Bethany-Kris > Bethany-Kris's Quotes

“The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.”
― Bob Marley

“Wake up and live”
― Bob Marley

“We live for books.”
― Umberto Eco

“If I'd observed all the rules I'd never have got anywhere.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“There is a sacredness in tears....They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love.”
― Washington Irving

“I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson, Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson

“The past beats inside me like a second heart.”
― John Banville, The Sea

“In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.”
― Isaac Asimov

“Some things you know all your life. They are so simple and true they must be said without elegance, meter and rhyme...they must be naked and alone, they must stand for themselves.”
― Philip Levine

“I’m not an easy lay, I won’t do a one-night stand, and my father is a mob boss with a short temper and a collection of guns. Still want to take me out?” - Ana Avdonin”
― Bethany-Kris, Demyan & Ana

“If you want a better answer, krasivyy, ask a better question. - Koldan Vasin”
― Bethany-Kris, Demyan & Ana

“Oh my God! Get out right now!”
Gio blinked, surprised at her sudden vehemence. “I was in here first.”
“The upstairs is—”
“Off-limits. Yeah, I know. So were you, but that didn’t stop me. In case you haven’t noticed, I have serious issues with following rules.”
― Bethany-Kris, Giovanni

“Those people don’t know you because you don’t let them. There’s nothing wrong with doing that. It’s your choice who you allow to see what’s below your surface. The strongest people are the ones who fight and win wars no one else ever gets to see.”
― Bethany-Kris, Giovanni

“Go to hell, Giovanni.”
“Tesoro, take a good look at me. You’ve already put me there.”
― Bethany-Kris, Giovanni

“You should have put it on my shelf in the fridge. And guessing from Catrina’s spiel this morning before you guys got here, she’s this close to labeling the damn shelf. So hey, pretty soon you won’t even have to guess which one is mine.”
Gio chuckled at Dante’s left. “She’s just like Mom.”
Dante scowled. “Don’t say that shit. It really screws with my head. There’s nothing sexy about that thought.”
“What, like you married your moth—”
“I said don’t fucking say it!”
― Bethany-Kris, Dante

“Those wide eyes made her appear innocent and sweet. It was all lies. Dante knew better—knew her.
She was hellish.
From afar, Cat looked tame. As if any man could make her compliant. That was her trick. It was exactly how she caught her prey.
She was a goddamn fiend.
If someone made the mistake of getting too close, she didn’t hesitate to sink her fucking claws straight into their jugular and bleed them dry.
He loved it.”
― Bethany-Kris, Dante

“We’re all monsters, sweetheart. Some of us just hide it better than others.”
― Bethany-Kris, Shattered

“Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.”
― Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre

“You’re too tall, Demyan.”
“Do I make you feel short, krasivyy?”
“No, you make me feel safe. Like nobody can hurt me here.”
“Nobody will.”
“Well, not when I’m with you, anyway.”
― Bethany-Kris, Shattered

“I wonder how many people I've looked at all my life and never seen.”
― John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent

“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”
― Thomas Mann, Essays of Three Decades

“Writers remember everything...especially the hurts. Strip a writer to the buff, point to the scars, and he'll tell you the story of each small one. From the big ones you get novels. A little talent is a nice thing to have if you want to be a writer, but the only real requirement is the ability to remember the story of every scar.
Art consists of the persistence of memory.”
― Stephen King, Misery

“Ah, the smell of old money, bribery, and religion first thing in the morning,” Abriella said in a long sigh. “Smells like home, girls.”
― Bethany-Kris, Deathless & Divided

“These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which as they kiss consume. The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
Therefore love moderately; long love doth so;
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.”
― William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

“You’re second place and that’s the first bitch to lose.”
― Bethany-Kris, Scarless & Sacred