230 Quotes by Melissa de la Cruz

I shall love you and give myself up for you, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up”- then Alex looked into Eliza’s shining eyes and added a twist of his own-“and I shall serve you with tenderness and respect, and encourage you to develop the gifts that God has given you.

I’m tired of being your best friend. I’m tired of being second best. I won’t settle for that anymore. It’s all or nothing, Schuyler. You have to decide. Him or me. – Oliver Hazzard-Perry.

And while a pretty face is nice to wake up to, and adoring face is so much more rewarding.

Love. It’s so close to hate, it’s almost indistinguishable. But this is how it was for the two of them. Love and hate. Life and death. Joy and anguish.

Magic is an honor, until it’s a shackle.

Once you start telling people you’re famous, they believe you.

I live because I have to. You will hurt, you will bleed, you will be betrayed as I have been betrayed. You will survive. And you must learn to control your power.

I don’t want to make the same mistakes I’ve made before. I want to be free. I want to be with you. We will be together. I believe I will have less to live for, if I am not with you.

Pretty clothes are like the colors of a flower’s petals. They tell the bee where to land. After that, it’s what’s inside that holds his interest,” said Peggy, still quoting their mother.