Crossed Quotes

“She may be your wife, but she is my soul," I whisper against his ear. "And I will cut you up piece by piece and burn your empire until it's soot, just so I can watch her be queen of the ashes.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“It’s a cruel place here on earth, filled with people who don’t get it. Who choose not to understand that just because someone is different, it doesn’t mean they’re less than.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“Si seulement tu savais quel est mon amour pour toi. You consume me, Amaya. Break apart my faith with the fire of a thousand suns and dominate every nightmare until all I dream is you.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“Tu es la mienne, au cours de toutes nos vies,’ I whisper in her ear. I push myself away from her, forcing the distance I’d do anything to erase. Then I’m gone, knowing that was goodbye.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“I'm going to love you. Because loving you hurts so much more.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“For so long, I hated her because I feared her. And now I fear her because I crave her.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“She was a vision in her violence, a fallen angel seeking vengeance for being wronged. She is a masterpiece, and she is mine.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“Most importantly, I learned not to trust anyone who says they love you, because in the end, they always love themselves the most.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“If she is a succubus, then seduce me. If she is my devil, then I will gladly burn.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“I swear to God my chest feels like it might explode, he’s so happy and free. A lump forms in my throat, and I will back the burn behind my eyes as I watch them together. I’m so fucking angry that this is even a thing I have to feel, that someone treating Quinten like a human being is a gift and not the bare minimum. But the truth is the truth, no matter how ugly it feels.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“There's darkness in us all, petite pécheresse. We just have to learn to control it.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“For everyone who's afraid of making mistakes.
To err is to be human. Give yourself some grace.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“A crush on a fucking priest. Leave it to me to finally have sexual attraction to a man who's so off-limits, he's a one-way ticket to hell.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“Le diable est à l’intérieur de toi,” I hiss. She shakes her head. “I don’t…I don’t know what that means.” I lean down until my words whisper against her coarse, tangled hair. “It means the devil is within you.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“I'm a simple man who's been reduced to his base instincts to hunt, capture, keep.
I want to hear her voice.
Smell her skin.
Paint my sickness on her soul.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“It’s not my fault, I remind myself. I’m only human. And she is…all-consuming.
Like hellfire.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“There’s a monster in you, child. And God wants me to beat it out.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“I’m going to love you. Because loving you hurts so much more.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“How can anyone blame me?” he rasps. “I am a man of God, mon trésor, but I am still just a man.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“I think we need to set some boundaries,” she finally says. “You can start by apologizing.” Chuckling, I run a hand down my face. “For? I’ve done nothing except be weak for you.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“Chuckling, I lean down. “I won’t tell you to seek absolution from my mythical figure tonight, Monsieur Errien. You see, I worship Her now…so it’s to Amaya that you should pray. May She have mercy on your soul.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“Tu es la mienne, au cours de toutes nos vies,” I whisper in her ear.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“Sister..." I add, right before I walk out of the door. "If something happens to her while I'm gone, I will make the devil look like a saint.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“If she is my devil, then I will gladly burn”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“Out of all the demons I've ever encountered, she has to be the worst. She tortures me until I'm sure I'd miss the pain if she wasn't near.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“It draws tourism and money though, and if the United States excels in anything, it’s greed.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“But experience shapes us whether we'd like it to or to or not, and the experiences she gave me were valuable lessons.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“Si seulement tu savais quel est mon amour pour toi. You consume me. Break apart my faith with the fire of a thousand suns and dominate every nightmare until all I dream is you.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“i need to touch her. i need to feel her against me. i need to erase what any other man has made her feel, to ruin her for even God, until the only one she can pray to is me. but it's not my fault. it's god's for not making man as strong as the devil.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“If being here is sinful, then this woman is sin, wrapped in a fiery bow.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed