Melissa de la Cruz

“Joanna looked down at”

— Melissa de la Cruz

“But as they say, love is blind.”

— Melissa de la Cruz

sometimes, when the sun shines, it scorches.

— Melissa de la Cruz

Maybe weakness is a strength of a kind.

— Melissa de la Cruz

Remember all fairy tales end at some point.

— Melissa de la Cruz

Thank you for loving me enough to let me go.

— Melissa de la Cruz

Tonight the world is yours, as am I.

— Melissa de la Cruz

“Daughters. They could cut you with a look.”

— Melissa de la Cruz

I don't trust an organization that would make policy out of fear.

— Melissa de la Cruz

“Schuyler grasped it tightly. She would never let go. Not in this lifetime.”

— Melissa de la Cruz

“But aren't all stories about love in some way?”

— Melissa de la Cruz

You've got to stop thinking everyone's problems can be solved by falling in love.

— Melissa de la Cruz

“She made her choice. She loved Oliver. Jack was not hers to love, and never had been.”

— Melissa de la Cruz

“There was no such thing as a happy ending, only a happy present.”

— Melissa de la Cruz

“There would never be anything but this. Stolen moments, stolen kisses, a secret oasis.”

— Melissa de la Cruz

The more things change, the more they stay different.

— Melissa de la Cruz

It was so nice just to live in the moment, to enjoy holding him so closely, to pretend for a little while…

— Melissa de la Cruz

“She didn't want Jack to be with her only because he couldn't be with the person he truly loved.”

— Melissa de la Cruz

She can't let him go not telling him what she was about to do. Kingsley...I can't do this. I'm coming with you.

— Melissa de la Cruz

“ It's not fair. It's not our fault. We have no say in our own lives. We're living a fairy tale someone…

— Melissa de la Cruz

“As Jack slung an arm around his sister's shoulders in an intimate and affectionate way, something in her heart broke.”

— Melissa de la Cruz

You have punished me long enough, you have punished yourself long enough. Return to me. I beg.

— Melissa de la Cruz

Schuyler pulled Oliver close and hugged him tightly. "Thank you," she whispered. Thank you for loving me enough to let me go.

— Melissa de la Cruz

“I want to kiss you so bad. But There's nothing here. You're not really here, are you?" -Bliss”

— Melissa de la Cruz

“I shall love you and give myself up for you, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up"- then Alex looked…

— Melissa de la Cruz

Popularity was fickle and elusive, like trying to catch fireflies in a jar. You were either born with it or relegated to…

— Melissa de la Cruz

Maybe she'd been drinking too much of the super-sweet Mexican Coca-Cola they had down here. Or maybe she was just tired, alone,…

— Melissa de la Cruz

Schuyler put a gentle hand on Abbadon's feathered extensions, feeling the majestic power underneath their silky weight. She had been frightened once,…

— Melissa de la Cruz

“She really did trust Eliza. People made mistakes. She understood that now. And as Happy as she was to be with Ryan…

— Melissa de la Cruz

“He had written her reams and reams of letters, as well as a poem that she kept folded in a locket around…

— Melissa de la Cruz

That morning, she had found an envelope stuffed into her locker. It was from the Mercer Hotel, and held a plastic door…

— Melissa de la Cruz

“Was he hungry? He'd had an enormous breakfast, but the transition from the glimpse had taken a lot out of him. Did…

— Melissa de la Cruz

Even if they end up together, which I highly doubt, given the strength of that particular bond-...-but even if Schuyler still loves…

— Melissa de la Cruz

“I'm proud of you, Bliss," he said. "Michael's sword released the souls that were trapped in your blood. You freed them. You…

— Melissa de la Cruz

“Wait--we have one left," the runner said, bringing out what was surely the most expensive bouquet of all: a three-foot tall arrangement…

— Melissa de la Cruz

“There are families whose greatness lies in their past, and in their legacies, Mrs. Schuyler answered. That is a quality much to…

— Melissa de la Cruz

“This is why he never took these jobs anymore, Wes realized. It was too much-he couldn't save everybody-he couldn't even keep his…

— Melissa de la Cruz

HE was standing across the street, staring at her with a look of shock and dismay. One look in Oliver's eyes and…

— Melissa de la Cruz

“What I will say is that you have to exercise your writing muscle. Write every day. Get better at it. Read a…

— Melissa de la Cruz

Kingsley smiled his Cheshire smile. And without a word, he called up the white darkness—the subvertio—a spell that unlocked what could not…

— Melissa de la Cruz