Quotes from The Return

“He shot forward, clasping my cheeks. “Say it again.”
“Say what?” I replied, gripping his wrists. “I said a lot of things. Help me out here.”
"Say that I'm not just the Apollyon," he whispered, his voice harsh.
Tears built in my throat. "You're not just the Apollyon, Seth."
His eyes drifted shut, his face tensed as his fingers splayed across my cheeks. "I don't even know who I am anymore. Or what I ever was."
Oh goodness, that ripped right through my chest. "You're just...you're just Seth."
A tremor moved through his arms. "And you...you're just my salvation.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, quote from The Return

“I let out the breath I hadn’t realized I was holding. “Guess what?”
“What?”
Meeting his amber-colored eyes, I admitted what probably wasn’t a secret, but what I felt like I needed to put into words. “I like you, Seth.”
He stopped his hand over mine, staying there, as he gave me a lopsided smile. “Guess what?”
“What?” I whispered.
Seth shifted so that his lips brushed mine as he spoke. “I like you too, Josie.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, quote from The Return

“He seemed to be staring at the chain hanging from the ceiling fan. Seconds later, he confirmed this by reaching out and tugging the chain.
Light clicked on.
He tugged the chain again.
Light went off.
Oh for gods' sake, he had a mean case of ADD sometimes. "Apollo," I snapped.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, quote from The Return

“I hold onto grudges. I feed and water them, growing them into happy little pools of bitterness.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, quote from The Return

“Your sarcasm and general assholeness are not necessary,” Apollo remarked casually. I grinned at him. “I don’t think ‘assholeness’ is a word.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, quote from The Return

“Pulling my hand away, he rose, slanting his head to kiss me deeply as he pushed me onto my back, with his weight draped over me. “I’ve never had anything that was my own,” he said against my mouth. “Nothing that was ever for just me and no one else. I’ve never been anyone’s first.” He kissed me and then lifted his head. I stared into his eyes. “I’ve never been anyone’s only.”
That made my heart ache for him as I raised my hand, pressing my palm against his cheek. “You’re my first,” I whispered. “You’re…you’re my only.”
His lips parted. “You can’t say that and not mean it.”
I held his gaze as my chest swelled. “I mean it.”
He smoothed his thumb over my lip. “I really am a lucky son of a bitch.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, quote from The Return

“You’re a demigod,” he said hoarsely.
It was the first thing he said.
“Yeah,” I replied, my voice breathy. “Is that…um, okay with you?”
His gaze flicked up to mine, and he arched a brow. “Do I need to kiss you again?”
My lips twitched. “Maybe.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, quote from The Return

“What? Do rolly-pollys not have basic manners or any personal boundaries?”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, quote from The Return

“I ran over a squirrel once."
Blinking open my eyes, I drew back as far as she'd let me.
"What?"
"I ran over a squirrel the second time I ever drove a car," she repeated. "I also hit a deer. And when I was seventeen, I clipped a cat. Before I left for college, I backed into a dog."
"Gods," I muttered.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, quote from The Return

“How in the fuck is that even possible? Was Hades sleeping on the job o something?"

"Yes, Seth, he took a nap and Perses snuck in the back door and let them out. Then they skipped through the Vale of Mourning, stopped to have a pic-a-nic and then decided to leave the Underworld all slow-like, and all the while Hades was chillin' and doing nothing."

That sounded probable.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, quote from The Return

“I am your father.” He glanced at Seth and smirked. “That’s the second Star Wars nod. Keeping track?”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, quote from The Return

“A soft smile curved up her lips, and my gut dropped a little. A smile…I’d never known a smile could have that kind of effect. Could feel like a kick to the chest.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, quote from The Return

“I sensed a disturbance in the force,” he said.

I narrowed my eyes as I blew out an aggravated breath. “Did you seriously just quote Star Wars?”

Apollo, the god of the sun and other annoyingly important things that made killing him virtually impossible unless one wanted to end the world, shrugged a shoulder. “Maybe I did.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, quote from The Return

“Josie tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear as she glanced up the hall. “You ready?”
I nodded and we started down the hall and we made it halfway before I did something totally cheesy. I reached between us, found her hand without looking, and threaded my fingers through her.
She looked up, surprise flickering over her expression, but then she smiled, and yeah, that smile was worth it.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, quote from The Return

“When I’m with you, I don’t feel like a monster. I forget. I forget all the things I’ve done that make me not deserve this.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, quote from The Return

“I cupped her chin and tilted it back, deepening the kiss, wanting to somehow claim her very soul. Funny thing was, it was my soul that was being claimed, my breath that was being stolen, and my heart that was pounding crazy fast in my chest.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, quote from The Return

“He was right in front of me. I hadn’t even seen him move. I jerked, pressing my back against the wall of the library. My bag slid off my shoulder, landing next to my feet. “Holy crap, you can move.”

“I can do a lot of things.” Angling his body, he pressed one palm against the wall beside my head. Good God, he was tall. “Some of them fast. Some of them real slow.”

My mouth opened. “Was that a s-sexual innuendo?”

His lips twitched. “Something along those lines.”

The heat was back in my face and throat, despite the chill bleeding from the wall through my lightweight sweater. “Well, it was a crappy one.”

“I can do better,” he offered, and those golden eyes finally lightened”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, quote from The Return

“What are you?” she asked, her nose scrunching as she spoke. “Other than a heart-stopping hot guy with obvious boundary issues and problems with anger management?”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, quote from The Return

“I couldn’t recall any guy ever looking at me like that unless I was holding a basket of chicken wings or something.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, quote from The Return

“An urge to gather her close and tell her everything was going to be okay rode me hard, which was bullshit. Everything would not be okay in the end. Not for me. And not for her. She was just a tool, a last resort against the Titans, just like she…like Alex had been a last resort.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, quote from The Return

“His gaze moved from me to my hand as his brows rose and his grin transformed into a heart-stopping smile that reached his eyes, lightening them and warming them up. Seth not smiling or smirking was beautiful, but him smiling?”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, quote from The Return

“I bet I could’ve done a week’s worth of laundry on his stomach. Probably would be a heck of a lot more fun way to wash clothes.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, quote from The Return

“He lowered his head until his mouth was above mine, so close I could taste his minty breath.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, quote from The Return

“What in the fuck are you?”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, quote from The Return

“I was going crazy. My brain had just shit the bed on me.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, quote from The Return

“But it wasn’t until the bathroom door was closed that it really set in she was leaving and I…I wanted another hug.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, quote from The Return

“My gaze dipped, and I pursed my lips. “Can you put on a shirt?”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, quote from The Return

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― Jennifer L. Armentrout, quote from The Return

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