Thalassa Quotes & Sayings

She and I are love and war. Peace and violence. I have taught her how to be a worse person, and she's taught me how to be a better one. I fuel her hate, and she fuels my love.
I've torn the world apart and now I need my queen to help me stitch humanity back together, and my heart along with it. — Laura Thalassa

It's always been you Gabrielle, even before you existed. And long after our bodies have turned to dust it will still be you. It will always, always be you. — Laura Thalassa

nihilistic - but — Laura Thalassa

It feels like I've just conceded a little bit of my soul. But Des has been collecting pieces of my soul since the night I took my father's life. As far as I'm concerned, he can have it; I know he'll take good care of it. Des's — 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

Bitch, just give it to me straight: are you bobbing for this guy's bananas? Is that what this is about?" she asks. "No - no, — 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

For time corrupts even the most innocent — 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

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

A little dancing never hurt anyone. Right? — Laura Thalassa

His eyes slink over me. "I forgot to tell you- you look lovely."
Lovely. I want to laugh at his words. "You shouldn't have bothered with the compliment," I say, "I'm many things, and the least impressive of them is lovely."
.... Lovely. What a load of bullshit. — Laura Thalassa

Rather than answering me, he grabs his shirt from the bed and pulls it on. I bid goodbye to his abs as he buttons it up. — 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

I remember the call I got when they found her. All those dead men. She'd been untouched. That's what happens when you corner my wife. That's what happens when you throw her into the fray.
I'm an idiot for trying to protect her this whole time. She was never the one who needed protecting.
Everyone else was. — 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 control the world; someone will always be there to wrong you. It's your choice to let it go. Only you can decide the woman you want to be." It's — 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

No one crosses my friends and gets away with it. Not even the devil. If he so much as tries to lay a finger on you, I'll glitter bomb the shit out of him. — 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

People like us are not victims. We're someone's nightmare. — Laura Thalassa

Someone hurt my monster. — 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

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

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

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

The sense of smell can be extraordinarily evocative, bringing back pictures as sharp as photographs of scenes that had left the conscious mind. — Thalassa Cruso

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

There was a time when obesity was the losing battle our people faced. Not so anymore. As soon as food became scarce, curves became coveted. — 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

The queen lives. — Laura Thalassa

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

I am a thing made of lace and blood. Swathed in silk and dripping with the dark deeds of men. — 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

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

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

It took losing all that I held dear for me to learn a valuable lesson: only when everything is gone are you truly free. — Laura Thalassa

Fall is not the end of the gardening year; it is the start of next year's growing season. The mulch you lay down will protect your perennial plants during the winter and feed the soil as it decays, while the cleaned up flower bed will give you a huge head start on either planting seeds or setting out small plants. — Thalassa Cruso

Every year it seems to me I hear complaints about spring. It is either "late" or "unusually cold," "abnormally dry" or "fantastically wet," for no one is ever willing to admit that there is no such thing as a normal spring. — Thalassa Cruso

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

Today I am sure no one needs to be told that the more birds a yard can support, the fewer insects there will be to trouble the gardener the following year. — Thalassa Cruso

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

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

I have always found thick woods a little intimidating, for they are so secret and enclosed. You may seem alone but you are not, for there are always eyes watching you. All the wildlife of the woods, the insects, birds, and animals, are well aware of your presence no matter how softly you may tread, and they follow your every move although you cannot see them. — Thalassa Cruso

How benevolent of them. And where was their compassion when they bombed thousands of innocents that day?"
"Some sacrifices needed to be made - "
"Then you die." I snap. "If you think sacrificing any life is necessary, then I want to see you give yours up first. — 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

I'm a recovering monster that cares about another soulless creature. — 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

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

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

I couldn't believe people enjoyed this - love. It hurt worse than my gun shot wounds had. — 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

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

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

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

Toying with this supervillain was kind of fun. Much better than my usual experience with them, which usually involved lots of blood and pain. I — 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