Revelations Quotes
"It was odd to think of the school as a haven, an escape, a place she looked forward to going."
"All her life, her well-heeled classmates had treated her like a freak, an outcast—unwanted and untouchable."
"No matter how out of place Schuyler felt at school, it was no comparison to the arctic freeze she weathered on a daily basis at the Forces’ grand town house."
"Even though Lawrence Van Alen was now Regis, head of the Blue Bloods, he had been powerless to stop the adoption process."
"She missed her old room, with its Mountain Dew–yellow walls and rickety desk."
"Mimi Force liked the sound of stilettos on marble."
"The blood could not be duplicated nor extracted. Vampire blood disappeared within minutes once exposed to the air."
"For she was Azrael. Angel of Death. She brought darkness to the light. It was her gift and her curse."
"Bliss likened go-see appointments to the cattle inspections her grandfather used to perform on the ranch."
"Maybe it was because Schuyler was half human."
"Schuyler felt a sharp ache in her stomach at the depth of his affection."
"Schuyler never got tired of looking at them, they were so beautiful."
"But there were some places where the rules did not apply. Somewhere that Charles had no power. Somewhere Schuyler could be free."
"Dylan! Alive! He was not expected, but he was very welcome."
"The two of them understood each other without speaking. It was the vampire way."
"Try it," Mimi said, holding a spoon on which a gelatinous mound quivered. "It’s delicious."
"This is . . . the . . . best potato salad . . . in the world."
"I was so afraid. I was so afraid of losing you."
"The mark of the Archangel," Oliver explained. "She’s a Daughter of the Light. There is no way she’s a Silver Blood. She’s the opposite. She’s what they fear."
"Why should we follow the old laws? Why should anyone care anyway?"
"Our money is so old it’s drawing social security. Bankruptcy’s out of the question. We’re flush."
"He’s always late. Last year Brannon Frost actually left the show without seeing it, she was so annoyed to be kept waiting."
"For the past week she had concealed her rage so well she thought she deserved an Oscar."
"Hating Jack would be akin to hating herself, and Mimi had too much self-esteem to wallow in that particular misery."
"You might as well reserve a spot for him in that hospital my father keeps visiting. This is not some silly high school game, you stupid girl."
"Hiring Lizbet Tilton was the best decision she could have made, Mimi thought, congratulating herself on her savvy."
"Everything was operating like clockwork; although you’d think it was the doomsday clock, the way Jack was acting."
"I have a feeling." Mimi smiled. She ruffled Jack’s hair, and in return he put a hand on her waist and drew her close to him."
"Trinity’s home office was famous among her set for being the most lavish and impeccable."
"Nothing that rest and a week away from a certain blond vampire couldn’t cure."
"We accept these weapons as our divine right. Forged in Heaven, cast on Earth, they are our attendants in our search for Redemption."
"But that is what their people did: they evolved, they adapted, they survived."
"Everyone at school knew all the details of Mimi and Jack’s upcoming bonding already."
"It’s like, I get them during the day now. Like the other day—I saw this weird thing. I was holding my hairbrush and it turned into this, like, gold snake. Scared the crap out of me."
"I don’t know who you are. But I do know that every time I see you, I feel better."
"This is what it’s like to be one of the richest and most powerful vampires in the world."
"The reality of it astonished her. The colors were so much more vibrant and engaging, fresh and alive."
"There was a ferocious energy to the piece, and Schuyler felt as if she could sense the couple’s intense connection to each other."
"She preferred madness and tragedy, loneliness and torment."
"Schuyler completely understood what that meant."
"She counted herself the luckiest girl in the world."
"He had surprised her by bringing her to yet another beautiful apartment his family owned."
"It was Anne Sexton. Reading from Love Poems."
"She didn’t think she could love him more than she did right then."
"Whatever it was he was going to do to break the bond, they would be together. Always."
"I knew being her familiar wouldn’t change anything."
"I loved her when she accepted everything I told her."
"The emerald had saved her from whatever weapon had just tried to pierce her heart."
"She was sick of being kept in the dark about everything."
"When Bliss was younger she’d relished her parents’ indifference to her younger sister. Now she realized it was pathological."
"Make mine a whiskey," Oliver coughed. "Make that two," Schuyler quickly added, thinking she would risk her grandfather’s censure later."
"But the sending . . . the earthquake," Schuyler argued, trying to talk over the deafening sound of the crowd and the relentless samba drums."
""Is that why they are here?" Schuyler nodded. "I don’t know. But Nan must have her reasons; the Regent would never act without just cause." Lawrence finished his drink."
"Bliss understood that she would never see Jordan again."
"The stupid witch actually thinks I would join their side? After everything Abbadon and I went through to secure this fragile peace we’ve found on Earth?"
""They’re all dead?" Schuyler gasped. "But how? Why . . . ?""
""You want this," she said slyly. "You want me.""
"Love. It’s so close to hate, it’s almost indistinguishable."