“It was for him that I searched in every whisper of speech I heard, in every gentle touch, in every small glimpse of a face. It was for just one more glimmer of him, one more of his words passing like fine silk through the ring of my mind, one more sweetly bitter kiss searing my lips like fresh ginger.” LoveRealityHopeGriefMarriageDespairHeartbreak Book:Give Your Heart to the Barrow Source: Give Your Heart to the Barrow
“No, Little Nightmare. In all the many years before you first terrified me, I never ... married." He raised an eyebrow as if to suggest more by the word. "That kind of knowledge of a person has its own kind of power. I have never felt so overcome that I have desired another person to know what makes me gasp with delight or sigh with pleasure. Knowledge is power. And I have kept that power to myself." He looked up at the stars before continuing. "It's so much harder to be cruel when you're in love. And so much easier to be betrayed.” LoveMarriageKnowledgePowerBetrayalFae Book:Fae Captive Source: Fae Captive
“My husband is the most evil and terrifying thing you could ever meet. He could kill you with a sewing pin before you could draw your blade.” RomanceMarriage Book:Fae Nightmare Source: Fae Nightmare
“Belatedly, I remembered that I didn’t need him. That I was my own woman. That I hadn’t married for love, and I wouldn’t love him even if he wanted me to because he was a villain from a storybook who I’d only allied myself with because the alternative was so much worse.” WarMarriageFairy TaleVillianFairy Tale Villian Book:Dance With The Sword Source: Dance With The Sword