965 Quotes by Karen Marie Moning

And there my dear Fio, you make one of Womankind’s greatest mistakes: falling in love with a man’s potential. We so rarely share the same view of it, and even more rarely care to achieve it. Stop pining for the man you think I could be – and take a good, long, hard look at the one I am.

Fire to my ice. Ice to my fever.

I wanted to walk beside this man for a long time, and to do that I’d have to be able to be completely myself.

Perspective is a funny thing. You think your back is to the wall, then something worse corners you, and the first threat looks puny in comparison.

Do I, lass? Do I tempt you?

I’m not the hero, Mac. Never have been. Never will be. Let us be perfectly clear: I’m not the antihero, either, so quit waiting to discover my hidden potential. There’s nothing to redeem me.

Dishonesty increases disorder exponentially. It’s hard enough to communicate when you’re telling the truth.

Those who were so long imprisoned in ice and darkness seem to find the sunlight jarring, painful. The longer I walk around with this grief inside me, the more I understand that. It’s as if sunshine is a slap in the face that says, Look, the world’s all bright and shiny! Too bad you’re not.

To one who stopped living a millennium ago, I say, “Show me how to live.