Alyssa Quotes

Tearing down the rest of the world won't make you happy. Look inside yourself. Because finding who you were meant to be? What you were put into this world to do? That's what fills the emptiness. It's the only things that can.

~ A.g. Howard

Ah, God, Lys he breathed, and she opened her eyes to look up at him. She was the love of his heart, his true partner in both work and life, and the idea of losing her to the violence of the world they lived in scared the living shit out of him.But her smile lit her eyes, her face, and he pushed the darkness away and let himself grin back at her like the damn fool that he was. This moment-now-was perfect, and he wasn't going to let his fears interfere.

~ Suzanne Brockmann

Shh. I squeeze his hand. His palm feels clammy. We have to keep it down, okay? We don't want my dad coming in.He grits his teeth against more shivers. Always knew I'd end up in your bed . . . and hear you say those words one day. He manages a smirk.Jeb snarls. Unbelievable. Even when he's at death's door he's a tool. He arranges a pillow beneath Morpheus's neck. Why don't you keep your mouth shut while we help you.Morpheus laughs weakly, his skin flashing with blue light. What say Alyssa--his breath rattles--give my mouth something else to do?

~ A.g. Howard

What went on between you and my mom? Did you seduce all the Liddell women? Did you tell them the same pretty words you told me?” I curl my legs beneath my dress, feeling small and vulnerable for even a

~ A.g. Howard

I’m about to berate his tactics, to deny any feelings for him, when he cups the nape of my neck and presses his lips to mine, velvety soft. It’s nothing but a peck, yet the flavor of the tart he sampled lingers like a warm, savory bruise—an irresistible torment to the netherling within.He draws back and my skin glistens, radiant prisms reflected off his face and the cushions. I’m gripping his jacket lapels, yet I don’t even remember reaching fo

~ A.g. Howard

They have both loved you with a child’s love, and now a man’s. It is the child’s love that holds you together . . . cemented by the moments you shared with them that they treasure most.

~ A.g. Howard

So many emotions flicker over him—astonishment, concern, remorse . . . and the always-present adoration. I raise my hand toward his face and he winces, as if anticipating a slap. Instead, I stroke his cheek and those beautifully expressive jewels under his eyes, then lift to my toes and press my lips to his. His flavor and warmth envelop me. He moans and cups my face on either side, kissing me deeper, but I pull

~ A.g. Howard

When he opens his mouth to speak, I place a finger on his

~ A.g. Howard

His soft lips glide across my jaw. I’m dazzled by his touch, drugged by his promises, falling deeper and deeper into him. Before he reaches my mouth, I catch his hands and roll him off until he’s the one on his back, his wings no longer a hiding place but silky black pools along the g

~ A.g. Howard

He spins us both, wrapping us in his wings until I’m dazed and gig

~ A.g. Howard

Before I can even ask what he means, he skims his licorice-scented lips across my forehead—just shy of touching—his warm breath dragging across my left eye patch, then down a cheek, toward my mouth. The corner of my mouth tickles as he passes over it; then his breath stops to hover across my chin.His palms rest against the wall on either side of my head. He lets the web serve as his hands, his breath serve as his lips, holding me immobile and kissing me without ever touching me.

~ A.g. Howard

Oh, but my netherling side did, and she casts my human armor aside.She guides my hands, knots my fingers through his hair, teases his tongue with hers. She won’t let me pull away, because she wants to be there again. In Wonderland, where his tobacco-flavored kisses always take us . . .Because the things I loathe are the things she adores: His snark, his infuriating condescension. His menacing mastery of half-truths and riddles. The way he shoves me into the face of danger, forces me to look beyond my fears and reach for my full potential.Most of all, because he encourages me to believe in the madness ...in her . . . the darker side of myself: the queen who was born to reign over the Red kingdom and to give Wonderland a legacy of dreams and imagination.His gloved palms seek the bend of my waist, the bow of my hips. He moves me on top of him, so close there’s not enough space for a blade of grass between us. His kisses grow insistent, desperate. His flavor winds through me, fruit and smoke and earth, and other things born of shadows and storms . . . things I can’t put a name to.

~ A.g. Howard

We're both so into it, neither of us hears the footsteps until a snarl breaks us apart. We turn to find Morpheus standing there with enough rage in his black eyes to send the Devil packing for heaven.Jeb tugs his fingers from the rings in my belt but keeps a hand at my lower back. I touch my lips; they're throbbing and gluttonous, hungry for

~ A.g. Howard

I curse him silently for moving my hands as he raises them to study the scars. He kisses them, his lips a fluid brush along sensitive flesh, then places them on his cheeks.Mouth inches from mine, he whispers, Forgive me for bringing you into this. There was no other way. His skin is softer than clouds must feel, and the tears gathering around my fingertips are hot and tangible. But are they sincere?Our breaths swirl between us, and his black eyes swallow me whole. My heart knocks against the bottom of his rib cage. I know what's coming next. I fear it. But it's the surest way to distract him and get the wish. And if it has to happen, I'm going to be the instigator.Rising up on my toes, I press my mouth to his. He moans, frees my wrists, and sweep-s me into his arms—sealing the teddy bear between us.

