Mariposa Quotes

“you are my reason to survive because I know when I come back, I’ve got the most beautiful, sweet woman waiting for me and I got to give her three hundred and sixty five kisses to make up for the days I haven’t been there to worship her.”
― Lexie Axelson, Mariposa

“I’m a monster with scars inside my mind and flesh. No one wants me. Who could love a broken man?”
― Lexie Axelson, Mariposa

“Baby, you and I will never be out of time. What we have together is infinite. Even when we’re nothing but phantoms with beatless hearts, we will always be perfectly intertwined because you were made for me.”
― Lexie Axelson, Mariposa

“You are my beautiful ruin,”
― Lexie Axelson, Mariposa

“And you are my salvation—my anchor in an ocean I’ve been drowning in.”
― Lexie Axelson, Mariposa

“I wish grandparents could live forever.”
― Lexie Axelson, Mariposa

“You look beautiful in red, you know that?” He licks my blood off my skin and returns to my mouth. His tongue dives inside, forcing me to taste iron.”
― Lexie Axelson, Mariposa

“You better start wearing panties or I’ll fuck that bratty little smile off your lips right now.” Oh, um…yes, please.”
― Lexie Axelson, Mariposa

“I want him to dominate me. I want to make him forget about the dark demons that plague his soul. “You’re a broken man, Master Sergeant O’Connell. But what’s that saying? It takes one to know one.”
― Lexie Axelson, Mariposa

“Holy shit, we broke my desk.” He stares at the broken pieces above his head. A frame of him in his uniform on a celebratory day with a general lays right next to his ear with chipped glass. I can’t help it, but I burst out laughing so hard, I’m snorting into the crook of his neck.”
― Lexie Axelson, Mariposa

“I’m serious.” His hooded eyes rake my face with tenacity. “You belong to me until I say this is over. You won’t scream anyone else’s name. If another man touches you, I’ll kill him. I don’t share what’s mine. I don’t give a fuck if that makes me crazy. I’m greedy. You need to know what happens when you give yourself over to a heartless, cruel, starving man.”
― Lexie Axelson, Mariposa

“Violet…you aren’t wearing any underwear?” His tone deepens. I bite my bottom lip and shrug. He tuts and leans into my ear. “You better start wearing panties or I’ll fuck that bratty little smile off your lips right now.” Oh, um…yes, please.”
― Lexie Axelson, Mariposa

“should.”
― Lexie Axelson, Mariposa

“One.”
― Lexie Axelson, Mariposa

“One day, our souls intertwined perfectly, calling to each other without having to search for or force it. One look at this man, and I knew he was worth bleeding for.”
― Lexie Axelson, Mariposa

“Ehh”
― Lexie Axelson, Mariposa

“It’s a part of life. We will see each other again. Have faith. Be strong. And you do have me”
― Lexie Axelson, Mariposa

“You belong to me until I say this is over. You won’t scream anyone else’s name. If another man touches you”
― Lexie Axelson, Mariposa

“On the beach,” I say. Something about the ocean always calms me. I could stare at it for hours and lose myself in someplace no one can follow.”
― Lexie Axelson, Mariposa

“Oh, I’m not some fuck boy that falls in love fast.” He points to the ring on my finger with his blade. “I’m a man who’s going to use all your holes and make you forget about the one who put that meaningless ring on your finger.”
― Lexie Axelson, Mariposa

“She’s in heaven, dancing with Graham on a beach somewhere. Smiling, my heart twists into my swelling chest. I take solace knowing my grandmother passed away at home, thinking her soldier made it back home to her.”
― Lexie Axelson, Mariposa

“Grandpa loved my grandma so much that he didn’t care; he married her knowing her heart was tethered to another. As long as he had her, that was enough for him.”
― Lexie Axelson, Mariposa

“And the final moments of her beautiful life confirmed it for me. It was always him…I was the second choice.”
― Lexie Axelson, Mariposa

“But when she looked at me, how she always does, with an infinite, unbreakable grandmotherly bond and a smile drawn on her pale, tired face.”
― Lexie Axelson, Mariposa

“You’re a piece of shit!” “You’re a monster!” “You’re worthless!” Words soldiers and my ex-wife have told me.”
― Lexie Axelson, Mariposa

“I hand my grandmother over to Kade, and they intertwine their hands. They slowly dance to the beat of the music,”
― Lexie Axelson, Mariposa

“Go! Fall in love over and over again. Get married, have lots of pretty babies, go live your life…” He knew his time was over. He had accepted it a long time ago, by the way he said it.”
― Lexie Axelson, Mariposa

“They were always so enchanting, confident, beautiful, and free like you.”
― Lexie Axelson, Mariposa

“Seeing you the entire time you were my student…you fought to gain your wings. I watched you through a stage of metamorphosis. Your resilience and strength remind me of the butterflies I used to chase as a child during migration season.”
― Lexie Axelson, Mariposa

“She’s taught me everything I know—my guide who has always taught me to choose a path of morals and faith. She’s shown me unconditional love. Why would God do this to my grandma?”
― Lexie Axelson, Mariposa