Good Intentions Quotes

“God threw him out of Heaven. He tore your world apart⁠—” “Humans tore our world apart too.” Her hand fell back to her side. “Lucifer is an abomination that should never have been thrown to Earth. He should have been taken care of by his own kind instead of foisted off onto humans and later demons.”
― Brenda K. Davies, Good Intentions

“Because you are the first who has refused to go with the others and who didn’t turn into a blubbering mess once the secrets were out.” “Have the others all been older than the volunteers, like me?” “No, some were younger.” “No wonder they started to cry; they were children.” “You’re not much older than a child.” “Maybe not, but I was never really able to be a child either.”
― Brenda K. Davies, Good Intentions

“My hand wrapped around the bottom of the goblet. I took another sip of the liquid to wet my parched throat. “I’ve broken many of the commandments in my lifetime; perhaps we would have met one day anyway.” “It’s not all about the commandments,” he replied. “The souls of the people who are sent there did far more than covet their neighbor’s goods.”
― Brenda K. Davies, Good Intentions

“They looked like puppies ready for a treat; I felt like a sullen cat looking to claw the eyes out of anyone who tried to touch me.”
― Brenda K. Davies, Good Intentions

“She called him the prick, and throughout most of my life, she’d referred to me as a bastard, useless, or the evil being who had ruined her life, which was fine by me. I didn’t think much of her either.”
― Brenda K. Davies, Good Intentions

“all of the religions got at least a piece of it right.” “They did”
― Brenda K. Davies, Good Intentions

“laughing again. “I barely know her,” he mumbled. I thrust Bailey into his arms. “Remember birth control.” “I uh… I…” he sputtered. “I know you’re only fourteen”
― Brenda K. Davies, Good Intentions

“harboring fury and resentment would only eat away at me.”
― Brenda K. Davies, Good Intentions

“You humans and your infatuation with fictional characters.”
― Brenda K. Davies, Good Intentions

“My eyes were drawn to the TV; my brow creased in curious wonder at the mushroom cloud I saw rising from the earth. A black cloud of rolling fire and smoke covered the entire horizon on the screen. Beneath the cloud, words ran across the bottom of the screen. The U.S. is under attack. Nuclear bomb dropped on Kansas. Possible terrorist attack. Possible attack from China or Russia. Numerous areas of reported violence erupting. “It’s World War III,” Lisa’s father said as the remote fell from his hand and her mother sobbed harder.”
― Brenda K. Davies, Good Intentions

“hours.”
― Brenda K. Davies, Good Intentions

“I wouldn’t be anyone’s doormat, not even a fifteen-hundred-year-old demon with the body of a Greek god and the personality of a crocodile.”
― Brenda K. Davies, Good Intentions

“She was everything I had ever needed or wanted in the world. She was my heart and I would not let her go.”
― Brenda K. Davies, Good Intentions