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For all the girls who never feared Hell because they know the Devil is a woman and Hell hath no fucking fury.
“The hardest thing in this world is to live in it.” —BUFFY SUMMERS, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
The first person I ever killed was my mother. I ripped the life from her on my way out of her womb.
Unfortunately for me, most of my foster parents didn’t have extra money for therapy. Unfortunately for them, my demonic stalker didn’t care if they had money or not. He killed them anyway.
“Max likes your yabbos. In fact, he loves ‘em.” — DANI DENNISON, HOCUS POCUS
“We all go a little mad sometimes.” — NORMAN BATES, PSYCHO
“We are the dead, and we do not enter lightly into the realm of the living.” — ABIGAIL, THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE
“The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?” — EDGAR ALLAN POE
“All monsters are human.” — SISTER JUDE, AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ASYLUM
“Death is the tyrant of the imagination.” — BARRY CORNWALL
“The wound is the place where the light enters you.” —RUMI
“No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for.” — MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
"Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win." —STEPHEN KING, CASTLE ROCK
“When He lies, He speaks out of His own character, for He is a liar and the father of lies.” —JOHN 8:44, ESV
“I always tell the truth, even when I lie.” —TONY MONTANA, SCARFACE
There was nothing I could do about it. There was no one I could go to. If Death wanted to appear in my room and have his way with me, I already knew there was literally nowhere I could escape to. I had been trying to run from him my whole life and had never been successful.
Now, he was killing people, stalking me, and assaulting me. I was royally fucked.
“You can get much further with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.” —AL CAPONE
“What part of you’re mine did you not understand? Next time I tell you to do something, you will fucking listen to me, or I will bend you the fuck over my knee.”
“The darkest places in Hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.” —DANTE ALIGHIERI, INFERNO
“The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.” —EDMUND BURKE
“So, tell me everything, Lil. Are you a woman on the lam? How many have you killed? Did you rob a bank?” he asked, his eyes shining with mirth and mischief.
“I’m not the one who’s gonna die, honey. I’m the one who’s gonna live.” —LOUISE, THELMA & LOUISE
“What part of you’re mine, do you not understand?” he whispered, his lips were so close they were nearly touching mine. “If I want to buckle your seatbelt, I fucking will. If I want to spoon-feed you all your fucking meals, I will. You belong to me. I own you.” He growled, and I shivered under the intensity of his words.
“Why did you try to kill yourself?” It was a question, but his delivery was flat as he checked his blind spot before changing lanes to get off at my exit. “Reaver, we are not nearly close enough for you to ask me a question like that,” I said quietly. “I don’t even think I like you, and I know you don’t like me. So let’s not pretend you give a shit why I tried to kill myself.”
“Because everyone who touches me dies.” A wicked smile curled across his lips, and his eyes gleamed sadistically in the moonlight. “I’m not afraid of death, Lilith.” I frowned at him and shook my head. He didn’t get it. “Now be a good girl and go to bed. I’ll see you tomorrow.”
“The devil doesn’t come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you’ve ever wished for.” —TUCKER MAX
‘Don’t lie to me, Lilith. I know exactly who you’ve been touching all night. I might have turned a blind eye to the host and the bartender, but you’ve touched what’s mine, and that cannot go unpunished,’
‘I decide when you’ve learned your lesson. I decide everything for you, Lilith. I will decide when you come. I decide who you touch, and I will decide when you die.’
‘That’s right. I own you, Lilith. You’re mine to torture and mine to pleasure. If you’re good, I’ll be good to you. And if you’re bad…
“But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.” —REVELATION 21:8, ESV
“I’m obsessed, Hazai. I know I shouldn’t be playing with her like this, but I can’t seem to stop. I don’t think I’ll ever stop. She has infected what little piece of a heart I have.
“True evil is, above all things, seductive.” —JOHN MITCHELL, BEING HUMAN (UK)
won’t be the only thing I put my mouth all over if you don’t do what I say,”
“And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.” —2 CORINTHIANS 11:14, ESV
“You didn’t kill him, deathtrap... I did.”
“You can’t just kill people because it’s convenient.” —RILEY FLYNN, MIDNIGHT MASS
“Oh, I murdered him, slowly too. He said he’s sorry, by the way, for hitting you.” Reaver’s eyes flashed suddenly, and his grin widened. “He promised to never do it again.”
“I killed him because he hit you,”
“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.” —ERNEST HEMINGWAY
“A possessive person is a destructive person.” —LEO BUSCAGLIA
“You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em, know when to walk away, and know when to run.” —KENNY ROGERS, THE GAMBLER
“Run, dear, but remember – wherever you go, I’ll be right behind you.” —PENNYWISE, IT (2017)
I put my phone away, tore out of her apartment, and hopped on my bike. I was going to catch her, then fuck her, and God himself couldn’t fucking stop me.
“Trust is like a mirror, you can fix it if it’s broken, but you can still see the crack in that mother fucker’s reflection.” —LADY GAGA, TELEPHONE
“I’ve been stalking you your whole fucking life; what made you think tonight was going to be the night you got away?”
“You know who I am, Lilith, you’ve always known. I’m the fucking Reaper. Death. Satan. The Devil. I’m your personal fucking nightmare, and I will never let you go.”
“Sometimes it’s better to be alone. Nobody can hurt you.” —TINKER BELL, PETER PAN BY J.M. BARRIE
“Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.” —SATAN, PARADISE LOST
“Well, I’m the Devil, so I guess God’s little plan for me worked.” —LUCIFER MORNINGSTAR, LUCIFER
