Top 160 A.G. Howard Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “There is no reasoning when it comes to Morpheus. You just accept him as he is.”

— A.G. Howard

52. “You’re the one who’s oblivious. Because there’s nothing brotherly about the way you make me feel.”

— A.G. Howard

53. “A predisposition toward blood and chaos. How she thrives in flames and ravaging storms. How her magic can both inspire and tame pandemonium. How she finds beauty in the morbid and bizarre.”

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54. “Even when you do the right thing, sometimes there are dire consequences. Second-guessing every step prevents any forward momentum. Trust yourself, forgive yourself and move on.”

— A.G. Howard

55. “Wonderland is violent and bizarre, but charming in its way. AnyElsewhere is a whole new level of cruelty.”

— A.G. Howard

56. “Normal is subjective.”

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57. “Your boyfriend has some real trust issues,” Morpheus baits. “Shut up. He had a rough childhood.” “He should be grateful he had one at all.”

— A.G. Howard

58. “I go where Al goes, dances-with-bugs. And just so you know, if anything happens to her, I’ll pin you by your wings to a corkboard and use you for dart practice.”

— A.G. Howard

59. “You need a man who knows and understands you, Alyssa. Both sides of you. A partner.” He pulls my necklaces – and me – closer. “One who’s your equal in every way.” The scent of licorice fills my nose; he must’ve been smoking his hookah before I arrived. My body betrays me, remembering what those tobacco-laced kisses taste lik.”

— A.G. Howard

60. “He raised his wine for a toast. “To the Exquisite Nightmare.”

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61. “All the shades of us, in one brilliant rainbow.”

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62. “I have this character flaw. Called dignity.”

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63. “But only one lady is my equal in every way. Intellectually, physically, magically.” “It’s all about her, isn’t it?” My envy is almost palpable. “You’d endanger anyone to have her in your arms.” “Absolutely, I would.”

— A.G. Howard

64. “I realize how important every memory is, bad or good, because they shape who we become.”

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65. “Lovely Alyssa. What a grand pupil you were,” he mumbles, his mouth on the top of my head. “Yet you taught me more than I taught you. You are far more worthy to wear the crown than any other. Courage, compassion, and wisdom. The triad of majesties. You have something I could see even through the eyes of a child. You have the heart of a queen.”

— A.G. Howard

66. “I try to shake off the spell, but he angles his face and deepens the kiss. “Embrace me... embrace your destiny.” He breaks the barrier of my lips, touching his tongue to mine, a sensation too wickedly delicious to deny. As our tongues entwine, his lullaby purrs through my blood and bones, carrying me to the stars.”

— A.G. Howard

67. “Some people harbour so much thorns inside, it strangles out all the beauty. The kingdom under yer aunt’s keep – smothered by nettles and vines – be a reflection of her heart. A rosebush with nary a rose. It weren’t ye that caused it. It were her own dark devices and hatred that drived her. That ugliness be makin‘ bits way out as we speak. It’ll be what vanquishes her in the end.”

— A.G. Howard

68. “Jebediah has given up on you, but I never will. I can offer you the security you desire. If you’ll but be mine, your heart will forever be sheltered in my care. Yes, we will quarrel incessantly and fight for dominance. And yes, there will be ravishes of passion, but there will also be gentle lulls. That is who we are together. You’ll never need fear that your love is not reciprocated. For although you’ve made me feel things I am not equipped for... I cannot stop feeling them.”

— A.G. Howard

69. “I love you,” I whisper, because he has a right to know the truth before I kill him.”

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70. “Yes. But I let you leave again, last year after you were crowned. And all those nights I brought you to Wonderland in your dreams, even though it pained me for you to abandon our dreamscapes and return to the mortal realm, I let you go each morning to live your reality there. It may not seem much when compared to your mortal’s gallantry. But for me – self-seeking, arrogant prig that I am – that is the sincerest form of sacrifice. Letting you go. Do you not see that?”

— A.G. Howard

71. “You have that boy on such a high pedestal. It’s far too slippery up there for one so unprincipled as a solitary fae. It’s not as if I haven’t tried to drag him down. I looked inside his soul. Hoped to find his weaknesses. Only to discover that even those could be considered strengths under the right circumstances.”

— A.G. Howard

72. “An endless array of teddy bears and stuffed animals, plastic clowns and porcelain dolls, hang on the branches from webby rope. In the human realm, we call them love-worn and threadbare – playthings that were hugged and kissed by a child until the stuffing fell out or the button eyes popped off. Toys that were loved to death.”

