Quotes from book

Last Sacrifice

“Which is weird. But not the craziest thing I can think of Rose doing.ʺ I appreciated the support.”

“Eerily, the coronation was kind of a reverse of Tatianaʹs funeral. What was the old saying? The queen is dead. Long live the queen”

“Life, unfortunately, doesn't seem to care what we want.”

“Rose, I'm an addict with no work ethic who is likely going to go insane. I'm not like you. I'm not a super-hero."
"Not yet," I said.”

“So much grief, so much anger. So unlike the usual Adrian.”

“You're better than this. Better than whatever it is you're going to do now.”

“I hoped Lissa remained the only one with a surprise sibling.”

“Fortunately for Dimitri, I had his back.”

“Sydney sighed and stood up, smoothing her rumpled clothes with dismay. 'I need a coffee shop or something.'
'I think I saw one in a cave down the road,' I said.
That almost got a smile from her.”

“Okay, so. You, Belikov, the Alchemist, Sonya Karp, Victor Dashkov, and Robert Doru are all hanging out in West Virginia together.”
“No,” I said.
“No?”
“We’re, uh, not in West Virginia.”

“I looked at you… and saw your goodness, your hope, and your faith. Those are what make you beautiful. So, so beautiful.

So it was't my hair?”

“Who is he?"
"An idiot, said Adrian. "Makes me look like an upstanding member of society.”

“You know, Aunt Tasha makes jokes about how youʹd actually be a better queen than the others, except sometimes… I donʹt think sheʹs joking.”

“Feel guilty. Mourn this. But move on. Don't let it destroy you. Forgive yourself.”

“… hot pink with a star done in rainbow rhinestones on the front. It was god-awful.
I bought it.”

“Maybe under all that guilt and certainty that he couldn't love again, he still wanted me. I would have liked to have found out. But I didn't have the time.
Instead, I punched him.”

“The world of the dead wonʹt give you
up a second time.”

“Sex had been amazing, but it wasn't a magical cure for everything. Damn. Somewhere along the way, I'd picked up common sense.”

“I loved you and you destroyed me. You took my heart and ripped it up. You might as well have staked me.”