“A queen who cannot descend into darkness has no right to lead those who live in the light.”
✦ THE QUOTE COLLECTION ✦
THE AUTHOR’S ARCHIVE · ELEVEN PASSAGES
Words from the page.
Fragments of fate. Promises whispered in the dark. Lines worth holding close. An illustrated collection of passages from K.T. Carpenter’s worlds.
Reader note: selected passages contain mature language, dark romance and references to violence.
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“Because somewhere along the way, the woman I was supposed to kill became the only fucking reason I wanted the life he had promised me.”
“Take it,” he pleads. “My heart is yours. My life is yours. I would rather die than live a life without you in it.”
“I swear it—on my life, on my soul. I will give her everything. My strength, my loyalty, my body as a shield, if that’s what it takes. Whatever she needs, whenever she needs it, I’ll be there. No hesitation. No doubt. No force in this life or the next will keep me from standing by her side... even if it costs me everything.”
“A part of me knew it the moment I first saw you. Because you were never just my fate, Ariya. You are my ruin, and my salvation.” His voice fractures, raw, reverent, final. “And if tonight I meet my end, then let it be said that I died loving you. With every breath. Every swing of my blade. With every shredded piece of my soul that will forever belong to you.”
“There’s nowhere you could go that I wouldn’t follow. Even if death claims you, I’ll follow you, for my heart does not beat without yours.”
“It’s called yearning, my little witch, and when it comes to you...I know it well.”
“She's the kind of girl you don't just see. You feel her like a storm rolling in, pulling you under, before you even realize you're drowning.”
“I would burn down every other future just to have one with you, Astjarna.”
“Say the word, and I’ll fall to my knees for you, Evi. I’ll tear the stars from the sky if that’s what it takes. Just...” His voice cracks. “Just don’t ask me to let you go. Don’t ask me to walk away from you.”
“Your mate,” Breaker says casually, almost conversationally, “makes the most beautiful sounds when I break her bones.”
These passages are curated for K.T. Carpenter’s official quote collection. Follow each fragment back to the story it came from.