Wintersong Quotes

“Once there was a little girl who played her music for a little boy in the wood. She was small and dark, he was tall and fair, and the two of them made a fancy pair as they danced together, dancing to the music the little girl heard in her head.”
― S. Jae-Jones, Wintersong

“You are the one who wanted a happy ending, my dear. So you tell me, how does the story end?"
Tears slipped from my face, and he wiped them away with his thumbs.
"The foolish young man lets the beautiful maiden go."
"Yes." His voice was clotted thick with unshed emotion. "He lets her go.”
― S. Jae-Jones, Wintersong

“Your music," he said at last. "Your music was the only thing that kept me sane, that kept me human instead of a monster.”
― S. Jae-Jones, Wintersong

“Love is the bridge that spans the world above and below, and keeps the wheel of life turning.”
― S. Jae-Jones, Wintersong

“You didn’t tell me living would be one decision after another, some easy, some difficult. You didn’t tell me living wasn’t a battle, but a war. You didn’t tell me that living was a choice, and that every day I choose to continue was another victory, another triumph.”
― S. Jae-Jones, Shadowsong

“Beware the goblin men and the wares they sell.”
― S. Jae-Jones, Wintersong

“I hadn't expected the game to start off so poorly, so I hadn't yet gathered any ideas for penalties to dole out. So I asked another question. "Fine. What is your favorite color?"
"Green. What's yours?"
My glance fell on the salver beside me. "Red. Favorite smell?"
"Incense. Favorite animal?"
My eyes lingered on his. "Wolf. Favorite composer?"
"You.”
― S. Jae-Jones, Wintersong

“The last night of the year," Constanze said. "Now the days of winter begin and the Goblin King rides abroad, searching for his bride.”
― S. Jae-Jones, Wintersong

“I am,’ he whispers, 'the monster I warned you against.’
'You are,’ I say hoarsely, 'the monster I claim.”
― S. Jae-Jones, Wintersong

“How long before the moonrise?" I asked.
"Not long," the Goblin King said. A grin spread across his face. "Not long enough for you to escape, at any rate."
"You have to give me a chance."
He crossed his arms. "No."
"A gentleman would honor the rules."
"Ah, but I am not a gentleman, Elisabeth.”
― S. Jae-Jones, Wintersong

“I am merely mortal," I said hoarsely. "Not magic."

"Are you so certain of that, my dear?”
― S. Jae-Jones, Shadowsong

“A wanton women is ripened fruit,' Constanze intoned,'begging to be plucked by the Goblin King.”
― S. Jae-Jones, Wintersong

“Now the days of winter begin and the Goblin King rides abroad, searching for his bride.”
― S. Jae-Jones, Wintersong

“What would be enough? He had an answer he wanted to hear, but I withheld it. Games and more games. We would always be dancing with each other, the Goblin King and I.”
― S. Jae-Jones, Wintersong

“I am wilderness and madness made flesh. You are just a girl" –he smiled, and the tips of his teeth were sharp–"and I am the wolf in the woods.”
― S. Jae-Jones, Wintersong

“Dangerous as a winter wind, which freezes the marrow from within, and not like a blade, which slashes the throat from without”
― S. Jae-Jones

“I wanted my austere young man to put me back together, scarred but whole.
But I was already whole. I was Elisabeth, entire, even if I was Elisabeth alone. The knowledge of it gave me strength. I straightened my shoulders. I would not look back. I would not regret. He smiled at me and pressed his fingers to his lips in farewell. Then I turned and walked away, into the world above, and into the dawn.”
― S. Jae-Jones, Wintersong

“Light my flame, mein Herr, I thought. Light my fire, and watch me burn.”
― S. Jae-Jones, Wintersong