Amanda Bouchet Quotes

“Now that that's settled, you're coming with me."

"Never in a billion suns. Not even if Zeus showed up as a swan and tried to peck me in your direction. I wouldn't go with you even if my other option was Hades dragging me to the Underworld for an eternal threesome with Persephone.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“Happiness is a strange, frightening, fragile feeling when you're not used to it.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“I conquered a kingdom and found a treasure." His voice turns gravelly, low. "I won't let you go. Not now. Not ever.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“The ice inside me melts. Suddenly, I'm burning up and terrified, scared I'll be too weak to resist.

Scratch that - I'm petrified I've already given in.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“People talk about fight or flight? That's nonsense. It's fight and flight.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“I've known all sorts of fear - fear of pain, fear of discovery, fear of capture. This is new. This is the kind of fear that teaches me the difference between trying to stay alive, and wanting to live.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“For some reason, the strength and deadliness he keeps so easily leashed make him the most compelling man I've ever met. I envy his self-control.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“That's what it comes down to for everyone. How much use we can be.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“Temporary homecomings are bittersweet. Sometimes it's better not to go back at all than to have to leave again.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“Who are you to decide what needs to be done? That's subjective by nature. No two people think alike."

"Someone has to decide. Without, rulers, there's chaos.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“I dread this power he has over me. It makes me want to tell him all my secrets and see if he still wants me.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“I want him everywhere. I burn for him in places he hasn't even touched.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“Unless they're utterly heartless, people put a certain value on human life. It keeps us from killing each other off for no reason. But for leaders like you and me, a moral high ground is too absolute. There are choices to be made.”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire

“Men don't understand discretion. My goal is to survive on my weakest abilities. That saves other talents for when I really need them and doesn't reveal important skills to any idiot who might be watching.”
― Amanda Bouchet