R.L. Davennor > Quotes

“Love is not possession. It is allowing another person the freedom to be who they truly are and allowing yourself the same.”
― R.L. Davennor, The Hells of Notre Dame

“The entire city had come to watch me die, and I couldn’t decide whether that was unsettling or comforting.”
― R.L. Davennor, The Hells of Notre Dame

“Love may be patient, and love may be kind, but one thing love wasn’t was freedom. The more time I spent with Esmeralda, the more I felt tethered to her, like she was my yoke and my savior all at once.”
― R.L. Davennor, The Hells of Notre Dame

“I’d refused to open myself up to anyone who wasn’t my son, and even then, there was a wall that existed between us… one of my own construction yet one I found myself unable to tear down. I had always assumed myself incapable of anything more. How could I be when being held at a distance was all I’d ever known?”
― R.L. Davennor, The Hells of Notre Dame

“We weren’t simply fire and water: we were fire and kerosene, and to continue this beyond what I’d already risked would trigger an explosion neither of us would be able to contain,”
― R.L. Davennor, The Hells of Notre Dame

“It’s the one thing I’ll never understand: how those closest to his love are the ones who judge the harshest.”
― R.L. Davennor, The Hells of Notre Dame

“I know I keep saying it, but I really do mean it. You’re perfect.” I did my best not to stiffen. “No one is perfect.” “No. But you’re perfect to me.”
― R.L. Davennor, The Hells of Notre Dame

“In this life, there is nothing I will ever want or need more than you.”
― R.L. Davennor, The Hells of Notre Dame

“She wouldn’t have changed a bit, but in her absence, I’d grown into a completely different person: spiteful, bitter, and vindictive, much like she was before her death. What would she say if she could see me now, if she saw that I had already started down the same path that led to her own demise?”
― R.L. Davennor, The Hells of Notre Dame

“To anyone who was ever told their existence was a sin. It’s not.”
― R.L. Davennor, The Hells of Notre Dame

“I’m not entirely certain what I did to deserve someone like you in my life,” I whispered, fighting back tears, “but I’m glad you’re in it.”
― R.L. Davennor, The Hells of Notre Dame