Poppy Quotes

“I had to do it,' he said, dipping his head so his cheek pressed against mine. 'No one, and I mean no one, speaks of you like that. Threatens you and lives.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“I'm not most people.'

'Most people aren't as insane as you,' I said in a throaty voice that wasn't mine.

'That's not a very nice thing to say.' He scraped harder with his sharp teeth, just below where he'd bitten me before, and I gasped as my body jerked. 'And the truth is, you like my brand of insanity.'

My blood pounded through me in a dizzying push. 'I don't like anything about you.'

He laughed as his lips skimmed the side of my throat. 'I love how you lie.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“He was both the villain and the hero, the monster and the monster slayer.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“You're beautiful when you're quiet and sombre, but when you laugh? You rival the sunrise over the Skotos Mountains.'

He sounded so genuine, as if he truly meant that, and I couldn't understand it. 'Why do you say things like that?'

His gaze searched mine. 'Because it's the truth.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“Did you really think you'd escape me?' Casteel asked softly.

Anger was sharper than any blade, far more welcomed than the hopelessness. 'I almost did.'

'Almost means nothing, Princess. You should know that.'

I did. 'I'm not walking back to that keep.'

'Would you prefer that I carry you?' he offered.

'I would prefer never to see your face again.'

'Now all three of us know that's a lie.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“Are you done talking yet? Or are you too afraid that I might actually beat you, so you won't shut up?'

'I like hearing myself talk.'

'I'm sure you do.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“Your penchant for violence isn't anything to be ashamed of. Not with me. Haven't I told you it turns me on?'

'One too many times,' ...”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“Then I guess it would be repetitive of me to tell you how much you're turning me on now?'

'That and how incredibly disturbing it is.'

He smiled up at me, his eyes twin golden flames. 'I do so prefer hand-to-hand combat with you,' he said, catching my other wrist when I swung my fist down. 'I like how close it brings us, Princess.'

I shrieked my frustration- my irritation- at him. At myself. 'There is something so wrong with you!'

'Probably, but you know what?' He lifted his head off the ground. 'That's the part you like the most.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“I was hoping to have the chance to rescue you,' Casteel bent, wiping his sword clean on the leg of the fallen's pants. 'But you didn't need my help.'

'Sorry to disappoint you.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“I'll try to escape again.'

'I figured as much.'

'I'm not going to stop fighting you.'

'I wouldn't want you to.'

I thought that was weird. 'And I'm not going to marry you.'

'We'll talk about that later.'

'No, we won't,' ...”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“I feel like I've said this a hundred times, but it needs to be said again. There's something wrong with you.'

He lifted his shoulder in a half-shrug. 'Some believe there's something wrong with all of us, and I tend to believe that.'

'I didn't realise you were so philosophical.' I glanced at the knife on the floor while he emptied the basin into a bucket. There was no way he'd forgotten that I had it, or that it lay there now. Was he waiting to see what I would do?

'There's a lot you don't realise about me,' he replied...”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“Poppy, you wound me. In my heart,' he said, placing his hand over his chest. 'Again.'

'Don't whine. You'll heal. Again,' I snapped. 'Unfortunately.'

He chuckled. 'I'm not the only one who is a liar, it appears.' Reaching down, he gripped the hem of his tunic. 'You'd be very sad if I didn't heal.'

'I wouldn't care-”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“I can't believe you're doing this.'

Casteel chuckled. 'Not like you haven't seen it all before.'

'That doesn't mean I need to see it all again,' ...”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“There's a lot we need to talk about, Poppy.'

'There is.' Namely the whole marriage nonsense. 'But talking doesn't require you to be shirtless.'

'Talking doesn't require any clothes at all.' That smoky grin of his returned. 'I can promise you that some of the most interesting conversations take place with no clothes to speak of.'''

Heat blasted my cheeks. 'I'm sure you've had a ton of experience with those types of conversations.'

'Jealous?' Propping his elbow on the arm of the chair, he rested his chin in his palm.

'Hardly.'

