Andrea Cremer Quotes & Sayings

When I first saw you when we were destined, I promised myself that I wouldn't force you to love me, but I would find a way to win you. — Andrea Cremer

Ren sighed, but he nodded. "We're backing her up."
Mason grinned. "She is woman. Hear her roar. — Andrea Cremer

What are you even doing here?' I barred my fangs at Silas. 'Aren't you just a paper pusher?
'That's my girl.' Connor smiled. — Andrea Cremer

Come on, Mowgli. Let's go kill Bambi. — Andrea Cremer

Fighting with Shay at my side was more than fun. It was everything. — Andrea Cremer

The lies we tell ourselves are the worst ones. — Andrea Cremer

I love you.
But he was gone. — Andrea Cremer

I'll help you with whatever's made you upset," he said. "But this morning you blew me off and I'm not going to kiss you today just so you can tell me to go to hell tomorrow."
-Shay — Andrea Cremer

All I am is less than I was. And I can't ever be more — Andrea Cremer

The air around Shay rippled, tinged with the rusty hue of his rage. I caught the scent of Ren's own fury, sudden and violent, as he stepped in front of me, blocking Shay's approach. It was an act of possession, as unmistakable as if he'd thrown a gauntlet at Shay's feet. Ren was an alpha, and he was reclaiming his place. — Andrea Cremer

Sabine stood up, satisfied that her friends were safe and content. When she moved, Calla lifted her head. Her eyes focused in Sabine's direction. Despite the distance between them, Sabine Could have sworn Calla was looking right at her.
The white wolf's ears flicked back and forth. She lifted her muzzle and howled. The sound filled Sabine with a mixture of sweetness and sorrow. The other wolves joined the song, their familiar voices blending in the winter air. Sabine watched them from another minute, then she turned and walked back to Ethan.
"Everything okay?" he asked.
She handed him the binoculars.
"They're happy. So I'm happy." ... She turned, listening to the song carried on the stiff winter breeze. Nev's voice rose about the other wolves' as the chorus of howls wove through the air. Sabine wondered if somehow they knew she was here, and if they might be saying good-bye or if they were asking her to stay. — Andrea Cremer

He leaned toward me, murmuring, "I think one-on-one sounds better, don't you?"
His teeth gently caught my earlobe. All my muscles turned to liquid. I dropped the stirring rod and grabbed the edge of the table so I wouldn't collapse. — Andrea Cremer

I'm sorry Silas. I'll try to make it up to you. — Andrea Cremer

I closed my eyes and leaned back into his body; his fingers kneaded my hips, caressed my stomach. God, it felt good. — Andrea Cremer

Silas?" I glanced from Ren to the mad-haired scholar. "He was your company?"
"Still jealous?" Ren winked at me.
"I was not jealous," I said.
"Really?" Ren said. "So that harpy-ish tone was your normal speaking voice? — Andrea Cremer

Bellator silvae servi. Warrior of the forest, I, the alpha, call on thee to serve in this time of need. — Andrea Cremer

Calla, Shay.' Anika said, ignoring their game of Let's Burn Holes in Each Other's Skulls with Angry Stares. 'This is Silas. The Haldis Scribe. — Andrea Cremer

Don't mind us, Shay." Mason flashed him a smile. "We're just a bunch of wild animals.
"No joke." Dax flexed his arms. — Andrea Cremer

Fingers circled my wrist. My head whipped around to see Ren's eyes dancing with dark mirth while he drew me toward him like he was reeling in a prize catch.
"So what's for lunch?" He pulled me onto his lap. — Andrea Cremer

Men are poor soldiers in love's war. And it is a war-one that never ends. — Andrea Cremer

Our kisses were so full of need, so long, so fierce that I could hardly gasp for breath.
(Calla and Ren) — Andrea Cremer

We are who we are. I have no desire to be something else. But right now I'm afraid of what it means for those who I care about. — Andrea Cremer

If it weren't for the fact that he'd been flat on his back in a full body cast, then recovering, he probably would be glad he missed finishing the school year since it meant he's now enrolled at his version of Hogwarts. — Andrea Cremer

F you'd crack a book, you'd appreciate the connection, but then again, you'd have to learn to read first. -Silas — Andrea Cremer

Charlotte held out her hand. She was somewhat surprised when Linnet suddenly embraced her.
"Keep those claws sharp, kitten. I hope we'll meet again soon."
Hugging the girl tightly, Charlotte felt her throat closing and her eyes pricking with heat. "I hope so too. — Andrea Cremer

