Retellings Quotes

“Do you think we can be friends?” I asked.
He stared up at the ceiling. “Probably not, but we can pretend.”
― Priya Ardis, Ever My Merlin

“Vane grabbed me. “DuLac, let’s chat.”
Chat. British-speak for “Stand still while I yell at you.”
― Priya Ardis, My Merlin Awakening

“Did you recently turn into a jerk or have you been one since birth?”
― Priya Ardis, My Boyfriend Merlin

“The wolves in the woods have sharp teeth and long claws, but it's the wolf inside who will tear you apart.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, Stepsister

“Vane’s lips tightened to suppress a smile. “Why so hostile, love?”
“You whacked me on the head with a ball!”
“You deserved it.”
― Priya Ardis, My Merlin Awakening

“Do I look like I want to be involved in your teen love saga? Ask someone who cares.”
― Priya Ardis, My Boyfriend Merlin

“History books say that kings and dukes and generals start wars. Don't believe it. We start them, you and I. Every time we turn away, keep quiet, stay out of it, behave ourselves.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, Stepsister

“I caught his hand. “What do you want me to do?”
Leaning down, he kissed the pulse beating on my neck just above the damaged skin. “Tomorrow, I need you to die.”
― Priya Ardis, My Merlin Awakening

“Why did you wear heels? How are you supposed to fight a gargoyle in what you're wearing?”
― Priya Ardis, My Boyfriend Merlin

“He’d used the amulet to read my thoughts again.
I pictured smacking him in the face.”
― Priya Ardis, Ever My Merlin

“And what good is a voice when so few will listen?”
― Stacey Jay, Of Beast and Beauty

“Well, can you tell her that?"
He looked down at his feet. "I will. I will."
Guy-speak for, "I plan to keep avoiding her until she gives up.”
― Priya Ardis, My Merlin Awakening

“I noticed him right away. No, it wasn’t his lean, rugged face. Or the dark waves of shiny hair that hung just a little too long on his forehead. It wasn’t the slim, collarless biker jacket he wore, hugging his lean shoulders. It was the way he stood. The confident way he waited in the cafeteria line to get a slice of pizza. He didn’t saunter. He didn’t amble. He stood at the center, and let the other people buzz around him. His stance was straight and sure.”
― Priya Ardis, Ever My Merlin

“You'll get fired if anyone finds out about us!"
"So many rules in this century," Vane muttered.”
― Priya Ardis, My Merlin Awakening

“If I were to lock you up in a dungeon, I guarantee you would not be bored.”
― Priya Ardis, My Merlin Awakening

“Plus, I happened to be a history nerd. Why else would I be interested in a guy born in the year 519?”
― Priya Ardis, My Merlin Awakening

“He’s so powerful. Who knows maybe he’s advanced past eating”
― Priya Ardis, My Boyfriend Merlin

“Little princess, lovely as the dawn, well named Aurore.”
― Cameron Dokey, Beauty Sleep

“Rough palms cradled my face while my fingers gripped the pillow on either side of his. Lips, teeth, tongue, mingled together. I ate him up and didn’t let go until I had to come up for air.”
― Priya Ardis

“The combination of razor-sharp wit (completely real) and his credentials (completely fake) had won them over in the end.”
― Priya Ardis, My Merlin Awakening

“The last declaration he'd made to me hung between us. The L word. The one that had nothing to do with like.”
― Priya Ardis, My Merlin Awakening

“My name is Arianna Morganna Brittany DuLac--you can imagine why I went by the name Ryan.”
― Priya Ardis, My Boyfriend Merlin

“The only thing that had ever done me any good in my father's house was thinking: no one had cared what I wanted, or whether I was happy. I'd had to find my own way to anything I wanted. I'd never been grateful for that before now, when what I wanted was my life.”
― Naomi Novik, Spinning Silver

“Soft sun shone down on a misty cathedral at the opposite end of a football-field length courtyard. The cathedral had a long pointed tower with beautiful rose and ivory stained glass windows. Pink-petal flowers and deep green ivy climbed the stones from the ground to it’s roof. A large fountain stood in the middle of the courtyard with water falling from several lion’s heads. Between the misty air and rolling slope of the earth, the grounds reminded me of a long lost fairy tale.”
― Priya Ardis, My Boyfriend Merlin

“Matt was almost completely naked. A tattered loincloth and an ugly chain with a yellow diamond were his only apparel.”
― Priya Ardis

“He is mine, too.”
― Naomi Novik, Spinning Silver

“Marilynn...passed out black cases to everyone. I opened mine to find an iPad inside. Several candidates whistled. Despite my agitated state, it impressed me too. Maybe wizard school wasn’t going to be as lame as I had thought.
“All of your schedules and assignments will be done on these,” Marilynn explained. “The whole school is on these. We’ve had them for awhile now.”
― Priya Ardis

“You should pay less mind to fairy tales, Elian, or that's all you'll become."
When he leaves, I think about whether that would be awful, or beautiful. Could it really be such a bad thing, to become a story whispered to children in the dead of night? A song they sing to one another while they play.”
― Alexandra Christo, To Kill a Kingdom

“Rosco cawed like a goddamn crow. I shot a what-the-fuck-was-that? look in his direction, and his bony shoulders bobbed with a shrug. We hadn’t planned a signal. Stupid, on my part.”
― K.C. Kingmaker, Daughter of Sherwood

“Will pulled his blades out of the commander’s corpse, not even waiting for him to drop to the ground before lunging and stabbing the second guard in the stomach once, thrice, five times in rapid succession.

The second guard keeled over, blood trickling out of his mouth past Alan’s enclosed fingers, while his guts spilled out of him.

“Dammit,” I hissed, throwing my arms up. “What was the point of us disguising ourselves in their gear if you were just going to do that?”

Will shrugged, flinging the blood off his blades before sheathing them. “Don’t know. That was your plan. This was mine.”
― K.C. Kingmaker, Daughter of Sherwood