Killing Ruby Rose Quotes

“That simple touch felt like stars springing to life inside of me after years of living in darkness.”
― Jessie Humphries, Killing Ruby Rose

“If I’d had a gun, I would’ve shot the damn clock for ticking so obnoxiously at me—an impulse that, admittedly, screamed “anger-management issues.” But since my anger was directed toward an inanimate object and not a person, it was totally fine. Or so I told myself. Plus, my concealed weapons license had been suspended and Smith taken into evidence. I was harmless.”
― Jessie Humphries, Killing Ruby Rose

“First, you’re such a racist. White girls like me can’t get a brown Hawaiian glow like yours.”
― Jessie Humphries, Killing Ruby Rose

“Truths and roses have thorns about them. —Henry David Thoreau”
― Jessie Humphries, Killing Ruby Rose

“God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please—you can never have both.”
― Jessie Humphries, Killing Ruby Rose

“I should start calling you Rubik’s Cube, because no matter how hard I try, I can never figure out what I’m supposed to do with you,”
― Jessie Humphries, Killing Ruby Rose

“I crammed a pillow over my face so I could scream. But mid-scream, I realized that was about to turn into a throw-up, and I stopped.”
― Jessie Humphries, Killing Ruby Rose

“As much as I needed and wanted Liam’s touch, I pulled away to steel myself against the weakness threatening to destroy me. My walls were there for a reason: protection.”
― Jessie Humphries, Killing Ruby Rose