#young_adult

I loved him, but he didn't want me anymore. I suffered, and he laughed at my umanity. This desire will be my end. ↗

— Sabrina Benulis

#archon #demons #love #sci-fi #urban-fantasy

If you continue with that train of thought and end it with, I did it because I love you and can’t bear to see you in turmoil, you could sell it to Hallmark, but not to me! ↗

— Rebekkah Ford

#young-adult #love

For all the sirens, game-show buzzers, and drum-rolls of life, it is the nature of men to die quietly. ↗

— D.B.C. Pierre

#men

Trust not in Sprites nor the motivations of a Gnome. ↗

— Jefferson Smith

#gnomes #motivation #motives #sprites #trust

I had no weapons. No plan. Nothing but my blood and my hands. They were coming, and there were more of them than I'd realized. ↗

— Jennifer Lynn Barnes

#young-adult-urban-fantasy #urban-fantasy

You're a very pretty girl...Did you know? Once upon a time, I had a pretty, pretty boy.' She reached forward and touched my cheek with one manicured hand. ↗

— Jennifer Lynn Barnes

#young-adult-urban-fantasy #urban-fantasy

The problem was that there was no treatment. No cure. There was nothing that...any medical professional could do. If I'd been fully human, I would have been a dead girl walking.... ↗

— Jennifer Lynn Barnes

#young-adult-urban-fantasy #urban-fantasy

There walked warlocks in all their bat-winged, cat-eyed glory, and here, as they swung out over the river, she saw the darting flash of multicolored tails under the silvery skin of the water, the shimmer of long, pearl-strewn hair, and heard the high, rippling laughter of the mermaids. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#young-adult-urban-fantasy #urban-fantasy

Just as he reached for my neck, I tased him. I was there to bag and tag, not to kill. Besides, if I had to carry separate weapons for every paranormal I took out, I'd be dragging around a full luggage set. Tasers are a one-size-fits-all paranormal butt-kicking option. Mine's pink with rhinestones. Tasey and I have had a lot of good times together. ↗

— Kiersten White

#ya-fantasy #ya-urban-fantasy #young-adult-comedy #young-adult-fantasy #young-adult-urban-fantasy

Maybe weakness is a strength of a kind. ↗

— Melissa de la Cruz

#blue-bloods #fiction #martin-kingsley #van-alen-legacy #young-adult