Valek And Yelena Quotes

#1. Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.

Robert Bresson

#2. Valek leaned back in his chair and said to me, "I don't think I would have made it past the audition,Yelena. I probably would have set my hair on fire by this point."
"What's a singed head for the sake of art?" I teased. He laughed.

Maria V. Snyder

#3. I balled my hands into tight fists to keep them from wrapping around Mr. I-Know-Everything's superior neck.

Maria V. Snyder

#4. What have I earned from you, Valek? Loyalty? Respect? Trust?"
"You have my attention. But give me what I want, and you can have everything.

Maria V. Snyder

#5. If you say I hide things because I'm shy, that can't be right. I've finally realized it's for a different reason
that I don't want to see the darkness that lies in my heart

Natsuo Kirino

#6. And what did you give him in return?"..."My heart.

Maria V. Snyder

#7. Acceleration is pressing his eyeballs out of their right shape. High tech astigmatism.

James S.A. Corey

#8. The American grips himself, at the very sources of his consciousness, in a grip of care: and then, to so much of the rest of life, is indifferent. Whereas, the European hasn't got so much care in him, so he cares much more for life and living.

D.H. Lawrence

#9. Valek: You know a death sentence hasn't kept us apart before.
Yelena: Is that an order Valek?
Valek: No, it's a promise!

Maria V. Snyder

#10. the truth is not supposed to free you from the truth,
just from everything else

Thylias Moss

#11. The urge to fall to the ground, rip my heart out of my chest and hold it out like a sacred offering was overwhelming. /Take it! Take it all!/ I'd cry.

Mariana Zapata

#12. Besides, thinking kind thoughts about Valek could be extremely dangerous. I could admire his skills, and be relieved when he was on my side in a fight. But for a rat to like the cat? That scenario ended only one way. With one dead rat.

Maria V. Snyder

#13. Our souls bonded. His pleasure was my ecstasy. My blood pumped in his heart.

Maria V. Snyder

#14. It's your fault. I was defending you!" I blurted.
He paused. "In protecting my honor, you exposed months of work. I should be flattered?

Maria V. Snyder

#15. Valek was liquid in motion. As i watched him, one word came to mind: beautiful.

Maria V. Snyder

#16. How easy it was to slip through the cracks alongside him. To fall in the very same trap I had committed to free him from.

Jonathan Friesen

#17. It's a dirty way to fight, but I'm late for lunch.
- Valek to Yelena

Maria V. Snyder

#18. In keeping with his cryptic nature, all your Story Weaver said was 'The horses know where to go.' It's certainly not a military strategy I would use, but I've learned that the south uses its own strategy. And, strangely enough, it works.

Maria V. Snyder

#19. Yelena." I halted in the doorway, looking back over my shoulder.
"You once said I wasn't ready to believe your reason for killing Reyad. I'll believe you now."
"But I'm not ready to tell you," I said and left the room.

Maria V. Snyder

#20. I signaled when Owen's wife was linked to him, who was linked to Yelena. Valek paused, marveling at the intricacies of magical communication. Ixia really needed to find a way to keep up.

Maria V. Snyder

#21. You're right. And so was my snake."
Snake?"
He pulled my arm out to expose my bracelet. "When I carved this my thoughts were on you, love. Your life is like this snake's coils. No matter how many turns it makes, you'll end up back where you belong. With me.

Maria V. Snyder

#22. Dad built houses and when they were sold, he moved on to a new town, so I know a lot about my native state.

Gerald McRaney

#23. Valek coalesced from the shadows and wrapped me in his long lean arms. I soaked in his musky smell, listening to his heart beat. Strong and steady. No indication that he had been sneaking around.

Maria V. Snyder

#24. Valek's thoughts returned to Yelena. An icy finger of loneliness touched the emptiness inside him. She was in Sitia, where she needed to be to learn about her magical powers, but she had taken his heart with her.

Maria V. Snyder