~ A.g. Howard

Jeb moans, wraps my legs around his waist, and holds me tight. He breaks contact just long enough to whisper, Where'd you learn to kiss like that?You taught me. I recover my senses and realize what I said. In my dreams.Oh, yeah? He nudges the indentation on my chin with his nose. Been dreaming of me, too, huh?Ever since the day we met. Finally, the truth.He flashes his dimples. Guess it's time for us to make some dreams come true, skater girl.

~ A.g. Howard

Yes. But I let you leave again, last year after you were crowned. And all those nights I brought you to Wonderland in your dreams, even though it pained me for you to abandon our dreamscapes and return to the mortal realm, I let you go each morning to live your reality there. It may not seem much when compared to your mortal’s gallantry. But for me—self-seeking, arrogant prig that I am—that is the sincerest form of sacrifice. Letting you go. Do you not see that?

~ A.g. Howard

I'm a little tired of protecting people who help the ones trying to conquer them

~ Alyssa Day

The priest was Quinn's biggest danger of all.

~ Alyssa Day

You know better than that the only thing about you that scares me isyour absence, Alaric

~ Alyssa Day

No matter what it takes. Make at least part of him live, and I can find the rest of him somehow. Someday.

~ Alyssa Day

Your magic is unbalanced without the soul-meld

~ Alyssa Day

He'd saved her life and killed her trust. He'd thought it a fair trade, at the time.

~ Alyssa Day

The rabbit hole has collapsed, and my key is melded to a nugget of worthless metal.

~ A.g. Howard

I am mad, and I embrace it.

~ A.g. Howard

I know how to emulate crazy.

~ A.g. Howard

Salty tears stream down my face—coating my lips as I mutter senseless apologies for so many things. So many irreversible things.Morpheus peels the vines off and lifts me, cradling me to his chest.

~ A.g. Howard

I hold on to the nape of Morpheus’s neck, burying my face in his jacket. Nikki and Chessie burrow into my hair. I inhale Morpheus’s scent. It’s the only thing I recognize, the only thing that’s safe.He carries me back to the well-lit room and sets me gently on the table. I can’t stop trembling. My throat aches from holding back sobs.

~ A.g. Howard

It's great to have him watching my back without standing in my way.

~ A.g. Howard

He had you in his room? A dark cloud crosses Jeb’s face. “Do you swear he didn’t try anything?”“Scout’s honor.”He squeezes my waist, tickling me. “Too bad you were never a Scout.”I squirm and smile. “Nothing happened.”That’s a lie. Morpheus got to me in a big way, showing me a side of myself I can hardly believe exists—one I’m not sure Jeb will be able to accept.

~ A.g. Howard

Never, do you hear me? I will give up my friends, my country, my duty, and even my honor—but never you.

~ Alyssa Day

That seems to be another habit of yours. I get broken, and you fix it.

~ Alyssa Day

I am needed here. Atlantis can burn in the nine hells for all I care. I have sacrificed enough to Poseidon. My days as high priest are done.

~ Alyssa Day

Finally, she looked up at him and met his gaze, and she gasped. He knew what must be visible on his face and therefore did not try to deny it. “You know,” he rasped out. “You have always known, and you will always know that I am yours, and yet never can be. I am the most powerful high priest Poseidon has ever appointed, and yet I am too weak to hide the depths of my feelings for you.

~ Alyssa Day

Wishes have voices sometimes.

~ Alyssa Day

I’ve trusted human women before. Twice. The first died, and the second paid a terrible price and despises me. Never, ever again.

~ Alyssa Day

With Quinn, safety wasn’t even an illusion. It was an impossibility

~ Alyssa Day

Except for Quinn, a dark voice whispered in his mind. A smile from her would be a gift beyond price.

~ Alyssa Day

No. Merely a trick of the light. But I had the impression you were seeking something more formal than‘Okay, go for it,’ as Ven would say,” Alaric said, a hint of a smile surfacing. “Looked pretty impressive,didn’t it? It’s a priest thing.

~ Alyssa Day

I would give a century of my life for a single taste of your lips

~ Alyssa Day

Translation: I’m an idiot.

~ Alyssa Day