Melissa De La Cruz Quotes

Evil was seductive and easy, and virtue was difficult and unappreciated. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

But these aren't just stories," she'd said. "They're whole kingdoms. They're worlds. They're perspectives and opinions you can't offer, from lives you haven't lived. They're more valuable than any gold coin, and more important than any state luncheon. I should hope you, as king, would know that! ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Do not cry for me, Azrael. Do not waste your tears. You made your decision. And this is mine. Sacrifice seems to be my destiny. A funny thing for a selfish man, isn't it? They always called me weak back then ... ~ Melissa De La Cruz

One minute you could be getting a smoke in the alley on the Lower East Side with your friends, having drinks and dancing on tables in a popular nightclub. And the next minute, you could be dead. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

HE was standing across the street, staring at her with a look of shock and dismay. One look in Oliver's eyes and she knew he knew. But how? How could he have known? The'd been so careful to keep their love a secret. The grief etched all over his face was too much to bear. Schuyler felt the words catch in her throat as she crossed the stree to stand in front of him. "Ollie ... it's not ... " Oliver shot her a look of pure hatred, turned on his heel and began to run away. "OLIVER, please,let me explain.. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

This is why he never took these jobs anymore, Wes realized. It was too much-he couldn't save everybody-he couldn't even keep his solders alive, let alone in a line. Daran was lost, and while he was a jerk and a lowlife, he had still entrusted his life to Wes and Wes had failed him. He couldn't keep doing this, there were so many ... and he was too young to watch so many kids die. Now he was being asked to save a few more ... for what? So he could watch them starve? ~ Melissa De La Cruz

It is my turn to wait. Funny that in all these months we have been meeting, it was always she waiting for me. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

I love you, you know," Mimi said. "You make me crazy, but God help me Jack, I do."
"I love you too," he replied. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

He was like a shooting star you tried to catch with your hands. She would only get burned. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Hey you." She smiled and traced a finger on his cheek. "Where have you been?"
"Right here, always," Jack murmured, kissing her all over her face, her neck. But there was little time for tenderness ~ Melissa De La Cruz

I want to be with you. We will be together. I believe I will have less to live for, if I am not with you.
-Jack ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Sounds like that happens to you a lot. Bet your girlfriend wasn't thrilled, though." She wasn't sure why she said it, but it came out before she could think. "Who said I have a girlfriend?" He said, raising his scarred eyebrow. His dark eyes crinkled. "No one," she said. " Well, I don't anymore, if anyone's interested."
"Who's interested?"
"Are you?" He looked her straight in the eye.
"I could ask the same of you," she scoffed.
"So what if I was? Interested, I mean." He shrugged.
"It wouldn't be a surprise," she said. "I'm sure half the crew has a crush on me. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Sometimes the only way to win is to cheat,' Aelwyn said stubbornly.
The sisters turned to see what the Sister Superior would do, but Sister Mallory only sighed. 'You are young still, Sister Myrddyn, but one day you will learn that a false victory is a hollow one. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

On the eve of the shadow crescent ...
Watch the Vampire burn. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

In other words, time was a kind of palimpsest, traces of the past peeking through the present, only to be written over in the future again. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Bet you can't even name one romantic movie you like," she teased.
She felt smug when a few minutes went by and Oliver was still unable to name one romantic movie he could profess to enjoy.
The Empire Strikes Back," Oliver finally declared, tapping his horn at a Prius that wandered over the line.
The Empire Strikes Back? The Star Wars movie? That's not romantic!" Schuyler huffed, fiddling with the air conditioner controls.
Au contraire, my dear, it's very romantic. The last scene, you know, when they're about to put Han in that freezing cryogenic chamber or whatever? Remember?"
Schuyler mmm-hmmmed.
And Leia leans over the ledge and says, 'I love you.'"
That's cheesy, not romatic," Schuyler argued, although she did like that part.
Let me explain. What's romantic is what Han says back. Remember what he says to her? After she says 'I love you'?"
Schuyler grinned. Maybe Oliver had a point. "Han says, 'I know.'"
Exactly," Oliver tapped the wheel. "He doesn't have to say anything so trite as 'I love you." Because that's already understood. And that's romantic. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Leave it alone Schuyler. For your sake and mine. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Put it bluntly, Prince Ben, this blows, said Genie, who ~ Melissa De La Cruz

What I will say is that you have to exercise your writing muscle. Write every day. Get better at it. Read a lot of good books. As a professional writer, I force myself to write when I don't feel like it. I don't wait to feel inspired. It takes discipline and grit and sacrifice to be able to bring a book out to the world. It's so much work, and it's very difficult, but it is also the most fun I've ever had. I love making things up. I love amusing myself. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

He wasn't perfect, but he was perfect for her. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

She nodded ... and was about to turn away. Then, as if she thought better of it, she reached out and grabbed his arm. "Jack."
"Yes?"
"I ... " she faltered. She knew what she wanted to tell him, but she couldn't bring herself to say the words.
It turned out she didn't have to. Jack put a hand to his heart and nodded. "I feel the same way about you. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

You've won," Jack said softly. He looked at Mimi with such fiery hatred that she almost cowered at his words. But she was no weakling. She was Azrael, and Azrael did not cower, not even to Abbadon.
"I've won nothing," Mimi replied coldly. "Please remember that almost all of the Elders are dead, that the
Dark Prince is ascendant, and what is left of the Conclave is being led by a broken man who used to be the strongest of us all. And yet all you seem to care about, my darling, is that you no longer get to play with your little love toy."
Instead of answering her, Jack flew across the room and slapped her hard across the face, sending her
crashing to the floor. But before he could wield another blow, Mimi leaped up and slammed him against the window, knocking him completely out of breath.
"Is this what you want?" she hissed as she lifted him up by his shirt collar, his face turning a ghastly shade of red.
"Don't let me destroy you," he sneered.
"Just try, my sweet."
Jack twisted out of her grasp and flipped her over, kicking her down the length of the room. She sprung up with her hands clenched, her nails sharp as claws, and fangs bared. They met halfway in the air, and Jack put a hand on her throat and began to squeeze. But she scratched at his eyes and wrenched her body so that she was rolling on top of him, her sword at his throat, with the upper hand.
SUBMIT. Mimi sent.
NEVER. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Yen Sid surveyed the young villains in front of him. „What you are about to do is very dangerous."
Carlos perked up. „That's fine, my middle name is–"
„Oscar" said Evie. „We know. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

A promise, a bond, a joy, a love for the ages, for the history books. ... But what was love but pain? ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Remember all fairy tales end at some point. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Goodness works in mysterious ways. Even in the deepest dark, you'll find a light to shine your way through. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

I still love you. I will always love you, and that is all that matters. I will forgive you anything, and I will forgive you this. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

You look beautiful and tragic, just the way a heroine should on the eve of battle. Like Joan of Arc in her silver armor. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

It didn't help that she was painfully shy and kept to herself, because then they just thought she was stuck-up, which she wasn't. She was just quiet. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

As an author you hope your characters have sparks but truly in the end they have minds of their own! ~ Melissa De La Cruz

The Council!" Ingrid yelped.
"The oracle doesn't knock," Freya scoffed. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

She couldn't imagine how anyone would want to forego the intimate experience of a book - pages whispering between the fingers, hurried glances at the colorful cover before immersing oneself again. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

As much as she still loved Jack, and as much as it would make her miserable forever to leave him again, there was Oliver to consider. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Mimi knew now what she had to do. To save their bond, to save themselves. She had to destroy Schuyler Van Alen. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

All his gentleness, all his kindness, all the bright shining gorgeousness of his love, he had always given to someone else. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

We are wolves of the guard,
soldiers of the light.
Hunted and haunted,bye the
beasts of night.
Friend to all and foe to none,
Love and loyalty bind us as one.
Time and tide shall heal all
wounds
Memories and madness shall
not consume.
To death and despair we shall
never surrender,
The pact never to be forsaken,
or torn asunder. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Sometimes it was better to keep Pandora's box closed. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

It was hopeless. Their journey was ended before it had truly begun. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

White for light. White for love. White for forever. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

A bad boy can be very good for a girl. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

But there's always a first time for everything ~ Melissa De La Cruz

I thought I was going to lose you, she sent.
Never. We shall never be separated. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

You cannot let the darkness overcome the light. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Marriage was like the surface of an ocean, seemingly placid and serene above; yet if you weren't careful, seething and raging with underground earthquakes below. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Don't worry my love, we shall have our vengeance. I promise it. -Jack ~ Melissa De La Cruz

And Schuyler hoped with all her heart that he would never find out the truth. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Was he hungry? He'd had an enormous breakfast, but the transition from the glimpse had taken a lot out of him. Did they serve lunch in Hell? Should he have packed a snack? Why was he suddenly thinking about food? ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Popularity was fickle and elusive, like trying to catch fireflies in a jar. You were either born with it or relegated to wallflower status according to your mysterious and unknowable workings of the universe. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

For Schuyler who doesn't like love stories ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Joanna looked down at ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Eliza had never seen Alex quite so happy and relaxed. She shook her head and laughed at the incongruity of it all: Imagine General Washington's famous aide-de-camp taking the time to stop and admire the birds.
"One day, Alex, when you tire of being a soldier, we will spend all of our days just like this, watching birds and taking in the sun, surrounded by children of our own. You'd like that, wouldn't you, my love?"
"Eliza, you and the Pastures have already taken a perfectly fine soldier and turned him into a lovesick pup. And at this moment, on this very day, there's nothing and nowhere I'd rather be. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

We've been wicked for such a very long time, you know. It does get tiresome after a while. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

They were embarking on a journey into the darkness inside themselves. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

I love her because she has become something more to me. She become my life. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Do you ever sense a little silver sliver of sadness around your happiest memories?

I'm not sure I know what you mean...

I do. There's something about remembering that just isn't the same as the real thing. No matter how happy it makes you feel. When you remember something, you have to recognize that the moment will never happen again. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

She had to be honest. And this was where the truth hurt. She wanted to see Jack Force again. But it was agony ~ Melissa De La Cruz

For a moment she was truly terrified. This was Abbadon the Cruel. The Angel of Destruction. He could and would destroy her if he had to. If he felt like it. He had destroyed worlds before. He had decimated Paradise in the name of the Morningstar.
She trembled in his grasp.
All his gentleness, all his kindness, all the bright shining gorgeousness of his love, he had always given to
someone else. He had adored Gabrielle, had worshiped her, had written her poems and sang her songs, and for Schuyler there were novels and love notes and sweet kisses and furtive tender meetings by a fireplace.
But for his twin, Azrael, he had shown nothing but his anger and violence. His strength and destruction.
He saved the best of himself for those who did not deserve it. Never showed his true face to those damnable Daughters of the Light.
For Azrael, there was only darkness and annihilation.
Rape and carnage.
War and pillage.
A tear escaped from her eye and glittered in the moonlight. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

I just want us to be together," he said. "I mean, know it's not possible. But why not? [ ... ] Don't you want us to be together? -Oliver ~ Melissa De La Cruz

This is not some silly game ... This is life and death Angels and demons. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

It's a birthday party," sniffed Mal. "And I wasn't invited. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

School was more than academics; an education prepared you for the humdrum of real life: working with others, tempering one's personality to assimilate with the group but without losing your individual identity, understading the factors of logic, reasoning, and debate. For a person - vampire or human - to succeed in the world, unlocking the mysteries of the universe was insufficient. One would also need to grasp the mysteries of human nature. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

She had chosen him; she had made him hers. She had done it out of love and duty. -Deming ~ Melissa De La Cruz

It's difficult to be honorable at your worst moment and to forgive those who do you wrong, to have to battle what comes naturally to you. But that's what it takes to be a monster living among mortals. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

And just like magic, the Isle of the Lost began to form before their eyes, including the hidden and forbidden zones. The Forbidden Fortress appeared, a menacing-looking castle of spiky walls and twisty towers, located on the edge of the island. Right in the middle of Nowhere. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Just because I worked in fashion doesn't mean I didn't go to see 'Underworld' three times! ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Jack leaped over the gate, his sword aflame. To vanquish his foe and rescue his love. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Now tell me the truth," he said. "Why are you doing this?" She cringe from him. "I told you why." "I know you still love me." He smiled. "I can see it in your face." Mimi sneered. "We are with Lucifer now; we have always been false." "I don't believe it for one second," Kingsley whispered, looking into her eyes tenderly. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

