Quotes from Kieran that straight-up sound like Shakespearean love poetry: a comprehensive list
βNone may touch me. None but you.β
βWhat is left of my heart belongs to you. When you leave, it will shatter anew.β
βTell me I did not hurt you.β
βHow am I expected to pass another century without the taste of you on my tongue?β
βAfter so many decades spent hating each sunset, knowing nightfall would take my freedom from me... I began to yearn for the moonrise instead of cursing it. Because dreams of you might be waiting on the other side.β
βI would rather be cursed to roam the wilds as a beast every night than live endless lifetimes without you.β
βWherever it is that souls may go, you will find mine waiting for you at the end of all things.β
βYou shall pay dearly for every spilled drop of her blood.β
βI was not lying. Were you?β
βJust this once, beloved... I wish you could not lie.β
βYou hold all of my heart, beloved. Now, and always.β
βI would make and unmake the world for you, beloved.β
βBelieve me when I say I want every part of you. Every version. Now and future.β
βLook, beloved. Your skin is a canvas covered in stars.β
βIf I were you, I would begin by thanking her and throw yourself on her continued mercy. Because youβll get none from me.β
βWhat would be the point of immortality without you?β
βNo magic. Like an everyday mortal.β
βInsult her again, and I will carve my refusal into your flesh, so that you may never forget it.β
βI donβt care what your title is. Every breath, every beat of my heart belongs to you. You are mine for life.β
βThank youβ¦ for sharing the sky with me.β
βIf you lay a single hand on her, there will be nothing left of this place but a hole in the ground.β
βLet us live in this moment long enough that I may love you the way you deserve.β
βI will let nothing separate usβ¦ I shall always find you. Your heart calls to mine in a language beyond words.β
βFor you I would set worlds aflame, tear the sun and moon from the sky. I did not live before I met you.β
βPerhaps you are the most courageous of all, for choosing to live among us. A mortal among gods.β
βWelcome home, beloved.β
βYou helped me find peace in my grief. I will always help you find peace in yours.β
βYou sacrifice too much for me, beloved.β
βI cannot give you my heart. It already belongs to someone else.β
βThere will always be tasks vying for our attention. But you are more important to me than any of them.β
βI like being in here. I always want you to have the freedom of a place to call your ownβ¦ and it means everything, that you welcome me in.β
(And finally, BONUS: Quotes from *other* characters in The Cursed Heart that straight-up sound like Shakespearean poetry, because the writers of this book just do. not. rest.)
βI know you. Iβm not afraid.β
βI love him so terribly, it hurts.β
βYou are so much stronger than you know. And a love as strong as this is worth fighting for.β
βEven if you kill me, Iβm glad I met you. Because you deserve to be happy. You deserve to be loved. And I will love you until my very last breath.β
βThe world is rarely gentle to those who are so kind. It is you who must be the strongest of all.β
βWhat do you want with that cursed thing?β / βTo cut the Sun and the Moon from the sky.β
βAnything here that wishes to eat me had best prepare to choke.β
βI know you. And I love you. Both your darkness and your light.β
βYou are everything I want. Just you. Just like this.β
βIf love could forestall death, we would all be immortal.β
βAll stories end. Even ours. Thatβs what makes them beautiful.β
βI donβt care where I sleep, so long as itβs beside you.β