Alyssa Quotes

“Did he touch you? Hurt you?" Jeb whispers in the silence.
"No. He was a gentleman."
Jeb frowns. "You mean a gentleroach .”
― A.G. Howard, Splintered

“I've been collecting bugs since I was ten; it's the only way I can stop their whispers. Sticking a pin through the gut of an insect shuts it up pretty quick.”
― A.G. Howard, Splintered

“Do you really think these are Alice's tears?" I ask. "That I'm supposed to make them go away somehow?"
"I'm the wrong guy to ask. I just saw a skeleton with antlers and a forest of aphid-noshing flower zombies.”
― A.G. Howard, Splintered

“I harden my glare and my heart.”
― A.G. Howard, Splintered

“Then she (Gossamer) turns to Jeb. "Elfin knight, do you wish for pleasure on your quest? I can provide it, if you so desire."
Rubbing his labret with his thumb, Jeb glances at me, adorably bewildered. "Um. No thanks. I'm good.”
― A.G. Howard, Splintered

“I need to get to that tea party and wake up the guests."
Jeb looks at me. "And how are you supposed to do that? Give a magical kiss to the half-baked hatmaker?”
― A.G. Howard, Splintered

“Because of all the things I've experienced on this journey - shrinking and growing, flying sprites, living chess pieces - not a one of them is more magical than this moment.”
― A.G. Howard, Splintered

“How long has it been since we've had such delectable visitors?"

Jeb eases us into a small clearing in the midst of the chattering creatures and turns me to face him. "Did they just call us 'delectable'?”
― A.G. Howard, Splintered

“I clench my fingers. "She's right, huh? The morbid and revolting are such fascinating subjects.”
― A.G. Howard, Splintered

“His palm rests on the knob so I can't try to shut him out again. Rain droplets glisten along his sleek hair, which no doubt took gallons of glaze and hours to perfect. It's the one part of his appearance Taelor will actually approve of.
As for me, I favour the messy look - hair out of sorts, body slicked in sweat with motor oil or watercolours splashed across his olive skin.

That's the Jeb I grew up with. The one I could count on. The one I've lost.”
― A.G. Howard, Splintered

“Shh." I squeeze his hand. His palm feels clammy. "We have to try to keep it down, okay? We don't want my dad coming in."
He grits his teeth against more shivers. "Always knew I'd end up in your bed...and hear you say those words one day." He manages a smirk.”
― A.G. Howard

“Bad news is, they've figured out I'm alive. Worse news, I can't be sure about them. Their decomposing stench burns my throat. They don't sound very big. Maybe they're pygmy zombies.”
― A.G. Howard, Splintered

“Lucky for you, since you’re the most dangerous man I’ve ever met. A
sane woman would run away from you, not toward you.”
― Alyssa Day, Heart of Atlantis

“You don’t always have to take it all on, either, you know. The weight of the world. The responsibility for everyone else’s problems. Sometimes it’s okay to let somebody else worry about you.”
― Alyssa Day, Heart of Atlantis