Madelynn Smith > Madelynn's Quotes

“Holding Eleanor's hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

“I’ll rip Heaven and Hell and this goddamn Earth apart before I let them steal you from me.”
― Harley Laroux, Her Soul to Take

“Do you remember what I used to tell you?” Manson said. “When we were teenagers and we’d drive out here to talk about shit…you’d tell me you didn’t want to see another day…” I remembered that, of course I did. I remembered the despair I felt, the pain we shared, how hopeless I’d been. “If you can get through the night, you’ll see the sun again,” I said, repeating the words he’d told me back then. “Keep chasing the next sunrise.” I closed my eyes as I exhaled. “The night feels really fucking dark, Manson, but I’m still chasing sunrises.”
― Harley Laroux, Losers: Part I

“I’d gladly admit I was generally a dick, but Rae made me want to be...nice...to her. Only to her. Everyone else could get fucked.”
― Harley Laroux, Her Soul to Take

“You’re Hell’s little whore, aren’t you?”
― Harley Laroux, Her Soul to Take

“I'd steal her from the hands of God itself if I had to.”
― Harley Laroux, Her Soul to Take

“you live in the dark long enough, you’ll forget what the light feels like.”
― Harley Laroux, Her Soul to Take

“Absolutely. I love all those bastards, obviously, but love is a little different with every person you share it with. Sometimes it’s passionate and romantic, or deep and platonic, or any combination in between. A lot of people don’t understand it, but I don’t need anyone’s understanding. I accepted that a long time ago”
― Harley Laroux, Losers: Part I

“I wanted to ride this man like a goddamn rollercoaster and then take his friends for a spin too.”
― Harley Laroux, Losers: Part I

“Manson would wait for you in the dark and you’d never see him coming; while Lucas would come in broad daylight, smash your windows out, and set your house on fire.”
― Harley Laroux, Losers: Part I

“Do something?” He shot me a narrow-eyed glare, and said mockingly, “Oh Leon, do something! Save me, please, oh please! What happened to Be gone, demon? What happened to trying to bash my head in with a crucifix?”
― Harley Laroux, Her Soul to Take

“You’ve ruined me, Persephone. Forgive the fuck out of me if I want to return the favor.”
― Katee Robert, Neon Gods

“I don’t care if she deserves someone just as sweet as she is. I want her chained to me, and I’ll rip out the throat of anyone who thinks they can take her away.”
― Katee Robert, Electric Idol

“If this woman tacked the word “please” onto any request, he would find a way to fulfill it. Build me a palace, please. How many floors, baby?”
― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer

“He growled, equally exhilarated and annoyed by
the way she insisted on pushing him back. “I’m going to put you on your knees, Ruby. You’re going to hate how much you love it.”
― Tessa Bailey, His Risk to Take

“Your testing my patience here, duchess," he growled. "If you have any doubt about my ability to fuck the ever-loving sarcasm right out of you, I'll be more than happy to clear it up.”
― Tessa Bailey, Asking for Trouble