Quotes by Brodi Ashton

Faith?” The word popped out before I could think about it. “Faith in what? A higher power? The gods? The universe?” My voice cracked at the end, and I realized what this whole thing had done to my faith, if I’d had any to begin with. I realized that the thought of a higher being in charge of all this made me angry.

I dreamed of you every night. It felt so real. And when Id wake up the next morning, it was like your disappearance was fresh. Like youd left me all over again.

So he earns your undying love by reading a book under a tree? Cole said dryly. Why didnt I ever try that approach? I like books and trees.

Despite all the other factors that had contributed to my fate, in the end it was my decision that destroyed my life. And all the hurt I was enduring now was my doing. The blame rested solely with me.

Brother, when youve been here as long as I have, youll come to discover there are only one or two essential things worth living for. Unique to you and you alone. My honor is one of them for me. I keep my honor by keeping the relic out of their hands.

Remembering is easy. Its forgetting thats hard.

In the dark, dank world of the Tunnels, I would call upon this memory. And there would be a flicker of candlelight. If only for a moment. I closed my eyes, as if my eyelids were the levers of a printing press, etching the fibers into my mind. Memories were outside Cole’s reach. As long as I held them, memories were mine and mine alone.

If youre gonna leave, I wish youd just leave. Why do you keep coming back if youre not going to stay? Because even when youre gone, youre never really gone... I wont get over it if you keep coming back. Losing you once was hard enough. And now youre here again and everythings coming back. Im going to get screwed. And I cant do it again.

Sometimes... Sometimes our hearts...crack a little.

Heroes are made by the paths they choose, not the powers they are graced with.

Never focus on the end. Only focus on your first step.

Sometimes, when something hurts us, our hearts break a little-in a slightly ... more literal way than for humans. Our pain sort of spills out and onto anyone around us. We call it a cracked heart.

Say something Becks. Say anythingYou, I said. I remember you. I kept my eyes shut, and felt his hands drop. He didnt move back.What do you remember about me? There was strong emotion behind his voice. Something he fought to control.With my eyes closed, I could easily picture the other side of the century.I remember the way your hand could cover my entire shoulder. The way your lower lip stuck out when you were working out a problem in your head. And how you flick your ring finger with your thumb when you get impatient.I opened my eyes, and the words no longer got stuck in my throat on their way out. They flowed. And when something surprises you and you dont know what to say, you get a tiny wrinkle in between your eyebrows. I reached up to touch the divot, then hesitated and lowered my hand. It showed on the day the coach told you youd made first-string quarterback. And its showing now. For a moment the space between us held no tension, no questions, no accusations.Finally he leaned back, a stunned expression on his face. Where do we go from here?Nowhere, really, I whispered. It doesnt change anything.

In the moment I faced dying, I finally knew my reason for living.

I tell him therell be an army waiting for him, and your friend is only concerned with the color of their uniforms. Whats this really about?Max shrugged. A girl.I glared at Max. Dude. Shut up.

He paused and let out a little sigh. Then I’m saying it wrong, because it has everything to do with you. I want what Hades and Persephone had, and I can’t do it without you. The only time the queen of the Everneath has been overthrown is when an Everliving has found his perfect match. I’ve spent my whole life - and it’s a long one, trust me - looking for my perfect match, and it’s you. I knew you were different from the first moment I met you. The first moment you placed your hands on mine. You remember?

What was the point of finding something worth living for if my life was no longer in my own hands?

How are you still sane?Who says I am? I only stopped asking myself the escape question when the walls started to answer me.Shit.

If the eye really was a muscle, I had pulled it long ago.

If there is an afterlife, I want my soul intact. And then maybe Ill see you there.I smiled, somehow calm now that I was facing something inevitable. I was getting the good-bye Id always wanted. - Nikki