Quotes from Burn

“I don't deserve your love or your shine, but I want it because with you I can feel the sun. I don't want to go back to those shadows.”
― Maya Banks, quote from Burn

“Goodbye, Ash. You were the best-and worst-thing that ever happened to me.”
― Maya Banks, quote from Burn

“This is hard...
Never said it would be easy. Nothing good ever is.' -- Josie & Ash”
― Maya Banks, quote from Burn

“Girlfriends' code. What's discussed with girlfriends stays with girlfriends.”
― Maya Banks, quote from Burn

“Every day. I have to show you every day what you'll mean to me. That's on me. And we'll get there. This-- you-- are important to me. I'm going to make sure you know that at all times.' -- Ash”
― Maya Banks, quote from Burn

“He also knew that this woman was different from all the women who'd come before her. That part scared the shit out of him and excited him all at the same time. What if she was the one? That woman who, when a man saw her, he was instantly struck with the knowledge that he was done for. Like Mia was for Gabe. Like Bethany was for Jace. The one.' -- Ash”
― Maya Banks, quote from Burn

“Wait just a goddamn minute, Josie. We're not finished. No way in fuck I'm giving up that easy. You're worth fighting for.”
― Maya Banks, quote from Burn

“His heart was in the right place even if he went about it all wrong.”
― Maya Banks, quote from Burn

“I don't want you to ever be touched by the gray areas I'm immersed in, baby. I want you clean. I want you to shine, just like you always do.”
― Maya Banks, quote from Burn

“Falling in love is the easy part. It's everything else that happens afterward that's hard and takes work.”
― Maya Banks, quote from Burn

“Then it's too bad I don't belong to you.”
― Maya Banks, quote from Burn

“I think you know I want you, Josie. I certainly haven't made it a secret. But you also need to think about all I would take. I take a lot. I give more, but I take everything.”
― Maya Banks, quote from Burn

“You're not going to lose me. Never that. I'm always going to be here.”
― Maya Banks, quote from Burn

“I'm too much of a 'do it my own way and fuck the rest of the world' kind of guy.”
― Maya Banks, quote from Burn

“Yeah, it's you. It suits you. I wanted something to match your eyes, but I also wanted something that reflected your personality. Your vibrancy.”
― Maya Banks, quote from Burn

“And that makes Mia sad. But it's okay. She'll have Bethany. And me.”
― Maya Banks, quote from Burn

“If you're asking me if I have blood on my hands then yeah, no doubt.”
― Maya Banks, quote from Burn

“He wanted to tie her to him in ways she'd never escape. But they'd be the most loving, silken ties in the world.”
― Maya Banks, quote from Burn

“You don't want me. How could you? You know nothing about me.”
― Maya Banks, quote from Burn

“I'm more concerned with what you think.”
― Maya Banks, quote from Burn

“She's not just any woman. I don't know, man. She hits buttons that a woman have never pushed for me.”
― Maya Banks, quote from Burn

“Pink is you. Definitely your color.”
― Maya Banks, quote from Burn

“I won't lie to you, Josie. So becareful what you ask.”
― Maya Banks, quote from Burn

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“Can I ask a stupid question?"
"Sure. Ask away."
"It's sort of more than one question. But... Look, um... Why do we hurt? Why do we die? Why isn't life good all the time? Why isn't it fair?"
"Those aren't stupid questions, Hazel. For some people they're the only questions that matter."
"Does that mean you won't answer them?"
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― Neil Gaiman, quote from Death: The Time of Your Life

“Desire is when you do what you want, will is when you can do what you do not want.”
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