Laura Thalassa Quotes & Sayings

He tastes like fairy wine and dirty thoughts. — Laura Thalassa

nihilistic - but — Laura Thalassa

You were able to kill him," Will said. You, a girl. That's what he meant. Like owning a vagina made me inferior in some fundamental way. — Laura Thalassa

so-help-me-black-Jesus, I will smite that hairy little shit and make a coat out of his fur. Ya feel me?" The — Laura Thalassa

My knuckles go white as my grip on the porcelain tightens. Now I know what Desmond cashed that one particular bead in for. Sobriety. Forget the supernatural bounty hunters that are after him; that fucker is mine. That — Laura Thalassa

As we flew through the air, Aries shrieked. If we all survive, he's never living that down. Behind us, Madman was laughing like this was the funniest thing in the world, and Sir Mix-a-Lot was still aggressively campaigning the perks of big booties. We — Laura Thalassa

We've been working on this for a week," he continues, "and we've made no progress. Who do I have to kill to make things happen?" If only the psycho were joking. — Laura Thalassa

For the first time, I realize that it's not just the king who appears inhuman.
I do too.
The ferocity of the scar that runs down my cheek, the tightness of my jaw, the look in my eye - I'm no natural thing. Murder and violence have made me this way. Loss and war have made me this way.
I look like a savage.
A savage queen. One who doesn't need a crown or even a weapon to appear powerful.
I see it now - this world's faith in me. It's not just that I am an anachronism; the harshness of my face speaks to these people who have only ever known war.
No wonder the West wants me gone.
A century has gone by, and yet even after all that time I am still something to fear. — Laura Thalassa

That pretty-boy king went down like a boner in church. — Laura Thalassa

If I didn't think you were the devil, I'd say you'd be able to seduce even him. — Laura Thalassa

The government had been controlling my nightly visits. — Laura Thalassa

Carpe diem they say, Seize the day, Because before long, Tomorrow will dawn, And you will be gone. — Laura Thalassa

I turned to face Oliver. "You are worse than that little voice inside my head."
He raised a shoulder. "I'd like to say I try, but I was just born this fabulous. — Laura Thalassa

Jesus. It was worth it," Caden said, looking dazed and pleased. — Laura Thalassa

Because you are just a pawn. And a pawn can't help but get played. — Laura Thalassa

What has been is immovable and unchanging; what will be is full of infinite possibilities - some more likely than others. Nothing is certain until it happens. — Laura Thalassa

I'll be yours. If you'll be mine. — Laura Thalassa

this siren totally popped a lady boner. Des — Laura Thalassa

It was pretty clear they thought I was sufficiently incapacitated, leaving me back here to my own devices. It was also clear that they weren't taking me to go get ice cream. — Laura Thalassa

I love you too." Funny how those words got easier to say the more I voiced them. — Laura Thalassa

Daughter of wheat and grain, Betrothed to soil and stain, Your lifeblood drips, The scales tip, But will it be in vain? — Laura Thalassa

God, he's sexy. No wonder he was a little shit all the time. — Laura Thalassa

Let our enemies come. They have a reckoning waiting at the end of my blade- and my siren's vengeance to deal with. Let our enemies come, and I will kill them all. So long as you're at my side, I have something to fight for. — Laura Thalassa

You can't kill me, even now, even though I deserve it - and I do deserve it."
I pull back enough to get a good look at him.
The king I knew took, and took, and took because he felt it was his right. And now, what he is essentially saying is that what he did wasn't his right.
I narrow my eyes at him. "Have you grown a conscience?" It's an almost preposterous thing to consider.
"Age gives you wisdom, not a conscience," he says as we wind our way through his halls.
"And where was that wisdom when it came to me?" I ask.
His eyes look anguished when he says, "It was wisdom that kept me from waking you, nire bihotza, not the other way around. — Laura Thalassa

