“If she loved him the way she said she did, she wanted him whole. Maybe this was what love meant after all: sacrifice and selflessness. It did not mean hearts and flowers and a happy ending, but the knowledge that another's well-being is more important than one's own.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
“Remember all fairy tales end at some point.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
“I still love you. I will always love you, and that is all that matters. I will forgive you anything, and I will forgive you this.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
“I'm so sorry for loving you, I'm so sorry.... But it was such a wonderful dream, my love, such a wonderful dream.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
“He was like a shooting star you tried to catch with your hands. She would only get burned.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
“It's always good to be underestimated.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
“Trust me to return to you."
"I will wait forever.
however long it takes.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
“I am not sorry for a moment . It was worth every moment, every second we were together. I would not change it for an immortal lifetime”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
“Was he hungry? He'd had an enormous breakfast, but the transition from the glimpse had taken a lot out of him. Did they serve lunch in Hell? Should he have packed a snack? Why was he suddenly thinking about food?”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
“We are bonded now. We will face it together. Your destiny is mine as well. We shall live or die together.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
“I will wait forever," she promised. "However long it takes.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
“No one's happy here, you know that. But I am content, and maybe that's enough for me.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
“They each had secrets they were keeping from the other; secrets they were keeping out of love.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
“Sometimes it was better to keep Pandora's box closed.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
“Listen, Legs, I'm going to die anyway. I'm human. And I don't know about you, but I don't believe in visions of the future. I believe we choose our own destiny. You didn't give me a choice last time. You just left. But I'm here now. And I love you. Stay with me. Don't fear the future; we'll face it together.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
“He squeezed her hand one last time. Then Jack was gone and she was alone.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
“They were friends. That's all she ever seemed to have. Friends. She had enough of them.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
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― P.D. James, quote from The Private Patient
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― Terry Brooks, quote from Bearers of the Black Staff
“I should give myself completely into your hands—but who are you? I do not trust you. Not once to trust, is that my love for you, my joy in you? Do I not trust every valiant man, and not you, my soul? Your hand lies heavy on me, but I will, I will. Have I not sought to love men and trust them, and should I not do this with you?”
― C.G. Jung, quote from The Red Book: Liber Novus
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