Quotes from book

Dark Flame

“Four hundred years of losing out on the girl of my dreams isn't sitting very well with me these days.”

“Trust me, you can't play the game if you don't know the rules. And if you don't know the rules, someone's bound to get hurt.”

“What we think about, what we concentrate on, will always, always, be reflected on the outside.”

“Because I don't have everything I want. Not even close.”

“Everyone carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individual's conscious life, the blacker and denser it is.”

“My feelings for you are not conditional. I don't judge you. I don't lose patience with you. I don't punish you. I just love you. That's all. Pure and simple.”

“No: What the heck happened?
Or: Why did you go from nearly kissing me to tossing me across your yard and into the patio furniture?”

“That's what true love is. It cannot be broken, it cannot be chipped away, it's eternal, everlasting, and it can weather any storm.”

“Remember when you picked me up like a frisbee and tossed me across you yard?”

“As above, so below, as within, so without.”

“Life is still life. It’s still tough, complicated, and more than a little messy, with lessons to be learned, mistakes to be made, triumphs and disappointments to be had, and not every day is meant to be a party.”

“What if it can't be worked out? What if I'm—what if I'm broken for good?”

“… if this Roman dude’s as bad as you say, then why are you lurking outside his store looking all charged and heated like a dog waiting for its owner?”

“You cannot outwalk your problems. Can never run fast enough to evade them completely.”