Melissa de la Cruz

A promise, a bond, a joy, a love for the ages, for the history books.…But what was love but pain?

— Melissa de la Cruz

“Altogether, the first glimpse of his bride-which should have come as no surprise to Alex, standing there looking so lean and handsome…

— Melissa de la Cruz

I am not sorry for a moment . It was worth every moment, every second we were together. I would not change…

— Melissa de la Cruz

White for light. White for love. White for forever.

— Melissa de la Cruz

“Even though you can't control the things that happen to you, you can control your perspective and your actions. There's never a…

— Melissa de la Cruz

“She was very special to me. But I think I'm going to have to get back...so I can. God. So I can…

— Melissa de la Cruz

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

— Melissa de la Cruz

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

— Melissa de la Cruz

“Once the bond was sealed, it could not be broken for this cycle. Schuyler would become nothing more than a distant memory.”

— Melissa de la Cruz

“She was a stranger in her own life, a tourist in her own body.”

— Melissa de la Cruz

“It is my turn to wait. Funny that in all these months we have been meeting, it was always she waiting for…

— Melissa de la Cruz

“And at last, the lonely young man who belonged to no one finally belonged to someone, forever, and the practical girl who…

— Melissa de la Cruz

Stop your doubting, my love. I knew you would find me. ~Jack

— Melissa de la Cruz

Once you start telling people you're famous, they believe you.

— Melissa de la Cruz

But there's always a first time for everything

— Melissa de la Cruz

“When you meet the right person, it’s like nothing else—nobody else. No one in your past ever mattered.”

— 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

“But for Jack, the sight of Schuyler Van Alen had only served to ignite a feeling he had been repressing for months.”

— 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 know you. I know this isn't you. And even if it is, I still love you. As much as I always…

— Melissa de la Cruz

“Outside, the crescent moon was high in the sky, shining in its sliver glory.”

— Melissa de la Cruz

“Mimi knew now what she had to do. To save their bond, to save themselves. She had to destroy Schuyler Van Alen.”

— Melissa de la Cruz

“It wasn't a lie, not at all like one of those lies she told herself all the time, like This is the…

— Melissa de la Cruz

I always thought of vampires, especially the young-adult ones, as a metaphor for sex - sucking blood, forbidden, taboo. I think they…

— 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