A Shadow in the Ember Quotes

“I would say I’m sorry, but you wouldn’t believe me. I don’t blame you for that, but don’t you dare insinuate that what I’ve done with you was purely an act or that what I’m feeling is fake when I’ve spent my entire godsdam life not being allowed to want or even feel anything for myself! Not when I spent the last three years hating myself for the relief I felt when you didn’t take me because it meant I didn’t have to do what was expected of me.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“I know what I am. I’ve always known. I am one of the worse sort. A monster … But don’t you ever tell me how I feel.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“It is far easier to be lied to than to acknowledge that you have been lied to.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“I want to kiss you, even though there is no reason for me to other than I want it.” The heated intensity of his stare held mine. “I would even go as far as to say I need to.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“What does…meyaah Liessa mean?” That eyebrow seemed to climb even higher. “It means my Queen.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“You are the heir to the lands and seas, skies and realms. A Queen instead of a King. You are the Primal of Life.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“I wasn’t sure how one could seduce another into falling in love with them after stabbing them in the chest.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“One of the bravest things to do is to accept the aid of others.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“he was like the brightest star and the deepest night sky given mortal form. And he was utterly beautiful in this form, wholly terrifying.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“A monster wouldn’t care if they were one.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“I believe he slipped and fell upon my blade.” “Was it his throat that fell upon your blade?” “Odd, right?” “Odd, indeed.” Ezra tilted her head to the side as she stared blankly at me. “That happens quite often around you.” “Unfortunately.” I arched a brow at my stepsister. “Men with careless fists should be more mindful of where they step.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Where’s all that bravery?” Ash asked.
“My bravery ends when I’m faced with something that can swallow me whole.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“You should’ve thought about that before you picked up that whip,” the Primal growled. “And touched what is mine.” What is mine? Another laugh tickled the back of my throat. Now he claimed me?”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Don’t,” Ash cut me off as he spun around. “Not a single word.” I scrambled to my feet. “Excuse me?” “In case you have trouble counting, that is two words.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“I am Nyktos, ruler of the Shadowlands, the Primal of Death.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“I have never seen him sleep so deeply. Not even when he was just a babe. The slightest sound would wake him.”
Surprise rippled through me as the hand under mine remained relaxed and still.
“You knew him then?”
“I knew his parents. I called them my friends, and I call Ash one of my own,” he answered, head straightening. His gaze caught mine and held it.
“I think I will call you one of my own.”
I really had to be asleep.
“Why?”
“Because you’ve given him peace.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Happy?” I asked around a mouthful. One side of his lips curved. A piece of egg may have fallen from my mouth and quite possibly plopped onto my plate. All the training I’d gone through was a waste. I was terrible at seduction.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“In case you’re wondering,”—his voice was a kiss against my skin—“this is me intentionally staring.” I started to lower, seeking the shield of the water, but I stopped myself. I would not shrink or cower to anyone or anything. “Pervert.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“You interest me because there seems to be little time between what occurs in your head and what comes out of your mouth. And there seems to be little regard for the consequences.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Love is the one thing that not even fate can contend with.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“You", he said, his thumb moving in a slow swipe over the side of my throat. There was something about the way he said that. “You are trouble.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“I would ask what kind of mortal you are, but it is evident that you’re a pathetic pile of shit shaped into that of a man.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Were all kisses from a god as dangerously intoxicating as this one?”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“The road to hell is paved with good intentions,” he said. “Perhaps you’ve heard that?” “Sounds like something you’d have embroidered on a pillow.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“That life for any being is as fragile as the flame of a candle—easily extinguished and stamped out.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Animals didn’t judge. They didn’t care about worthiness. They didn’t choose to use or hurt another.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“From the desperation of golden crowns and born of mortal flesh,
a great primal power rises as the heir to the lands and seas, to the skies and all the realms.
A shadow in the ember, a light in the flame, to become a fire in the flesh.
When the stars fall from the night, the great mountains crumble into the seas, and old bones raise their swords beside the gods,
the false one will be stripped from glory until two born of the same misdeeds, born of the same great and Primal power in the mortal realm.
A first daughter, with blood full of fire, fated for the once-promised King.
And the second daughter, with blood full of ash and ice, the other half of the future King.
Together, they will remake the realms as they usher in the end.
‘And so it will begin with the last Chosen blood spilled,
the great conspirator birthed from the flesh and fire of the Primals will awaken as the Harbinger and the Bringer of Death and Destruction to the lands gifted by the gods.
Beware, for the end will come from the west to destroy the east and lay waste to all which lies between.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“A lie by omission is still a lie,” I argued,”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Blink twice if you have been kidnapped.” Lailah grinned and sent Ash a long, sideways look. “Or just blink.” I almost blinked because it was clear they were teasing Ash—a Primal who had gods strung up on the walls outside his palace.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Tavius sat in the kind of sprawl only a man could accomplish, his legs spread wide, taking up at least two spaces worth of room. What an asshole.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember