Quotes by Rachel Vincent

People werent just angry about it. They were still afraid. Fear is a powerful, often irrational emotion, and mass fear... has the power to shake any society to its core. As long as the world remembered, they would live in fear of all cryptids-- regardless of whether or not any individual among us was truly dangerous.Of course, not everyone supported stripping cryptids of all right. But dissenters were few among a dangerous and violent many, and most ignored the problem. Submission was the only solution they could conceive of to fix my problem. But with the imprint of Clydes fist still throbbing in my stomach I was less interested in fixing a problem than in becoming one.

But wanting something didnt give one the right to have it.

I want to kiss you.” Jace’s whisper pulled me from my thoughts and I glanced up to find his eyes blazing with raw need. “Just because Marc won’t touch you doesn’t mean I shouldn’t. Right? I don’t have that kind of self-control, and honestly, I don’t see the point in it. Are you supposed to be impressed by how long we can go without touching you? ’Cause if that’s the game we’re playing, I think I’d rather lose.

Eastlake High makes Buffys hellmouth look like a crack in the sidewalk.

Tods pale brows arched halfway up his forehead, and he looked suddenly, achingly wistful. She knows not what she says...Maybe not. But I was starting to get a pretty good idea...

He was beyond gorgeous. But Eastlake High was full of pretty people who acted like total freaks. I blame the local water supply. Which was why I drank bottled water.

Survival strategy. If you’re not careful, this place will eat you alive, and Kaylee’s like bait for the beasts.

I don’t want to love him—this would be so much simpler if I didn’t. But I do.He’s funny, and passionate, and strong, and he believes in me more than I even believe in myself. When he looks at me, I feel like I could take on the whole world and come out standing tall. I like myself better when I’m with him, because of how he sees me. He makes me feel beautiful and powerful, like I’m the most important thing in the world, and I don’t know how to walk away from that. I don’t know how to walk away from him.

Faythe…? The tremor in his voice broke my heart. Then understanding surfaced, and his tear-filled eyes searched mine desperately. No. No, he whispered through clenched teeth. This was not wrong. It’s the only thing I’ve done right in months. Don’t you dare regret this.

We share that misfortune, reaper...

There’s a good kind of crazy, Kaylee,” he insisted softly, reaching out to wrap his warm hand around mine. “It’s the kind that makes you thinkabout things that make your head hurt, because not thinking about them is the coward’s way out. The kind that makes you touch people who bruise yoursoul, just because they need to be touched. This is the kind of crazy that lets you stare out into the darkness and rage at eternity, while it stares back atyou, ready to swallow you whole.

I’m saying that I can wait. For now. But when things get back to normal—assuming that ever happens—I want my shot. We can make each other happy, Faythe. I know it. And I’m done walking away from things I want just because they don’t come easily. You’re worth the work.

Here, just like in my own world, popularity was power; survival required the occasional sacrifice of a damaged limb—or a damaged cousin—and alliances were crucial.

So ... will you stay with me until its over? Please? Kaylee, I would do anything for the girl who granted my dying wish.

I still loved Marc desperately and couldn’t imagine life without him. Jace was…something else. Something I could feel but couldn’t articulate. Something I wanted, and hadn’t been able to resist in my grief-weakened state. He was something that would have to wait.

And I met Madelines necromancer. His names Luca. A death detector? Tod made a face. Thats creepy. It gets weirder. Hes dating Sophie. On purpose?

But if there was a protocol for how to say goodbye to your newly ex-boyfriends brother, right after you kissed him and probably sent your ex into the arms of his willing ex-girlfriend, I didnt know what it was.

Youre the brightest thing Ive ever seen, Kaylee. Youre this beautiful ball of fire spitting sparks out at the world, burning fiercely, holding back the dark by sheer will. And I always knew that if I reached out -- if i tried to touch you -- Id get burned. Because youre not mine. Im not supposed to feel the fire. Im not supposed to want it. But I do. I want you, Kaylee, like Ive never wanted anything. Ever. I want the fire. I want the heat, and the light, and I want the burn.

...sometimes compassion is the greater part of honor.

I dont believe every cryptid should be allowed to roam free, just like I dont believe every human should be allowed to roam free. We have psychos, too. People kill their coworkers. Kids kill their classmates. Parents kill their own children. Those people are every bit as monstrous as the worst cryptid predator you can ever point to, yet theyre human, just like we are.