Romantasy Quotes

“She is the embodiment of a bad decision. The twin of danger and desire. The fine line between deadly and divine. And I can feel myself drowning.”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerless

“There is no me without you.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“My smell. Do I smell like…?”
“Mine.” It’s a rumble in his throat. “You smell like you’re mine, Misery.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Bride

“Some broken things stay broken”
― Holly Black, The Prisoner’s Throne

“Truly, it was a rather remarkable sight to behold. A fair and young maiden, swinging her heavy steel sword to help rescue her knight in distress. It was epic. It was whimsical. It was honorable. It was heroic. It was oh so utterly... romantic. A sweeping romance fit for an enchanting fairy tale, in which the princess was the hero and not the other way around.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Sleeping Knight

“He ruined her and yet, he still loved her. He banished her and yet, he still missed her. He condemned her and yet, he still longed for her. It was twisted, cruel and so incredibly painful. It was love in the sickest and ugliest of forms. Total corruption of the heart. A love so sour and bitter... and yet... she couldn't turn away from it... she couldn't escape from him...”
― Kristina Stangl, The Sleeping Knight

“And for Violet’s sake, she couldn’t risk kissing him anymore. Afterall, she had too much pride for that. Kissing him meant defeat, and Violet wasn’t yet ready to surrender her heart to the brutish prince.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Sleeping Knight

“It was almost as if she was in a dream and it was, she, who was actually waking up from a long sleeping spell and certainly, not him...”
― Kristina Stangl, The Sleeping Knight

“He breaks more hearts than he sheds tears. Don't be fooled by his uniform nor his crown.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Sleeping Knight

“Afterall, what act could be more daring, heroic and romantic, than a man willing to travel hundreds of years into the distant past? All for the sake of a single woman?”
― Kristina Stangl, The Sleeping Knight

“Never before, did Maximus calculate that it would be her rescuing him and not the other way around. For her to be the true hero and most certainly, not him.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Sleeping Knight

“... even if she hated him, then it also meant that she felt something for him. And feeling something was far better than feeling nothing, at all.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Sleeping Knight

“Really, it was always a failing battle... for all paths led to his eventual demise and doom. A real damned if he did or damned if he didn't. Truly, Maximus was already ruined at sunrise. Before he even bothered to step one foot out of his front door to start his morning, he was already proclaimed as the villain.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Sleeping Knight

“Ultimately, in the end, Maximus recognized that hate was also the sister to love... And if one could hate, then they also maintained the equal capacity to love... and love is what he wanted.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Sleeping Knight

“After everything that had transpired between them, he still cared for her. Missed her. Loved her.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Sleeping Knight

“Romantic love amongst lovers is a different sort of love. But a love shared amongst sisters, can outlast even the greatest of love affairs... centuries later.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Sleeping Knight

“...the person whom you hate the most might actually be the same person, whom you once loved more than life itself.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Sleeping Knight

“Afterall, a loving heart is always the key to every obstacle, no matter how impossible or hopeless it seems.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Sleeping Knight

“Love was always dangerous territory; Maximus was well aware of that. Meanwhile, as the rest of his future remained uncertain, the one and only thing he knew with absolute certainty was that if his future didn’t include Violet, then none of this mattered. Not the war. Not the throne. Not the wealth. Not the honor or prestige. When it was all said and done, she was all that he cared about. All he wanted, in the end.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Sleeping Knight

“Alas, for the man who never had any real desire or strive to accomplish anything in his past, at long last, he unexpectantly discovered his motivation. She was his happily ever after, and he intended to fight for her... even if he had to battle his way right into her stubborn heart. After a lifetime of searching, he finally realized that she was his purpose.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Sleeping Knight

“She might have sat on a golden throne and controlled dominion over the entire Kingdom of the West at her feet, but it came at a great cost. In the end, she was lonely. All so incredibly lonely. And bitter, too. Had she known the end game from the very beginning, then maybe, Vera would have abandoned her lust for power and revenge long ago. In the end, her quest for vengeance cost her dearly.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Sleeping Knight

“But history always taught children at an early age to seek power and to do whatever means necessary to hold on to it. While the libraries were often filled with endless books dedicated to the strategies on the art of war and the detailed instructions on how to defeat one’s adversaries out on the gruesome battlefields; however, there were seldom any books written discussing on how to cope afterwards. How it felt emotionally to live after the war. Once the battle was fought and won.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Sleeping Knight

“Even though the role of a palace mistress was greatly frowned upon by polite society and wasn’t nearly as respectable as that of an honorable role as a wife, Vera was willing to sacrifice it all. Her honor, reputation, dignity... everything, so long as it meant her being together with Elryk. Her one true love.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Sleeping Knight

“Since the crown robbed them of their happily ever after, then damn it all to hell! Let the kingdom all burn down! Let it all fall into ruin! Let them all pay for what the entire kingdom did to her! To them!”
― Kristina Stangl, The Sleeping Knight

“If she couldn’t have a happily ever after, then neither could anyone else...”
― Kristina Stangl, The Sleeping Knight

“Thus far, they were equals. They both embodied what the kingdom wanted them to be, but not necessarily, what they chose to be.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Sleeping Knight

“...his presence was all around her. Like a constant shadow that never failed to disappear, no matter how much light was shined upon it.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Sleeping Knight

“An enchanted stone necklace and a pristine knight’s uniform attracted to one another. Linked. Bonded. What could this unique connection mean to the wearers of such magical objects?”
― Kristina Stangl, The Sleeping Knight

“His fangs brushed against my lower lip. My breath caught as I slid my tongue over those sharp points, feeling their edge. He was dangerous. But instead of fear, that knowledge was only fueling the tempest inside of me.”
― Briar Boleyn, On Wings of Blood

“I wore the dress like a kiss, right against my skin.”
― S.G.Prince