Quotes from V.S. Carnes

No fairy tale, this. This was by no stretch of the imagination a polished fantasy. This was a searing, living force, rough around the edges, unfamiliar and bittersweet.And precious.

Caine might have smiled at her, had his heart not been breaking to smithereens inside of him.

He didn't deserve compassion. Sympathy. Not even understanding. He deserved worse, far worse than he had ever been given.

She thought she loved him. She was crazy.

After all, you are a hero and everything.

I will not marry Ashton. However bound by honor to do so, I will not marry Ashton. I will not marry, ever!" "Why not?""Because I love you, you idiot!

She'd said she loved him. She'd put that impossible, unimaginably beautiful gift in his hands and he'd thrown it back at her. To save her. To save himself.

I've crossed a world of sand and tears in search of you. I love you. I've done nothing in my life worth more than that.