'Awakened' quotes

"He'd been born of hate and lust, pain and Darkness. He was a monster. Not human. Not immortal. Not beast. Monster. Monsters didn't dream. Monsters didn't desire anything except blood and destruction. Monsters didn't - couldn't - know love or hapiness: they weren't created with that ability." Rephaim, Chapter seven, pages 64/5

"If there is one lesson I have learned over several lifetimes, it is that there is nothing that is unbreakable. Nothing. Not the strongest heart, not the purest soul - not even the most binding of oaths." Kalona, Chapter seven, pages 69-70

"No, what's insanity is steppin' aside and lettin' the bad guys win. (...) All I'm gonna say to you is this: evil wins when good folks do nothing." Stevie Rae, Chapter thirteen, page 137

"What you need to remember is this: the only person's actions you can control are you own. Protect your own. Stand up for what you believe in. That's it - that's all you can do." Mama Johnson, Chapter seventeen, page 185

"See with the soul and not your eyes
because to dance with beasts you
must penetrate their disguise."

"Beasts can be beautiful
Dreams become desires
Reality changes with reason"

"My mama used to pune her roses real fierce, and I thought she was gonna hurt them, maybe kill them. When I asked her about it she told me sometimes you have to cut away the old stuff to make room for the new. Maybe it's time to cut away some old stuff." Stevie Rae, Chapter Twenty-three, page 250

"I'm going to give you a choice between three futures. You may choose one of the three, but know before you hear the choices that once you decide upon a path, the outcome is not set - it is only your decision that is set. What happens thereafter is left up to chance and fate and the resources of your soul." Nyx, Chapter Twenty-four, page 275

"If I begin taking away free will and controlling the decisions of my sons and daughters, when does it end? Will I not simply become puppet master, and my children marionettes?" Nyx, Chapter Twenty-five, page 277

"So is God a girl, or did my sins send me to Hell? (...)
Here we are not worried with past sins. Here, in my Otherworld, we care only about your spirit and what essence it chooses to carry with it: Light or Darkness. It is a simple thing, really." Linda and Nyx, Chapter Twenty-six, page 289