Erika > Erika's Quotes

“The road to recovery is not linear. It’s not straight. It’s a bumpy path, with lots of twists and turns. But you’re on the right track.”
― Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie

“Beyond life, beyond death, my love for thee is eternal.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Capturing the Devil

“The world needed to be better. And if it wasn’t possible for it to be better, we, its inhabitants, needed to do better.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Capturing the Devil

“We needn't complete each other, we complemented each other.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Capturing the Devil

“You're an absolutely stunning, murderous little creature.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, From Blood and Ash

“Fear and bravery are often one and the same. It either makes you a warrior or a coward. The only difference is the person it resides inside.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, From Blood and Ash

“You’re such a bad influence,” I murmured as I placed my hand in his.
Hawke curled his fingers around mine. The weight and warmth of his hand was a pleasant shock. “Only the bad can be influenced, Princess.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, From Blood and Ash

“I don’t want to pretend,” I whispered. “I’m Poppy and you’re Casteel, and this is real.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“Always,” he whispered in the breath we shared. “Your heart was always safe with me. It always will be. There is nothing I will protect more fiercely or with more devotion, Poppy. Trust in that—in what you feel from me.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“You don’t deserve everything that I’ve laid at your feet, and you sure as hell don’t deserve the fact that I’m still trying to hold onto you. That when it comes time for you to leave, I’m still going to want you. Even when you inevitably do leave, I’ll still want you.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“You can’t spell dysfunctional without fun, now can you?”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“I need to feel your lips on mine." He planted his hands on the carriage wall, caging me in. "I need to feel your breath in my lungs. I need to feel your life inside me. I just need you. It's an ache. This need. Can I have you? All of you?”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“There is no side of you that is not as beautiful as the other half. Not a single inch isn’t stunning.” His lashes lifted, and the intensity in his stare held me captive. “That was true the first time I said it to you, and it is still the truth today and tomorrow.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“When it comes to bacon, the answer is always yes.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“Told him that if a woman fights with that kind of passion and makes you work that hard to earn even a smile, then that’s the kind of woman you want by your side in and out of the bedchamber.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“That's ... that's really sad."
"Some say all great love stories are.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“But we will have that conversation later,” he promised, thrusting the sword into my hand. “Make me feel incompetent and kill more than me, Princess.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“He had my whole heart, and he had from the moment he allowed me to protect myself, from the moment he stood beside me instead of in front of me.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“I don’t want to pretend,” I whispered. “I’m Poppy and you’re Casteel, and this is real.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“You’re an absolutely stunning, murderous little creature,” he murmured.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“You seem to know a lot about that book.” “I love that fucking book,” he said, and my jaw ached from how hard I was clenching it.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“The most beautiful things in all the kingdom often have jagged and uneven lines, scars which intensify the beauty in intricate ways our eyes nor our minds can detect or even begin to understand," the Queen had said as she turned the diamond in her hand, light catching on its irregular dips and peaks. "Without them, they would just be common and ordinary, like all the other smoothly cut diamonds you can find anywhere you look. Beauty, my sweet child, is often broken and barbed, and always unexpected.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“You should never forget that you were once an accessory, but you also shouldn't forget what you are now a part of.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“...but people who are in love enough to marry - the ones that people know are together before they even realize it - never consist of just one person, one personality, or one will. They fight. They argue. They disagree. They make up. They talk. They agree. The one thing they never are is perfect.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“You want to know how I think art should be taught to children? Take them to a museum and say, 'This is art, and you can't do it.”
― Steve Martin, An Object of Beauty

“So, while fitting in, she was like a wicked detail standing out against a placid background.”
― Steve Martin, An Object of Beauty

“I have found that-- just as in real life--imagination sometimes has to stand in for experience.”
― Steve Martin, An Object of Beauty

“I get in an elevator and people clutch they purses like I’m gonna steal from them. Why you think they do that, huh?” I open my mouth to respond, and I get stuck. I have seen that happen. I don’t want to admit this, but I do get nervous when a black guy gets in an elevator with me. Not because he’s black, though. Just when it’s a big guy and a small space. That’s all. But suddenly, I wonder. Suddenly, I’m not sure.”
― Kimberly Jones, I'm Not Dying with You Tonight

“I’m sorry about what happened to your store. But you were there. It didn’t start out about looting or all that. Did them news people show up before, when they was having a peaceful protest? Was anybody listening when they tried to approach things in a civil manner? No. But when shops start burning down, here they come. I’m not defending looters, but you’re not even trying to understand. When you push people to their breaking point, and they ain’t got no power, they’ll find a way to take it. What’s so wrong with that?”
― Kimberly Jones, I'm Not Dying with You Tonight

“Cops showing up did not make things better. Hope Becky sees that now. Hell, I thought for a second Becky's terrible customer service set off a brawl. But leave it to the police to really aggravate folks.”
― Kimberly Jones, I'm Not Dying with You Tonight