I'm sorry, An," I said, hesitating before I spoke again. "Why did you think I turned Shay? I mean besides smelling the other wolf in the cave."
Ansel raised his gray eyes to meet mine, his irises hard as flint. "Because I would have run away with Bryn if anyone told me I couldn't be with her. If she weren't a Guardian, I would've turned her, and I would've run for the rest of my life to keep her by my side."
I looked at him for a long moment and then nodded slowly. He loves her. That's what love is. It must be. — Andrea Cremer

Just as a fever makes cold feel colder, love can make loneliness feel lonelier. — Andrea Cremer

No human could withstand a Guardian's warning glare. — Andrea Cremer

I'd always welcomed war, but in battle, my passion rose unbidden. — Andrea Cremer

He no longer needed me to be his protector, but he still wanted me. — Andrea Cremer

...But it's a faulty premise, built on the notion that you can choose where your mind goes. Or where your heart goes. — Andrea Cremer

You do realize you just mixed Disney metaphors, right? Disney metaphors. Wow, Calla, now I'm just sad for you. — Andrea Cremer

Lovebirds?' Laurie interjects. 'Can we put off the mating call for a sex? Methinks we have some bigger issues on the table. — Andrea Cremer

All I wanted was to take a hot bath, to go to sleep, and to not wake up. EVER. — Andrea Cremer

News flash," he says. "I'm gay, not a witch. Gay and witch is Dumbedore, and last time I checked, he was still just a guy in a book. — Andrea Cremer

Your packmate?
Ren lowered his head. My second
I'm sorry. My father rested his muzzle on Ren's shoulder.
Ren whimpered softly, leaning into my father. — Andrea Cremer

Stop whining; you're eighteen years old and you keep acting like a puppy.
Throgh my complaint carried a teasing note, the irriated eddge behind it was real. The focus required by the hunt made me tense. It's not my fault. His plaintive reply came back. I've never had a tail before. I can't figure out what exactly it's supposed to do. It's so distracting. — Andrea Cremer

The House of Winter - such a happy family are we. - Coe — Andrea Cremer

Ansel, I'm not the sun, stop orbiting and get in here. — Andrea Cremer

I need my warriors whole. You made each other bleed." I ignored Ren's bewildered expression. "Now undo the damage."
"You've got to be kidding me." Shay grimaced.
"I can't begin to tell you how much I'm not kidding." I stepped back, folding my arms over my chest. "Until I choose a mate, I'm the only alpha here; I've made it clear that I'm not making a choice right now. You two answer to me. Prove your loyalty. Heal each other. — Andrea Cremer

You've opened the gate. Now it's a matter of walking through. — Andrea Cremer

Staring at the wreckage of the life we could have had, I knew it wasn't about love or Shay or the Searchers now. It was about sacrifice and redemption, loss that could have new meaning. — Andrea Cremer

I'm simply acting according to my current circumstance." Logan blew a smoke ring, scenting the air with tobacco and cloves. "I thought prisoners were always granted a cigarette before their execution. And since you all keep threatening to kill me, I believe I should always have this small luxury afforded to me as long as my life is a risk. Don't you? — Andrea Cremer

Shay opened his palm, a Hershey's Kiss rested in his hand.
Mason winked at him. 'Welcome to the table, man. I hope you survive.'
'I think I'll manage.' He turned the silver-wrapped chocolate in his fingers. 'Thanks for this. There's nothing quite like a really good kiss.'
His mouth crinkled in a smile and he cast me a sidelong glance, making my toes curl. — Andrea Cremer

We are all prisoners of circumstance at one point or another. — Andrea Cremer

It's been a pleasure, she-wolf. — Andrea Cremer

Love wasn't forged by circumstance or changed by sorrow. It simply was. Fierce and free as the wolf within me. — Andrea Cremer

The patter of tentative footfalls reached my ears. I flipped on my side to face the door and saw Ansel wander by. I rolled onto my back, rubbing sleep from my eyes. I'd crashed on my bed as soons as I'd gotten back from school, collapsing under the weight of the day.
The floorboards squeaked as Ansel passed by my door again. I caught his nervous glance in my direction before he hurried down the hall.
'Ansel, I'm not the sun; stop orbiting and get in here,' I called. — Andrea Cremer

(Ren's) eyes were sad but resigned. "And where will you go?"
I couldn't keep the fear out of my reply. "I don't know."
"Please don't do this," he whispered. "Come back with me. We'll talk to Logan; there has to be an explanation. The Keepers need us; we're the alphas. We'll figure this out. They won't hurt you. I won't let them. — Andrea Cremer

Are you going to apologize for slapping me?"
"No."
"I didn't think so," he said. — Andrea Cremer

Oh gods! My eyes!" Connor covered his face. "My innocence!"
"Shut up, Connor," I said, both relieved and disappointed by the interruption. — Andrea Cremer

