77 Quotes by Grace Draven

The void is vast, like the sea at night and no land in sight. I’ll be the beacon, Brishen.

He bent to kiss her right eyelid, then her left, the salt of her tears stinging his lips. “I’m a greedy man. I want all of you, heart, soul, and body. You already have all that I am. It seems only fair.

Theirs was an agreement based on the beginnings of friendship, respect and an intuitive understanding of each other.

You find me ugly, don’t you?” Brishen had faced abominations on the battlefield without flinching, leapt into the thick of the fighting against creatures born from the nightmares of lesser demons. Not once had he been tempted to run away in fear. Now, his leg muscles rippled with the urge to flee. He clenched his teeth instead, prayed he wouldn’t start a war with their newest ally and answered honestly. “Hideous,” he said. “A hag of a woman.

I will stand beside you through all of this,′ she said when she could finally speak. “And welcome you home with gladness when it’s over, and you return triumphant.

Sometimes you do the thing you hate so others don’t have to, whether it’s from love, guilt, or blackmail.

Will you be that for me, Ildiko,” he said. “That beacon in the void?

If a simple genuflection of gratitude compromises my character and shames my house, then we are both less than shadow.

I’m not desperate for a child, Ildiko. I’m desperate for my wife. That’s it. No matter what you believe, you aren’t lesser. Not to me. You are all.