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Devil May Care (The Veil, #2) QUOTES

Devil May Care (The Veil, #2) QUOTES

1 " But if you cross me again Akil, so-help-me, I’ll find a way to kill you this time.”

His eyes lit up at the prospect, as though he’d accepted a challenge I didn’t even know I’d laid down. “I’d expect nothing less.”

Demons; only they can get a cheap thrill from a death threat. "

― Pippa DaCosta , Devil May Care (The Veil, #2)

2 " Get off that damn chair and pull yourself together. You're supposed to be an ageless creature of chaos and all I'm getting right now is sulking city boy. "

― Pippa DaCosta , Devil May Care (The Veil, #2)

3 " Fighting demons is what I do; real, and those in my head. "

― Pippa DaCosta , Devil May Care (The Veil, #2)

4 " Beat me, hurt me, fight me and I’ll bounce back, but be nice to me? I folded quicker than a banker in a high-stakes poker game. "

― Pippa DaCosta , Devil May Care (The Veil, #2)

5 " You realize, half-bloods are impossible. A human body shouldn’t be able to contain an elemental demon. It’s physically and mentally impossible. Something about how you and your demon are tied together goes beyond scientific explanation. You shouldn’t exist. It’s a wonder you’re not a jabbering lunatic. "

― Pippa DaCosta , Devil May Care (The Veil, #2)

6 " The lust for chaos wrenched reason from my mind. She wanted the power I’d called before. She wanted to burn it all; to slice open the veil and summon the fires of hell to dance for her. She burned for it, and so did I." ~ Muse "

― Pippa DaCosta , Devil May Care (The Veil, #2)

7 " What kind of fairytale ends with the Prince trying to flay the Princess?” “Is that what you are? A Princess?” Laughter danced with the light in his eyes. “Go to hell.” He pursed his lips then worked them together as though fighting his own words. “I wasn’t aware the fairytale was over.” He snorted a laugh. I crossed my arms and shot him a look. “You’re in denial.” “Denial? I’m the Prince of Greed. I don’t recognize denial.” “I noticed. "

― Pippa DaCosta , Devil May Care (The Veil, #2)

8 " Muse is not to be so easily dismissed. She is quite capable of turning your insides to ash before you can draw breath to apologize. "

― Pippa DaCosta , Devil May Care (The Veil, #2)

9 " Sometimes, when you sleep with the enemy, waking up is the hardest part." ~ Muse "

― Pippa DaCosta , Devil May Care (The Veil, #2)

10 " I was the proverbial child raised by wolves, only my wolves were demons. Wolves would have been kinder. "

― Pippa DaCosta , Devil May Care (The Veil, #2)

11 " How do you stop yourself from loving someone even when you know they’re incapable of loving you back? "

― Pippa DaCosta , Devil May Care (The Veil, #2)

12 " Oh to let go of it all... The pain, the anguish, the shame and disgust... Just let it all go. Embrace chaos. "

― Pippa DaCosta , Devil May Care (The Veil, #2)

13 " I pity any man, demon or otherwise, foolish enough to believe he owns you. "

― Pippa DaCosta , Devil May Care (The Veil, #2)

14 " He had no right to look so accommodating when I knew the sort of man he really was; the sort who sacrificed his own son in the name of science, the sort who used his daughter to entrap a Prince of Hell. I’d known demons more human than Adam Harper. "

― Pippa DaCosta , Devil May Care (The Veil, #2)

15 " So fuck off, netherworld. The demons can’t have me. Akil can’t have me. Nobody gets to tie me up and chain me down. Not anymore. "

― Pippa DaCosta , Devil May Care (The Veil, #2)

16 " Imagine the ability to let go of everything. To step back from the expectations of life, let it all slip through your fingers as though none of it mattered. Your doubts, your fears, your weaknesses, all of them falling like grains of sand into the wind. It feels like freedom, but it’s an illusion. "

― Pippa DaCosta , Devil May Care (The Veil, #2)

17 " Better to move on than harbor hate. Once I’d realized that, life wasn’t so bad. "

― Pippa DaCosta , Devil May Care (The Veil, #2)

18 " We were two sides of the same coin, destined never to meet and yet so close. "

― Pippa DaCosta , Devil May Care (The Veil, #2)

19 " Nobody gets to tie me up and chain me down. Not anymore. "

― Pippa DaCosta , Devil May Care (The Veil, #2)

20 " Touch me, and just you wait and see who has the power here. "

― Pippa DaCosta , Devil May Care (The Veil, #2)