Crescent City Quotes

“No one gets a medal for suffering the most, you know,' ...”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“Stop cursing so much. You're upsetting Syrinx.'

He leaned close enough to note gold flecks in her amber eyes. 'You have the dirtiest mouth I've ever heard, sweetheart. And from the way you act, I think you might be the alphahole here.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“There's nothing wrong with being a party girl. I don't get why the world thinks there is.' But she considered her words. 'It's easier for me- when people assume the worst about what I am. It lets me see who they really are.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“Isn't it exhausting to be an alphahole all the time? Do you guys have a handbook for it? Maybe secret support groups?”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“I don't see how I can move on from loving her when she gave up everything for me. For the cause.' He shook his head. 'Every time I hook up, I remember it.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“I'm sorry I dumped my baggage in your lap.'

A corner of his mouth turned up. 'You can dump your baggage in my lap anytime, Quinlan.'

She snorted, shaking her head. 'You made it sound gross.'

'You said it first.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“Memento Mori.

Remember that you will die.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“The answer,' Hunt went on, 'is with me. Anywhere you or I go, we go together from now on. Got it?”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“I acted like an asshole. Let me cook something for you to make up for it.'

Based on how much chilli powder you just dumped into that pan, I'm not sure I want to accept this particular apology.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“I know you'll keep going forward, Quinlan- even if it sucks.'

'What makes you so sure of it?'

His feet were silent as he crossed the kitchen. She tipped back her head to hold his stare. 'Because you pretend to be irreverent and lazy, but deep down, you don't give up. Because you know that if you do, then they win. All the asp-holes, as you called them, win. So living, and living well- it's the greatest fuck you that you can ever give them.'

'That's why you're still fighting.'

He ran a hand ver the tattoo on his brow. 'Yes.'

She let out a hmm, stirring the mixture in the pain again. 'Well then, Athalar. I guess it'll be you and me in the trenches for a while longer.'

He smiled at her, more openly than he'd dared do with anyone in a long while. 'You know,' he said, 'I think I like the sound of that.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“You won't regret this. I've had a long while to figure out all the ways I'm going to spoil you. All the fun we're going to have.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“Remember that you will die, and enjoy every pleasure the world has to offer. Remember that you will die, and none of this illegal shit will matter anyway. Remember that you will die, so who cares how many people suffer from your actions?”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“This drive contains footage of you at a three-day orgy?' Hunt demanded.

'Let me know if it gets you hot and bothered, Athalar.' The Viper Queen took another hit of the cigarette. Her green eyes drifted toward his lap. 'I hear you're one Hel of a ride when you pause the brooding long enough.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“Just because you're some big, tough asshole doesn't mean you get the right to decide when I should eat- or when I'm not taking care of my body. I'm the one who lives in it, I know when I fucking wanting to eat. So keep your possessive and aggressive bullshit to yourself.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“When makes are kneeling between my legs, Athalar,' she said, 'they're not usually grimacing.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“There's nothing wrong with being a party girl. I don't get why the world thinks there is.' But she considered her words. 'It's easier for me- when people assume the worst about what I am. It lets me see who they really are.'

'So you're saying you think I'm really an asshole?' A Corner of his mouth curled up.

But her eyes were dead serious. 'I've met and dealt with a lot of assholes, Hunt. You're not one of them.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“Since I'm perfectly happy with the size of my assets, I'd wish for you to stop being such a pain in my ass.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“Your cousin is dreamy,' Lehabah sighed from her couch.

'I thought Athalar was your own true love,' Bryce said.

'Can't they both be?'

'Considering how terrible they are at sharing, I don't think it'll end well for any of you.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“Don't give me orders, Athalar.

Four minutes, sweetheart.

I told you: don't call me sweetheart.

Three minutes.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“There are thirty-six photos on your four-year-old phone, and all of them are of dismembered bodies,' ...”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“Maybe some guy that checks out your ass before he says hello isn't someone worth knowing.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“By the time Ramuel decided to let me serve as his assassin, it had been nine years since I'd seen sunlight. Since I'd heard the wind or smelled the rain. Since I'd seen grass, or a river, or a mountain. Since I'd flown.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“Bryce clamped her fingers around his. 'You might see yourself that way, but I see you, too, Athalar. I see your kindness and your... whatever.' She squeezed his hand for emphasis. 'I see all the shit you conveniently forget. Briggs is a bad person. He might have once gotten into the human rebellion for the right reasons, but he is a bad person. You aren't. You will never be. End of story.'

'This bargain I've got with Micah suggests otherwise-'

'You're not like him.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“I see you, Quinlan, he silently conveyed to her. And I like all of it.

Right back at you, her half smile seemed to say.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“You know what he does, right?'

'Look really good in black?”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“I have fun with you, Quinlan. Despite how terrible this case is, despite all of it, I haven't had fun like this in a while.' In ever.

He could have sworn she blushed. 'Hang with me, Athalar,' she said, trying to wipe the grime off her legs and hands from kneeling at the grate entrance, 'and you might get rid of that sick up your ass after all.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“I wasn't- you're a pain in the ass, you know that?'

'I'd rather be a pain in the ass,' she said slyly over her bare shoulder, 'than a snooping pervert.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“I'm glad you're not dead.'

Hunt chuckled, letting himself bury his face against her neck. 'So am I.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“Assuming you live through taking on the Archangels and Asteri, what then?'

'I don't know.' He gave her a half smile. 'Maybe you and I can figure it out, Quinlan. We'll have centuries to do it.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“You look how I feel,' she whispered, her throat tight. 'Every day.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood