The Scorpion and the Night Blossom Quotes

“The brightest and most beautiful flowers are the most poisonous.”
― Amélie Wen Zhao, The Scorpion and the Night Blossom

“Touch her and I'll show you how it feels to actually have aim.”
― Amélie Wen Zhao, The Scorpion and the Night Blossom

“I want you to stop looking at me as if you're afraid, or suspicious, or disgusted. As if you're thinking of what I am instead of who I am. I want you to look at me and see me.”
― Amélie Wen Zhao, The Scorpion and the Night Blossom

“The nights have been longer and more beautiful since their world began to bleed into ours.”
― Amélie Wen Zhao, The Scorpion and the Night Blossom

“Why is it in our natures to want that which we cannot have?”
― Amélie Wen Zhao, The Scorpion and the Night Blossom

“You help me, and then you push me away. Why?"
"Because I can't have you," he says quietly, but I can't top wanting you.”
― Amélie Wen Zhao, The Scorpion and the Night Blossom