Unlocked Quotes

“I’ll be your friend in daylight. I’ll treat you as a comrade in every gas-lit ballroom. But alone, under moonlight, I’ll not pretend that I want you for anything but mine.”
― Courtney Milan, Unlocked

“Maybe that’s what I have been looking for. When storms and rockslides threaten, I am looking for someone who will hold on to me and not let go.”
― Courtney Milan, Unlocked

“Over the years, everyone stumbles. That's why I'll be here for you — and you'll be there for me. I don't expect perfection. I want you, and you're a thousand times better.”
― Courtney Milan, Unlocked

“What you did when you were young could kill you. It just might take years to do it.”
― Courtney Milan, Unlocked

“My entire notion of friendship altered when I depended on someone for more than just the pleasant passing of time.”
― Courtney Milan, Unlocked

“He was nothing but a deep abyss of want, and only she could fill him.”
― Courtney Milan, Unlocked

“If it must be done, it's best done bravely.”
― Courtney Milan, Unlocked

“If people did not fear me so, how could anyone tolerate me?”
― Courtney Milan, Unlocked

“This is why people are so hard to understand. I cannot even estimate their gravitational pull.”
― Courtney Milan, Unlocked

“The Bible got it wrong when it intimated that the valley contained the shadow of death. Death dwells in the high places.”
― Courtney Milan, Unlocked

“But none of that matters. When I see you, I remember that you made me want to drown rather than be myself.”
― Courtney Milan, Unlocked

“I'll not pretend that I want you for anything but mine.”
― Courtney Milan, Unlocked

“We're friends...And what that means is this: I won't let anyone hurt you. Not if I can stop it.”
― Courtney Milan, Unlocked

“I do believe you would have cut the rope.”
― Courtney Milan, Unlocked

“...what started with those simple requirements -- make her notice me, but guarantee that nobody understood how I felt -- turned into the cruelest thing I have ever done to another human.”
― Courtney Milan, Unlocked

“When I see you, I remember that you made me want to drown rather than be myself.”
― Courtney Milan, Unlocked

“Of all the things I wish for in this world, I want you to find happiness. I suspect you never will have that with me, and I've resigned myself to the matter.”
― Courtney Milan, Unlocked

“I had to outrun the person you all believed me to be.”
― Courtney Milan, Unlocked

“His past followed him around as faithfully as his shadow.”
― Courtney Milan, Unlocked

“He was nothing but a deep abyss of want, and only she could fill him. He didn’t want to turn at the sound of her voice. If he simply stared into the hydrangea for long enough…then he would be a coward. He turned to face the woman who could bring him to his knees.”
― Courtney Milan, Unlocked

“Maybe that’s what I have been looking for. When storms and rockslides threaten, I am looking for someone who will hold on to me and not let go.” He was talking about friendship, but the way he looked at her… She would crackle like fire if he touched her.”
― Courtney Milan, Unlocked

“There was a savagery to his smile, and a darkness in his eyes when he watched her. He was in love with her. And it hurt him.”
― Courtney Milan, Unlocked