When he kissed me again, I thought I would break apart with need. He pulled back, watching me silently. A question waited for me in his eyes. "Yes," I murmured. I kissed him again and there were no more questions to be answered. — Andrea Cremer

It's just that this outfit is much easier to deal with than that chastity contraption you had on the last time we were kissing. — Andrea Cremer

I handed him a beaker and toyed with the pleats of my skirt. The folds kept rippling against my knees in a distracting way. It was one of Naomi's additions to my wardrobe. I quickly decided that I hated it. — Andrea Cremer

I turned to Ren, dropping my head low to honor the fallen alpha. The circled wolves did the same. I lifted my muzzle first, my howl singing out the pain of Ren's death, mourning him. One by one my packmates joined the song. Our howls filled the library, spilling into the winter night. The death song grew as the wolves still outside raised their voices to honor the lost young warrior. The chorus of wolf cries, full of heartache, swelled in the night, carrying Ren's memory to the very stars. — Andrea Cremer

What I'm trying to say is that I spent the last four months learning to be alone, avoiding the world, hating pretty much anyone who so much as blinked at me. But when I am with you, I don't want to be that person anymore. — Andrea Cremer

Ren's scent was everywhere. The smoke of aged wood lingering beneath a chilled autumn sky, the smooth burn of well-worn leather, the seductive ribbon of sandalwood. I closed my eyes, letting his scent pour over me, filling me with memories. — Andrea Cremer

Her attitude? You mean Efron enjoys spiteful bitchiness ... — Andrea Cremer

You with us, Calla?' Lydia asked. 'Trip's over. This is where you get off.'
Connor coughed. 'I could help you with that. — Andrea Cremer

I didn't know where love would lead me, but my pack would always be at my side. More than anything else, that was what mattered. — Andrea Cremer

When you jump, all your going to do is fall.But leaping? Leaping is when you think there's something on the other side."
"And you have a sense that we're about to leap?"
"I have a sense that we already have. — Andrea Cremer

A friend ... sort of. Ren watches me like I'm a cookie jar he wouldn't mind being caught with his hands in. — Andrea Cremer

Do you have other minions? Because these two are idiots. — Andrea Cremer

I wish there was some personal marker of time, so we didn't have to rely upon days and weeks and months and years. Because each of us has our own unit of measurement, our own relativity. Spaces between loves. Spaces between destinations. Spaces between deaths.
Insightful, p.194 — Andrea Cremer

I'm afraid my jealousy is a beast I find difficult to tame, he said with a sigh. — Andrea Cremer

Besides, tourists go out there all the time. The volcano can't be that dangerous."
"I'm guessing the tourists aren't trying to steal a forbidden object out from under the noses of evil witches."
"Not unless they've paid for the deluxe package". — Andrea Cremer

Maxwell Arbus was the reason Saul lost an eye?"
"Yes," Millie answers stiffly. "But that was a long time ago. Saul has moved on. So have I."
Whatever checks I'd held on my emotions shatter.
"Moved on?!" Whirling around, I storm at Millie, waving my arms like a maniacal marionette. "I don't care if it was so long ago we could only get with a TARDIS! There is no moving on because it's happening right now! — Andrea Cremer

The road ahead is unknown to all. I cannot offer you wisdom or guidance. Only the promise that I will never leave you. — Andrea Cremer

Calla," Shay called from the hall. "Without your nakedness to distract me, I'm remembering that we're in serious trouble. Hurry, please." page 436 — Andrea Cremer

What in life is worth a sacrifice, if not love? -Bryn — Andrea Cremer

Fair enough." I managed a nod. "Still, you shouldn't be up here." "It's a free country." "It's a capitalist country and this is private property. — Andrea Cremer

I've always welcomed war, but when the last battle ends, what life is left for a warrior? — Andrea Cremer

They said I have to." "Have to what?" "Break you." ... "I don't believe you wanted to hurt me." I said. "And I don't believe you would have, even if Monroe hadn't
" ... "I wouldn't have." Ren whispered. — Andrea Cremer

There's one more thing I need to tell you before we go," he said.
"What?" I asked in a clipped voice, wanting to get back to a safe place and away from the seductive spirits that lingered here.
He leaned down, lips brushing my cheek as I opened the door. "I like your hair. — Andrea Cremer

He is Monroe's son." I pointed at Ren. "And he's your best hope to win this war." "He's what?" Shay's voice was dead quiet. I'm what?" Ren kept his own voice to a whisper, but the look he'd thrown me was a bit alarmed. — Andrea Cremer

Connor swooped her into his arms. "Damn it, girl." He kissed her, curling his body around hers. "What kind of crazy stunt was that? Don't ever try to save me again."
"You were about to sacrifice yourself to protect me." She smiled up at him. "There was no way I was going to let you get out of our relationship that easily. — Andrea Cremer