The grin increased, and even though I couldn't see the dimple beyond the fingers splayed across his jaw and cheek, I knew it had to be there. 'Then... distracted?'

'No,' I liked, and then lied some more. 'Not even remotely.'

'Ah, I understand. You're dazzled.'

'Dazzled?' A surprised laugh almost broke free. And there it was again, the slight widening of his eyes, the parting of his lips, and the absence of arrogance. It was like watching him slip off a mask, but I had no idea if what was revealed was just another mask, especially when the look disappeared as his features became unreadable again.

I exhaled slowly. 'We don't need to talk about your over-inflated ego. That has been long since established.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“You're so incredibly beautiful when you're angry.'

I refused to be flattered by that somewhat weird compliment. 'And you're so incredibly disturbed.'

'Been called worse.'

'I'm sure you have.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“I want to stab you in the heart right now.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“What a pretty little flower.
What a pretty poppy.
Pick it and watch it bleed.
Not so pretty any longer.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“I thought... I thought I heard you calling my name,' The crease between his brows deepened. 'Screaming for help.' Letting go of his sword, he ran a hand through his nearly white-blond hair. 'It must've been the wind.'

'Or your guilty conscience.'

'Probably the wind.'

I started toward him.

There it was, a flash of a grin. 'Sorry to interrupt.'

'Interrupt what? I'm stuck in this room. What could-?' I shrieked as the door closed and locked. 'Now I am yelling!'

'It's the wind,' he yelled back through the door.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“He can see me standing behind you,' I said. 'You're a giant oaf, but not that giant of an oaf.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“He does seem quite taken with you.'
...
'I think he's far more taken with himself.'

A loud laugh burst from the elemental. 'I think I can now be counted as one of those taken with you.'

My cheeks flushed, burning even deeper when Kieran said, 'I would advise against saying that in front of Casteel.'

'I like my head attached to my body, and my heart in my chest, the elemental responded. 'I have no plans to repeat that.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“It felt like the world was nothing but a violent lie.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“Kieran had finally, after about ten years, finished cutting up his food. 'May I have that? If you're done, that is? I'm not sure, but the last piece is a little thicker than the rest of the pieces.'

Slowly, he looked over at me. 'Would you like me to cut your food for you?'

'Would you like me to knock you off this bench?'

He chuckled deeply. 'Cas is right. You are incredibly violent.'

'No, I'm not.' I pointed my fork at him. 'I'm just not a child. I don't need someone else cutting my meat.'

'Uh-huh.' He handed the knife over, and I took it before he could change his mind.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“Nothing lives forever. Anything can be killed if you try hard enough.'

Overly proud of myself, I stabbed another piece of meat. 'I suppose.'

'But no matter how hard you try with that knife you just swiped,' he said, and my eyes widened, 'you will not be able t kill Cas with it.'

My head swung in his direction. 'I'm not planning to kill him with it.'

'I would hope not.' He looked at me from the corner of his eye. 'It would probably only further endear you to him.'

I gave a small shake of my head. 'I'm going to ignore that incredibly disturbing possibility.'

'Ignoring something doesn't make it less true, Penellaphe.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“I can hate that I'm nothing more than a pawn to you and still understand why I am.'

'You're not just a pawn to me, Poppy.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“I will find you a diamond so big it will enter the room before you do.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“...that is my future you are walking away with. Guard her well. Your life depends on it.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“A man must have his secrets. Isn't that part of the allure?'

Struggling for patience, I tried to count to ten. I made it to three. 'Your secrets are the exact opposite of alluring. If there was an anti-allure potion, it would be exactly that.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“I didn't think...' His exhale was frayed, tattered. 'I didn't think you'd be alive when I reached you.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“And here I thought I would make this grand entrance, rescuing you. I'm not sure you needed rescuing.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“Your scars are beautiful,' he said, and there was a swift, swelling motion in my chest that couldn't be deflated no matter what my brain yelled at it. 'But I refuse to allow your body to be scarred again.'

My heart started thumping once more. 'You say that like you mean it.'

'Because I do.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire