Alexandra Elend Wolf > Books: novellas‎ (96)

“This was true, of course – that Magnus is a complex being of many layers – thought Jem, but Magnus was protective of those layers. He recognized t

“This was true, of course – that Magnus is a complex being of many layers – thought Jem, but Magnus was protective of those layers. He recognized the intimacy Magnus was showing him in allowing him into this space. In some ways it was more interesting than the strangest inner sanctums of the Labyrinth would have been.”

“Yes. The nature of taking a vow, is that you must apply your will to fulfilling that vow. If I could no longer choose my order, choose my duty… What would such a vow even mean?”

“We’re all here, because we believe in what we’re doing. And we all trust you with our lives because we know that at the end of the day

“We’re all here, because we believe in what we’re doing. And we all trust you with our lives because we know that at the end of the day, Jorgen Weight is going to do the right thing. Sometimes you lose sight of that. Sometimes you get so bogged down in the rules that you lose track of what’s right for a minute. But when it comes down to the decisions you make with our lives, you do the right thing every time.”

“I’d tried my best, done everything I knew how to do. But if I hadn’t, I would probably still be standing here, my whole life laid out before me, predetermined just like my uniform.”

“I tried to give you the story you needed, but perhaps you’ve found your own story after all. Spensa flies among the stars. But you build things up from the ground. She is a warrior, and you are a defender. It’s a different kind of story.”

“We were in this together, and in that we had hope.”

“In my time in the Defiant Defense Force, I’d felt lost and inadequate. I’d felt undermined and humiliated in front of both my flightmates and my superiors. I’d made calls no human being should ever have to make, had been both right and wrong about them, and had to live with both. I’d stayed in control through it all, because that was what I had been raised to do.”

“I usually thought of Spensa as the one who pulled off impossible tasks, but apparently she wasn’t the only one.”

“Its devotion is wholly and solely to the safety of the Alexander and its crew, but at the same time, it feels like the crew are just insects to it

“Its devotion is wholly and solely to the safety of the Alexander and its crew, but at the same time, it feels like the crew are just insects to it and if it wasn’t careful, it could just step on us all by mistake.”

“At least I got to say goodbye to you. Even if you didn’t remember.”

“I know what your tattoos mean, Olivia. Memento. Latin for ‘remember’. He forgot who you were at the end, yes?”

“Something may have to be done about that. Something justifiable.”

“We need to fight them. Because we don’t want to be under their control. Because we’re not ‘lesser’. We’re intelligent, and we have a

“We need to fight them. Because we don’t want to be under their control. Because we’re not ‘lesser’. We’re intelligent, and we have a right to direct our own lives and our own future. We’re not trying to take over from the Superiority. We only want to exist without their interference and their… judgment.”

“Progress for ReDawn. It was what we all wanted, of course. But some of us thought it mattered what we were progressing toward.”

“So you need each other’s ideas to really be free. I like that idea.”

“They control us and call it peace, but it isn’t peace when we don’t have a choice.”

“That’s what an alliance is. It means we protect each other.”

“My father had taken to saying I was skysick, but it was the opposite – the sky terrified me. It was so big and wide I could fall into it and be sw

“My father had taken to saying I was skysick, but it was the opposite – the sky terrified me. It was so big and wide I could fall into it and be swallowed up.”

“Before I joined the DDF, I hadn’t understood the mentality that pushed people to fight as one, to keep doing so even as their friends died around them. I’d never felt that violence was the best way to solve problems, though I understood that violence was the only solution that kept us alive when the Krell kept trying to bomb us out of existence […] Now though, I understood the glue that held us together, and it wasn’t stupidity. It was the bond shared by people who faced death together. It was a sense of belonging, of being a piece of something bigger, something important, though I still wasn’t convinced everything about it was good […] But there was something about knowing that without me my friends would be worse off that kept me flying even when it terrified me.”

“I’m as ready as I am right now, I thought. Maybe in this dangerous existence, that was as close as I was ever going to get.”

