Rosamund Hodge, Cruel Beauty

"Where you go, I shall go; where you die, I shall die, and there will I be buried."

"I remember the hours I had spent in Father's library, drugging myself with books so I could forget my doom for an hour.."

"Why is he scared of the dark?"I meant the words for a joke, but Shade nodded seriously. "Like all monsters. Because it reminds him of what he truly is"."

"They said that love was terrifying and tender, wild and sweet, and none of it made any sense.But now I knew that every mad word was true."

"Knowing the truth is not always a kindness."

"Though mountains melt and oceans burn,The gifts of love shall still return."