He laughs. "Nire bihotza, I'm not. This is true. Apparently there are seven stars - Seven Sisters - but you can only see six of them in the night sky. The seventh is 'lost'."
We're both quiet for a moment while I ponder his words. The night air stirs my hair. Mine and the king's.
He leans in close to my ear. "It's because I caught her," he whispers. — Laura Thalassa

Forgetting doesn't mean it never happened; it means not dealing with the consequences. — Laura Thalassa

My reflexes were now quicker than my emotion, and it was only after I had pinned her that I felt some dark, primordial excitement pulse through me. I made eye contact with her, and whatever she saw in them made her flinch. I could feel my anger growing, feeding on itself. "You're right Doris." I spoke low so only she could hear me. "I am a freak. But I'm also a predator, and you, Doris, are most definitely prey. Just remember that next time you want to pick a fight. — Laura Thalassa

Andre stood at my feet, looking like a fallen angel. A very pissed off fallen angel. — Laura Thalassa

What you choose to do with all that anger is your business. But you can't control the world; someone will always be there to wrong you. It's your choice to let it go. — Laura Thalassa

Well, if Andre knocks you up and the baby pops out of you Alien-style, I'm shooting it. — Laura Thalassa

I don't want her to see the man I've become. I don't want to fall for her all over again. It took decades for the pain of her absence to dull.
Here my wife's safe. And so is my heart. — Laura Thalassa

I'll be at your side, till the darkness dies. — Laura Thalassa

I know I'm someone powerful, someone dangerous. A grim smile tugs at my lips despite my current circumstances. I know I'm not afraid of pain or death. And these men and women? They should be afraid of me. Because whoever I am, I am violent, and I will be having my revenge. — Laura Thalassa

Close your eyes,' Andre commanded. 'Nuh uh. Last time I did that I woke up in the morgue. — Laura Thalassa

I met his eyes. "Easily. I could love you easily. — Laura Thalassa

Montes was right. We might be monsters, but we're not evil.
Not like this. — Laura Thalassa

Ember, the bad comes in with the good. And I want all of it - I want your secrets, your worry, your pain. I love you - you're not alone in this life. — Laura Thalassa

There's a finality to his words.
I feel a tear drip out because I know what this is.
It's a goodbye. And I don't understand any of it.
His voice drops. 'Don't cry. — Laura Thalassa

I guess that was what happened when you suppressed your heart for a little too long. It got you back when you least expected it. It was a vindictive little bastard like that. — Laura Thalassa

This was crazy. He ate humans for breakfast. Not to
mention he was older than Father Time. So why was I
falling for him, falling for him when I couldn't help but
push everyone else away? It frightened me to feel this
way, yet I couldn't stop this and didn't want to. — Laura Thalassa

This is where happiness sneaks up on you, and you forgive evil people for unforgivable things because they give you a taste of a future you always thought was beyond your reach. — Laura Thalassa

I love all of you Ember - the ferocious, beautiful girl I first laid eyes on, the fiery girl who punched me in the face when I threw off her sheets, the penitent girl I found curled up in the shower, the curious girl who questioned a wanted man's guilt, the brave girl who pushed me down when she saw a gun, and the secretive girl who thinks she needs to carry the world on her shoulders. — Laura Thalassa

The fool I was who first laid eyes on her all those years ago did one thing right - he saw redemption within his reach, and he snatched it up for himself. And then he sabotaged it again, and again. — Laura Thalassa

He still doesn't seem to understand that repairing that which he broke doesn't make it new again. It makes it scarred — Laura Thalassa

Once upon a time we were innocent, and then we were not. — Laura Thalassa

his body seeming the gather the shadows around him. — Laura Thalassa

Had I known I was going to face down death today, I totally would've bought myself the Slurpee. — Laura Thalassa

Someone so annoying didn't deserve to look that good. — Laura Thalassa

Fun my ass. The only thing remotely pleasant about this experience is that Des is wearing an Iron Maiden shirt, his tattoos are on full display, and his leather pants are hugging the shit out of his backside. I mean, I can be mad at him and still enjoy the view. Over — Laura Thalassa

Guerilla warfare? I was in way over my head. I told myself that I could do this. It was guerilla warfare every time I went to sleep. — Laura Thalassa

What's a naked man doing in your bed? I thought we had a code for these kinds of things. — Laura Thalassa

I know all about broken things. I came from a broken house, and a broken land full of broken people. I have a broken soul and a broken heart. This man doesn't know it, but all his cracks align with mine. — Laura Thalassa

Yellow?" The king's eyebrows nudge up. "What, you thought I'd like the color of spilled blood or something?" He tips his head back as he weighs my words. "Yeah, I kind of did. — Laura Thalassa

He's a horrible, evil person. Don't be one of those girls that forgives a guy his shitty personality just because he's gorgeous. — Laura Thalassa

Now I've had two men in my life choose me over the welfare of a nation. First my father, and now my husband.
Never again will I underestimate this man's devotion. He will ruin countries for me. — Laura Thalassa

He also had new scars. Many more. They licked their way up his arms and branded his chest and abs. — Laura Thalassa

I can't tell which is the worse fate--to question everything, to be paralyzed by indecision, or to question nothing and move through the world blind to any other way of existing save for your own. — Laura Thalassa

want to know a truth of mine?" "Always," I say, turning my head to better face him. He takes my hand and presses it against his chest. Beneath my palm I feel his heartbeat racing. My eyes move from his chest to his face. "It does that whenever I'm around you," he says. I — Laura Thalassa

Maybe it was a sugar low or simply the hypocrisy of it all. Whatever it was, I was done playing nice. I stalked towards him, my fingers curling and uncurling. The bastard was going down. — Laura Thalassa

Now, cherub," his words roll off his lips like honey, "the first repayment of the day: you're coming home with me, and you're not leaving until your debts have all been paid. — Laura Thalassa

Perv - I've gotten upgraded from stalker.' Wasn't he the eternal optimist? — Laura Thalassa

You want to see compassion? Fine." I take the hand pressed against my shoulders and kiss his knuckles. "I've now kissed the hand of my mother's killer."
Before he has time to react to my chaste kiss, I bring my other hand up and slap him. His head whips to the side.
"I'm also a vindictive bitch," I say. — Laura Thalassa

War takes many things from people, but unfortunately, pain is not one of them. — Laura Thalassa

How easy we kill," she murmurs. She sets the gun on the table in the center of the room. "It never solves our problems."
Something about her words and her voice has my hackles rising. Only recently Serenity discovered the art of scheming. It's a talent of mine, one I fear she's taken a liking to as well. — Laura Thalassa

Thanks for bearing the crap out of that creep," I said. Andre gave me a shadow of a smile, his way of acknowledging my decision to stay with him rather than running away again. "But," I said, "just so we're clear: no more mass killings. If that happens again , I'm so out of here." I couldn't believe I'd ever have to say those particular words to someone. — Laura Thalassa

Attraction and chemistry don't follow any logical rules. You're not the prettiest girl I've ever met, nor the smartest, nor the funniest. But you are the girl I've altered a peace treaty for, and you are the girl I'm spending the evening with. — Laura Thalassa

If that is what is needed of me, then that is precisely what I will do.
Even if it breaks me. — Laura Thalassa

Freedom or death. — Laura Thalassa

Ever since the day my father died I've understood. So long as the king lives, I will never be free of him. — Laura Thalassa

That soul of hers, tempered by the hottest of forges, has been and always will be mine. — Laura Thalassa

And of course, he had to be evil. Why do all the sexy guys have to have issues? Why? — Laura Thalassa

I love you. I've loved you from the beginning. And I will love you long after the last stars dies. I will love you until the end of darkness itself. — Laura Thalassa

I am chaos. I am the undoing of man. And all the world will fall to my feet. — Laura Thalassa

A grim smile stretches across my face.
He's coming.
The devil is coming for me. — Laura Thalassa

Other teenagers got clothes and electronics for Christmas. I got my name on a hit list. — Laura Thalassa

I can't go back there. Back to a time when I had a weakness. When I lost control, and lost loved ones and territories in the process. The WUN still remains out of my hands. If I woke her now, what would I lose next? — Laura Thalassa

So this is how the rich bleed--elegantly. — Laura Thalassa

This is yours," he said, pressing my hand more tightly to his chest. "And I don't give it lightly. — Laura Thalassa

I never listened to those who told me about the dark side of loving your pair. — Laura Thalassa

The heartless king has found his heart after all. It rests beneath my rib cage. — Laura Thalassa

You can dress up a pig, but it's still a pig. — Laura Thalassa

My eyes slit. "Des," I warn. He removes my hand from his chest. "Is that supposed to be a threatening tone?" he asks, raising an eyebrow. He clucks his tongue and brings my hand up to his mouth. "Because if it is," he continues, "then you've got to work on your intimidation game," he continues. "I mean, you gave it a decent try, but I'm more turned on than anything else." Des — Laura Thalassa

eyebrows rose. "I'm just going to throw this out there, but I'm okay with being taken advantage of. — Laura Thalassa

I push my body off the ground, blood seeping between my toes. For the first time in over a century I stand on my own two feet. The gown I wear drapes off my shoulders, and my drenched skirts stick to my legs.
I am a thing made of lace and blood. Swathed in silk and dripping with the dark deeds of men. I suppose I'm finally clothed accordingly. — Laura Thalassa

I allow her to pull away. "You gave them an entire continent."
"I did."
"You're going to lose the respect of your people." I capture her hand.
Still alive. It's going to take several minutes to believe it.
"And you'll win it back for me. — Laura Thalassa

I'll give you this: you're really showing off your amazing sucking skills. I bet you'd be great at BJ's. — Laura Thalassa

My vicious Sleeping Beauty. This is our violent fairytale. — Laura Thalassa

When you live without someone for as long as I have, love becomes this abstract concept, something you attach to a memory. And when memories are that old, they feel like dreams, and you wonder if any of it was real, or if your mind created it all. — Laura Thalassa

He was staring at me like I was one of the Seven Wonders of the World. A girl could get used to these kinds of looks. — Laura Thalassa

I'm many things, and the least impressive of them is lovely. — Laura Thalassa

The queen lives. — Laura Thalassa

Because good and evil weren't inborn traits. They were choices we made. — Laura Thalassa

And the mountains may rise and fall, and the sun might wither away, and the sea may claim the land and swallow the sky. But you will always be mine. And the stars might fall from the heavens, and night might cloak the earth, but until darkness dies, I will always be yours. — Laura Thalassa

No, the douchelord simply closed the distance between us and plunged a syringe into my neck. — Laura Thalassa

God you are rude. No wonder you go through women. One hour with you, and they are probably begging to leave. — Laura Thalassa

My heart, my wife, my life. I will love you until the day I die. — Laura Thalassa

I'm still the King of the East, you're still married to me, and the world's still at war. Good and evil have little to do with it." Now I lean forward, until there are only inches between our faces. "They have everything to do with it. So which are you?" He leans forward, closing the last of the distance between us, and just as his lips meet mine, he says, "Both. — Laura Thalassa

I'm the ugly truth, and he's a pretty lie, and we're always, always circling each other. — Laura Thalassa

For the first time in a hundred years, my soul flares to life, my heart along with it. And it hurts so fucking bad.
No one's ever been in my situation, so I couldn't have foreseen that love doesn't function as other things do. It took decades for it to fade, and an instant for it to come roaring back.
As far as my heart is concerned, no time has passed. — Laura Thalassa

He wouldn't kill me. He might not even hurt me - there had been several instances where I could've sworn he didn't want this violent life. But he wanted to touch me, and he was roguish enough to do whatever he thought necessary to reach that end goal. Like lock me in a room. Asshat. After — Laura Thalassa