Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Quotes

I'm standing in a slaughterhouse where the cattle are begging to become hamburgers. I have a right to be jumpy.

I ask for trust. It is a lot, I know; it isn't easy to give. But it is all I ask.

I’m not asking for anything beyond your company in sleep. Just let me rest with the sound of your heartbeat beside mine.

Fate has a twisted sense of humor.

You don't have to speak. Words fade, she whispered. I know that better than anyone. Words are forgotten; they are regretted.Unnecessary. I know.

Betia kissed my forehead. I won't leave unless you ask me to. I- Her lips touched mine chastely. The future will come. I will be there, if you want me.

No one can make you a victim but yourself.

We’ll need to speak to Irene, and your mother, I asserted. If either one of them rejects this idea, there is no way we will succeed. Any potential heirs to either throne--hawk or cobra--must be raised...

I looked to Rei, wondering if his vague answer to Betsy meant he might let me slip away downstairs, but A’isha had once again engaged him, hooking one of the many scarves she wore around his waist in...

The night is full of mystery. Even when the moon is brightest, secrets hide everywhere. Then the sun rises and its rays cast so many shadows that the day creates more illusion than all the veiled trut...

Aubrey's voice when he answered was soft. I'm one of the reasons they wouldn't dare.

Sifting through our thoughts like children going through colored stones -- optimistic, because although some were too dark and some were too sharp, many glittered like precious gems.

Are you a god now, Risika, deciding who is to live and who is to die?

In a society that worships love, freedom and beauty, dance is sacred. It is a prayer for the future, a remembrance of the past and a joyful exclamation of thanks for the present.

My cousin tried to kill me today, he said. He realized that his voice held an edge of hysteria. She nearly succeeded. But I guess that's fair, since I was trying to kill her at the time.

Betia laughed a little, shaking her head. She leaned forward and kissed my cheek as she grabbed my hands and pulled me to my feet. Her brown eyes glittered with a devil-may-care recklessness that warm...

Live it well and this life can be grand.

I lifted my face to meet the kiss, wanting the comfort of his touch as much as I was willing to provide the comfort of mine. The contact was sweet and soft, yet at the same time desperate.It was Zane...

I’ll…be okay, Danica asserted. I was just…dizzy. She accepted held standing, but once she was up, her balance seemed to return quickly; she rested one hand on my arm, though I sensed that touch was mo...

You made a good choice for your Naga, she assured me. Danica is more graceful on a dais than half the serpents I know.Provided she isn’t blushing too brightly to see, another quipped. The first time I...