Quotes from Karen Marie Moning

There are only shades of gray. Black and white are nothing more than lofty ideals in our minds, the standards by which we try to judge things, and map out our place in the world in relevance to them.

There are men you build a future with, Dani. And then there are men that you know, going in, that you're only making a memory with. I know the difference ..Some memories are worth the price. I'll deal with it.

Chloe-lass: If I'm not here with you now, I'm beyond this life, for 'tis the only way I'll ever let you go. ... I hoped I loved you well, sweet, for I know even now that you are my brightest shining star. I knew it the moment I saw you. Ah, lass, you so adore your artifacts. This thief covets but one priceless treasure: You. Dageus -In a letter

Yesterday is skin on snake, to be shed many times.

Cat got your tongue? And what a lovely tongue it is. I know. It licked every inch of me. Repeatedly. For months," He purred but with steel in the velvet

Walk out of this with your parents, the stones, and Darroc dead, Ms. Lane, and I'll give you the bloody thing.

Pretty girl and all. Asking. Gotta love that. Stuff of heroes. Don't get the role too often.

Sun, moon, and stars, I told him. He inclined his head. Of all the years, this one with you has been my finest. Fire to my ice, Mac. Frost to my flame, Jericho. Forever, we said, and it was a vow far more powerful and binding than any ring or piece of paper.

I hammered him with my fists. He just stood and took it. He didn't suffer graciously, he looked pissed off to no end. But he let me hit him. And he didn't hit me back.

I can't help but see myself in them. The Seelie are who I was before my sister died. Pink, pretty, frivolous Mac. The Unseelie are who I've become, carved by loss and despair. Black, grungy, driven Mac.

Using your own time to make someone else's life better is, like, the nicest thing you can do for anybody.

Some people fall apart when they get hurt. Puddle into apathy and despair and never recover. They wait all their lives for someone to come along and rescue them.

Who says we need the walls back up? You're roaches, we're Raid. We'll get rid of you eventually.

Why did the Lord Master take one look at you and leave? What are you, Barrons?" "The one who will never let you die, and that's more, Ms. Lane, than anyone in your life has ever been able to say to you. More than anyone else can do.

Holy water at my wrists and behind my ears; my version of Eau de Don'tbiteme

Being nearly naked around Barrons felt a lot like going to a shark convention lightly basted in blood.

Goor or evil, right or wrong, he mattered to me.

From who?" "From whom, I believe is the correct phrasing." "All right, from-the-fuck-whom, Ms. Lane?

I'll never be her first. But one day I'll be her last.

I'm his locomotive and he's my shield.

Are we, like, having a conversation?" "Did you just, like, ask me for advice and listen with an open mind? If so, then yes, I would call this a conversation

Woman, you are a thousand kinds of fool.

I'm obsessed and addicted and ripped-down-raw in love with Jericho Barrons.

You can't look at someone with your eyes and take their measure. You have to look with the heart.