I originally wrote this on 2020/07/30 at 5:47 am, but for some reason, it–like most other articles I wrote that year–never got published (not a technical error; I just simply never got around to publishing any of my works). So here it is, almost 3 years later. Lord of the White Hell was one of my favorite books I read in 2020, and these are its most memorable quotes:
Lord of the White Hell Book One Quotes by Ginn Hale
Quotes on Clumsiness
“Kiram couldn’t help but think that the older man had taken a quick dislike to him. Probably because he was supposed to be a gifted thinker and he’d just fallen out of a carriage onto his face.”
Quotes on Ignorance
“To fear what you do not understand is to mistake ignorance for safety.”
Quotes on Dirty Dreams
“Filthy,” Javier replied with a salacious smile. “You’d be shocked to see the things you do in my dreams.”
“How can you just admit that?” Kiram asked. “Don’t you ever get flustered or embarrassed?”
“Why would I be embarrassed? You’re the one who can’t keep his clothes on in my dreams.”
Quotes On Trusting Each Other
“No, probably not. He’s just met you. I think you still have to teach him to respect you.” Javier checked the girth and then handed the horse’s reins to Kiram. “Why don’t you lead him out?”
“How do I make him trust me?” Kiram asked Javier as they walked through the stable.
“Be kind but firm with him. Stop him when he goes too far. Just don’t let him take advantage of you.” Javier glanced at Kiram. “Treat him the same way you treat me. You’ll do just fine.”
Quotes On Hiding in Plain Sight
“Then, I guess that it would depend on how well he could disguise his true nature,” Kiram said. He didn’t look at Javier as he responded, but he was thinking of the way Javier teased men and made lascivious insinuations. “If there were aspects of himself that he couldn’t suppress, then maybe it would make sense for him to flaunt them and make them a kind of joke. People would laugh and never suspect that he was showing them the truth all along.”
“Exactly,” Nestor said.
“But it would be a very dangerous way to live his life.” Kiram glanced to Javier.
Quotes on Wanting
“I want to be with you. But then you know that. Does it please you to know how much I want you? That I lie awake, staring at your sleeping body, thinking of how close you are and how easily I could reach you? How easily I could tear off those flimsy white clothes you wear and have you? Some nights I hardly sleep at all.”
Quotes on Fighting Darkness
“In Yuan,” Alizadeh whispered to Kiram, “they have a word for a man who fights a darkness he cannot defeat.”
“What is it?” Kiram asked.
“A fool,” Alizadeh replied. He gave Kiram a pitying smile. “Everyone knows that.”
Quotes on Kittens
“Kiram rolled his eyes. “Oh yes, next thing you know people will be saying that you read books.”
“I do read books.”
“Not nice books,” Kiram replied. “They’ll be saying you read stories about ducklings and apple blossoms. The Hellions will be saying that you’ve gone soft and have foresworn eating kittens entirely.”
Javier smirked at this and then leaned close to Kiram and whispered, “Why would I touch any kind of pussy when I can have the taste of you in my mouth?”
Kiram felt heat roll through his entire body as he flushed. “I wasn’t referring to ladies.”
“Weren’t you?”
Quotes on Sheltering
“More sheltering is rarely an antidote for too much in the first place.”
Quotes on Having More
“All at once, Kiram understood the longing in Elezar’s expression when he gazed up at Javier. For a Cadeleonian a few stolen hours together would be enough. But he wasn’t Cadeleonian. He’s seen his uncle and Alizadeh dancing in each other’s arms. He’d flirted openly and had been courted by charming men who offered their whole lives to him. He could have so much more than the pittance Javier offered him.”
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