#bdb

I came to you, Jane. Every night this week, I came to you. I didn't want you to be alone. And I didn't want to sleep without you." -Vishous ↗

— J.R. Ward

#j-r-ward #vishous #black-dagger-brotherhood

You're the reason I get out of bed every night. And you're the reason I can't wait to come home every dawn. Not the war. Not the Brothers. Not even Butch. It's...you. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#jr-ward #vishous #black-dagger-brotherhood

You are perfect for a female." "Not where I come from." "Then they're using the wrong standard. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#jr-ward #manny #payne #black-dagger-brotherhood

There was pain, and then there was PAIN. This was PAIN -Vishous ↗

— J.R. Ward

#jr-ward #pain #vishous #black-dagger-brotherhood

Z: "You know, this was a hell of a lot easier when you were out cold in the back of that truck." Phury: "That was you?" Z:"You think it was Santa Claus or some shit? ↗

— J.R. Ward

#humor #j-r-ward #phury #zsadist #humor

Falling into ruin was a bit like falling in love: Both descents stripped you bare and left you as you were at your core. ↗

— JR Ward

#love

There came a time in everyone’s life when they realized that in spite of how hard they’d been running from themselves, everywhere they went, there they were: Addictions and compulsions were nothing but marching bands of distraction, masking truths that were unpleasant, but ultimately undeniable. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#inspirational #inspirational

Fear of change was a weakness ↗

— J.R. Ward

#black #black-dagger #black-dagger-brotherhood #brotherhood #dagger

She silenced him with her mouth, then pulled back. "You can't change what I think of you." He reached up and brushed her lower lip with his thumb. "If you truly knew me, everything you believe would change." "Your heart would be the same. And that is what I love. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#brotherhood #cormia #jr-ward #lover-enshrined #phury

Indeed, Xcor stayed away for the wrong reason, the bad reason, an unacceptable reason—in spite of all his training, he found himself choosing Throe’s life over ambition: His anger had taken him in one direction, but his regret had led him in another. And the latter one was what won out. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#bob #anger