Gideon Quotes

“Dear Child,

Sometimes on your travel through hell, you meet people that think they are in heaven because of their cleverness and ability to get away with things. Travel past them because they don't understand who they have become and never will. These type of people feel justified in revenge and will never learn mercy or forgiveness because they live by comparison. They are the people that don't care about anyone, other than who is making them feel confident. They don’t understand that their deity is not rejoicing with them because of their actions, rather he is trying to free them from their insecurities, by softening their heart. They rather put out your light than find their own. They don't have the ability to see beyond the false sense of happiness they get from destroying others. You know what happiness is and it isn’t this. Don’t see their success as their deliverance. It is a mask of vindication which has no audience, other than their own kind. They have joined countless others that call themselves “survivors”. They believe that they are entitled to win because life didn’t go as planned for them. You are not like them. You were not meant to stay in hell and follow their belief system. You were bound for greatness. You were born to help them by leading. Rise up and be the light home. You were given the gift to see the truth. They will have an army of people that are like them and you are going to feel alone. However, your family in heaven stands beside you now. They are your strength and as countless as the stars. It is time to let go!

Love,

Your Guardian Angel”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Harrow said, with some difficulty: "I cannot conceive of a universe without you in it."
"Yes you can, it's just less great and less hot," said Gideon."
"Fuck you, Nav—”
― Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth

“—Deberíamos recoger nuestras cosas —dijo Gideon finalmente—. Y deberías hacer algo urgente con tus cabellos; parece como si algún idiota se hubiera puesto a revolver en ellos con las dos manos y luego te hubiera tirado sobre un sofá… Sea quien sea el que nos espere sabrá que dos y dos son cuatro… Oh, por Dios, no me mires así.
—¿Cómo?
—Como si ya no pudieras moverte.
—Es que no puedo —dije en serio—. Soy un pudin. Me has transformado en un pudin.”
― Kerstin Gier, Saphirblau

“Your kisses are mine.”
― Sylvia Day, Reflected in You

“Love, and trust. The things that make us human. They could have been mine, if only I could have leapt. If only we could have leapt.”
― Amie Kaufman, Their Fractured Light

“You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only quick studies of course. But my agent in Florence tells me this artist, Leonardo, is a master and also quite an inventor of mechanical devices--which, as you know, are my passion. Leonardo just completed a portrait of Lisa de Giocondo. He calls it the Mona Lisa. I thought I might commission him to do a portrait of me, and while he's here, I can pick his mind for mechanical secrets. How does that sound?"
"Expensive," Gideon murmured.”
― Rick Riordan, Vespers Rising

“Breaking away from Gideon with some reluctance, Sophie rose to her feet and dusted off her dress. "Please forgive me, my dear Mr. Lightwood- I mean Gideon- but I must go and murder the cook. I shall be directly back.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Princess

“I am going to devour you, Magdelegna,” he promised her, the darkness of his cravings coming to bear on her fully at last. “You wanted to know my passions? Allow me to introduce them to you.”
― Jacquelyn Frank, Gideon

“People that don't know what they are worth will always see their capture's wings, but never their tail.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Because you're my friend, wingnut.”
― John Green, Will Grayson, Will Grayson

“»Schschscht«, machte Gideon. »Alles ist gut, Gwenny. Ich bin bei dir.«
»Ja, du bist bei mir«, sagte ich und wiederholte gleich noch einmal, wie ein beruhigendes Mantra. »Du bist bei mir du bist bei mir du bist bei mir.«”
― Kerstin Gier, Smaragdgrün

“My team - an actor, a drunk, and a sociopath - didn't exactly inspire confidence.”
― Veronica Rossi, Riders

“One fleece down, one to go.”
― Pattie Mallette, Nowhere But Up: The Story of Justin Bieber's Mom

“He looked at her in bittersweet despair. “Sometimes, Kate, when I’m inside you and your arms are around me, I’m human again. There’s a beginning and an end to my life again. And all because of your love. It’s been a gift to me, one I’ve never deserved. But I cherished it.”
And maybe he’d destroyed it with the ungodly truth. He didn’t know. He drew
a shaky breath, battered by a fresh wave of regret, and his voice trembled. “I thought I had broken your heart a while ago. I didn’t know how to make you hear me, and I knew that by telling you the truth, I’d lose you. But here you sit. You haven’t flipped out, not visibly anyway, nor accused me of being a liar. And you haven’t run in terror, now that you’re truly free to go. I don’t know what to think. Tell me, Kate…have I lost you?”
― Shelby Reed, Midnight Rose

“To Gideon, time felt especially theoretical. Like something he would always chase and never really have. He wished he could say that the feeling was a portent, that it was knowledge of significance, but it was something terrible, something worse. Dread. Hope. Two sides of the same desperation. Belief that if a moment was perfect, it was surely undeserved; it wasn’t meant to last. Cosmic significance dictated that light would fade; that something gold could never stay.”
― Olivie Blake, The Atlas Complex

“Love is the great redeemer, the Franciscan had said. Through love, all things are possible. Gideon bit back the triumphant laughter rising in his chest. He’d beaten the monster. Just once, but if he’d restrained it once, he could do it again.
Through love, all things are possible.”
― Shelby Reed, Midnight Rose

“As Gideon always said in the opening of his act, There is always something extraordinary in the ordinary”
― Amanda Hocking, Freeks

“Extremely unnerving. Very quiet. He’s given me at least seven jump-scares because he walks so quietly. It’s like having a cat that startles you while you’re reading.”
― Olivie Blake, The Atlas Complex

“Is this actually possible?” Gideon asked.
Nico made a face that meant maybe, I don’t know, I’m bored. “Does it matter?"
A valid question. Either yes, it mattered very much, or no, it didn’t matter at all, and also nothing really mattered, and who was to say what was actually real aside from the beat of his heart in his chest?”
― Olivie Blake, The Atlas Complex

“All I wanted was you. I tore down my wall for you. Now it's been rebuilt.”
― Eric Jerome Dickey, Finding Gideon

“She was exposed now. It wasn't the undressing that made her naked. It had been the tears.”
― Eric Jerome Dickey, Dying for Revenge

“We'd had sex like we were whores to each other, and when it was done, we each moved to our side of the bed, boxers going to their corners, then when it was time the imaginary bell rang and we went at it again.”
― Eric Jerome Dickey, Dying for Revenge

“I just smiled and said nothing, because that's what I do.”
― Claire Christian, Beautiful Mess

“Charlotte faceva sempre quello che le dicevo. Tu invece no. E questo è molto scocciante. Però anche divertente. E dolce." Stavolta non fu solo il suo sguardo a farmi vacillare.”
― Kerstin Gier, Rubinrot

“Non sei una ragazza qualunque, Gwendolyn" bisbigliò, mentre mi accarezzava i capelli. "Sei straordinaria. Non hai bisogno della magia del corvo per essere speciale per me." Il suo viso si avvicinò ancora di più. Quando le sua labbra toccarono la mia bocca, chiusi gli occhi.
Okay. A questo punto potevo svenire.”
― Kerstin Gier

“Tu... tu sei così... così un...”
“Sì?”
“Un pezzo di merda?”
Si avvicinò ancora di un passo, a occhio e croce restava al massimo un centimetro tra di noi.
“Vedi ecco qual è la differenza tra Charlotte e te: lei non avrebbe mai detto una cosa del genere”.
All'improvviso avevo il fiato corto. “Forse perché tu non gliene dai mai motivo.”
“No, non è per questo. Credo semplicemente che sia più educata.”
“Già, e ha anche i nervi più saldi” aggiunsi. Per qualche motivo non riuscivo a togliere gli occhi dalla bocca di Gideon. “Nel per caso tu dovessi provarci un'altra volta, quando siamo ad annoiarci in un confessionale, sappi che non mi farò cogliere di sorpresa una seconda volta da te!”
“Vuoi dire che non ti farai baciare da me una seconda volta?”
“Esatto” bisbigliai incapace di muovermi.
“Peccato” disse Gideon, avvicinando così tanto la bocca alla mia, che sentivo il suo respiro sulle labbra. Ero consapevole che non mi stavo comportando esattamente come se volessi tener fede per davvero al proposito che avevo appena espresso. Non ne avevo proprio l'intenzione. Era già tanto se mi trattenevo dal gettare le braccia al collo di Gideon. E ormai era passato da tempo il momento giusto per voltarmi o allontanarlo da me.
Evidentemente anche Gideon era giunto alla medesima conclusione. La sua mano cominciò ad accarezzarmi i capelli, poi finalmente avertii il morbido contatto delle sue labbra.”
― Kerstin Gier, Saphirblau

“Harrow said, with some difficulty: "I cannot conceive of a universe without you in it."
"Yes you can, it's just less great and less hot," said Gideon.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth

“Someone had planned a torture party that would end in the guest of honor becoming a human barbecue. They had everything but the barbecue sauce.”
― Eric Jerome Dickey, Dying for Revenge

“. . . the walls of her vagina tightening around me as she laughed.”
― Eric Jerome Dickey, Dying for Revenge

“Something happens when I write stuff down, it stops whirring around in my head and becomes this tangible thing that I can look at and prod and get used to.”
― Claire Christian, Beautiful Mess