We take what what we can get.
To Thetis, Long overdue, I know, but every often the things we most desire come only after much patience and struggle. That is a human truth, I think. Even Peleus knew that. -Seth.
There’s a big difference between death threats and love letters–even if the person writing the death threats still claims to actually love you. Of course, considering I once tried to kill someone I loved, maybe I had no right to judge.
The answer came to me before I’d even finished asking myself the question. I couldn’t be Mason’s girlfriend because when I imagined someone holding me and whispering dirty things in my ear, he had a Russian accent.
I looked around at us all: me in my nightgown, Kiyo bare-chested, Dorian in his extravagant robes, and Tim in his Native getup. God, I muttered, standing up, we all look like the village people.
You can’t save everyone, though God knows you try.
Some rules are bigger than the universe.
For every bad thing in life, there are more good things to tip the balance.
It was one thing to accept I couldn’t have Dimitri. It was something entirely different to realize someone else could.
I don’t think most people take honest well. They prefer the games. They want to believe the pretty lies.
Books were a lot less messy than orgasms.
I secretly wondered if Dimitri’s problem might be that he was jealous. He hadn’t pulled Lissa aside to yell at her. The thought made me slightly happy, but then I remembered my earlier curiosity about why Dimitri had even wandered by.
Mmm. O positive, my favorite.
So. Are you guys here to convert me or sell me siding?
Surely I must be a princess in an enchanted sleep. Any day now, this dream-no, nightmare would end, and I’d get my prince and happy ending.
I like you being the sinner you are. -Adrian Ivashkov.
This is politics. People in power never have to play by the same rules.
You did good Roza. Very good. Now sleep.
Well, she was talking to me. That’s enough to make anyone lose their temper. And I accused her of sleeping with my dad because he was the soundest evolutionary choice.
Abe glanced at Rose. “You see that?” he said. “Now that’s devotion.” She rolled her eyes at him.