Devour Quotes

“You have to make your own happy. You can’t depend on other people for that.”
― Shelly Crane, Devour

“You chose me, I chose you. End of story.”
― Shelly Crane, Devour

“I love how guys say 'it meant nothing' like that's supposed to make it all ok. You only stopped because you got caught.”
― Shelly Crane, Devour

“I want to... go everywhere, see everything. I want to go with you anywhere you'll take me... and I want you to want to take me with you.”
― Shelly Crane, Devour

“You may not have realized what it meant, but somehow, you made the decision subconsciously... that you wanted to keep me.”
― Shelly Crane, Devour

“You saved me from my life.”
― Shelly Crane, Devour

“I chose you, Clara, and you chose me. End of story.”
― Shelly Crane, Devour

“Maybe he doesn’t want to go back,” I countered. “Maybe he likes it here.”
“With a snack like you hanging on his sleeve, I’m sure he does,” he replied wryly.”
― Shelly Crane, Devour

“You didn’t introduce your little cupcake to me. How rude, especially after I’ve tasted her lips and her fright, her want.” He licked his lips again and smiled at me. “All were delicious.”
― Shelly Crane, Devour

“But she’s the Pastor’s wife… Do you not understand the irony of this whole situation?” he said clearly enjoying himself. “One evil being at your door, kissing the hand of your adopted mother who’s married to the Pastor with whom you live. You, the sweet, innocent, unscathed mate of my twin brother who renounces what he is, but is also…an evil being. I mean, you can’t write this stuff.”
― Shelly Crane, Devour

“I hate this part,” I sighed in aggravation and jerked the sunglasses from my eyes, setting them atop my head into my hair.

“What?” he said in a voice that clearly didn’t understand where I could be leading things.

“This is where the leading man tries to save the girl from herself. She is willing to give up everything for him and he, in his misguided attempt to save her, tells her he’s skipping for the hills and she has to beg him to stay and convince him that her love is real and that she is sound of mind.”
― Shelly Crane, Devour

“I won’t move a muscle, I won’t come out, I’ll be quiet, I promise. Besides, I’m not the hero type.”
― Shelly Crane, Devour

“Then trust me. I think the safest place for me is with you, and I won’t regret it. I don’t regret anything. The things that we do and the things that happen…to us,” I gulped and pushed down memories, "make us who we are.”
― Shelly Crane, Devour

“I hate this part," I sighed in aggravation and jerked the sunglasses from my eyes, setting them atop my head into my hair.

"What?" he said in a voice that clearly didn't understand where I could be leading things.

"This is where the leading man tries to save the girl from herself. She is willing to give up everything for him and he, in his misguided attempt to save her, tells her he's skipping for the hills and she has to beg him to stay and convince him that her love is real and that she is sound of mind."

(...)"Furthermore, I think it's juvenile to assume that just because a girl makes a romantic gesture that she can't possibly know what's in her own head. ”
― Shelly Crane, Devour

“There was no way to save me from life.”
― Shelly Crane, Devour

“If paying for your past sins were easy, everyone would do it right?”
― Shelly Crane, Devour