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

Abandon hope, all ye who enter here — Andrea Cremer

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

You didn't have to tie us up!" Shay shrugged the frayed ropes off.
"Yes, we did!" Adne's hands were on her hips. "You would have torn right through that portal to get to her. You were both acting like morons."
"She's right," Ren said. "They probably did have to tie us up."
Shay grinned. — Andrea Cremer

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

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

It's the hard things that matter. Those are the things worth leaping for. — David Levithan

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

This is only about love. — Andrea Cremer

He was brilliant sunlight that drove away winter's chill. — 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 grabbed Sabine's shoulder. If you stick me again, I'm going to make your head my personal pin cushion. — Andrea Cremer

Unfortunately, the most significant moments of our lives are often unpleasant. — Andrea Cremer

Only a sense of lightness, giddy and dizzying, like flight - of a burden that didn't belong to me being lifted.
Suddenly I knew the truth and the lights surrounding me exploded.
I am free. — Andrea Cremer

You're lucky we didn't you attack on sight. — 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

Sorry. It means something, if it is sincere. -Monroe — 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

You want us to go in there
seriously?" He stared at the cave. "It smells like death. Horrible, farty death. — 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

Why couldn't I have puppy love? I only seem to have "I can't decide if I want to rip your throat out or kiss you" love. Ugh. — Andrea Cremer

Planning?" She fluttered her eyelashes at him. "Me? — 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

I don't have a compact. — 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

If you guys were humans, you'd already be diabetic. — Andrea Cremer

It took less than a second for me to shift and leap onto his desk, snarling. My fangs snapped inches from his face. Silas yelped, tipping his chair over backward, and rolled across the floor ...
I glared at Silas, who was brandishing a letter opener at me.
"You do know she's not a werewolf, right?" Shay smirked at the Scribe. "That silver thing's not gonna be worth much." — 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

I have to rely on Laurie to know that I wish he had been with me the last time I was on the roof. I have to trust that he knows I'm glad that I stayed. — David Levithan

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

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

The relationship of a girl and her favorite novel can be complex indeed. — Andrea Cremer

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

Fear is beside the point when you're faced with the thing you fear. — 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

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

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

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

I'm too honest to be positive. — 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

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

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

The path is here," he said quietly. "But you are free to walk it or choose another way. — Andrea Cremer

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

I think a platform is missing its go-go dancer, Sabine. Fey's brutal tone cut through our courtesies. — 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

Youth is like being carried through life by a strong current," Admiral Winter said. "All you feel is the speed of the river, the thrill of rapids, never comprehending your utter lack of control, your constant peril. — 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

As tiny silver flakes drifted down to settle on our bodies
Both the living and the dead
I thought perhaps the moon had hidden her face from us, as full of sorrow as we were. But she couldn't stop her tears from spilling out in the form of silent snow. — 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

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

Real love, even in moments, is worth more than any of us can say. — 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

It may be that for a long time some nations will continue to fight each other, but the example of those nations who prefer arbitration to war, law courts to the battlefield, must sooner or later influence the belligerent powers and make war as unpopular as pugilism is now. — Randal Cremer

It's just,' he said. 'If you don't want to be with him, you shouldn't be. — 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

At the first rumors of war, timid investors in various government stock, being panic-stricken, sell out, to their loss and the gamblers' gain. — Randal Cremer

There are plenty of attractive beasts in the world. — Andrea Cremer

He had to clear his throat before he could say, "You know, I always thought it would be cool to have a kid sister."
"Be careful what you wish for." Adne looked up at him and grinned. "I'm kind of a brat."
Ren laughed.
I couldn't help myself. "She's not kidding."
"Thanks, Lily." Adne glared at me, but she was laughing too. "What do you say we continue trading insults where we're less likely to be in mortal peril?"
"She calls you Lily?" Ren was gazing at her, astonished.
I groaned. "She does."
"Great minds." He flashed a wicked smile at me before winking at her. — Andrea Cremer

You don't have a choice. None of us do. This is who we are. Guardians serve. Right? — Andrea Cremer

Connor smiled sadly at me. "Go on, that's where you belong."
My fangs were already sharpening when I returned his smile. "Just don't try to pet me. — 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

There are times for war - many times. But sometimes it's necessary to risk speaking the truth of our own vulnerabilities. — 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

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

Finesse, my ass. I'm a warrior, not your child bride. — Andrea Cremer

A growl rumbled behind us. "Could you not touch her?" Ren didn't make it sound like a question. "Bite me," Shay snarled. "Stop it. Both of you. — 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

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

Wait." Shay clasped my arm, turning me toward him. "Calla, you know, right?"
"Know what?" I asked, caught in the mystery of his eyes.
"That I love you too. — Andrea Cremer

It's been a pleasure, she-wolf.' He climbed out of the jeep before I could hit him. — Andrea Cremer

All secrets lead back to the big secret. To give one thing away means to give everything away. — Andrea Cremer

And you look beautiful," she added.
"I look like a cake."
"But a beautiful cake. — Andrea Cremer

Too much. Too fast. Too intense. The glass soul falls to the ground and shatters into a thousand words. The invisible boy becomes visible, and all of a sudden, his emotions blast neon. — David Levithan

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

Tell me you'll come back for the pack. For me." His eyes were bright with tears. "I don't want to lose you. — Andrea Cremer

The first thing Connor said when I saw him after he'd been at the outpost for a few months was, 'I see you got breasts, congratulations. I hope you know how to use them. — Andrea Cremer

We all treasure the innate illusion that nothing bad can happen on a beautiful summer day. — Andrea Cremer

Don't ever be honest about who you are - and I mean that as a life rule, not just in this instance. — Andrea Cremer

Taking my faltering as a sign of imminent emotional breakdown. — Andrea Cremer

Now you have to kiss me so my feelings aren't hurt."
"I meant to hurt your feelings," Charlotte said.
"I guess that means I'll have to kiss you myself so I feel better. — Andrea Cremer

The Searcher scrambled backward from the couch onto the floor. "Oh my God."
Lumine smiled. "He's not taking calls right now. — Andrea Cremer