“Don’t look at the shadows too long or a demon might look back.” — Rosamund Hodge Demon 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
“I coudn't be kind to him after what he'd done, couldn't be cruel after what I had done” — Rosamund Hodge Copy Share Image
“People who want to be loved", I say, "always do the most idiotic things...” — Rosamund Hodge Copy Share Image
“The crash sliced through my head; it left me gasping and shivering, like all the other times I let my temper out,… — Rosamund Hodge Copy Share Image
“Don't worry," I say. "I have no interest in discussing your broken heart.” — Rosamund Hodge Fear Copy Share Image
“Where you go, I shall go; where you die, I shall die, and there will I be buried.” — Rosamund Hodge 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
“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 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
“Now do you understand why you must always strive to be a good prince?” “I never asked to be one!” The woman… — Rosamund Hodge 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 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
“If you desired someone, if he comforted you, if you thought he might leech the poison out of your heart, was that… — Rosamund Hodge 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 Copy Share Image
“If you start wondering how this house works, you'll likely go mad. That could be amusing, I suppose. Especially if it's the… — Rosamund Hodge Funny Copy Share Image
“Have you seen lamplight shine through dusty air, setting the dust motes on fire?” He waved a hand. “Imagine that, spread across… — Rosamund Hodge 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 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
“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
“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
“I knew it was insane to be happy, to feel this desperate exultation at his words. But I felt like I had… — Rosamund Hodge False love Copy Share Image
“We'll both be foolish," I said, "and vicious and cruel. We will never be safe with each other." "Don't try too hard… — Rosamund Hodge 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
“And you would know so much about women, locked up in your castle." "Locked up with eight wives. And sometimes I make… — Rosamund Hodge Copy Share Image
“Ignifex's eyes widened a fraction. "He's a coward and a fool," he repeated distantly, as if he had learnt the words by… — Rosamund Hodge Copy Share Image
“The fire roared down upon us. It curled through our hair, then wrapped around our wrists and faces, trying to drag us… — Rosamund Hodge 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
“Almost immediately, I found the red door into the library. I opened it idly- and the breath stopped in my throat. It… — Rosamund Hodge Beauty and the beast Copy Share Image
“His hands tightened around mine. “I love you,” he said. “I love you more than any other creature, because you are cruel,… — Rosamund Hodge Life Copy Share Image
“I had been waiting, all my life, for someone undeceived to love me.” — Rosamund Hodge Life Copy Share Image
