“Don’t look at the shadows too long or a demon might look back.” — Rosamund Hodge Demon Copy Share Image
“But my family I had always had a duty to love, no matter how they had wronged me.” — Rosamund Hodge Duty Copy Share Image
“I'm your husband. I can wait as long as I please and still have all of you.” — Rosamund Hodge Husband Copy Share Image
“There are a lot of things I want," I say quietly and deliberately. "But I think I will keep what I have.” — Rosamund Hodge Life Copy Share Image
“I hope you aren't planning to order me back to bed." "No, you have far too much crockery at your disposal.” — Rosamund Hodge Humor-inspirational Copy Share Image
“«Speaking the truth is like gulping a mouthful of brandy: it burns on my tongue, but a moment after my body feels… — Rosamund Hodge Speaking the truth Copy Share Image
“Where you go, I shall go; where you die, I shall die, and there will I be buried.” — Rosamund Hodge Buried Copy Share Image
“I wiggled, and the key slid down to rest over my stomach. I was fairly sure he wouldn’t look that far down.” — Rosamund Hodge Wiggled Copy Share Image
“I remember the hours I had spent in Father's library, drugging myself with books so I could forget my doom for an… — Rosamund Hodge Books Copy Share Image
“Come. I was on my way to the park; I know a quiet spot where you can sit down." "In public? With… — Rosamund Hodge Protest Copy Share Image
“Now do you understand why you must always strive to be a good prince?” “I never asked to be one!” The woman… — Rosamund Hodge Asked Copy Share Image
“Why is he scared of the dark?" I meant the words for a joke, but Shade nodded seriously. "Like all monsters. Because… — Rosamund Hodge Dark Copy Share Image
“You were sent here to die. You were the one that was not needed, was not wanted, and they sent you here… — Rosamund Hodge Ignifex Copy Share Image
“Love is madness,” I say. “Doesn’t everyone agree that you’d do anything, endure anything, to be with the ones you love? So… — Rosamund Hodge Cruelty Copy Share Image
“I tried. As the darkness closed over me, I fought to remember the name of my husband. I fought to remember the… — Rosamund Hodge Darkness Copy Share Image
“But it was the center of the room that drew my eyes, for there was a great circular table, covered in a… — Rosamund Hodge Arcadia Copy Share Image
“How did you make Shade into your shadow?" I asked. "Do you remember?" The question broke the mood; in a moment Ignifex… — Rosamund Hodge Last words Copy Share Image
“Arms around me in the dark. Lips against mine in the sunlight. Do you know why I love you? He knew me.… — Rosamund Hodge Ignefix Copy Share Image
“I still wasn’t sure that I loved him. Love—the kind that was holy to Aphrodite—was not something I had ever allowed myself… — Rosamund Hodge Love Copy Share Image
“You deserve all that and more. It made me happy to see you suffer. I would do it all over again if… — Rosamund Hodge Every night Copy Share Image
“People who want to be loved", I say, "always do the most idiotic things...” — Rosamund Hodge Idiotic Copy Share Image
“I’m here!” I shouted. “Your bride! Congratulations on your marriage!” — Rosamund Hodge Marriage Copy Share Image
“I had been waiting, all my life, for someone undeceived to love me.” — Rosamund Hodge Life Copy Share Image
“What gods would a demon serve, and what would I be required to offer them?” — Rosamund Hodge Copy Share Image
“If one of us had to die, it ought to be the one with poison in her heart.” — Rosamund Hodge Heart Copy Share Image
“Don't worry," I say. "I have no interest in discussing your broken heart.” — Rosamund Hodge Fear Copy Share Image
“The same wolfish greed beats in your heart: to have what you will, and kill for it.” — Rosamund Hodge Greed Copy Share Image
“Water is born from the death of air, earth from the death of water, fire from the death of earth, air from… — Rosamund Hodge Death Copy Share Image
“You fought and fought to keep all the cruelty locked up in your head, and for what? None of them ever loved… — Rosamund Hodge Cruel-beauty Copy Share Image
“If you desired someone, if he comforted you, if you thought he might leech the poison out of your heart, was that… — Rosamund Hodge Feelings-of-love Copy Share Image
“They said that love was terrifying and tender, wild and sweet, and none of it made any sense. But now I knew… — Rosamund Hodge Love Copy Share Image
