“Life is still life. It’s still tough, complicated, and more than a little messy, with lessons to be learned, mistakes to be made, triumphs and disappointments to be had, and not every day is meant to be a party.”
― Alyson Noel, quote from Dark Flame
“My feelings for you are not conditional. I don't judge you. I don't lose patience with you. I don't punish you. I just love you. That's all. Pure and simple.”
― Alyson Noel, quote from Dark Flame
“That's what true love is. It cannot be broken, it cannot be chipped away, it's eternal, everlasting, and it can weather any storm.”
― Alyson Noel, quote from Dark Flame
“Our past may shape us, but it doesn't define who we become.”
― Alyson Noel, quote from Dark Flame
“It's not that kind of love. It's the real kind. The unconditional kind. The nonjudgemental kind. Not the physical kind. I love you as a fellow soul who inhabits this earth. I love you as a fellow immortal. I love you because I finally understand what made you the way you are. And if I could change it, I would. But I can't—so I choose to love you instead. And my hope is that my acceptance of you will spur you to do something good too, but if not—" I shrug. "At least I can say I tried.”
― Alyson Noel, quote from Dark Flame
“You cannot outwalk your problems. Can never run fast enough to evade them completely.”
― Alyson Noel, quote from Dark Flame
“Trust me, you can't play the game if you don't know the rules. And if you don't know the rules, someone's bound to get hurt.”
― Alyson Noel, quote from Dark Flame
“Everyone carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individual's conscious life, the blacker and denser it is.”
― Alyson Noel, quote from Dark Flame
“Four hundred years of losing out on the girl of my dreams isn't sitting very well with me these days.”
― Alyson Noel, quote from Dark Flame
“The only reason I lost, the only reason I failed to get what I want, is because the monster is me, there's no difference between us. It makes all the moves, calls all the shots, while I'm just along for the ride, with no idea how to pull the brakes or get off.”
― Alyson Noel, quote from Dark Flame
“No: What the heck happened?
Or: Why did you go from nearly kissing me to tossing me across your yard and into the patio furniture?”
― Alyson Noel, quote from Dark Flame
“What if it can't be worked out? What if I'm—what if I'm broken for good?”
― Alyson Noel, quote from Dark Flame
“And while I'm sure you feel that your particular mistake is extraordinarily big, insurmountable even, contrary to what you might think, these types of things can always be undone, and oftentimes aren't nearily as lethal as we think—or, should I say, as we allow them to be.”
― Alyson Noel, quote from Dark Flame
“Because I don't have everything I want. Not even close.”
― Alyson Noel, quote from Dark Flame
“What we think about, what we concentrate on, will always, always, be reflected on the outside.”
― Alyson Noel, quote from Dark Flame
“...if this Roman dude’s as bad as you say, then why are you lurking outside his store looking all charged and heated like a dog waiting for its owner?”
― Alyson Noel, quote from Dark Flame
“Remember when you picked me up like a frisbee and tossed me across you yard?”
― Alyson Noel, quote from Dark Flame
“Foolish Ever, don't you realize there's no longer any difference between you and your-monster? You are the monster. It's your dark side, your shadow self, and you've now joined as one.”
― Alyson Noel, quote from Dark Flame
“As above, so below, as within, so without.”
― Alyson Noel, quote from Dark Flame
“You cannot always have happiness, but you can always give happiness.”
― Alyson Noel, quote from Dark Flame
“Because the truth is, as committed as I am to clearing my energy and only focusing on the good, positive things that I want, life is still life.It's still tough, complicated, and more than a little messy, with lessons to be learned, mistakes to be made, triumphs and disappointments to be had, and not every day is meant to be a party.”
― Alyson Noel, quote from Dark Flame
“Either way, we'll ride out together. That's how it is with soul mates. Thats just what they do.”
― Alyson Noel, quote from Dark Flame
“I lay sweating, shaking, doing my best to quell the overwhelming need--to extinguish the dark flame inside me.
A flame that burns brighter, hotter, stronger each day.
A fire so insatiable it'll consume everything in its path.”
― Alyson Noel, quote from Dark Flame
“Love is a gift. Passion is a curse”
― Alyson Noel, quote from Dark Flame
“Damen’s the one who loves more. He’d do anything for you. You’re just along for the ride.”
― Alyson Noel, quote from Dark Flame
“beast may be alive and well, but my heart and soul are now leading.”
― Alyson Noel, quote from Dark Flame
“That’s what true love is. It cannot be broken, it cannot be chipped away, it’s eternal, everlasting, and it can weather any storm.”
― Alyson Noel, quote from Dark Flame
“As above, so below, as within, so without”
― Alyson Noel, quote from Dark Flame
“Because here’s what guys don’t do if they can’t live without you: They don’t break up with you.”
― Greg Behrendt, quote from He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
“The modern woman's a mess of contradictions that they lay on themselves that drives them nuts.”
― David Foster Wallace, quote from Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
“Now, carols are always beautiful, but if you are sad they can make you feel sadder. (There are some people who always find beauty makes them feel sadder, which is a very mysterious thing.)”
― Dodie Smith, quote from The 101 Dalmatians
“My beloved, you have chosen me. You have been courted by my adversary, and you have chosen me. You have answered my call to the Circle, and today I call you my bride.”
― Ted Dekker, quote from White: The Great Pursuit
“If we sacrifice everything for a cause, we tend to become a spokesperson instead of a lover, an organizer instead of a wife, a mouthpiece instead of a mother. I gave everything else away in the name of a greater good, but look how many people I hurt. Look at the ripple effects of thinking my life's work was more important than the people in my life.”
― Amy Harmon, quote from A Different Blue
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