Malice Quotes

“You were never a villain to me.”
― Heather Walter, Malice

“Remember what I said, Alyce. About monsters.” The words are low, spoken in a tone that wakes something deep in my core. “Take care you don’t become what they think you are.”
― Heather Walter, Malice

“History is written by victors.”
― Heather Walter, Malice

“There's nothing for me here. I'm tired of being a villain.”
― Heather Walter, Malice

“I want to kiss you, Alyce.” I can hardly hear her over the stampede in my ears. I drag my gaze up. Her eyes are an indigo-amethyst and glimmering with something I can’t name. The neckline of her bodice rises and falls in a rhythm that matches my own. “You’re the first and last person I’ve ever wanted.”
― Heather Walter, Malice

“There's nothing for me here, I'm tired of being a villain"

"You were never a villain to me".”
― Heather Walter, Malice

“Magic is everywhere...Even humans carry a spark of it in their fragile, fickle souls. All you need to do is reach out and find it.”
― Heather Walter, Malice

“If there is someone, I hope they deserve you.”
― Heather Walter, Malice

“you’re far too interesting to hate.”
― Heather Walter, Malice

“My skin tingles, recalling the smoothness of her palm. The apple-blossom scent of her hair. The soft curve of her neck as it meets her shoulder.”
― Heather Walter, Malice

“Keep your secrets. You have little else of your own.”
― Heather Walter, Malice

“And so you get everything you desire—in exchange for my happiness. What a simple bargain to make.”
― Heather Walter, Malice

“I know you’re trying to protect me, Alyce, but I’m tired of feeling that my fate rests in someone else’s hands.”
― Heather Walter, Malice

“Take care you don’t become what they think you are.”
― Heather Walter, Malice

“Don’t let them make you into their monster.”
― Heather Walter, Malice

“My patrons pay good coin for my services, but not one of them would willingly meet my eye if they passed me on the street. I am reviled and despised for the very reasons I’m sought out. A figure of dark, evil magic. A member of a race all but stamped out. A Vila. A monster.”
― Heather Walter, Malice

“Or am I the wolf, and they’re the sheep?”
― Heather Walter, Malice

“My gift compels me to tell you you’re treading on thin ice.” Laurel doesn’t even look up as she speaks. “You’re a sheep among wolves, Alyce.”
― Heather Walter, Malice

“A nightbird sings sweetly from its perch, the sound so incongruous to the tension humming between us.”
― Heather Walter, Malice

“All magic has a purpose.”
― Heather Walter, Malice

“I’ll never be a heroine like Leythana. In Briar, I’ll only ever be a villain.”
― Heather Walter, Malice

“New patrons are always so grateful when I offer suggestions. I think it makes them feel less the villain. Like they didn’t come here specifically to do harm to someone they’ve convinced themselves deserves it.”
― Heather Walter, Malice

“There is no one but myself.”
― Heather Walter, Malice

“I'm tired of being a villain."
"You were never a villain to me.”
― Heather Walter, Malice

“There's nothing for me here. I'm tired of being a villain."

"Magic is everywhere...even humans carry a spark of it in their fragile, fickle souls. All you need to do is reach out and find it.”
― Heather Walter, Malice

“want to kiss you, Alyce.” I can hardly hear her over the stampede in my ears. I drag my gaze up. Her eyes are an indigo-amethyst and glimmering with something I can’t name. The neckline of her bodice rises and falls in a rhythm that matches my own. “You’re the first and last person I’ve ever wanted.”
― Heather Walter, Malice

“I wonder how those servants feel about being excluded from the glittering world they help maintain. If the aches in their shoulders and feet and backs throb with resentment as mine do.”
― Heather Walter, Malice

“I am reviled and despised for the very reasons I'm sought out. A figure of dark, evil magic. A member of a race all but stamped out. A Vila. A monster.”
― Heather Walter, Malice