Silent Flames Quotes

“I think eleven-year-old him and the messed-up kid inside me recognized each other. I think we made pretend people for each other, so we could be happy in the way we thought we should be.”
― Cate C. Wells, Silent Flames

“What about the prenup?” “I told you—the prenup is cancelled. We have a new deal.” “Oh yeah?” He turns off the faucet and shakes his hand to dry it. I flip open the first aid kit and root around for some Bacitracin or Aquaphor. “Yeah,” he says.”
― Cate C. Wells, Silent Flames

“I exhale. Do I need to know more? I’m sick enough. “Leave it be.” “I’m sorry, brother.” “Yeah.” “What are you going to do?” “I don’t know.” My fingers are frozen. The wind cuts through my sweater. I can’t think, it’s so cold. “I’ll call you back.”
― Cate C. Wells, Silent Flames

“Now, my chest aches to look at him, a feeling somewhere between longing and loss, hunger and despair. He’s right here, and I want him back.”
― Cate C. Wells, Silent Flames

“I’ve never hurt anyone else, not even people who deserved it. Early on, I learned to turn the knife on myself.”
― Cate C. Wells, Silent Flames

“So he has agreed to fuck all.” Reading legalese is one thing, but when you hear people say it out loud like it’s English, the bullshit is super obvious.”
― Cate C. Wells, Silent Flames

“He thinks he can buy anything he wants. And why wouldn’t he? He can.”
― Cate C. Wells, Silent Flames

“I was always surprised that Cora didn’t work in childcare in Baltimore. She’s such a natural. I suppose she took the job that was offered to her. She’s a practical person. That’s another reason I married her. There is no way that she didn’t understand our arrangement.”
― Cate C. Wells, Silent Flames

“don’t cuss around him, and I’m never vulgar, but that’s a choice I made, not my nature. He knows nothing about who I really am.”
― Cate C. Wells, Silent Flames

“The hate I feel for him is incandescent. How is it not lighting the hallway like an A-bomb? I reach out and let a strand of his silky hair run through my fingers. “Stop pretending. You don’t care if I’m hurt,” I tell him. “You’re my enemy. I know that now.”
― Cate C. Wells, Silent Flames

“Because I’m stupid. Unforgivably stupid.”
― Cate C. Wells, Silent Flames