He had tried so hard so many times, and she had always rejected him. He would not give her another chance, she knew.
-Sky ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Lucifer, the most beautiful angel of all time,became so enamored with his own beauty and power that he came to believe his light was greater than the Almighty ... ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Schuyler kept count, thinking that maybe once she hit a magical number, it would stop hurting. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Have you ever seen a germ?" Aunt Gertrude asked without waiting for Eliza's reply. "Neither have I, yet I have no doubt they exist, because I have seen their effects on the body. Likewise I have never 'seen' love, yet I have witnessed again and again its transformative effect on human beings. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Don't," she said to her brother.
"What?"
"Don't act like I'm dead already. I, for one, am not giving up. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

When you meet the right person, it's like nothing else - nobody else. No one in your past ever mattered. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Memories were moving pictures in which meaning was constantly in flux. They were stories people told themselves. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

I was so afraid. I was afraid of losing you."
"Never, my love. We will always be together. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Trust me to return to you." "I will wait forever. however long it takes. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Gemellus, who had loved and worshiped her from afar, she who was in his arms now ... ~ Melissa De La Cruz

I'm tired of being your best friend. I'm tired of being second best. I won't settle for that anymore. It's all or nothing, Schuyler. You have to decide. Him or me.
- Oliver Hazzard-Perry ~ Melissa De La Cruz

So this is pain. So this is wretchedness. So this is misery. I never knew. -Jack ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Instead of fearing the future, I should live and enjoy the present, she told herself. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Don't touch me. Don't tell me how beautiful my eyes are, how
soft my hair is, how you love to hear my voice. Don't. Don't pretend
you are falling in love with me. I know you are lying, and every
word you say hurts even more. Let us just be friends, if we can start
there. Can't we? Can't we at least be friends? Get to know each
other a little? Before the wedding, and the bedding, when I will
have to take you as my lord and husband? ~ Melissa De La Cruz

She had an unusual name. She knew that much. It wasn't the kind of name that you found on ceramic coffee mugs at airport gift shops or emblazoned on mini-license plate souvenirs you could hang on your bedroom door after you returned from Disneyland. Her name was pretty and unusual and had meaning. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

I shall love you and give myself up for you, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up"- then Alex looked into Eliza's shining eyes and added a twist of his own-"and I shall serve you with tenderness and respect, and encourage you to develop the gifts that God has given you. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Are you crazy?" Jay shook his head, sliding behind her.
"Mal, seriously. You don't have to do this," Carlos whispered, ducking behind Jay.
"Definitely crazy," Evie said, from behind Carlos.
"Me, crazy?" Mal raised her voice even higher. "How could I not be? I go to school in a graveyard and eat expired scones for breakfast. My own mother sends me to forbidden places like this, because of some old bird and a lost stick," she scoffed. "There's nothing you can throw at me that's worse that what I've already got going. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

I haven't paid for anything since I became famous. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

One should not seek those who do not wish to be found. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

We're the villains you root for in the story. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

But for Jack, the sight of Schuyler Van Alen had only served to ignite a feeling he had been repressing for months. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Bonds are like rules, they're meant to be broken. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Daughters. They could cut you with a look. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Kingsley nodded. 'Of course. Sophia always did say wisdom had to be earned. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Jack Force was more than she had ever dared wish for, and he was better than a dream or a fantasy because he was real. He was far from perfect, moody and distant at times, and burdened with sharp temper and an impulsiveness that was part of his dark nature. But she felt more love for him than she thought possible. He wasn't perfect, but he was perfect for her. (Schuyler Van Alen) ~ Melissa De La Cruz

You said we would never be separated, ever again.
And we will not. Not ever. There is a way to be together always. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

She made her choice. She loved Oliver. Jack was not hers to love, and never had been. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

They each had secrets they were keeping from the other; secrets they were keeping out of love. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

For Alex to be enveloped into one of New York State's blue-ribbon families helped put to bed a lifetime of doubts and depression about his own dubious birthright. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

He kissed her, and their souls melted into each other in a melody older than time. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

I give myself to you." she whispered.
"No. Not yet," he sighed.
"If not now, when?" ... "Time might be running out for me. For us. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

I lived for those moments when we were together, those few times in my life that I actually felt alive. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

We are bonded now. We will face it together. Your destiny is mine as well. We shall live or die together. ~ Melissa De La Cruz