— A.G. Howard

73. “Insanity is the most pristine clarity. Let the lunacy in. Let is be your guide.”

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74. “I never saw it coming. It was me all along. Me who would betray myself in the worst possible way.”

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75. “Oh, I stand by that statement, little blossom. For you see, there’s the chance you will break down and come between the two of you. Every night we’re together, I will tempt you to the edge of madness. I will tease you to torments. You will have to earn Jebediah’s happy life by being strong and unbending, as all good queens should be. Though this night, I’m giving you a lull.”

— A.G. Howard

76. “Insanity is the most pristine clarity.”

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77. “Jeb crouches to fill in the sketch’s lower half with paint. His lips twist to a cruel sneer. “That’s your favorite pastime, right? And you’ll have your prince of moths for company.”

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78. “I know how to emulate crazy.”

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79. “I want to leap into his arms and hug him tight. Since my dress is a killing machine, I settle for pressing my palm against his chest.”

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80. “The master of word manipulation strikes again.”

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81. “Normal is subjective. Don’t ever let anyone tell you you’re not normal.”

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82. “The scented cloud permeates the air and coats our tongues, triggering images: licorice tobacco and a seductive fae with an agenda, ocean salt and a mortal boy’s sweat, maple syrup and a father’s love, a mother’s sacrifice and a lunar garden rich with lilies and honeysuckle.”

— A.G. Howard

83. “For what they had forgotten, they would soon remember: disassociation breeds prejudice, bitterness, and apathy – emotions too monstrous for any one kingdom in any one land to contain, and too powerful to ever be defeated by magic alone.”

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84. “Ironically, the first time he played it, he experienced his first dream vision with his own ‘flame jumelle’, Rune – and saved her from drowning. Thereafter he decided that must be the magic the instrument held: the ability to bring two souls together when they needed each other the most.”

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85. “It may not seem much when compared to your mortal’s gallantry. But for me – self-seeking, arrogant prig that i am – that is the sincerest form of sacrifice. Letting you go.”

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86. “He’d walked as a ghost in the gloomy bowels of this opera house for so long, darkness had become his brother, which was fitting, since his father was the night, and sunlight their forgotten friend.”

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87. “He is loyal to you. It is his desire to be with you that drives him to these desperate schemes.”

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88. “Morpheus tilts his head to meet my gaze from behind the frame. “Aw, shy little blossom. You should’ve seen the atrocities he tried to put me in those first few days. He didn’t let me have a say until I walked around naked for a few hours. Should you decide to employ that strategy, I’ll be behind you one hundred percent. Or in front of you. Lady’s choice.” He winks.”

— A.G. Howard

89. “Behold the box of jabberlock’s, the fairest rests inside. But free the dame and ease her pain to slip into her tide. An ocean red from bonds of love, and paint the roses’ hearts thereof, applied with wisps of finest strand and guided by an artist’s hand. One trade of souls will shut the door, and blood shall seal it, evermore.”

— A.G. Howard

90. “Sometimes a flame must level a forest to ash before new growth can begin.”

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91. “I hear the carnations talking over the drone of white noise in the background. They’re saying how painful it is to be snipped at the stems, complaining about the quality of the water they’re swimming in, asking to be put back into the ground so they can die in peace.”

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92. “Poor control-freak Jeb. Your world’s way off-kilter when little Alyssa’s not tripping over her chastity belt. Is that it, bad boy?”

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93. “Stardust lit the footsteps of the heroes and heroines of old: those who conquered dragons and basilisks; those who befriended immortals, sorcerers and mages; those who built the two magical kingdoms with a balance of both logic and vision. In comparison, the sun’s harsh yellow beams inspired the sensible side of a mind.”

— A.G. Howard

94. “It doesn’t matter if i’m crazy, as long as the madness helps me survive.”

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95. “He’s starving, daring me to match his fierceness.”

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96. “And there, in the midst of blinding orange, yellow, and white flames, our forever begins.”

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97. “Says the girl whose wings are always itching to break free.”

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98. “Sometimes it takes more courage to stay in place than to move.”

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99. “Six years of denying that he’s the orbit of my world.”

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100. “But now it makes sense: she wanted those wings so she could fly away, because the pain of trying to reach for them was more tolerable than the pain of staying grounded, wherever she was.”

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