“And that smile. Stars, I could stand to see that smile every day for a long, long time.”

“For a while we’d been able to reach into the expanse of space – and if out freedom had been measured in kilometers rather than light-years, it had been ours.”

“As frightened as I’ve been of the stars – feeling like I could fall off the face of the world – I missed them now that they were gone.”

"I do not know whether these Lightwoods, Carstairs, and Herondales will be the damnation or the salvation of the Conclave, but surely t

"I do not know whether these Lightwoods, Carstairs, and Herondales will be the damnation or the salvation of the Conclave, but surely they will be a headache."

"And then he worried that love could not grow out of such bitter soil. But grow it did, and richer and deeper than before. By the time he asked Tessa to marry him, they had become gold that had been forged in fire."

“Sometimes you need to accept what you’ve lost, then move forward. Then you can instead realize what you’ve gained.”

“Sometimes you need to accept what you’ve lost, then move forward. Then you can instead realize what you’ve gained.”

“What kind of person sought work on a sailing vessel? The type who longed for freedom – who wasn’t content to sit where they were told, but instead wanted to see something new. A person who wanted to chase the horizon.”

“You didn’t realize that something fearsome, something different, could be so intoxicating.”

“Storms, she thought. What have I done? What you needed to, another part of her thought. You have adapted. You have Remade yourself.”

“That was the thing about omens – they were made up. Imagined signals of something nebulous. So why not make them up to be something positive?”

“That was the true purpose of a merchant. To find complementary needs, then bridge the distance between them so everyone benefited.”

“The sea was a strange mistress indeed. Open. Welcoming. Inviting. Sometimes a little too much so.”

“Don’t let people tell you that style is limited, pretending it will run out like Stormlight. Style is the best resource in the world, because we can make as much of it as we want – and there’s plenty, sure, for everybody.”

“It’s a kind of sacrifice that heroes make, taking those scars so others don’t have to.”

“It’s a kind of sacrifice that heroes make, taking those scars so others don’t have to.”

“He thought of the cousins, the parents’ friends, the Enclave members celebrating above. Other than his own family, he knew so little about any of them as people. And while he felt safe here, in the quiet, in the dark, he could tell that the world would not let him remain there for much longer. He would be out in the world, and he would need friends, and family, to help get him through.”

“Any Carstairs is welcome. And obviously any parabatai of Lucie’s is essentially a member of the family.”

“Any Carstairs is welcome. And obviously any parabatai of Lucie’s is essentially a member of the family.”

“[…] the Carstairs family moved constantly, obsessively, for the sake of her father’s health. Cordelia could never understand the logic of it, except that she agreed that it was worth doing anything if it meant her father’s wellbeing.”

“Despite himself, a smile played at the edges of Gideon’s mouth. That was the one thing he had over Tatiana, after all. He wasn’t alone.”

“Despite himself, a smile played at the edges of Gideon’s mouth. That was the one thing he had over Tatiana, after all. He wasn’t alone.”

“So strange, Gideon thought with a sidelong look at Will, who continued harrumphing to himself quietly in victory. At this moment this boy he’d despised as a child was more his family than his own actual sister. And he found he was able to accept that. A Christmas miracle indeed.”

“Will Herondale was full of Christmas spirit, and Gideon Lightwood found it very annoying.”

“Will Herondale was full of Christmas spirit, and Gideon Lightwood found it very annoying.”

“Gideon never wondered about this; it seemed obvious to him that Shadowhunters didn’t take days off. It was the blessing and the curse of being one, after all. You were a Shadowhunter all the time.”

“Some ghosts stay among the living because unfinished business holds them here. Some stay to protect those they love. And some stay beca

“Some ghosts stay among the living because unfinished business holds them here. Some stay to protect those they love. And some stay because of hatred, malice, bitterness. You must learn to ignore that kind of ghost. Turn away from them. They feed off your fear. Without your fear they can do nothing to you.”

