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“She and I were the same, after all. We fought shame everyday, struggling with who we could let see the real us, and we'd finally found each other.”
― Penelope Douglas, Corrupt

“The closer you got to anything beautiful, the less beautiful it became. Allure was in the mystery, not the appearance.”
― Penelope Douglas, Corrupt

“I knew what he wanted, but if he wasn't giving me his heart then I wouldn't listen to him give me orders.”
― Penelope Douglas, Corrupt

“It's odd to see how no one is really human to us until we talk to them and realise there is barely any separation between who we are and who they are.”
― Penelope Douglas, Corrupt

“Their power came from two things: they and followers and they didn't care. Everyone idolised them, including me. They were untouchable, fascinating, and nothing they ever did was wrong. I wanted that. I wanted to look down at the sky.”
― Penelope Douglas, Corrupt

“Own who you are. And don't apologise. Do you understand? Own it or it will own you.”
― Penelope Douglas, Corrupt

“So many times of needing to be close to her, talk to her, see her smile at me, and now I had her in my arms, I never wanted to let her go.
Nothing—nothing—had ever felt this good.”
― Penelope Douglas, Corrupt

“He was everything. My entire life, I only felt completely alive when he was close, and while I knew nothing would ever be easy with him, I also knew nothing would ever be good without him.”
― Penelope Douglas, Corrupt

“I'm not playing your games. You were wrong. You want to know what I've learned? I don't win by playing your games. I win by making you play mine.”
― Penelope Douglas, Corrupt

“You aren't born with respect and reverence. You learn patience and value through struggle.”
― Penelope Douglas, Corrupt

“Go to school then. Make new friends and leave everything here behind all you want, but your demons will still follow you. There's no escaping them.”
― Penelope Douglas, Corrupt

“No one else knew her. Not the way I did. I knew better. I knew how good she was. She thought she was nothing to me. Insignificant and invisible. She wanted to open my eyes and see her again so fucking badly, but she didn't realise that I already did.”
― Penelope Douglas, Corrupt

“You make me feel driven. You make me hungry and on fire and wanting to slow down time instead of wanting to rush through it. It's you I look for when I walk in the doors in the morning. Not her. You.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“Did you ever love me?" "Love is pain, Nik. It's never felt good." "Not even my love?" "I don't want to hurt you. Anymore. That's all I know.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“You're my person. I need you alive. You make me brave.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“Blood is forever.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“My brother was my world.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“I wanted my brother back.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“He protected me. Took me away from my mother, kept my father away from me. And if anyone ever try to hurt me he hurt them worse.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“It was supposed to be us Nik. Just us.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“I have Damon. He's all I want.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“After all, there's freedom in hiding isn't there?”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“I don't flaunt myself for the enjoyment of men.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“I'm rotting.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“She has no control over you. We're free. It's just us.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“And you say “Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned”." "Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned." "What would you like to confess?" "A boy got a hold of me, Father.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway