Petals on the Wind (Dollanganger, #2)

by V.C. Andrews

I had already found my everlasting, forever-green, springtime love that could never, never blossom.

And when I’m up there’s no way to come down except by feeling love for someone. If you come down and feel your feet on the floor, and there’s no one there to love, then you feel empty and lost. And I don’t like to feel lost or empty.”

An aggressive, domineering woman is one of God’s most fearsome creatures.”

“Angel, saint, Devil’s spawn, good or evil, you’ve got me pinned to the wall and labeled as yours until the day I die. And if you die first, then it won’t be long before I follow.”

When I was a little girl, I used to believe love came only once in a lifetime, and that was the best kind. I thought once you loved one person, you never could love another. But I was wrong.”

If it is a sin, then hell would be heaven with you.”

“Men don’t talk as freely about love as women do, Carrie. Some like to tease you, and that’s a pretty good indication you’ve got their interest, and it can grow into something larger. And the way you find out how much they care is by looking into the eyes—eyes never learn how to lie.”

All women are monsters to men, and maybe to ourselves. We are our own worst enemies.