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Quotes About Change

his consort didn't recognize the fear that drove her to ask such questions, a fear that could be encapsulated in seven simple words that formed a vicious sentence: Will this flaw make you reject me? ... She knew she held Raphael's heart, she knew, and yet a wary, wounded part of her worried he'd change his mind one day, find her no longer worthy of loving.
~ Nalini Singh
This time, his bear stayed quiet, finally getting with the "sneaky like a cat" program. Today
~ Nalini Singh
So you really meant what you said to me yesterday?" Her voice rose. "I should find myself a nice wolf and settle down?" He fought off the rising incursions of dissonance, the razor blades sliding through his brain stem and traveling down his spine. "That would be rushing things.
~ Nalini Singh
A single act of kindness can change a life.
~ Nalini Singh
But plants grow again," She murmured, focusing on the verdant beauty around her. "They put down new roots, create room for themselves in foreign soil.
~ Nalini Singh
People always say it's changelings who most crave touch, but that's not the truth. A long time ago, long before Silence, Psy craved it more than any other." He let her words was over him like affectionate rain. His mate, his mate , was trying to temper his grief, trying to tell him they weren't so very different after all.
~ Nalini Singh
Maybe you should release me now and change back to your jaguar form." "Why?" "You're naked." "They'll have brought me clothes. If not, who cares?" "Oh.
~ Nalini Singh
He held Aden's gaze, the other man's expression unreadable. "It's the alpha's responsibility and his privilege to create that environment—we are the guardians of every heart in our care." Aden Kai might not be changeling, but he was an alpha and he held within his hands the power to change his people from the inside out.
~ Nalini Singh
while she respected all of the Seven, her relationship with Illium was different. He'd been the first one she'd truly come to know, his humor and wit critical in helping her adjust to this new life. Even among the Seven, he seemed to hold a special place: no one was ever angry at Bluebell. The idea that power might change him, chill that joyous heart was even worse than the thought of losing him to it.
~ Nalini Singh
Only the stupid regret choices. The smart learn to adapt.
~ Nalini Singh
If you do that, I won't ever let you go." If the physical connection had sealed them together, this would turn that seal into an unbreakable glue. "Even my death won't free you." The psychic scars would be irreparable. "Whether we bond or not, your loss would change me forever." A quiet voice that held so much power it vibrated with it. "You are written indelibly on my soul, Zaira. Nothing will ever alter what you are to me.
~ Nalini Singh
I had a five-year plan once. It was a good one, too. Then life happened. —Unknown street philosopher
~ Nalini Singh
Andromeda said a quick good-bye to Lailah and Cato, was startled when her mother hugged her close and whispered, "Fly free, my daughter. Be what I could never be and leave the cage forever.
~ Nalini Singh
I've changed my mind," through harsh, whistling breaths. "I think I'll make her into my pet in your stead." "Sahara!" A rage of sound. "I'll come for you! Survive! Survive for me!" They were the last words she heard before her mind went black.
~ Nalini Singh
Pero tú tienes una ventaja —susurró—. Ahora eres un poquito humano.
~ Nalini Singh
Being isolated and alone and hurt day after day changes a person, Aden. It turns a child into . . . into a thing that isn't quite human and not quite animal. Like any trapped creature, that child will gnaw off its own limb to escape—but if that child is a Gradient 9.8 combat-grade telepath named Zaira Neve, it'll first ask if it can gnaw off its attackers' limbs instead.
~ Nalini Singh
The transition will not be easy, ended the decree, and it will not be without cost. But we are not cowards to hide from the powers that define us. We are Psy and we are capable of greatness. It is time to step out of the dark.
~ Nalini Singh
He was having a hard time with Aodhan so far out of reach, the two yet struggling to come to a balance in their relationship - Illium had become used to being the stronger one in the partnership, the one who looked after a badly traumatized Aodhan. But Aodhan was coming out of his shell, and the man he'd become wasn't the boy Illium remembered.
~ Nalini Singh
Le rodeó la cintura con un brazo, con un nudo en la garganta. —¿De veras? —De veras. —Apoyó la frente en la de él con tierno afecto y le tomó el rostro entre las manos—. Has sido tú quien me ha enseñado que la vida no está grabada en piedra. Somos aquello en lo que nosotros mismos nos convertimos. Su fe en él le desgarraba, convirtiéndole en un hombre mejor.
~ Nalini Singh
year by year, I see more and more darkness creep into their world. They're slowly going beyond cold, to a place that makes me scared for the Psy race as a whole.
~ Nalini Singh
Whether we bond or not, your loss would change me forever.... You are written indelibly on my soul, Zaria. Nothing will ever alter what you are to me.
~ Nalini Singh
Life changes us. To wish otherwise is pointless.—Nimra, Angel of New Orleans
~ Nalini Singh
But the past is not an old coat that can be discarded and forgotten.
~ Nalini Singh
Life isn't static, and sometimes, we don't realize the value of knowledge or even of people, until farther down the track, when we're mature enough to truly understand.
~ Nalini Singh