Finale Quotes
"Uninvited butterflies took flight in Tella’s stomach. He was still the most beautiful liar she’d ever seen."
"You are so full of yourself. I never asked you to be my hero."
"Legend looked like a freshly woken storm."
"I only want to know if you wish to collect your prize for winning Caraval."
"Every night Legend visited her dreams like a villain from a storybook."
"Just because I don’t like you doesn’t mean you’re not pretty."
"You could never hurt me with a hug. I’m just so weak and hungry."
"You need to get as far away from the Fates as possible. Leave Valenda immediately."
"My loves, I’m so sorry to leave you, but I knew that if I waited any longer, it would be too hard for me to go."
"I’m the one who’s dangerous tonight, Donatella. I’m here because I need to kill someone."
"I wish I could." Paloma reached up and cupped Tella’s jaw. "I would go with you, but I have to do this, or you and your sister will never be safe."
"You should fall asleep soon. Once you wake up, leave this city with your sister. I’ll find you when I can."
"My memories of you did not do you justice."
"I’ll find a way to destroy him," Tella vowed.
"I’d try to say something comforting, but last time you didn’t appreciate it," Jacks murmured.
"I’m not sure I did you a favor, my love."
"Stop trying to distract me," Tella said.
"It’s one of my abilities." He wiped another trail of tears from her cheeks.
"We’re not done here!" Tella marched after him.
"I’m flattered you think so highly of my abilities, but I’m not Legend. I don’t do magic tricks."
"I didn’t ask for your opinion." Tella knocked again, just to be obnoxious.
"I know you’re grieving," Jacks said, "but that’s the worst idea I’ve ever heard."
"Maybe I just want an excuse to hold you." He grinned like a thief who’d just gotten away with a crime.
"Valenda was a city that had been made for the night."
"The world below her glittered with light."
"No one knew how fragile their security was."
"The air tasted candied, the world glittered, and the stars looked close enough to steal."
"Sometimes you just know. And I know that I can't imagine spending an eternity with someone who will never love me."
"Love is another type of magic. It makes everything brighter, it makes people who have it stronger, it breaks rules that aren't supposed to exist, it's infinitely valuable."
"I don’t care what anyone says, as long as they’re saying things about me."
"If you feel the same, find me in the Midnight Maze tonight and I’ll give you your prize."
"I thought I already told you, I’m only trying to keep you."
"Most people don’t come back, but that’s not why you’re offering me this. This makes things easier for you."
"I want to feel love in its every form. I used to be so scared of it, but now I think love is another type of magic."
"I’m not asking either of you to let me do this. It’s my choice, not yours."
"I can't do nothing when I have the ability to do something."
"I don’t think my heart could be safer than in your hands."
"A careful girl wouldn’t say she loved me."
"If you’re going to sneak out, you shouldn’t leave for so long."
"Because I knew you wouldn’t leave if you thought I was awake. But you need to be wiser."
"Legends weren’t supposed to die, and Tella wasn’t done with him yet."
"Immortals can’t fall in love with each other, and very few humans tempt them to love."
"Don’t just love her back, Julian, fight for her every day."
"If you do say yes, make absolutely sure it’s what you want. There’s no going back from becoming an immortal."
"I don’t think you can give me what I want."
"It’s sort of like how you wanted to see if you could convince the world you were Elantine’s heir. Only I wanted to see if I could make the Great Master Legend fall in love with me."
"You’re right, I think ‘little devil’ is more fitting."
"I know you don’t love her," Julian said.
"If you care about her at all, then you should let her go rather than try to change her."
"Just because something is real doesn’t mean you believe in it."
"When I met a girl who loved her sister so much she was able to wish her back to life. You might possess magic, but love like that is real power."
"I used to put my faith in you, and I want to do it again. I know you can be better than this."
"It’s not how you want to live, but don’t be careless with her life."
"Scarlett could do that, too. She could do it for her sister, for Julian, for everyone in the empire, and for herself."
"It was fun. But it still inspired people to dream and believe in magic."
"The most magnificent things are worth living for."
"Love is the one weakness I’ve never been able to defeat."
"I think the most magnificent things are worth living for."
"You might not like me, little star, but if you need me, I’ll be here."
"You should go. I’m not selfless or altruistic."
"If she’d not just watched her mother die, she would have known that the Prince of Hearts was not taking her grief away because he cared."
"I wanted to spend eternity with her, and she betrayed me."
"You lied, Scarlett! You said you would always choose me."
"I’m making a new deal. If you want my powers, I will give them to you, but not like this. He goes free right now, or you get nothing from me."
"You’re not going to die! We will get through this together or we won’t get through it."
"Maybe that’s what you’re trying to do with Gavriel."
"I tried to warn you; I told you that I cannot lie."
"I wish some would have been poured on Scarlett."
"I can’t do that. If I come into my full powers I’ll become someone else—"
"But if he’s afraid of marriage, or of me, I’ll know it’s time to move on."
"You are the only thing I want right now."