Stalked by Seduction and Shadows Quotes

“There are many people in this world who would love nothing more than to clip your wings. Stop doing it for them. Soar instead.”
― Maggie Sunseri, Stalked by Seduction and Shadows

“The stronger are the ones that accept that all pain, emotional and physical, are the most natural and inevitable parts of our existence. Those who find a way to make suffering beautiful again are the strongest of all.”
― Maggie Sunseri, Stalked by Seduction and Shadows

“There is no competition in trauma. None of it is ever better or worse than any other. Trauma is not what happens to you. It’s what happens inside of you as a result of what happens to you.”
― Maggie Sunseri, Stalked by Seduction and Shadows

“Don’t accept the half-love that you’ve grown accustomed to. Only accept the full, staggering devotion that you deserve. It’s what we all deserve. To feel wholeheartedly chosen, desired, secure, and nurtured. Anything less is theft.”
― Maggie Sunseri, Stalked by Seduction and Shadows

“A fucked-up fantasy to have in this moment, yes, but that was her fault for making me unable to go a full five minutes without thinking about her.”
― Maggie Sunseri, Stalked by Seduction and Shadows

“I would fight against the emptiness that Isabella, these men, and this village stoked in my heart—the loneliness of being viewed as skin and flesh, a pretty object without a mind or a voice or a dream of great adventure and even greater love.”
― Maggie Sunseri, Stalked by Seduction and Shadows

“Because I love you! You are my friend. I don't give a fuck who your parents are, Scarlett. I care about you because you are my friend. I will repeat myself as long as it takes to penetrate your stubborn skull.”
― Maggie Sunseri, Stalked by Seduction and Shadows

“You don’t have to hate her. You don’t have to feel anything that you don’t feel. Resentment is a hollowing emotion. I think holding on to it can be a way to perpetuate our pain.”
― Maggie Sunseri, Stalked by Seduction and Shadows

“I didn’t know how to receive the love I needed. Maybe that was why it always existed out on the horizon—in other lands, in people I hadn’t met, in a future that was always one step out of reach. Because great love was this thing that existed only conceptually, only in the abstract. It wasn’t something I ever truly thought I’d have, deep down. Though I wanted it terribly—to fill all the cracks in my aura, burst through the blocks, and prove that I was worthy.”
― Maggie Sunseri, Stalked by Seduction and Shadows

“Desire is the key to our survival. Without desire for food and water, we perish. Without desire for companionship, we grow isolated and our souls and minds decay. Desire is amoral. It’s the trajectory of our intentions and actions that determine our goodness.”
― Maggie Sunseri, Stalked by Seduction and Shadows

“Family is the stage upon which generational pain is reenacted over and over again, the same story with different characters.”
― Maggie Sunseri, Stalked by Seduction and Shadows

“I kissed her like I owned her. I did own her.”
― Maggie Sunseri, Stalked by Seduction and Shadows

“The whole world is doomed, Little Flame. We live and love anyway.”
― Maggie Sunseri, Stalked by Seduction and Shadows