“Life isn't finding shelter in the storm. It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-Zarek”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Acheron
“I don't suffer from my insanity -- I enjoy every minute of it.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dance with the Devil
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dance with the Devil
“Just because you can doesn't mean you should. - Acheron Parthenopaeus”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon
― Sherrilyn Kenyon
“It's easy to look at people and make quick judgments about them, their present and their past, but you'd be amazed at the pain and tears a single smile hides. What a person shows to the world is only one tiny facet of the iceberg hidden from sight. And more often then not, it's lined with cracks and scars that go all the way to the foundation of their soul.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Acheron
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Acheron
“She didn't understand that. "How can anyone be afraid of love?"
"How can they not?" His face was completely aghast. "When you love someone... truly love them, friend or lover, you lay your heart open to them. You give them a part of yourself that you give to no one else, and you let them inside a part of you that only they can hurt—you literally hand them the razor with a map of where to cut deepest and most painfully on your heart and soul. And when they do strike, it's crippling—like having your heart carved out. It leaves you naked and exposed, wondering what you did to make them want to hurt you so badly when all you did was love them. What is so wrong with you that no one can keep faith with you? That no one can love you? To have it happen once is bad enough... but to have it repeated? Who in their right mind would not be terrified of that?”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Devil May Cry
"How can they not?" His face was completely aghast. "When you love someone... truly love them, friend or lover, you lay your heart open to them. You give them a part of yourself that you give to no one else, and you let them inside a part of you that only they can hurt—you literally hand them the razor with a map of where to cut deepest and most painfully on your heart and soul. And when they do strike, it's crippling—like having your heart carved out. It leaves you naked and exposed, wondering what you did to make them want to hurt you so badly when all you did was love them. What is so wrong with you that no one can keep faith with you? That no one can love you? To have it happen once is bad enough... but to have it repeated? Who in their right mind would not be terrified of that?”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Devil May Cry
“Old enough to know better, pissed enough not to care. (Jaden)”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Bad Moon Rising (Dark-Hunter, #18)
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Bad Moon Rising (Dark-Hunter, #18)
“When you love someone, truly love them, you lay your heart open to them. You give them a part of yourself that you give to no one else, and you let them inside a part of you that only they can hurt-you literally hand them the razor with a map of where to cut deepest and most painfully on your heart and soul. And when they do strike, it’s crippling-like having your heart carved out.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon
― Sherrilyn Kenyon
“We almost made it to thirty seconds without an insult. I think we set a new record.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Acheron
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Acheron
“I'm the top of the food chain and well...you're the food."
Ash”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dance with the Devil
Ash”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dance with the Devil
“Simi? What was it you told me once about families? (Aimee)
We have three kinds of family. Those we are born to, those who are born to us, and those we let into our hearts. (Simi)”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Bad Moon Rising (Dark-Hunter, #18)
We have three kinds of family. Those we are born to, those who are born to us, and those we let into our hearts. (Simi)”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Bad Moon Rising (Dark-Hunter, #18)
“Any game plan? Xypher asked Sin.
Don't die.
I like it. Simple, bold. Impossible. Works for me.
Kat scoffed at his sarcasm. What are you bitching about, Xypher? You're already dead.
He laughed. You know, for once, it's good to be me.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Devil May Cry
Don't die.
I like it. Simple, bold. Impossible. Works for me.
Kat scoffed at his sarcasm. What are you bitching about, Xypher? You're already dead.
He laughed. You know, for once, it's good to be me.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Devil May Cry
“We're not the damned, folks, we're the categorically fucked. - Urian”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dark Side of the Moon
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dark Side of the Moon
“Forgiveness is the best part of valor...Discretion is easy. It's finding the courage to forgive yourself and others that is hard. [Acheron]”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dance with the Devil
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dance with the Devil
“Even if I were lying on the sun itself, I would be freezing there without you. (Zarek)”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dance with the Devil
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dance with the Devil
“And I flunked anger management the moment I put the counselor through a stone wall. You might want to keep that in mind.
[Thorn]”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Bad Moon Rising (Dark-Hunter, #18)
[Thorn]”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Bad Moon Rising (Dark-Hunter, #18)
“My father used to say that life is what you make it. Today is the first day of the rest of your life. You can’t change the past, but the future isn’t set in stone. You can effect a change there. Move forward not with hatred or love. Move forward with purpose. (Simone)”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dream Chaser
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dream Chaser
“You’re not a morning person, are you? (Simone)
I’m a Dream-Hunter/demon. By my very nature I’m nocturnal. That big yellow ball in the sky offends me to the very core of my being. (Xypher)”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dream Chaser
I’m a Dream-Hunter/demon. By my very nature I’m nocturnal. That big yellow ball in the sky offends me to the very core of my being. (Xypher)”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dream Chaser
“And you are? (Xypher)
Pissed off. You wrecked my car, shoved me around, and are a complete and utter dickhead! (Simone)
Dear God, what a mouthful – your mom must have really wanted a son. Mind if I call you ‘Pissed’ for short? The rest of that is just too much to say every time I want your attention. (Xypher)”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dream Chaser
Pissed off. You wrecked my car, shoved me around, and are a complete and utter dickhead! (Simone)
Dear God, what a mouthful – your mom must have really wanted a son. Mind if I call you ‘Pissed’ for short? The rest of that is just too much to say every time I want your attention. (Xypher)”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dream Chaser
“Relax, she’s not really converting. (Acheron)
Look at her! She’s not exactly baking cookies! (Xypher)”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dream Chaser
Look at her! She’s not exactly baking cookies! (Xypher)”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dream Chaser
“Start walking. When you hit a spot where you’re gasping for breath, that should tell us our limitations. (Xypher)
Oh, joy. I can’t wait to be the guppy. (Simone)
Glub, glub, little fishy. Start walking. (Xypher)”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dream Chaser
Oh, joy. I can’t wait to be the guppy. (Simone)
Glub, glub, little fishy. Start walking. (Xypher)”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dream Chaser
“Hatred is a bitter, damaging emotion. It winds itself through the blood, infecting its host and driving it forward without any reason. Its view is jaundiced and it skews even the clearest of eye sights. Sacrifice is noble and tender. It’s the action of a host who values others above himself. Sacrifice is bought through love and decency. It is truly heroic. Vengeance is an act of violence. It allows those who have been wronged to take back some of what was lost to them. Unlike sacrifice, it gives back to the one who practices it. Love is deceitful and sublime. In its truest form, it brings out the best in all beings. At its worst, it’s a tool used to manipulate and ruin anyone who is stupid enough to hold it. Don’t be stupid. Sacrifice is for the weak. Hatred corrupts. Love destroys. Vengeance is the gift of the strong. Move forward, not with hatred, not with love. Move forward with purpose. Take back what was stolen. Make those who laughed at your pain pay. Not with hatred, but with calm, cold rationale. Hatred is your enemy. Vengeance is your friend. Hold it close and let it loose. May the gods have mercy on those who have wronged me because I will have no mercy for them. (Xypher)”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dream Chaser
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dream Chaser
“Adversity is like a strong wind. I don't mean just that it holds us back from places we might otherwise go. It also tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that afterward we see ourselves as we really are, and not merely as we might like to be.”
― Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha
― Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha
“We lead our lives like water flowing down a hill, going more or less in one direction until we splash into something that forces us to find a new course. Page 105”
― Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha
― Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha
