Melissa Grey Quotes & Sayings

She was fond of books. They were an escape from responsibilities, — Melissa Grey

Dorian's scar itched. It did that when he was agitated, or angry, or experiencing anything one might call emotion. Or when rain was on the horizon, but he didn't think that was entirely relevant to why it was itching now. — Melissa Grey

If her hormones had a face, she would slap it. — Melissa Grey

But the only thing worse than remembering the feel of Rose in his arms, the softness of her black and white feathers, the sound of her voice when she sang quietly to herself, would be forgetting it. — Melissa Grey

...I thought you would like something a touch more substantial after weeks of eating nothing but"-she picked up a box of Pop-Tarts, squinting at the label as she read the ingredients-"high-fructose corn syrup. — Melissa Grey

...I like to be around all these books. They're very good at making you forget your troubles. It's like having a million friends, wrapped in paper and scrawled in ink — Melissa Grey

Finders keepers. Asshole. — Melissa Grey

Humans make art to remember and be remembered," said Caius. "Art is their weapon against forgetting. — Melissa Grey

The imagining of chaos was quite different from the reality of it. — Melissa Grey

Not the truth, but close enough. Maybe she ought to make that her life motto — Melissa Grey

It would be earth-shatteringly poor manners for you to whip out your sword in my home." And then, oh sublime horror, Jasper winked. "After all, we've only just met. — Melissa Grey

When in doubt, bravado. Always bravado. — Melissa Grey

Where flowers bloom, you'll find your way, through the darkness and the flames, but beware the price that you must pay, for only the worthy will know my name. — Melissa Grey

[Echo] dumped her backpack on the floor besides the door. "Children," she called, "I'm home."
Ivy popped her head out of the bathroom door on the opposite side of the room, long, snowy hair-feathers gleaming in the dim light.
"Oh, thank the gods," she answered, wiping her hands on a washcloth as she walked over to Echo. "If I had to listen to Jasper whine about his poultice one more time, I was going to gag him."
"Excuse me, young lady, I do not whine," Jasper said, angling his head to glare at Ivy. "I lament."
Ivy rolled her eyes. "You're nineteen, Jasper. Don't you 'young lady' me. — Melissa Grey

You're a thief, Echo.' The Ala Squeezed her hand, her grip strong despite her frailty. 'Steal him back. — Melissa Grey

Every good fairy tale has a kernel of truth to it. — Melissa Grey

But think carefully on it. Names are not a thing to be rushed. There's power in names. — Melissa Grey

If war had taught him anything, it was that it took the people who deserved long and happy lives and gave them short, brutal ones instead. — Melissa Grey

Besides" - Jasper smiled, teeth pearly white and predatory - "it'll be a cold day in hell when I complain about having a hot piece like you in my bed. — Melissa Grey

Ala!" Echo sprang to her feet, legs tangled in the sheets. The Ala was here. The Ala had brought food. The Ala was a goddess — Melissa Grey

The was something about churches that she found unsettling. Everything seemed overly concerned with death, as if someone had forgotten that the basis of the religion for which they'd been built was a rebirth. — Melissa Grey

Greatness is not always good. — Melissa Grey

Memories make us who we are," he said. "Without them, we are nothing. — Melissa Grey

Backpfeifengeicht," Echo said. It was one of her favorite words. German. A face made for punching. It sited Ruby perfectly.
Confusion flitted across Ruby's face for a half second. It was the sweetest half second of her life.
"What does that mean?" Ruby said. Echo could almost taste how much it pained her to ask that.
Echo smiled, saccharine sweet. "Look it up — Melissa Grey

She had gone to the library in search of hope, but what she'd found instead was a child. It would take her many years to realize that the two were not so different. — Melissa Grey

Echo lived her life according to two rules, the first of which was simple: don't get caught.
........ Some rules it would seam were meant to be broken..........
Rule number two, Echo thought snagging a pork bun from a food stall as she sailed past it. If you do get caught, run. — Melissa Grey

One needs only a single match to start a fire — Melissa Grey

The young always think they're invincible, right until the moment they learn otherwise. Usually, the hard way — Melissa Grey