A Dark and Drowning Tide Quotes

“Tell me," She said. "Do you still think me cruel? Would you like to see the depths of it?”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“Anger, at least, was a balm to the rawness of her grief. But she was too tired to sharpen it into a blade, so she wound it around herself like amor”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“I want you, Lorelei.

Her entire body sang with those words. She wanted all of her. Her every petty barb, every cruelty she could enact, every meager sweetness dripped onto her tongue like honey. Lorelei had not thought herself capable of feeling like this. Passionately, insatiably, recklessly. It terrified her, to have all her control unraveling and slipping away from her, all her walls crumbling. She needed Sylvia to experience even a flicker of what threatened to consume her now.”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“Tell me," she said. "Do you still think me cruel? Would you like to see the depths of it?"

"Please," Sylvia said breathlessly.

Please. Never had she heard a more beautiful sound.”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“You're like something out of a nightmare."
And you, Lorelei thought despairingly, are resplendent.”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“Hatred would choke out logic like a weed”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“She wanted and wanted and wanted, so much and so deeply she feared her greed was boundless when it came to Sylvia von Wolff. And yet, she had ensured she would never have her again. Sometimes, she despised herself. Most of the time, really.”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“How could you not know I wanted you?"

Never in her life had Lorelei been subjected to so many emotions at once. "How could I have possibly known? If you truly wanted me" - she stumbled over the words - "why have you bene such a menace all this time?"

"Because you despise me! You think me beneath you. I could see it in your eyes, and I... God, I would have done anything to earn your respect, your attention. I just wanted you to look at me." Sylvia floundered for a moment. "When you do, I... It's terrifying. It's exhilarating. You're like something out of a nightmare.”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“All of them where haunted women. Violence had broken and reforged them, and the sharp edges it left behind made them dangerous”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“Lorelei wanted forever to bask in the light of her smile. She wanted to be carried on the current of her whims. She wanted to argue with her until she was breathless. She wanted to hurt her exquisitely, again and again, for as much time as they had. The depth of her hunger frightened her.”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“One day (...) You will grow tired of this thing you've made yourself into. One day, all there will be to content you is ghost”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“I can't cut off any more pieces of myself. I'm nearly bled dry”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“There is so much to do in this one glorious life we were gifted.”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“Lorelei had well and truly lost her mind to even consider following. And yet, somewhere deep down, she knew she'd never had a chance at remaining sensible when it came to Sylvia con Wolff. She'd already lost her heart. What was one more thing?”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“You've acted the part of a villain so well, you've gone and convinced yourself it's who you truly are”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“Lorelei knew what it was like when your mind was still fighting its own wars, one that had ended long ago for everyone else”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“Back in the days when wishes still held power...”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“Saints, Lorelei," Sylvia snapped, and it felt like an absolution. "You are human. Do you understand what's happened here? You've acted the part of a villain so well, you've gone and convinced yourself it's who you truly are. You are honestly one of the least self-aware people I have ever met!"

"I am perfectly self-aware! You are brighter than the sun itself. And me..."

"Enough." Her voice wobbled. "You've made mistakes, as have we all. But don't you see yourself? You are witty and observant. You are fiercely protective of those you care for - and hopelessly loyal, in your way. I don't believe you've ever once acted completely in your own interest, for better or worse. I have always admired that about you.”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“Sylvia laughed bitterly, the irony clearly not lost on her. :You're a coward."

Yes, I am. More than you could ever know.

"Not all of us can afford to have principles.”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“Because when I'm with her, I can almost believe that I really am human."

Lorelei curled her lip in disgust. "You are just a man. That's what makes you so despicable.”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“One day", Sylvia said, "you will grow tired of this thing you've made yourself into. One day, all there will be to content you is ghosts." Good. it made it easier if Sylvia despised her. If she wished this pain on Lorelei, then Lorelei could endure it for her.”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“Live," She repeated. "I'm not sure I know how anymore"
"For now, just breathe" Sylvia slid her palms up to cradle her jaw. "Focus on me. Stay with me”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“Death haunts me, and I don't know how to banish it”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“Keep them wrong-footed enough to forget why they hated you in the first place”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“Not all of us can afford to have principles.”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“if it really came down to it, hatred would choke out logic like a weed.”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“Lorelei wanted forever to bask in the light of her smile., She wanted to be carried on the current of her whims. She wanted to argue with her until she was breathless. She wanted to hurt her exquisitely, again and again, for as much time as they had. The depth of her hunger frightened her.”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“Because you despise me! You think me beneath you. I could see it in your eyes, and I…God, I would have done anything to earn your respect, your attention. I just wanted you to look at me.” Sylvia floundered for a moment. “When you do, I…It’s terrifying. It’s exhilarating. You’re like something out of a nightmare.”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“She really had been blind, if she had refused to acknowledge how beautiful Sylvia was before now. The Absolute was much closer than she'd ever believed. It was not in God, not in nature. It was right here before her. Close enough to touch.
Close enough to profane.”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“Now, in those days, there was a dragon that lived within the bowl of the moon. Once each month, he swept down from his perch and left the sky dark, with nothing but stars to light the way. With his wings, he pulled in the tides, an with his breath, he filled ships' sails with wind.”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide