Love Quotes Quote by Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“The Fate gave the queen a look more vicious than any curse. 'There is nothing of equal value to me.”

“The Fate didn’t move. He didn’t let the girl go. He looked as if he never would. He continued holding her as if he could return her to life with the force of his will. His eyes were wet with blood. Red tears fell down his cheeks and onto hers. But the girl didn’t stir.”

“Jacks no longer felt like her enemy, he felt like her home.”

“The girl was dead. If her lifeless body had not confirmed it, then it would have been made clear by the horrible scream of the Fate who held her in his arms. The story curse was familiar with pain, but this was agony, the sort of raw grief that was only seen once in a century. The Fate was every tear that anyone had ever shed for lost love. He was pain given form.”

““Huh," Leo said. "Well, if you ever get off this island and want a job, let me know. You're not a total klutz."”

“I was the lion who forced you to join with Aravis. I was the cat who comforted you among the houses of the dead. I was the lion who drove the jackals from you while you slept. I was the lion who gave the horses the new strength of fear for the last mill so that you should reach King Lune in time. And I was the lion you do not remember who pushed the boat in which you lay, a child near death, so that it came to shore where a man sat, wakeful at midnight, to receive you.”

““It was many and many a year ago,”

“Too many adults wish to 'protect' teenagers when they should be stimulating them to read of life as it is lived.”

“No, I do not want to be loved unconditionally. I want to be shown when I am treating you less than you deserve. I want you to leave if I ever start making you promises I do not see through. Love me for my flaws, yes, but don’t you dare ever allow them to hurt you.”