Alethea Kontis (born January 11, 1976) is an American writer of Teen & Young Adult Books, picture books and speculative fiction, primarily for children. She lives in Titusville, FL.
First time's a fluke; second time's a coincidence," said Velius. "Third time's tradition," finished Erik.
She needed him to keep her sane, to make her laugh, to feel complete
Gifts, like words, carried with them a great deal of power. They bestowed good fortune just as powerfully as they could curse; the could bind people together or tear them apart.
I think I liked you better when you were a raging idiot.
May we all be doomed to a happy life.
If you did not indulge in fantasies, how else would you know if you were living an interesting life?
Dream of me, my beloved family, happy in my plundering and adventuring, for when the waves rock me to sleep tonight, I will be dreaming of you.
Quit dwelling on other people's stories and make up some of your own.
Somethings were meant to be and somethings were just meant to be good stories
All of us heal in time. The strongest are born again. We only keep the scars we choose to keep.
No," Wednesday agreed. "You have tortured with silence. You let her grieve for a soul she did not lose, mourn a heart that should not have broken, and berate herself for betraying the man she loves. . . with the man she loves. It can't be 'true' love without the truth, Rumbold.
Everything to lose, nothing to lose, someone's taken it, or you've lost it.
Normal is all relative.
There are four things that make a man fight as you just did," the duke explained to Rumbold. "Love, despair, anger, or insanity. " Erik counted them off on his fingers. "Everything to lose, nothing to lose, someone's taken it, or you've lost it.
It can't be 'true' love without the truth
Mama says I spend too much time in little fantasy worlds and not enough in this one.
Do you still look at each other like you once did, back at the beginning of the story when everything was a question you were too afraid to find the answer to?
We are all fools blessed with the knowledge that certain events will come to pass no matter what path we take to get there. The wise ones follow their angels while they may.
Your fey cousin here has the miraculous ability to hold his liquor--and mine, and yours, and the king's, and half the country's, I expect.
I have lived a life full of love and pain, of Joy and Sorrow, and I live on still. i have many, many years ahead of me, each day with the potential to be filled to the brim with trials to face and challenges to overcome.