01c. 2010 ADI only have so much willpower, Helen," he whispered. "And since you apparently sleep in the most ridiculously transparent tank top I've ever seen, I'm going to have to ask you to get under the covers before I do something stupid.Josephine Angelini / quote ↗
02c. 2010 ADThe people who love you will guide you like bright lights into the other worlds.Josephine Angelini / quote ↗
03c. 2010 AD...try to remember that dreams do come true, but they don't come easily.Josephine Angelini / quote ↗
04c. 2010 ADDo you know how marriage was defined in ancient Greece? Noel said in a calmer tone. Its really simple. A virgin goes to mans house with the family gathered as witnesses. The virgin and the man share a fire, a meal, and a bed. If the girl wasn't a virgin in the morning, then the couple was considered married. That's itJosephine Angelini / quote ↗
05c. 2010 ADShe had power over the most magnificent forces on Earth, but she still didn’t feel like she had power over the most important thing of all—her own heart.Josephine Angelini / quote ↗
06c. 2010 AD[she] believes our experiences and our worlds make us. I believe our choices make our experiences and our worlds.Josephine Angelini / quote ↗
08c. 2010 ADIt’s almost as if we don’t need to live our lives or feel our feelings at all, because someone already told us what the ending was going to be.Josephine Angelini / quote ↗
09c. 2010 ADAre you sure about this?" Rowan asked."No," Lily shouted over the whipping wind. Her voice came out choked as it tried to get around her stomach, which was now lodged in her throat. "But it's the only way."Rowan looked over the side, his face serene as he timed it. Lily saw his willstone pulse as every sense in him sharpened, and he pulled her tightly against his body and launched them off the drake's neck into thin air.Lily shrieked uncontrollably, clutching at Rowan desperately as they fell.Josephine Angelini / quote ↗
10c. 2010 ADEnemy," hiss the bushes all around. The rest of the Pride glided forward, surrounding Lily, Rowan, and Spike.Josephine Angelini / quote ↗
12c. 2010 ADI remember what I must do, even if it makes me the villain of my own storyJosephine Angelini / quote ↗
13c. 2010 ADDon't say that," he said harshly. Rowan studied Lily for a long time. "Do you know what it means to be a survivor? It means that not only do you have to live through things, you have to live with them as well. The second part is much harder and sometimes it takes the rest of your life to learn how to do it. But at least you have the rest of your life, Lily. And that's what's important to me.""Oh, I'm alive," she said ruefully, "Even if I am damaged.""You'll heal," Rowan replied confidently.Josephine Angelini / quote ↗
14c. 2010 ADShe decided that if Lucas was gay then she was going to have to get a sex change operation. He would be so worth it.Josephine Angelini / quote ↗
15c. 2010 ADI’ve always thought that was the lamest argument—that we need some people to be poor in order to remind the rest of us to be grateful. All that really means is that someone has to suffer poverty so other people can feel better about themselves. What a selfish way to look at the world.Josephine Angelini / quote ↗
17c. 2010 ADHelen hadn't realized how heavy the burden of hate had been until she was allowed to put it down.Josephine Angelini / quote ↗
18c. 2010 ADIt's not our talents that make us safe or dangerous, it's our choices.Josephine Angelini / quote ↗
19c. 2010 ADBut you have to admit it is human nature to only really appreciate something if you’ve worked for it, or if you know you can lose it. How are you going to make the inhabitants of your little heaven feel fulfilled if everything comes to them easily?Josephine Angelini / quote ↗
20c. 2010 ADI am the god of dreams, but not even I would dream of speaking for Hades,” Morpheus replied with a mischievous look in his eyes. “But if I had to guess, I would say it’s because he knows how destructive his little brother is. Hades, unlike most of the other gods, cares for mortals and doesn’t want to see them at war. Probably because he has to tend their souls when they die. He has had to judge millions of souls and that has given him a strong sense of justice. Leaving you to fight Zeus with no training is something he would consider unjust.Josephine Angelini / quote ↗
21c. 2010 ADAs soon as he had her safe again in his arms he broke down and kissed her. Helen was so stunned she stopped crying before she had a chance to start and nearly fell out of the sky. Still thebetter flyer, Lucas caught her and supported her as they tumbled on the wind, holding and kissing each other as he tumbled on the wind, holding and kissing each other as he guided them safely back down to the catwalk. As their feet touched down, the light inside the lighthouse switched onand projected the shadows of their embracing figures out onto the choppy waves of the ocean.“I can’t lose you,” Lucas said, pulling his mouth away from hers. “That’s why I didn’t tell you the whole truth. I thought if you knew how bad it was you’d send me away. I didn’t want you to give up hope. I can’t do this if you give up on us.”(Starcrossed)Josephine Angelini / quote ↗
22c. 2010 ADHelen stared at him "How do you do that? How do you figure everything out so quickly?""You may be all-powerful, but nothing beats plain old logic." He smiled at herJosephine Angelini / quote ↗
23c. 2010 ADDo you know what it means to be a survivor? It means that not only do you have to live through things, you have to live with them as well. The second part is much harder and sometimes it takes the rest of your life to learn how to do it. But at least you have the rest of your life…Josephine Angelini / quote ↗
24c. 2010 ADShe'd created her own hell, and now that she had learned to control her fear, she knew how to create her own paradise.Josephine Angelini / quote ↗
