Alethea Kontis Quotes

They say that secrets live at the bottom of a wine bottle. Mama had made it there the night before, slow glass by slow glass, but she'd never spoken a word. ~ Alethea Kontis

Normal is all relative. ~ Alethea Kontis

Velius
so who is she? no wait, let me guess. skin of the finest porcelain. hair of the softest silk. a voice like birdsong, a smile like sunshine, and a mouth that would sate your brightest and darkest wishes
Rumbold
You've m-met her?
Velius
oh yes, my friend. we all know her. we've all pursued her. some of us have even been lucky enough to have her. we've been drunk on her sin, become fools of her favor. she might have borne a different face each time, but her name was always the same. Trouble ~ Alethea Kontis

You have ruined me. I didn't realize how much I longed for the company of others until I had your words. When they are gone, the nights are darker. The silence is loud and bottomless, and I am empty. I miss them, my beloved Sunday, and I miss you. ~ Alethea Kontis

Kindred's tale is a romantic, mature, and lyrical collage of heaven, hell, and a magical royal legend. The combination is divinely - and demonically - inspired. ~ Alethea Kontis

Adventure is the vice of all Woodcutters. ~ Alethea Kontis

The only way to keep a secret is not to repeat it ~ Alethea Kontis

We are all fools blessed with the knowledge that certain events will come to pass no matter what path we take to get there. The wise ones follow their angels while they may. ~ Alethea Kontis

Friday had always considered herself to be equal among her siblings, but by the time the ship finally came to rest in the harbor, she felt she had finally lived up to the Woodcutter name. ~ Alethea Kontis

I think I liked you better when you were a raging idiot. ~ Alethea Kontis

If your reading habits are anything like mine, then you can remember the exact moment that certain books came into your life. You remember where you were standing and whom you were with. You remember the feel of the book in your hands and the cover, that exact cover, even if the art has changed over the years. ~ Alethea Kontis

Perhaps her giant bright-eyed sister had finally come to put her out of her misery just when things had gotten interesting. ~ Alethea Kontis

No," Wednesday agreed. "You have tortured with silence. You let her grieve for a soul she did not lose, mourn a heart that should not have broken, and berate herself for betraying the man she loves ... with the man she loves. It can't be 'true' love without the truth, Rumbold. ~ Alethea Kontis

Oh! I thought you were the man with the dress."

"He could put one on for you," said Velius. "He's got the legs for it. ~ Alethea Kontis

Any other brushes with insanity you haven't thought to mention? ~ Alethea Kontis

A few of my sisters have the ability to anticipate catastrophe. When the ground beneath your feet turns to mud, you might find a stepping stone they put there years earlier, for no particular reason at the time. ~ Alethea Kontis

Do you still look at each other like you once did, back at the beginning of the story when everything was a question you were too afraid to find the answer to? ~ Alethea Kontis

The curse of an interesting life: there are either very good times or very bad times. ~ Alethea Kontis

Have you ever had that moment when you looked back on something and said, 'Well, gosh, that seems obvious now ... why didn't I see it then?' I like to call this the Face Palm Epiphany. Oh, hindsight, you magical, humbling thing. ~ Alethea Kontis

If he didn't like the writing, then he didn't like her, and everything she had done in her whole life would be for nothing. ~ Alethea Kontis

In music, on stage and on screen, fairy tales have always been guaranteed moneymakers. It's no wonder then, that in these difficult economic times, there are fairy tales everywhere you turn. From 'Once Upon a Time' and 'Grimm,' to 'Mirror, Mirror' and 'Snow White and the Huntsman.' ~ Alethea Kontis

Everything in the world was about creativity: belief and creation. Storytelling was the essence of both. ~ Alethea Kontis

I am a big fan of the web comic 'Strong Female Protagonist,' illustrated by Molly Ostertag. ~ Alethea Kontis

no one is ever ready for anything ~ Alethea Kontis

Your fey cousin here has the miraculous ability to hold his liquor
and mine, and yours, and the king's, and half the country's, I expect. ~ Alethea Kontis

I was a math whiz who stunk at English, so of course I wanted to be a writer more than anything in the world. I performed impromptu plays for my grandmother's sewing circle but forced my little sister to ask for ketchup at McDonald's. ~ Alethea Kontis

Every so often, I am thanked for being 'unapologetically me.' I treasure those moments, those people, and remember them every time I'm feeling timid. ~ Alethea Kontis

Gifts, like words, carried with them a great deal of power. They bestowed good fortune just as powerfully as they could curse; the could bind people together or tear them apart. ~ Alethea Kontis

I have lived a life full of love and pain, of Joy and Sorrow, and I live on still. i have many, many years ahead of me, each day with the potential to be filled to the brim with trials to face and challenges to overcome. ~ Alethea Kontis

It was like walking: if Rumbold didn't concentrate too hard on it, the illusion took care of itself ~ Alethea Kontis

Saturday's goal was swordsmanship decent enough to get her hired on the first caravan out of this magic-drenched insanity. ~ Alethea Kontis

Sharon Shinn's Samaria is a world populated by refugees from a ravaged Earth, also many, many years in the future. ~ Alethea Kontis

Child, no one is ever ready for anything. I would never doom you to that. What sort of adventureless life would that be? ~ Alethea Kontis

Dream of me, my beloved family, happy in my plundering and adventuring, for when the waves rock me to sleep tonight, I will be dreaming of you. ~ Alethea Kontis

First time's a fluke; second time's a coincidence," said Velius.
"Third time's tradition," finished Erik. ~ Alethea Kontis

He could not change the man he had been, but these hands would make him the man he could be ~ Alethea Kontis

People were supposed to cry at weddings; they just weren't supposed to cry because they suspected that the bride was going to die. ~ Alethea Kontis

Mama says I spend too much time in little fantasy worlds and not enough in this one. ~ Alethea Kontis

Trouble was, they didn't have much faith to begin with. Their dreams had gone from the beaches of Arilland to the palace ballroom and no further. Faith was a thing sewn into the patchwork skirts of a girl on another shore. ~ Alethea Kontis

Quit dwelling on other people's stories and make up some of your own. ~ Alethea Kontis

All of us heal in time. The strongest are born again. We only keep the scars we choose to keep. ~ Alethea Kontis

Sometimes 'Hmm' is the wisest thing to say. ~ Alethea Kontis

We're needed to save an innocent barrel of wine from a lecherous duke's son. ~ Alethea Kontis

Sometimes things simply didn't work out, Wasn't that just the way of the world? Sometimes you try and try until your heart might break, and still your shot at heaven slips away. ~ Alethea Black

Let's not forget, a lot of people have children for selfish reasons, Jessica said. In order to have someone to play with, or to take care of them when they're old. Or because they're bored and don't have anything to do...She wanted to adore her children in a way that she had never been adored. ~ Alethea Black

You're not even his type," spat Alethea. "For that matter, he's not your type either. You prefer humans. In fact, Knox is the first demon you ever slept with. Before him, you were with the guy whose family owns the café over there."
Harper raised her brows. The dolphin had been doing her homework.
Devon looked at Harper. "I've always said that a crazy ex can do better research than law enforcement. ~ Suzanne Wright

It's a fruitless task, explaining yourself," he said. He was enjoying confessing the truth for once. "Either people get you, or they don't. In fact, even when they get you, it's always ... a disappointment. ~ Alethea Black

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Alethea Black can drop you into a dream with a single sentence, then convince you it's real. Her characters' best hopes and worst fears usually come to pass, often in fabulous ways, but their adventures feel inevitable and true-not only because Ms. Black richly imagines her people, but because she loves them. I Knew You'd Be Lovely is a lovely debut, with masterful prose and inspired invention on every page. ~ Ralph Lombreglia

This was all chemistry ever was: two people's silent selves invisibly aligning while their noisy selves carried on, oblivious. ~ Alethea Black