“No. In my eyes, she was most beautiful because at a time when she had every right to be terrified, she managed to show comfort to another person who needed it.”
― Bella Forrest, quote from A Shade of Vampire
“I know an excuse when I hear one. Don't you dare deceive yourself into believing that you're the victim, Derek Novak.”
― Bella Forrest, quote from A Shade of Vampire
“Because I don’t believe that you are a slave to what you’ve become. I don’t believe that you simply can’t.”
― Bella Forrest, quote from A Shade of Vampire
“What's on your mind, Derek? she whispered.
"You..." I saw no reason to lie "...how I can't imagine life without you.”
― Bella Forrest, quote from A Shade of Vampire
“What is it with these people and shoving me up against hard surfaces?”
― Bella Forrest, quote from A Shade of Vampire
“I realized that the whole time I was holding this beautiful stranger in my arms, feeding on her, it felt like I was betraying Sofia.”
― Bella Forrest, quote from A Shade of Vampire
“I’ve always found myself completely attuned to all five of my senses, but that night, I was to all but one. My sight was blurred by the tears I was fighting to hold back. I couldn’t appreciate the exotic scene around me. All I could think about was the disappointed expression on my best friend’s handsome face.”
― Bella Forrest, quote from A Shade of Vampire
“I had only myself to rely on. And that, I thought, was the most frightening aspect of my predicament. After all, how could I rely on someone I couldn’t trust?”
― Bella Forrest, quote from A Shade of Vampire
“The younger will rule above father and brother and his reign alone can provide his kind true sanctuary.”
― Bella Forrest, quote from A Shade of Vampire
“If my goal in life was to not go insane, this sure was not helping me meet my objective.”
― Bella Forrest, quote from A Shade of Vampire
“I’d expected to wake up to a pitch-black night… Instead I woke up to her.”
― Bella Forrest, quote from A Shade of Vampire
“From the moment I got here, all I’ve wanted to do is escape and go back home, but Derek…” She leaned toward me and placed a gentle kiss on my cheek. “You’ve begun to feel like home.”
― Bella Forrest, quote from A Shade of Vampire
“In the middle of his performance, it dawned on me that this was exactly the effect Derek Novak had on me; one way or another, he always took my breath away.”
― Bella Forrest, quote from A Shade of Vampire
“I know an excuse when I hear one, Sofia. Don’t you dare dupe yourself into believing that you’re the victim.”
― Bella Forrest, quote from A Shade of Vampire
“Most people who have LLI do end up going crazy, Sofia … unless they have a high enough IQ to handle it. You’re one of those lucky few.”
― Bella Forrest, quote from A Shade of Vampire
“With Sofia, it felt like I’d finally found my compass. I knew that as long as I had her, I had someone to keep me grounded, someone to direct my way. If only for Sofia, I had a reason to stay awake.”
― Bella Forrest, quote from A Shade of Vampire
“I know an excuse when I hear one. Don’t you dare deceive yourself into believing that you’re the victim, Derek Novak.”
― Bella Forrest, quote from A Shade of Vampire
“She was beautiful because, at a time when she had every right to be terrified, she managed to show comfort to another person who needed it.”
― Bella Forrest, quote from A Shade of Vampire
“he saw me the way nobody else did. I”
― Bella Forrest, quote from A Shade of Vampire
“With Sofia, it felt like I’d finally found my compass. As long as I had her, I had someone to keep me grounded, someone to direct my way.”
― Bella Forrest, quote from A Shade of Vampire
“Wherever this place called “The Shade” was, I had no allies. No”
― Bella Forrest, quote from A Shade of Vampire
“I knew he was going to kiss me and if I were to be honest with myself, I wanted it to happen. But I pulled away.”
― Bella Forrest, quote from A Shade of Vampire
“That night, just before I drifted off, I realized why. It was because I was certain that if I ever gave in to him in that way, if I surrendered to that kiss, I wouldn’t be able to keep myself from falling for him.”
― Bella Forrest, quote from A Shade of Vampire
“I was going to drive that stake through his heart to protect the woman I loved.”
― Bella Forrest, quote from A Shade of Vampire
“I love you too much to leave everything hanging like this.”
― Bella Forrest, quote from A Shade of Vampire
“there was something different about Derek Novak. Even”
― Bella Forrest, quote from A Shade of Vampire
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“What had survived - maybe all that had survived of Trism - was Liir's sense of him. A catalog of impressions that arose from time to time, unbidden and often upsetting. From the sandy smell of his sandy hair to the locked grip of his muscles as they had wrestled in sensuous aggression - unwelcome nostalgia. Trism lived in Liir's heart like a full suit of clothes in a wardrobe, dress habillards maybe, hollow and real at once. The involuntary memory of the best of Trism's glinting virtues sometimes kicked up unquietable spasms of longing.”
― Gregory Maguire, quote from Out of Oz
“You're valuable to God...It doesn't matter what you look like or even what talents you have. He cherishes you. You're beautiful in his sight.”
― Janice Thompson, quote from Fools Rush In
“«В лунном свете холмы вокруг города были ясно видны и почти узнаваемы. Я пытался сориентироваться, наблюдая за Луной и звездами так, словно я находился в реальной повседневной жизни. Месяц был на ущербе, вероятно, был первый день после полнолуния. Он находился высоко над горизонтом. Должно быть, было между восемью и девятью часами вечера. Я видел Орион справа от Луны; две главные звезды — Бетельгейзе и Ригель — находились на одном уровне с Луной. Я определил начало декабря. Мое время было — май. В мае Орион нигде в это время суток не виден. Я смотрел на Луну очень долго. Ничего не изменилось. Это была Луна, насколько я мог судить. Несоответствие во времени очень меня взволновало.»”
― Carlos Castaneda, quote from The Art of Dreaming
“Soldiers have many vices, but vanity is not amongst them. How could it be? What man is going to worry about his hair when he might lose his head?”
― Sharon Kay Penman, quote from Lionheart
“Fuck the lot of you and your hypocritical bullshit. You sit around spouting brotherhood. You don't know the first thing about being a brother. Or being a man. Because a real man sure as hell would never have disrespected a woman the way each and everyone of you have disrespected Maysie.”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Bad Rep
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