confused. “He hardly knew me. My parents dated and got married before we knew what happened. Let’s just say we were not
brought into the loop on that decision.�

“That’s weird. I wasn’t brought into the loop with my parents� marriage either.�

“Really? How old were you?�

“Twelve months.�

She giggled. “I can’t imagine why they didn’t ask your opinion.”
― Darynda Jones, Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet

“My left leg is clumsy and about to give way, but I mentally threaten to cut it off if it doesn't get me out of here. It listens.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Curse So Dark and Lonely

“I will not take from those who have nothing.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Curse So Dark and Lonely

“One poor choice shouldn't undo a thousand good ones.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Vow So Bold and Deadly

“Okay, I should probably mention right here that Brandon used the real word, but this is my story, so I'm cleaning it up a little.”
― Rachel Hawkins, Rebel Belle

“Our relationship seems to tick forward like the hands of a clock, always changing in relation to each other.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Curse So Dark and Lonely

“With technology and everything, compact discs are going to be, like, vintage soon, right? The way vinyl is now. Like, if I ever have kids, they’re going to look at CDs and think, ‘What is this crap, geez, how clunky.â€� By then everyone will have the fiftieth edition of iPods—or maybe they’ll just have music downloaded directly into their brains, like with microchips, or something. And I’ll be the old lady in the corner going, ‘Back when I was a kid, we had mix tapes, and floppy disks, and gas didn’t cost twenty bucks a gallon, and oh, yeah, MTV actually played music videos, if you can believe it.â€� And they’ll probably say, ‘Oh, Mom, you and your stories, we’re jetting to the oxygen bar, see you later,â€� and take off in their flying cars. You know there’ll be flying cars, it’s only a matter of time.”
― Hannah Harrington

“Neighbors bring food with death and flowers with sickness and little things in between.”
― Harper Lee

“I don't care what tomorrow brings, as long as I have you.”
― Molly Harper, The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf

“Butâ€� you intrigue me, which is a surprise in and of itself. I can never predict what you’ll say or do next. You’re a quirky, complex, fierce blaze of fire in my otherwise numb, predictable world. See, despite that I have everything I want, it hasn’t made me satisfied. If anything, it has made me bored and restless. There have been no challenges, no obstacles, and nothing I couldn’t manage or control one way or another…until you.â€� It drove him crazy, but it also energized him. “I like having you in my life. I intend to keep you in it.”
― Suzanne Wright, Burn

“Love isn’t like the grand romantic gestures you see in the movie. It isn’t a kiss and happily ever after, no matter how much I’d like it to be. It’s late night texts and tired calls after a long day on location, and heated arguments that end in 3 a.m. Facetimes apologizing to each other. It involves a lot of missing what other couples have-normalcy.”
― Ashley Poston, Bookish and the Beast

“Manfred,â€� I began, exasperated, “I just don’t know what to do with you.â€�
“I have some very good ideas,� he said. He waggled his eyebrows.
He was making it funny, but he was serious. I never doubted that at my slightest response, Manfred would be booking us into the nearest hotel as fast as he could whip out his wallet.”
― Charlaine Harris, Grave Secret

“It's really over." He put his arms around her, pulling her to him. "Now just as long as you don't get tangled up with a pack of vampires or deranged witches while you're at college, everything will be wonderful.”
― Amanda Hocking, Elegy

“Her (Beverly Powers) face was round and sweet, but her eyes were another matter. Whatever sport she’d played, this woman had been a ferocious competitor.
I was profoundly glad I hadn’t been having an affair with her husband.”
― Charlaine Harris, Grave Secret

“I hate him,â€� she answered instantly and seriously. “He’s quinoa to me.â€�

Harper detested quinoa. Like, more than she hated most things.
“I love you.”
― Samantha Young, Fight or Flight

“In the second drawer I find three circlets, each adorned with more jewels. Tiaras. Because of course.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Curse So Dark and Lonely

“At least she can be tamed as easily as the others. I extend my hand and give her an encouraging look.

She takes a stepâ€� but then her expression shifts, her eyes darken and she swings.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Curse So Dark and Lonely

“Maybe some could say that changing her mind was part of her problem. But she didn’t think so. If you never changed your mind, what was the point of having one? It seemed to Hayley she’d known too many people who were stuck with one way of thinking, and how could that be using the brain God gave you.”
― Nora Roberts, Blue Dahlia

“In matters of the heart, I am clearly hopeless.â€� He puts down his final card—a prince. A wild card. I stare at him, stunned. It didn’t matter what I played. He would have won anyway. “In matters of strategy,â€� he finishes, “I am not.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Curse So Dark and Lonely

“He's so intense, but I stand my ground. "Your people will...
"I am not only talking about my people now," he snaps. "I am talking about me."

The words feel like a slap. I stare at him, suddenly breathless "You think I betrayed you."

He says nothing.

And the worst part is, he's not wrong either. I was acting on emotion. I wasn't thinking about how anyone would perceive my actions. I spent months thinking Grey was dead, and after seeing what Rhen was willing to do in the courtyard, I wasn't going to wait around for him to up the ante.

My throat tightens. I turn to look out over the courtyard again, hoping the breeze will drag my tears away. "He was trapped with you for ... ever," I say. "Forever, Rhen. "How could you do that to him?"

Rhen is quiet for a moment. "He was your friend, too, my lady. I was not the only one he ran from."

I remember a moment, in the courtyard, when Rhen was still a monster. When Lilith was going to kill me, and Grey got on his knees and offered himself to spare me.

I remember a moment in Washington, DC, when Grey was near death because Rhen had attacked him, and he came to me for help. Not anyone in Emberfall. To me.

He could have told me his secret. I would have helped him. He chose not to. To protect me?

Or to protect himself?

Both?

We once spoke of my duty to bleed so he does not.

Oh, Grey.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Heart So Fierce and Broken

“...good things happened when you took steps, when you worked for them—and when you were lucky enough to find people who’d give you a chance to do your best.”
― Nora Roberts, Red Lily

“Do you think I can't do it?â€�

� I have no doubt you can do it. I think His Highness will not like it.�

“Oh! Well, then, posthaste or whatever you'd say here.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Curse So Dark and Lonely

“I’m surprised you let him come.â€�

He sighs and glances my way. “Far be it from me to refuse a request from the ‘Crown Prince of Disi.� �

His tone is pointed, and I scowl. “You were unconscious! I thought Jamison was going to tell the soldiers to shoot us! What else was I supposed to call him?�

He raises an eyebrow. “A servant? A footman?�

I open my mouth. Close it.

Grey’s not done. “A slave, my lady. A guard.�

“But she picked prince,� Jake snaps. “Get over it.�

Grey ignores him. “The healer’s concubine?�

Jake snorts, but twin spots of pink find his cheeks. “Noah probably would have loved that.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Curse So Dark and Lonely

“What wonder will I accomplish today? And how will it tie in to tomorrow and tomorrow, so that I may live as the hero I want to be? And today how will I seek and find the opportunity that scares me? An opportunity that has me harness some elements within that I may cross over the bridge into the other side of my existence; the one that’s begging to be unsettled, that greets the morning before the sun with a ferocious will to rise up, to inspire, to create laughter and tears from the uncovering of the magical self and the relief that I have given in to the excitingly scary, omega point pull to evolve.”
― Sebastian Siegel

“He might be ten times more dangerous then Rhen, but he's a hundred times easier to get along with.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Curse So Dark and Lonely

“When I was very young, he told me that playing games is less about the cards in my hand or the dice on a board, and more of an opportunity to understand the way he thinks.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Curse So Dark and Lonely