“Jessamine descended from the sky and stood between Lucie and the woman. But this was Jessamine as Lucie had never seen her: an avenging angel, looming above both Lucie and the ghost-woman, icy fury on her face."

“He believed there was more to life than blood and fire. There was beauty, there was art, there was color.”

“He believed there was more to life than blood and fire. There was beauty, there was art, there was color.”

“Other people might go through the world uncertain and alone, but not Matthew: now wherever he wandered, whenever he called out, there would be an answer. He would never walk anywhere alone.”

“For a moment, Alastair looked lost, hesitant. It had been a long time since Cordelia had seen an expression so open on his face. Then he slammed s

“For a moment, Alastair looked lost, hesitant. It had been a long time since Cordelia had seen an expression so open on his face. Then he slammed shut like a iron gate. ‘We’re all of us alone,’ he said. ‘In the end.’”

“I know the swordplay comes naturally to you, but not everything will. You must slow down. Pay attention to your feet. Now, follow my gestures. That’s it, Layla. Stay with me.”

“There is so much wrong with the world. I want it to make sense. I want to put it right. I want to find the solutions that are overlooked by others

“There is so much wrong with the world. I want it to make sense. I want to put it right. I want to find the solutions that are overlooked by others.”

“Since Portals will exist long after uncle Henry is dead, I expect he will end up having saved more lives than any other Shadowhunter, including Jonathan Shadowhunter. Unless I can invent something which will be as useful. Which naturally I aspire to do.”

“From then on, Christopher regarded science as not only that which he loved but as his Shadowhunter duty. Perhaps nobody else would ever think it, but he knew he was dedicated as an Iron Sister, a Silent Brother, a warrior stepping forward to face a field of demons.”

“Cordelia had always thought Lucie must weigh nothing, but with so much of her weight in Cordelia’s hands, Cordelia was suddenly vividly aware of h

“Cordelia had always thought Lucie must weigh nothing, but with so much of her weight in Cordelia’s hands, Cordelia was suddenly vividly aware of how much there was to lose, how critically important it was to hold on.”

“She held onto Lucie, in any event, and would not let go until they were both lying full length in the grass next to the cliff.”

“'Oh, we’ll be proper Londoners now, with a private room above a pub and a pint waiting whenever we need one.' Matthew rubbed his hands together. '

“'Oh, we’ll be proper Londoners now, with a private room above a pub and a pint waiting whenever we need one.' Matthew rubbed his hands together. 'James, it’s a pleasure to see you in your element. You were always a bit at loose ends at the Academy, but here in the city you are our guide and our leader.'”

“I’ll bring some books in, I think. Books make a place homier. I daresay.”

“So build a house for us Feyre. Dream as wildly as you want. It’s yours.”

“So build a house for us Feyre. Dream as wildly as you want. It’s yours.”

“She had always been drawn to the untamed, wild things of the world.”

“Then there would be no Hope shining in the Void.”

“It’s a time of rest, too. And a time to reflect on the darkness – how it lets the light shine.”

“They are Bennetts. They have blood on their hands, and once again, they’re fighting for their lives.”

“They are Bennetts. They have blood on their hands, and once again, they’re fighting for their lives.”

“Her words are a promise, a Lovesong she’ll sing for the rest of her days,”

“Their strength is his strength. Their love is his love. And one day – maybe not tomorrow or the day after, but one day – she’ll look upon him again and the world will shake under the might of it. They’re the goddam Bennett Pack, and their song will always be heard.”

“The Olympians will probably be fine – that lot seems to survive everything thrown at them. It’s the minor deities I’m afraid for.”

“The Olympians will probably be fine – that lot seems to survive everything thrown at them. It’s the minor deities I’m afraid for.”

“The First retaliated with venom. (The verbal kind, not the actual venom. At least… I don’t think so.)”

“Especially because I knew next to nothing about my family until two months ago.”

“As usual, when tragedy strikes, the powerless and disenfranchised are the ones who suffer most.”