You cannot be with someone just because you don’t want to hurt him. You have your own happiness to think about.
Who knew that the path to a womans heart was through the soul of an honest man?
I don’t need anything to get high. I’m high on life.
It was the truth, and like any truth, it was powerful.
Kingsley nodded. ‘Of course. Sophia always did say wisdom had to be earned.
I still love you. I will always love you, and that is all that matters. I will forgive you anything, and I will forgive you this.
Who wanted to make lemonade from lemons, when you could make perfectly good lemonade grenades?
You may be to call up the entire encyclopedia, but a brain with no heart and no reasoning .. well, nothing is more meaningless.
Instead of fearing the future, I should live and enjoy the present, she told herself.
Goodness works in mysterious ways. Even in the deepest dark, you’ll find a light to shine your way through.
Had pretended to be Abbadon of the Dark, when always he had been working for the Light.
It wasn’t a lie, not at all like one of those lies she told herself all the time, like This is the last drink of the evening, or I’m not going to set the bitch’s house on fire.
You look beautiful and tragic, just the way a heroine should on the eve of battle. Like Joan of Arc in her silver armor.
Was he hungry? He’d had an enormous breakfast, but the transition from the glimpse had taken a lot out of him. Did they serve lunch in Hell? Should he have packed a snack? Why was he suddenly thinking about food?
I’m tired of being your best friend. I’m tired of being second best. I won’t settle for that anymore. It’s all or nothing, Schuyler. You have to decide. Him or me.- Oliver Hazzard-Perry
He knew what it was like to love one who did not–or could not–love you back. But he’d had no choice. None of them did.
No one’s happy here, you know that. But I am content, and maybe that’s enough for me.
Stop your doubting, my love. I knew you would find me. ~Jack
And at last, the lonely young man who belonged to no one finally belonged to someone, forever, and the practical girl who would not settle for less then a love story for the ages found the life long romance she had yearned for all her life.
Do not cry for me, Azrael. Do not waste your tears. You made your decision. And this is mine. Sacrifice seems to be my destiny. A funny thing for a selfish man, isn’t it? They always called me weak back then…
Because love was not the answer to every question. Because real love meant sacrifice. Sometimes love means letting go.
I know you. I know this isn’t you. And even if it is, I still love you. As much as I always have. You will always be mine. I will always love you, I promised you that when you left, and it’s true now.
What Mrs. Schuyler is saying,” General Schuyler added, “is that it is the Schuylers who would be honored by a union woth so brilliant and noble a personage as Colonel Hamilton.
Altogether, the first glimpse of his bride-which should have come as no surprise to Alex, standing there looking so lean and handsome himself-nearly brought him to his knees.
For Alex to be enveloped into one of New York State’s blue-ribbon families helped put to bed a lifetime of doubts and depression about his own dubious birthright.
And at last, the lonely young man who belonged to no one finally belonged to someone, forever, and the practical girl who would not settle for less than a love story for the ages found the lifelong romance she had yearned for all her life.
That was the problem these days–everything was considered disposable–clothes, cell phones, relationships.
This is not some silly game…This is life and death Angels and demons.
As long as she could remember who she was, she was okay. She wouldn’t go crazy. At least not today.
Oliver liked to play the part of disaffected youth, but he liked shopping in SoHo even more.
I’m up for it. Whatever it is. As long as it means I’ll always be with you.
It was so nice just to live in the moment, to enjoy holding him so closely, to pretend for a little while that they were merely two young people in love and nothing else.
I lived for those moments when we were together, those few times in my life that I actually felt alive.
You are healed.” Allegra nodded. “You are no longer a Silver Blood.” She paused. “But you are no longer a vampire either.”Bliss started. No longer a vampire-but what did that mean? Did it mean she was just human?