“Lillian was always so good at treating everything like a test, like some kind of game where the prize was shiny and… — Brenna Yovanoff Stop trying Copy Share Image
“Epochs later, the curtains grew dusty and brittle, the deep, vicious colour of a bruise. The floorboards creaked and we were civilized.… — Brenna Yovanoff Copy Share Image
I've never been impulsive. It's always been in my nature to consider things carefully and then decide upon the best solution. Except,… — Brenna Yovanoff Circumstances Copy Share Image
The simple truth is that you can understand the way you are. You can know and love and hate it. You can… — Brenna Yovanoff And love Copy Share Image
“You can't keep acting like this," Lillian says, and for the first time in months, it's like she's actually trying to be… — Brenna Yovanoff First time Copy Share Image
“I never told her, but the Queen of Hearts charm always reminded me of her, even when she was alive. The way… — Brenna Yovanoff Queen Copy Share Image
“It was completely unshocking that there were monsters in the world, secret rituals and underground burrows filled with the dead, when in… — Brenna Yovanoff Copy Share Image
“...you have to think about your options, weigh the consequences before you make decisions, but the advice was so worthless when it… — Brenna Yovanoff Choice Copy Share Image
Let me tell you a little bit about demons. They love pain and other people’s misery. They lie when it suits them… — Brenna Yovanoff Capacity Copy Share Image
“The Cutter leaned toward me, resting his forehead against mine. 'Fool me once,' he whispered, 'shame on you.' He pressed the bridge… — Brenna Yovanoff Cutter Copy Share Image
“Why?” I say, so quietly that it comes out sounding like a tiny, tired sigh. “Nobody wants to be mediocre.” Her shadow… — Brenna Yovanoff Quietly Copy Share Image
“He knew how useless words could be. How even when you wanted more than anything just to hear someone say they understood,… — Brenna Yovanoff Spoke Copy Share Image
“Fisher twined his fingers with mine and when he did, the feeling was the best thing in the world, like it was… — Brenna Yovanoff Feeling Best Copy Share Image
“I was too little to think a miracle could be anything but good.” — Brenna Yovanoff Miracles Copy Share Image
“So, are you just going to stand there looking like a piece of furniture?” — Brenna Yovanoff Copy Share Image
“Their lead guitar sounded like what would happen if someone wedged a traffic accident into a blender.” — Brenna Yovanoff Leadership Copy Share Image
“Don’t show anyone the true, honest heart of yourself or else, when something goes wrong, you might wind up rotting in a… — Brenna Yovanoff Honest Copy Share Image
The things I had were mine and some of them were broken, but they were real. They were so very far from… — Brenna Yovanoff Broken Copy Share Image
“The sound of her voice was painful. She screamed, sobbed, whispered Hallelujah. But she never sang it.” — Brenna Yovanoff Mackie Copy Share Image
Once, my mother told a whole host of angels that she’d rather die than go back to a man she didn’t love. — Brenna Yovanoff Angel Copy Share Image
“Is it hypocritical to love a person and still find fault with their actions?" -The Morrigan” — Brenna Yovanoff Hypocritical Copy Share Image
“She bruised easily, in dark purple smudges like in blooming on tissue paper.” — Brenna Yovanoff Bruised Copy Share Image
“Truman Flynn is a piece of paper in my coat pocket. He is a memory of water and of loss, his hand… — Brenna Yovanoff Loss Copy Share Image
“I walk the three blocks to the school slowly, like if I’m not careful of every step, every tiny movement, I will… — Brenna Yovanoff Every step Copy Share Image
“When you love someone, sometimes it means that they strip you down, peel you open, and you have to let them and… — Brenna Yovanoff Hurt Copy Share Image
“Suddenly, I understand what Petra has always been trying to tell me. The whole time she was mumbling her litany of stories,… — Brenna Yovanoff Love Copy Share Image
“Because I was conceived and born and I grew up. I'm breathing and my heart is beating and as much as it… — Brenna Yovanoff Breathing Copy Share Image
“When I press my forehead to his back, the shape of his pain is alluring, almost visible. It forms him, tells him… — Brenna Yovanoff Forehead Copy Share Image
I wanted it in the way you sometimes want to jump into very cold water, even though you know it won't feel… — Brenna Yovanoff Cold Copy Share Image
“The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was a burst of light so warm and red it could have… — Brenna Yovanoff Light Copy Share Image
“The tone of his voice is like he expects a fight, like he’s challenging me to disagree, and I want to tell… — Brenna Yovanoff Disagree Copy Share Image
“I’d laughed this high-pitched, witchy laugh, and looked right at him. Mostly, I remember feeling vital and untouchable, like I was free… — Brenna Yovanoff Laughed Copy Share Image
“I couldn't work out what she actually wanted. Whether being dead happened in a pretty box on Welsh Street or someplace else,… — Brenna Yovanoff Death Copy Share Image
“In his youth, he was electrified. The stars were moving in his bloodstream. He would not have been cowed by the customs… — Brenna Yovanoff Demon Copy Share Image
“Kissing him is like the wildest, most thrilling thing that has ever happened to me. It's like diving into the deep end… — Brenna Yovanoff Gaze Copy Share Image
“What's wrong?" His voice was loud, so sharp that he sounded angry. I knew I should be careful, keep the secret, but… — Brenna Yovanoff Kiss Copy Share Image