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The Darkangel (Darkangel Trilogy, #1) QUOTES

The Darkangel (Darkangel Trilogy, #1) QUOTES

1 " Gargoyles sat on the battlements- lean they were and the same hideous damp grey as the stone. They looked at her with hollow eyes and rattled their silver chains. They had wings of bats or wings or birds, most of them, and licked their beaks or teeth with forked or double tongues. Two paced restlessly before their platforms; others whined or picked their claws or groomed their mangy fur or feathers or lizard skin or scales. "

― Meredith Ann Pierce , The Darkangel (Darkangel Trilogy, #1)

2 " He does not rule us. No one can rule us. No one can rule anyone who does not first agree to the ruling." She smiled a trace at Aeriel and patted the little camp dog, which was whining for more tidbits. "One must rule oneself. "

― Meredith Ann Pierce , The Darkangel (Darkangel Trilogy, #1)

3 " They were jet, those wings, as deep as the sky, as black as Eoduin's hair—no, blacker, for they were dull, unoiled. They gave off no sheen in the light, no gleam to the eye. They drank up the light and diminished it: they were wings of pure shadow. "

― Meredith Ann Pierce , The Darkangel (Darkangel Trilogy, #1)

4 " Aeriel felt her heart grow troubled. "I know," she said. "I know that he is evil, but his beauty unmakes me. Every time he looks at me, I die. "

― Meredith Ann Pierce , The Darkangel (Darkangel Trilogy, #1)

5 " Greater magics than mine are afoot in this chamber, where blade and cup and dram are met with love such as yours. "

― Meredith Ann Pierce , The Darkangel (Darkangel Trilogy, #1)