Assistant To The Villain Quotes
"The Kingdom of Rennedawn was one of the more modest of the enchanted kingdoms, and avoiding Hickory Forest when it took up so much of its land was a challenge."
The Villain," Evie scoffed, walking deeper into the trees and shoving her hands into the deep pockets of her simple brown dress. "Perhaps he would be less murderous if his moniker wasn't so ridiculous.
"I did the right thing. So why do I feel like my chest is going to cave in?"
"The Villain, King of Darkness, Haunter of Dreams, had his arms around her. Worse, even, she was not nearly as afraid as she should've been."
"Would you mind writing that out as an employment reference? I'd have a job within the week, and I desperately need work."
"Women? Have legs? Alert the town crier!"
"The ghost of a smile slipped from his lips."
"Best to keep this between us, or it may enlist the other chairs in a revolt."
"Worry not, hasibsi. You could fix a broken world with just your smile."
"But it was too late to listen to small voices when her own was screaming at her, LOOK INSIDE THE DESK. IT'S NOT LIKE THE FROG WILL TATTLE."
"She had forgotten to hug Lyssa before she sent her off to school that morning, had of course assumed she would get another chance. She'd yelled to her father that she loved him, but had he heard her? Did he know?"
"I feel like I’m being carried by a tree."
"Oh, for the love of all that was good, her boss was looking at her house."
Ordinary." "The word was so far from an accurate descriptor for him.
"They weren’t pursuing me because I was The Villain."
"Encouraging children to neglect their education fits under that bracket, does it not?"
"I would never make the mistake of underestimating a woman like you. It would be a fatal one."
"Call him over, as if you know him," The Villain said, hard eyes not leaving the man across the room.
"That clock that you knew would be attached to an explosive? It nearly killed me."
"Because watching someone murder their brother is fine, but you’re drawing the line at old ladies in peril? Is that where we are?"
"I’m sorry to both of you, truly. Tryst, I know we have our squabbles, but we were once thick as thieves, you and me. I would never seek to truly hurt you."
"Because neither of us truly ever wanted to."
"I’ve never felt more turned around than I have in the entire time I’ve made your acquaintance, Sage."
"Blame is an interesting thing. Most people shirk blame, as though our flaws make us weaker."
"A weak man pushes blame away from himself like a disease, to poison and spread over the rest of the unsuspecting world."
"Dying in the pursuit of revenge was every villain’s dream, so he couldn’t find it in himself to mind very much."
"He didn’t feel ruined with Evie, though. He felt reborn."
"It looked worse in a larger size, the flaming-haired depiction of the man clearer and the letters in bold at the bottom standing out with perfect clarity. THE VILLAIN WANTED FOR MURDER, TREASON, AND GENERAL VILLAINY. DANGEROUS. PROCEED WITH CAUTION."
"When it comes to the thing one loves most, it is always better to be trapped together than free and apart."
"The opinions of others are ever-changing."
"If someone was going to pick one thing about me to notice, I would get to choose what it would be."
"Why am I being punished because someone is trying to blow you up?"
"Because you were quite obviously trying to hide it. I didn't see a need to draw attention to it against your wishes."
"I don’t like that we have something in common."
"Every breath Evie took was magic, living in the air and filling her with warm happiness."
"She was the explosion of the vivid gleams and glows of the world around him, like a constant rainbow, shining not after the rain but during."
"We’re all monsters in the end. At least mine lives in the light."
"What are you supposed to do after you sedate your father, who also happened to betray you in every conceivable way? What’s the protocol?"
"You’re not evil, Sage. You made a difficult choice."
"My magic awoke then. I felt it pulse underneath my skin, and it lit up the entire room—it healed me. I could see the door of the cell, the light coming from the guards… And I slaughtered them all."
"I vowed then that if the king believed me a villain…that was exactly what I would become."
"It’s a mystery why he went to all the effort to come at me through your father."
"Women like Evie Sage didn’t end up with The Villain."