The Lies that Summon the Night Quotes

“He’s gorgeous the same way a lightning storm is—breathtaking despite its danger. Or maybe because of it.”
― Tessonja Odette, The Lies that Summon the Night

“To perform art is to lie, to lie is to sin, and to sin is to attract the shadows that haunt the dark.”
― Tessonja Odette, The Lies that Summon the Night

“I told you that the next time you wanted my touch, you were going to beg for it.” He steps closer until he’s just a foot away. He still doesn’t let his eyes move lower down my body. Instead, his dark irises burn into mine as his lips curl into a cruel smile. “So beg, sinner.”
― Tessonja Odette, The Lies that Summon the Night

“I wanted to see her hatred all over again, and I wanted to be the cause. Me. Nothing else. Not our situation or preconceived notions or generalized suspicion. Just me. My voice. My words.”
― Tessonja Odette, The Lies that Summon the Night

“I meant what I said to Lord Wheaton. You belong to me now”— I open my mouth to protest, but he seals his claim with the two words that brook no further argument. The name I left behind in a bloodstained cell. A name not even Mr. Rockefeller knows. —“Inana Westwood.”
― Tessonja Odette, The Lies that Summon the Night

“But this one is mine.”
― Tessonja Odette, The Lies that Summon the Night

“Yet it's funny how captivity is the place I've felt most free.”
― Tessonja Odette, The Lies that Summon the Night

“Try it,” he says, a threat in his tone and a maniacal hunger in his dark eyes. A dare. “Lie to me, sinner. They like the way it tastes.”
― Tessonja Odette, The Lies that Summon the Night

“I may not know your face, but my shadows will know your taste. I will track you down.”
― Tessonja Odette, The Lies that Summon the Night