Ohmygod. Did hell just freeze over?” – Zoey Redbird when Aphrodite LaFonte tells her parents that Zoey deserves to be leader of the Dark Daughters.
You are special. Accept that about yourself, and you will begin to understand there is true power in your uniqueness.
Ultimately, the body is just a shell; it is the soul which defines the man or woman, god or goddess.
I’d yank that damn Seer Stone off, find Aphrodite, and give it to her to keep it safe like she was my Frodo.
My soul had a hole in it, in the place where you had been. I still feel like there’s a part of me missing. A big part of me. It hurts all the time. Every day.
Morning people use up their perky too early and end up being just plain grumpy.
It can be seductive and cunning. Darkness wears many faces, and some of those faces can seem, at first, like allies.
At that instant I became a blooming lotus flower. The water in which I flourished was a single teardrop from Nyx.
This is what it feels like to be part of a family. I like the way it feels!
I just have to do the right thing, and recently I’ve realized that sometimes the right thing seems crazy to those who don’t want change.
Laughing joyously, Kalona stood, and just before the curtain to the Otherworld closed, he took his Goddess into his arms and lost himself in her welcoming kiss.
You have no reason to show shame. Sometimes our spirit weeps. When it does you must work at comforting it, and then healing it.
If my parents aren’t ignoring me, they’re insulting me. I like being ignored better.
I like to believe prayers aren’t tethered to semantics.
Make me always ready to come to you with clean hands and straight eyes. So when life fades, as the fading sunset, my spirit may come to you without shame.
Never underestimate a woman simply because she is a woman. The Goddess of Life is female, and She is the only thing in this world mightier than death.
I want you to live as you would be remembered if you would die tomorrow, because you might. Then if you do die, your spirit can rest peacefully knowing that you leave behind an honourable memory. If you do not die, then you will have set the foundation for a long life rich with integrity.
I’m going to remember how awful they made me feel today. So when I’m scared and alone and whatever else is going to happen to me starts to happen, I’m going to remember that nothing could be as bad as being stuck here. Nothing.
Believe in yourself and you will find a way. But remember, darkness does not always equate to evil, just as light does not always bring good.
The world falling apart isn’t an excuse to take up bad habits...
That was one of the strange things about grief. How it turned some into weights and reduced others to the molted skin of the person they’d been.