Scarlett Dawn > Scarlett's Quotes

“Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company.”
― Benjamin Franklin Wade

“I can't forget the words you've never said.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Very Bad Things

“Jack’s face was now buried in his hands, his elbows still on his knees, and he hunched as he fisted his hair. “Ezra?” Evidence of his anguish to come was unmistakable in the catch of his voice.
Ezra’s was solid. “Yes?”
“Don’t let me kill myself.”
― Scarlett Dawn, King Cave

“It’s the beauty that helps us return from the harshness. If it wasn’t there, we would have nothing to live for.”
― Scarlett Dawn, King Cave

“His lips slowly twitched. “As a gentleman, I think you should sleep off the drugs in your system.” Again, his wide, full lips curved wickedly. “Unless you plan to move your hand lower, then I might forget I’m acting the gentleman because, really, I’m not all that gentlemanly.”
― Scarlett Dawn, King Cave

“It’s nothing compared to happiness.”
I snorted through gritted teeth. “What happiness?”
“Exactly.”
“Reality interrupts—” Jaw clenching, my nostrils flared as I felt a gush of blood flow.
A whisper. “Life.” His blink was slow. “The mother of all bitches.”
“And the beauty?”
“Its absence is duly noted.”
“Only to be found by those later.”
Another swipe of my cheeks. “Once they’ve suffered to the point they scream for death.”
“Full circle.”
His hand found mine in a gentle hold. “Pain needs to be felt.”
― Scarlett Dawn, King Cave

“He. Hid. It. In. A. Sock.”
― Scarlett Dawn, Chosen Fool

“You’ll have to excuse my daughter, King Ula. When she hears an asshole blabbering drivel from his fool mouth, she tends to not beat around the bush. I have tried many times to teach her to be respectful to those who are weaker of mind than she, but she does not listen. I haven’t a clue where she picked up the trait.”
― Scarlett Dawn, Scales and Skeletons

“We don’t have to do anything at all to die. We can hide in a cupboard under the stairs our whole life and it’ll still find us. Death will show up wearing an invisible cloak and it will wave a magic wand and whisk us away when we least expect it. It will erase every trace of our existence on this earth and it will do all this work for free. It will ask for nothing in return. It will take a bow at our funeral and accept the accolades for a job well done and then it will disappear. Living is a little more complex. There’s one thing we always have to do. Breathe.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Unravel Me

“For if we fall, we will have gone down in that seductive blood and fire.”
― Scarlett Dawn, Crypts and Crimes