Adne walked over to Connor, stretched up on her tiptoes, and placed a chaste kiss on his lips. "You're a good man after all."
She smiled sadly, beginning to turn away, but Connor slid his arms around her waist, lifting her off her feet. The kiss he crushed onto her mouth was anything but chaste and lasted so long that soon we all turned away, blushing.
When he finally set her down, his voice was thick. "I give up. I love you, Adne. I am crazy in love with you. — Andrea Cremer

Not all weapons are guns or blades; the most dangerous are subtle, hidden. — Andrea Cremer

Quest are epic. Quest take forever. We don't have forever. I don't know that we have much time at all. — Andrea Cremer

Ember pulled his face to hers, kissing him again before she said, "Your strength gives me courage." He smiled gently. "No, Ember, that is all your strength and none of mine." She balked, but he kissed her, murmuring against her lips, "And that is why I love you. — Andrea Cremer

Connor has always been light to her. Pure light and hope in the face of sorrow and despair. — Andrea Cremer

Music doesn't soothe the savage beast, Cal," Shay said, dipping me so low my hair brushed the floor. "Laughter does. — Andrea Cremer

It's not babysitting," Adne protested. "I haven't had to spank you once, which is a shame. — Andrea Cremer

Ren," I whispered. "I want-"
And then I was leaning over him, my cropped hair brushing against his cheeks as I bent to kiss him. Our lips met and I felt like I was diving into oblivion. The kiss grew deep, inmediate and hungry. He lifted me up and I wrapped my legs around his waist, molding my body against his. — Andrea Cremer

Guardians were made from the beasts that rule their souls, forced to share a human body so they would be servants to the Keepers. — Andrea Cremer

He told me how special you are," he said, flashing Shay an unfriendly smile. "Because of your great-great-times-a-hundred-grandmother Eira who got us into this mess when she became a demon's mistress." "Thanks for reminding me," Shay said. "So now you know why you and Calla were supposed to cut my throat instead of a cake at your wedding. Too bad that didn't happen." Ren Stiffened. "I'm not sorry you made it out of Vail alive. As for the rest of it ... we'll see how that turns out, won't we? — Andrea Cremer

Do you still want Ren?" I listened to my own heartbeat for a minute before answering. "Yes." "That's one hot mess, Cal." Ansel smiled at me. — Andrea Cremer

I caught my reflection in the tall mirror. I looked like one of Henry VIII's wives who'd been told she'd soon be replaced. — Andrea Cremer

precisely where I am. "I like Sean," he says. "But it feels a little different now. The possibility that he'll know me - that he'll know me completely - is gone. I was working up to telling him what happened in Minnesota. But this? We're the only ones who are ever really going to know about it, aren't we?" "We — Andrea Cremer

That's my girl.'
'Alpha.'
'Whatever. — Andrea Cremer

Bravery is all well and good, but sometimes it's much better to be cautious. — Andrea Cremer

Yeah, she is great. I spent the whole week with her."
"Doing what?" I asked, catching a growl before it left my throat.
"Aw, you're cute when you're jealous. — Andrea Cremer

I also hold very strong personal convictions about censorship. I don't believe in forbidden knowledge. — Andrea Cremer

Where are you from?" I started with what I thought was an easy question.
"Everywhere," he grumbled.
"Everywhere?" I stared into the blackness of the espresso. "I don't think I've been there. — Andrea Cremer

If you're a real student of literature, and I mean the good stuff - Chaucer, Shakespeare - you figure out that only souls who truly reflect each other make good love matches. — Andrea Cremer

Why is it that old furniture always weighs more?" Laurie asks.
"Time makes everything heavier and slower," Millie replies. "Believe me. — Andrea Cremer

The mouthful of turkey sandwich I'd bitten off caught in my throat when Ren rested his hand on my leg, his fingers exploring the curve of my thigh. I coughed and snatched the bottle of water from his other hand, taking several desperate swallows before swatting his fingers from my leg.
"Are you trying to kill me?" I choked the words out. "Keep your hands to yourself. — Andrea Cremer

I growled and then slapped him.
"Hey!" His hand pressed to his cheek.
"You always say that when I slap you," I said.
"I think it's a problem that you know what I say when you slap me," he said. "That's not the kind of intimacy I'm looking for. — Andrea Cremer

If you call them a sin against nature again, I will end you." Ethan's hand was on his dagger's hilt. "Look who's a born-again Guardian evangelist now." Connor laughed. "What's up with that?" A blush slid up Ethan's neck. "Nothing. They're our allies. That's all." "Sure it is." Conner said. — Andrea Cremer

His scent, the scent of spring, warm and hopefuly as the sunlight that filled this place, poured through me. — Andrea Cremer