421 Quotes by Susan Ee

Power is best held by the ones who don’t want it.

I knew from the start that your loyalty would get you killed. I just never thought it would be your loyalty to me that would do it.

Don’t let my appearance fool you, Penryn. I am not human. The Daughters of Men are forbidden to Angels.

It is not the gentle kiss of a couple on a first date, nor is it the kiss of a man driven by simple lust. He kisses me with the desperation of a dying man who believes the magic of eternal life is in this kiss.

I want to beg him not to leave. Tell him that I’m still here. But I lie frozen. All I can do is watch as he gets up. And disappears from my view.

Asleep, he looks like a bleeding Prince Charming chained in the dungeon. When I was little, I always thought I’d be Cinderella, but I guess this makes me the wicked witch. But then again, Cinderella didn’t live in a post-apocalyptic world invaded by avenging angels.

I am an ant in the battlefield of the gods. There’s no room for pride or ego, and barely enough room for survival.

I never thought about it before, but I’m proud to be human. We’re ever so flawed. We’re frail, confused, violent, and we struggle with so many issues. But all in all, I’m proud to be a Daughter of Man.

Sixers pour in from every edge of the bridge. We humans back into the center as they lumber toward us. I have my knives out, but they might as well be toothpicks pointed at an army of grizzlies. “Penryn!” I look up to see Raffe watching me with anguish in his eyes as his Watchers hold him at a safe distance from us.