Hexed Quotes

“In a different life…” I pause, emotion suddenly clogging my throat. “I’d love you out loud.”
― Emily McIntire, Hexed

“In a different life”—I bend until my mouth is centimeters from hers—“I would do anything to make you mine, and I’d bring you any person who’s wronged you and make them beg for death at your feet. All you’d have to do is say the word.”
― Emily McIntire, Hexed

“I can take care of myself,” I say, the same way I always do. He reaches out to grip my chin, tilting my face up to meet his. “I know. But just because you can doesn’t mean you should have to.”
― Emily McIntire, Hexed

“That’s the thing about grief, I guess. It steals the air from your lungs just as you’ve finally figured out how to breathe.”
― Emily McIntire, Hexed

“I’m tired of being someone’s burden and not someone’s choice.”
― Emily McIntire, Hexed

“In my experience, it’s better when men can’t talk anyway.”
― Emily McIntire, Hexed

“I’m doing this for us,” he tells me. “So we can finish this and I can love you out loud. In this life.”
― Emily McIntire, Hexed

“You’re a man, honey. I’m afraid there’s nothing special about any of you.”
― Emily McIntire, Hexed

“Watch and see who I become in spite of you.”
― Emily McIntire, Hexed

“When are you going to realize I see you? Always?”
― Emily McIntire, Hexed

“Watch your mouth,” he says slowly, his New York accent coming through strong, dropping the r and elongating the vowels. “You won’t disrespect yourself to me.”
― Emily McIntire, Hexed

“I’m fucking gone while I watch her. The world could light itself on fire behind us, and I don’t think I’d care.”
― Emily McIntire, Hexed

“Say something.” He demands it this time. “Why?” I force out, my body so hot that I feel like I’m burning from the inside out. “Because if you don’t, I’ll kiss the fuck out of you.”
― Emily McIntire, Hexed

“You made me ache for a different life.”
― Emily McIntire, Hexed

“Glancing around, I check to see if anyone else is paying attention, because the thought of someone else hearing her this way, even though it's innocent, makes me feel fucking crazy.
Those are my moans.”
― Emily McIntire, Hexed

“I’m not sure where we’re headed, but after what just happened, I think I’d follow her anywhere.”
― Emily McIntire, Hexed

“Suddenly I feel like I’m nothing more than that insecure, damaged ten-year-old I was when he first took me in—lonely and broken and looking for someone who was proud enough of me to actually love me out loud.”
― Emily McIntire, Hexed

“There’s nothing like death to make you want to live.”
― Emily McIntire, Hexed

“Because life’s too short to not hold the ones you love close. So I’m going to find her, and then I’m going to spend the rest of my life loving her out loud, just like she deserves.”
― Emily McIntire, Hexed

“You can’t ever count on a man, but you can always count on the poison that will kill him…or whatever that saying is.”
― Emily McIntire, Hexed

“Now we get you cleaned up, I take you back out there, and I show you how good we can be in this life, not a different one.”
― Emily McIntire, Hexed

“It’s because you’re a cunt,” Sean forces out through gritted teeth. I roll my eyes at the tired slur, but before I can say anything else, Enzo is there, gripping Sean’s face so tightly, I can see the indentations of his teeth through his cheeks. “How many times do I have to tell you to watch your fucking mouth?”
― Emily McIntire, Hexed

“You’re right. I want you to pick something because I can tell that memory of you and your mom, it’s a good one. And I want to be a good one, too.”
― Emily McIntire, Hexed

“That’s what she is to me: a work of art.”
― Emily McIntire, Hexed

“I’ve been here at some florist called A Rose by Any Other Name for the past hour, staring at thirteen different flowers that all look the same, smell the same, and make me want to kill myself the same.”
― Emily McIntire, Hexed

“Men are fucking delusional.”
― Emily McIntire, Hexed

“I wonder if she realizes she holds all the power here, that I would crawl on my knees to be wherever she is.”
― Emily McIntire, Hexed

“Tell me your name, piccola sirena.”
― Emily McIntire, Hexed

“If I’m here, it’s because you made a deal with the devil, and there’s nothing you can do to save yourself.”
― Emily McIntire, Hexed

“I’ll make it last all night long, professing my love for your death. That’s a promise.”
― Emily McIntire, Hexed