Shades of Red Quotes

“Flavors don’t just live in food, they’re everywhere—in the air, in the earth, in your skin. You can feast before even setting foot in the kitchen. You just have to open your senses to the experience.”
― Willow Prescott, Shades of Red

“Something in me bristles at her misplaced gratitude. “Do not thank me for fixing you after I’ve broken you,” I retort with the bitterness of burned espresso. “It is not kindness—it’s basic human decency, which is the very most my depleted sense of morality demands.”
― Willow Prescott, Shades of Red

“Keep testing me, and I’ll take you into the back of one of these alleys, push you against the hard stone wall, lift up your dress, and spank you until your ass matches that pretty shade of red.”
― Willow Prescott, Shades of Red

“You wouldn’t threaten so lightly if you knew what I could do with these fingers.”
― Willow Prescott, Shades of Red

“You’re heartless.” “You would know. There’s still blood under your lovely red nails from ripping it out of my chest.”
― Willow Prescott, Shades of Red

“Never apologize. That just gives people a soft spot to aim at when they’re on the attack. Don’t show weakness because there will always be someone willing to exploit it.”
― Willow Prescott, Shades of Red

“For those of you who love a tall, tatted, morally grey, and spicy MMC who’s got all the right ingredients, welcome to Gavin Greyson’s kitchen. Careful, it gets a little hot. Happy reading, my loves. Willow”
― Willow Prescott, Shades of Red

“What name fits the man who plays and fucks in blood? This person composed of my darkest shadows woven together and thrust into the pastel lights to be seen for the first time. I’ve been Grey. I’ve been Nine. I’ve been Chef. But the person I’ve become tonight is someone I haven’t met before. And I have a feeling he’ll be sticking around for good. “You can call me Master Greyson.”
― Willow Prescott, Shades of Red

“I’ve never had such an insatiable hunger for sex and chaos, and I don’t know if I can ever starve that side of myself again.”
― Willow Prescott, Shades of Red

“Using him to lube up a pretty French boy’s ass before fucking him seems like a little more than a dead prick deserves, but a promise is a promise.”
― Willow Prescott, Shades of Red

“I’ve never gotten head from a guy, but if Beau’s skilled mouth is any indication, I’ve been missing the fuck out.”
― Willow Prescott, Shades of Red

“I don’t know what I expected to happen when I walked through that door tonight, but sticking my cock down another guy’s throat definitely wasn’t it.”
― Willow Prescott, Shades of Red

“And it’s high time my monster and I learned how to play together.”
― Willow Prescott, Shades of Red

“It’s time the real you came out to play.”
― Willow Prescott, Shades of Red

“It is an art of balance. Strokes of red are beautiful against the white, but paint her in one color and you lose the lovely contrast.”
― Willow Prescott, Shades of Red

“Such a surprising little sadist. Not many vie for blood their first time.”
― Willow Prescott, Shades of Red

“My, aren’t you the sweetest little sadist I’ve ever seen.”
― Willow Prescott, Shades of Red

“I don’t think I’m what you need, boy. I’d let you lick my boots and maybe even my pussy if you’re lucky, but I wouldn’t do anything to help you with that sizable package trying to burst through your trousers right now.”
― Willow Prescott, Shades of Red

“If I don’t fuck something soon, I’ll explode.”
― Willow Prescott, Shades of Red

“She’s as stunning as sin. If the devil was a woman, she’d look like her.”
― Willow Prescott, Shades of Red

“To each their own, but having my favorite appendage tied and useless is not my fucking kink.”
― Willow Prescott, Shades of Red

“Because there’s no way in Hell that Sophie has given me the address of a sex club and told me to get fucked.”
― Willow Prescott, Shades of Red

“Fuck me. I mentioned liking to use knives on more than food one time when she and I shared too much friendly Cabernet Sauvignon after work, and now she thinks I’m some sort of deviant. Which I am. But she doesn’t need to know that.”
― Willow Prescott, Shades of Red

“I do not need to fuck, you filthy Frenchie,” I snap back.
“I think we both know which one of us is filthy.”
― Willow Prescott, Shades of Red

“Who needs the fickle love of a woman when you have pastries?”
― Willow Prescott, Shades of Red

“And in this moment—in spite of the bitch, the lies, the betrayal, the heartbreak, and the motherfucking gore—I know I’m exactly where I belong. And this is only the beginning.”
― Willow Prescott, Shades of Red

“As long as my knives are sharp, I’ve never been scared of a fight.”
― Willow Prescott, Shades of Red

“I presented boudin noir aux pommes for my final dish. A traditional French preparation by all accounts, but I added my own creative style. I sourced the meat myself—the blood and even the sausage casings too. And Chef Matis said it was the most flavorful saucisse he’d ever had. I wonder how he’d feel about my secret ingredient?”
― Willow Prescott, Shades of Red

“I love you.” And that’s the last lie I’ll ever hear from her sweet cherry lips.
“C’est impossible, ma chérie. That would require you to have a beating heart.”
― Willow Prescott, Shades of Red

“You’re heartless.”
“You would know. There’s still blood under your lovely red nails from ripping it out of my chest.”
― Willow Prescott, Shades of Red