Take Me with You Quotes

“You don’t stare the devil in the eyes and come out without some of his sin. You can’t beat the devil without becoming like him.”
― Nina G. Jones, Take Me with You

“You don't stare the devil in the eyes and come out without some of his sin. You can't beat the devil without becoming like him. You can't appeal to his kindness, so you have to learn to play his games. You lie, you fuck, you manipulate, you fight, you hurl insults, until you do whatever it takes to win the battle. Every time you do those things, you understand him a little more. Until finally, he becomes your ally. You think you've won, that you've made him more like you. But the truth is, it's the other way around. So that even when you win, you've lost.”
― Nina G. Jones, Take Me With You

“Fear is the glue that holds us together.”
― Nina G. Jones, Take Me with You

“this is a flash flood, it's the smoke billowing when a steak hits a hot pan. It's threatening, but its fierceness is the very thing love dilutes.”
― Nina G. Jones, Take Me With You

“There are no heroes in this world, only villains and victims.”
― Nina G. Jones, Take Me with You

“Human company is as essential as air, water, and food.”
― Nina G. Jones, Take Me With You

“Who am I?” he asks in that voice, dirty and broken. “I am the person who has nothing to lose but you.”
― Nina G. Jones, Take Me With You

“If you had asked me months ago, would I be used to anything like this, I would have laughed at the notion. Or maybe even recoiled in horror. But no, this is my life. I have come to terms with it.
You will like this he once said to me. Like isn't a word for this. This is not buttered toast or a cup of tea. You don't like this, you breathe it. It lives and grows in you. You hate it or you pine for it so strongly that, without it, you find yourself wanting to pull out each and every hair at the root, one by one.”
― Nina G. Jones, Take Me with You

“I know how cruel this world can be to those of us who wear our imperfections on the outside.”
― Nina G. Jones, Take Me with You

“They'll smile at you then laugh behind your back.”
― Nina G. Jones, Take Me With You