Quotes from Unforgiven

Lauren Kate ·  400 pages

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“I knew you could never forgive me," he said, "so I ran away. I thought I had lost you for good. But then I found this second chance, and I came here to redeem myself. This time with you has shown me that my love for you is bigger than my fear. My love for you is bigger than anything I know."
A tear rolled down his cheek. He closed his eyes. He had so much more to say and so little time for it to matter.”
― Lauren Kate, quote from Unforgiven


“THIS QUOTE CONTAINS SPOILERS FROM UNFORGIVEN
"This whole time, I've been in Hell?" She stepped away from Cam, out of the spotlight and into darkness.
"Because of you.”
― Lauren Kate, quote from Unforgiven


“Before Cam, music had been an escape, passion, a daydream, love, an impossibility.”
― Lauren Kate, quote from Unforgiven


“For every time Luce met Daniel—and
she always met Daniel—nothing mattered as
much as their love.”
― Lauren Kate, quote from Unforgiven


“The boy had stopped coughing by then.
He was petting a little white dog who’d trotted
out from the house. “Are you Lilith’s
boyfriend?”
Cam grinned. “I like this kid.”
“Shut up,” Lilith said.
“Well, is he?” Bruce asked Lilith. “Because
if he’s your boyfriend, he’s going to
have to win me over, too. Like with arcade
games and ice cream and, like, teaching me
to throw a baseball.”
“Why stop there?” Cam asked. “I’ll teach
you to throw a football, a punch, a poker
match, and even”—he glanced at Lilith—“the
coolest girl off her game.”
― Lauren Kate, quote from Unforgiven



“She was luminous. Her red hair had been braided a dozen ways, all swirled together in a high shaggy twist. Her eyelids were shimmering green, her lips crimson and matte. She wore black vintage ankle-high motorcycle boots. She was lethal.”
― Lauren Kate, quote from Unforgiven


“THIS QUOTE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR UNFORGIVEN
Then she was at the bottom, in the filtered light, alone. Black water filled her nose and mouth, her stomach, her lungs.
Her soul.”
― Lauren Kate, quote from Unforgiven


“Existence is never so miserable as when you have a taste of something beautiful,” Lucifer said. “It serves to remind you of everything you can never have.”
― Lauren Kate, quote from Unforgiven


“He thought about Daniel and Lucinda.
They had embodied love for so long, as far as
the fallen angels were concerned. He wished they were beside him now, playing the role of the happy couple offering sage advice to their
suffering friend.Fight for her, they would tell him. Even
when it seems like all is lost, do not give up
the fight for love. How had Luce and Daniel done it for so
long? It took a strength Cam wasn’t sure he
had. The pain when she refused him—and, so far, almost all she did was refuse him—was staggering. And yet he went for it again and again and again. Why? To save her. To help her. Because he
loved her. Because if he gave up… He could not give up.”
― Lauren Kate, quote from Unforgiven


“Lucinda’s wings had been special. They
had been purely, stunningly white. Unspoiled.
Innocent of the choices the rest of
them had made. The only other fallen angel
who had preserved his white wings was
Daniel.”
― Lauren Kate, quote from Unforgiven



“Why Lilith?” Cam asked. “Do you craft
everyone’s Hell this way?”
Lucifer smiled. “The dull ones make
their own dull hells, fire and brimstone and
all that crap. They need no help from me. But
Lilith—she’s special. Not that I have to tell
you that.”
― Lauren Kate, quote from Unforgiven


“His hands grasped her waist and lifted her until she could have sworn that his feet had come off the ground, too; that they were floating up above the creek, above the trees, above the burning hillside, into the dense tangle of stars, about to kiss the moon.”
― Lauren Kate, quote from Unforgiven


“The starlight, which seemed strangely bright tonight, wasn't starlight at all. Instead, Lucifer's demons had gathered high in the firmament above. It was their eyes that shone like stars through the wildfire smoke.”
― Lauren Kate, quote from Unforgiven


“Lilith blinked, making out what looked like a dark cave at sunset, the sky fiery with streaks of red and orange.”
― Lauren Kate, quote from Unforgiven


“Beneath his exhaustion, he radiated a serenity that suggested nothing in this place could touch him. Maybe nothing in this world could touch him. It was one of the most beautiful things she’d ever seen. She wanted to be that way, too: at peace with herself, autonomous, free.”
― Lauren Kate, quote from Unforgiven



“We all carry pieces of our journeys within us,” Roland said. “We all learn from our mistakes. Who’s to say we don’t deserve happiness?”
― Lauren Kate, quote from Unforgiven


“A fallen angel,” Cam corrected her. “And I’m yours.”
― Lauren Kate, quote from Unforgiven


“The stars are on your face tonight
There is no outer space tonight”
― Lauren Kate, quote from Unforgiven


“-This is a disaster- she said. -Most great things start out that way- he said.”
― Lauren Kate, quote from Unforgiven


“Cam pitied them. They had no idea of the particular joy of a Friday afternoon at four o'clock, or the hedonistic thrill of a Saturday-midnight joyride that took all of Sunday to recover from”
― Lauren Kate, quote from Unforgiven



“She does look beautiful, though, doesn't she?'
'The stuff of love songs,' Cam said.”
― Lauren Kate, quote from Unforgiven


“Everyone here felt like they were on the brink of something, when in fact they were only on the brink of the end.”
― Lauren Kate, quote from Unforgiven


“What’s wrong?” Cam asked. Everything, she wanted to say. The only thing Lilith had ever known was disappointment. Nothing in her life ever worked out. Which, for the most part, was okay, because she never let herself expect anything, so she never really cared.”
― Lauren Kate, quote from Unforgiven


“She liked to think that someday, if she she graduated, she'd escape to a better place.”
― Lauren Kate, quote from Unforgiven


“For every time Luce met Daniel—and she always met Daniel—nothing mattered as much as their love.”
― Lauren Kate, quote from Unforgiven



About the author

Lauren Kate
Born place: in The United States
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