Convicted Quotes

“Those who have trusted where they ought not,
will surely mistrust where they ought not."

-Marie von Ebnuer-Eschenbach”
― Aleatha Romig, Convicted

“What we have isn’t something we made. It’s something that existed before we even met.”
― C.D. Reiss, Burn

“When this ice cube melts, I’m going to make love to you so slow, everyone in this hotel is going to know my name. It won’t be play. It’s going to be dead serious.”
― C.D. Reiss, Burn

“No matterwhat he did to make Claire’s life better or show her he’d changed, these memories would always linger in the recesses of his mind. For the rest of his life, he’d know what he’d done. Tony hated himself for all of it—hell, he always had the end justifies the means argument, but even he didn’t believe that anymore. Not now. Not now that he knew Claire and loved Claire.”
― Aleatha Romig, Convicted

“I don’t doubt you can handle it; you’ve
handled so much. You’ve always been so strong. It’s what—”
“I know—it’s what infuriated you about me.”
He squeezed her hand. “Yes—and it’s
what made me fall in love with you.”
― Aleatha Romig, Convicted

“I feel your hands on your phone when you read my texts. I
go to the Stock after your shifts just to stand where you’ve stood. I fall asleep on the pillow you used
when you were in my bed. I need to share whatever piece of the world you’re in. Tell me you don’t
feel the same.”
― C.D. Reiss, Burn

“I can’t fuck a commitment out of you. That’ll be worthless. I have to have your heart, Monica. The real thing. Without fear.”
― C.D. Reiss, Burn

“I'm not throwing you away! I'm setting you free.”
― Aleatha Romig, Convicted

“Lifting his head to gently kiss her lips, he whispered, “I trust you.” Then he covered his own eyes with her satin mask.”
― Aleatha Romig, Convicted

“Their journey wasn’t complete. If their
relationship had been a poker tournament, unquestionably, they’d not been dealt the best cards. When faced with the same odds, as Tony and Claire, many players would have folded and walked away. They hadn’t—they’d continued to play. In the process they’d grown and changed. At one time, they were opponents, strategizing against one another, now they were teammates, yet their tournament wasn’t over. It was too early to declare the winner. They both knew there were more cards to be revealed.”
― Aleatha Romig, Convicted

“Claire, I don’t want to lose that look. I promise, I’ll never demand it again...I don’t want that. I want what I have today. I’m concerned that, when all my confessions are out—it’ll be gone. ---Anthony”
― Aleatha Romig, Convicted

“A wish, a dream, a miracle—Whatever it is, it's real.”
― Aleatha Romig, Convicted

“What we fear is what we do not know. When something is cloaked by the darkness of uncertainty, it's a mystery. Allowing light to penetrate that darkness makes everything clear.”
― Aleatha Romig, Convicted

“I'm human, It's a terminal condition”
― C.D. Reiss, Burn

“Oh, fucking fuckery,”
― C.D. Reiss, Burn

“The evil you create will ultimately destroy you, you cannot escape the consequences of your actions. —Leon Brown”
― Aleatha Romig, Convicted

“We all have time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Others take us forward, they're called dreams. —Unknown”
― Aleatha Romig, Convicted

“Yes, I missed his dick and all our play, but it was the loss of his stare, the warmth of his attention, and the emotional safety of his sphere of influence made me feel unmoored.”
― C.D. Reiss, Burn

“I've loved you since before I knew love existed.”
― Aleatha Romig, Convicted

“Theirs was a long, complicated story with a monster and a knight. What made their story unique was that these two players were the same person.”
― Aleatha Romig, Convicted

“If you're sure of what you're getting yourself into, I will spend the rest of my life atoning for my sins against you and against others. I want my name to be something you're proud to carry.”
― Aleatha Romig, Convicted

“When her reality finally hit, Claire realized she was facing her greatest fear. Catherine had won.”
― Aleatha Romig, Convicted

“I think we’re all crazy. That doesn’t mean that I’m leaving here today without you. My love, you’re coming home.”
― Aleatha Romig, Convicted

“A friend is one who walks in when others walk out. —Walter Winchell”
― Aleatha Romig, Convicted

“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. —John Wooden”
― Aleatha Romig, Convicted

“As an esteemed businessman, he forgot one very important rule. He forgot to read the fine print. It wasn’t an acquisition to own another person as he’d previously assumed. It was an agreement to acquire a soul.”
― Aleatha Romig, Convicted

“While I do, I’ll be comforted in knowing that no one else has ever loved as completely or has been as loved, as I have been by Anthony Rawlings.”
― Aleatha Romig, Convicted

“fate of her husband.”
― Aleatha Romig, Convicted

“It has been said, ‘time heals all wounds.’ I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone. —Rose Kennedy.”
― Aleatha Romig, Convicted

“Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen. —Horace Mann”
― Aleatha Romig, Convicted