Top 40 Ariana Nash Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “It was better to be alone; alone meant there was nothing to lose. Just oneself.”

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2. “You are a man of honor. Do not go back on your word now.”

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3. “A life as a puppet is no life at all.”

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4. “Your love is worthless. It’s your hate I need.”

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5. “A fae’s love is a fierce thing,” Chantel said. “Everlasting. Consuming. It outshines stars and outlives mountains.”

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6. “Being beautiful as well as an enigma truly was a curse, some days.”

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7. “Hate was the fuel, and lust the spark, and now there was no stopping this inferno.”

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8. “This house is not a cabin, and Seran is not a forest, but will you stay and build a life with me, Vasili?”

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9. “Nikolas reeled him into his arms, where Vasili had been so recently, but might never be again after this.”

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10. “And then it occurred to him, the flame had no body of its own, no skin to command, no physical presence. It needed Niko more than Niko needed it. The flame was not his master. He must master it.”

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11. “That was all I wanted. One star in my life. You feel like that star, like an impossible thing I don’t deserve.”

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12. “I’d call you a liar, but I know how poor a liar you truly are.”

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13. “Do this because you love me.” Niko leaned into the touch, relishing so rare a gift.”

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14. “You’ve thought about killing me,” the prince said. “Many have. Many more dangerous than you. Yet here I stand, very much alive.”

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15. “Vasili, you’re beautiful in ways I don’t know how to describe, but I do know I love all of you. If anyone isn’t worthy, it’s me.”

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16. “How many times could a man break before he shattered forever?”

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17. “Don’t ask me to do this,” he whispered. Vasili was so close now every line on his face stood out, every horrible scar marking the loss of his eye and a past he’d fought so hard to survive. “I told you this life is not for us.”

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18. “In winter, back in his homeland, he’d liked to roll in the snow as dragon, just to upset its soft perfection. Luceran was like that snow.”

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19. “He tilted Vasili’s chin up and whispered across his lips, “I surrendered to you long ago.”

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20. “Words alone couldn’t ease his grief, but company could.”

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21. “He was heat and fire, rock and iron, and after everything they’d survived, after every hurt and obstacle, impossibly, Nikolas Yazdan was Vasili’s.”

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22. “They argue over everything,” Yasir told Liam. “Vasili will call a box square and Niko will argue it’s round.”

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23. “This prince appears strong, but the man is not. Do not confuse the two, Nikolas.”

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24. “More.” “Hm,” Nikolas purred, his voice gravelly from sleep. His warm, soft mouth skimmed Vasili’s neck again, drifting closer to his shoulder.”

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25. “Something brittle and sharp broke inside Vasili.”

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26. “Orphan boys didn’t get happy endings. Not in this court. Jesters did not marry princes, and fools could never be heroes.”

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27. “If I want time, I’ll ask for it. What I want, Nikolas, is you.”

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28. “Vasili soon fought back, kissing with the fervor of a man who knew the sands in his hourglass had run down to dust.”

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29. “I’ve never seen two men so thoroughly in love and so ridiculously blind to it.”

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30. “You’re fighting for what is right,” Nikolas said. “It’s all we have left.”

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31. “Well, John would do the right thing. I’d always found the right thing to be highly negotiable.”

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32. “Even after everything he’d been through, when nobody else cared, Akiem fought on.”

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33. “I loved every stone because you placed it. I couldn’t imagine creating something so wonderful. If I sneered at it, it was from jealousy.”

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34. “Beg for it,” Nikolas grumbled. The idea almost made Vasili recoil, but it did something else too, made his insides throb in the most pleasantly hot and heavy way.”

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35. “After everything they’d been through, every battle they’d fought, every enemy who had tried to tear them apart, they were here, together, and that meant everything.”

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36. “You’re a prince where it matters. In here.” Niko touched Vasili’s chest, over his heart, and then touched his own. “And here.” He lowered himself to a knee, ignoring the ache in his stiff leg, and looked up. “Build a life with me? Don’t make me beg, because I will.”

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37. “I do not beg.” Nikolas’s hand plunged into Vasili’s hair. His fingers knotted, twisting, his confidence to take Vasili in his hand such a wonderfully unexpected surprise. “You do for me.”

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38. “Vasili tipped his face to the sun and just breathed. Like Nikolas had said. He just needed to stop and breathe, just for a little while.”

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39. “Vasili’s backhand was a thing of beauty, which Niko could appreciate now that it wasn’t directed at him.”

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40. “Besides,” Vasili purred, so close now the temptation to kiss him was almost too much to resist, “if I go to sea, I cannot have my griffin on his knees where he so desperately wants to be.”

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