Belladonna series
Belladonna (book 1)
"But Death did not need to be seen; he was to be felt. He was a weight upon the chest, or a collar buttoned too tight. A fall into frigid, lethal waters. Death was suffocating, and he was ice."
"'Because death is only a reprieve for the dead, Mr. Thorly. It cares little for those it leaves behind.'"
"'Grief is a strange thing, Percy, for no two people experience it the same.'"
"'When all you do is run, how do you know what it is that you want?'"
"She did not hate Death, not truly. And God, what a fool that made her."
"for should she give in to such desires and embrace the powers within her, just what might she become?"
"'For you, this world is insufficient.'...'For you,...the world could be infinite.'"
"'I am hated and feared more than anything or anyone in this world. So at times, yes, it can be sad. But it's who I am.'"
"She strongly preferred Death's philosophy of simply wanting something and taking it."
"And she liked that darkness more than she cared to admit."
"All the men I've known were born with clever lies upon their tongues. They will speak dishonesties, or words sweeter than nectar, to take the things they want."
"Marjorie had done nothing wrong by falling in love, and yet she was condemned for it."
"Like love or desire for someone was an infection."
"'It's not selfish to live.'"
"there was something beautiful about the stillness of this time of year. Something wonderful and fragile. Staring out at the moors, daydreaming..."
"'There is no such thing as true goodness, there is only perception. SO why not try my way of living? I think it would suit you just fine.'"
"'I care for you not because you're polite or skilled at social graces, but for all the oddities that make you who you are. And someone else will, too, I assure you.'"
"'Do not change the parts of yourself that you like to make others comfortable. Do not try to mold yourself to fit the standards someone else has set for us.'"
"She'd always believed it was a dark, lonely place. But whatever resided beyond the bridge didn't feel like an end-all -- it felt like a beginning. Like a journey beckoning to be taken."
"'Because I have waited an eternity to meet you, Signa Farrow... To me, you are a song to a soul that has never known music. Light to someone who has only seen the darkness. You bring out the absolute worst in me, and I become vindictive toward those who treat you in ways I don't care for. Yet you also bring out the best in me -- I want to be better because of you. Better for you... You are what I want... I know I cannot force you to want me in return, but say that you do, and I promise that I am wholly and unequivocally yours. Say that you do, and I will make this world everything for you, Signa.'"
"'You are bolder than the sun, Signa Farrow, and it's time that you burn.'"
"'They've such a short time to experience their lives, and so they must feel deeply. They must experience in one lifetime things it's taken me an eternity to experience. When I see men like Elija, rather than feel guilt for what I've done, I remember that he feels sorrow because he loved so deeply. And were I not real, Little Bird, were I not Death, he would never have experienced that love. So which is better? To live forever, or to live and love?'"
"'What in God's name are you?' For once, she had an answer. 'I am free.' And then she turned to Gundry and let the hellhound have his feast."
Foxglove (book 2)
"When everything went to hell, at least she could always count on scones."
"'We do not get to tamper with Fate, especially when he is breathing down our necks.'"
"And if there was one thing that Signa had learned about society, it was that people loved little more than watching those above them fall from grace."
"'They say that all is fair in love and war. I have built my trench and brought my rifles, and I have no intention of retreating.'"
"She didn't care to be a sunflower, unfurling her petals in the daylight for all to see. She would rather be an adorable little mushroom, thriving in the dark crevices where few ventured to look."
"Blythe Hawthorne had bested fate four separate times."
"'He is Fate.' Signa kept her voice soft, desperate to know that her cousin understood the gravity of her situation. 'You cannot break an oath with him.' 'Why not?' Blythe sat straighter, calm as she looked at Signa. 'Have I not bested him before?'"