{"author":"Rosamund Hodge","author_id":"Rosamund+Hodge","total_quotes":30,"quotes":[{"text":"Though mountains melt and oceans burn,The gifts of love shall still return.","author":"Rosamund Hodge","tags":["love","quotes"],"id":2445,"author_id":"Rosamund+Hodge"},{"text":"Almost immediately, I found the red door into the library. I opened it idly- and the breath stopped in my throat. It was the same room I remembered: the shelves, the lion-footed table, the white bass-relief of Clio. But now, tendrils of dark green ivy grew between the shelves, reaching toward the books as if they were hungry to read. White mist flowed along the floor, rippling and tumbling as if blown by wind. Across the ceiling wove a network of icy ropes like tree roots. They dripped- not little droplets like the ice melting off a tree but grape-sized drops of water, like giant tears, that splashed on the table, plopped to the floor.","author":"Rosamund Hodge","tags":["beauty-and-the-beast","greek-mythology","retellings","ya"],"id":13813,"author_id":"Rosamund+Hodge"},{"text":"The same wolfish greed beats in your heart: to have what you will, and kill for it.","author":"Rosamund Hodge","tags":["greed","rachelle-brinon"],"id":16660,"author_id":"Rosamund+Hodge"},{"text":"His kindness was only meant to make later torments crueler.","author":"Rosamund Hodge","tags":["kindness","torture"],"id":21636,"author_id":"Rosamund+Hodge"},{"text":"Rachelle choked on a laugh. “You were always stronger.”“You,” said Amélie, “were always foolish enough to think that mattered.","author":"Rosamund Hodge","tags":["friend","friendship"],"id":94102,"author_id":"Rosamund+Hodge"},{"text":"He's kissing me and though this is the first time, it feels like recovering a long-forgotten memory. My body seems to say, 'Yes, this,' and then I'm kissing him back as if I were born to be in his arms. I never realized how tightly guilt and fear had been wound about me until this moment, when they unwind into the air and fly away, leaving me with nothing but this guileless delight.","author":"Rosamund Hodge","tags":["kissing","love"],"id":101216,"author_id":"Rosamund+Hodge"},{"text":"The problem with martyrs is that they’re all dead. What do they have to do with us that are simple enough to still be alive? Should we just give up and want to die because death is better than dishonor? But suicide is a sin too so we really are damned if we do and damned if we don't.","author":"Rosamund Hodge","tags":["honor","martyrdom","martyrs"],"id":144140,"author_id":"Rosamund+Hodge"},{"text":"I remembered Ignifex's smirk and his confident words: I can wait all I want and still have you.  And I thought, Here is one thing he isn't getting. Standing on my toes, I kissed Shade on the lips.  It was just a bump of my face against his. Despite Aunt Telomache's lecture, I had no idea how long to prolong a kiss, and his lips startled me, foreign and cool as glass. But then he caught me under the chin and gently kissed my mouth open. Though his lips were still cool, his breath was warm; as he kissed me. I breathed in time to him, until I felt like my body was only a breath of air mixing with his.","author":"Rosamund Hodge","tags":["kissing","nyx-triskelion","shade"],"id":144493,"author_id":"Rosamund+Hodge"},{"text":"Do you think he would dare half as much for your love as I have?”“No,” she said. “He never could. That’s why I love him.”“You were desperate for me.”“Desperate. Not happy.” For the first time in all the years she had known him, she truly pitied him. “You can never, ever make me happy. My heart will never rest in you.","author":"Rosamund Hodge","tags":["desperation","happiness","heart","love","rest"],"id":154188,"author_id":"Rosamund+Hodge"},{"text":"He stared at her a moment longer, then laughed softly. “I wouldn’t love you if you were any weaker,” he said, and let go of her.","author":"Rosamund Hodge","tags":["love","strong","strong-women","weak"],"id":177063,"author_id":"Rosamund+Hodge"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":30,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}