Hideaway Quotes

“There are just some things that are more exciting when they’re a secret.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“We’re only ever good, because there are consequences,” I told her. “Take those away, and everyone shows their true self. Kind of like taking off a mask.” “Or putting one on,” she replied. “After all, there’s freedom in hiding, isn’t there?”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“It’s always best to say as little as possible. The more of a mystery you are, the less leverage they have.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“People will think what they want to think, not because they believe they are right, but because it’s in their nature to maintain that they are. By defending yourself, you feed the appetite for drama. By not, you’ve ended the conversation.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“I don’t flaunt myself for the enjoyment of men.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“Damon eats pain,” I told her. “He will find some way to take it and twist it and fit it down his throat, so he can swallow it. He’s made of it. You all can endure it until you overcome it, but Damon…he wants to be in hell.”

It’s where he shines.

I turned my eyes back up to the sky, sliding an arm under my head. “But still…he never cried.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“Do you feel that?” he whispered.
“What?”
His long arms blanketed mine, my hands resting inside his. “You fit me like a shirt. It's a perfect mold.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“There's pawns and rooks and knights and bishops, but only one queen.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“No matter how you cover yourself, it’s never enough. You’re beautiful.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“I never make mistakes,” I replied. “I’m either right or I’m learning. Jaku niku kyo shoku.” I recited one of the many Japanese sayings he’d spouted over the course of my life. The weak are meat, the strong eat.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“You make me feel driven. You make me hungry and on fire and wanting to slow down time instead of wanting to rush through it. It’s you I look for when I walk in the doors in the morning. Not her. You.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“People who are wound that tight are unpredictable.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“We’re only ever good, because there are consequences,” I told her. “Take those away, and everyone shows their true self. Kind of like taking off a mask.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“She’s not equal!” Michael shouted.
And everyone fell silent.
Dammit, I wished I could see their faces.
“She will never be equal!” he went on. “She will always mean more than you.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“Territorial is fine when it’s in the bedroom. It’s not fine when it keeps someone you’re supposed to love from living a life.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“Oh, and I kind of brought Gabriel’s cook,” I said, stumbling up to him. “We could use her, right?”
“Yeah, fine, fuck, whatever.” He entered the house and started pounding up the stairs. “Bring everybody. Doors are open. Why the hell not?”
...
“Oh, and one more thing.” I ran, catching up to him and jumping up on the stair above him.
He stopped in his tracks, letting out another sigh. “I think I might cry.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“I like you,” he told me. “I want you in my house. I want to see you in my bed. I don’t want to not see you every day. Be with me tonight.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“His mouth covered mine, and we kissed, going hard and fast, eating each other alive. He tasted like everything I’d ever need.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“I was Catholic by birth, as was my friend, Damon, but in
practice, we were Catholic in the same way Taco Bell was a Mexican
restaurant.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“And you say “Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned”." "Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned." "What would you like to confess?" "A boy got a hold of me, Father.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“You're my person. I need you alive. You make me brave.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“Kai grabbed me, wrapping his arms around my torso, under my arms, and lifting me up. “I love you,” he whispered against my lips as he backed us away from the others. “And he can send me to prison again for a very long time. I’m not letting that happen now that I’ve found you. Please.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“It could be so strange how things happen. How the people you never suspect become you’re only lifeline, and you hold onto them as hard as you can, because you have no choice. There was nothing else to keep you from falling. Falling into loneliness or despair or fear. He reached for me, and I reached back.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“I never make mistakes," I replied. "I'm either right or I'm learning. Jaku niku kyo shoku.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“I swung back my leg to kick the buffet table, but I caught myself, stopping. It was, like, expensive, and an antique and shit, so…”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“A man cannot destroy the savage in him by denying its impulses. The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. –Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“People dictate rules based on how they want to be treated, but I’ll tell you something. When someone else misbehaves, it’s black and white, isn’t it? We judge, and we condemn, but when we do it, it’s a gray area all of a sudden. Other people are subject to your convictions, but not you, right? Not Michael?”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“People will think what they want to think, not because they believe they are right, but because it’s in their nature to maintain that they are. By defending yourself, you feed the appetite for drama. By not, you’ve ended the conversation. You. Not them”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“The less you know, the more you fear, so go learn more.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“What are you doing?"
"Giving you a head start."
"But I don't....I didn't want to play!"
"Oh, you've been playing with me all night.....Run. Because I turn into a very different person when no one's looking.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway