Love in Smoke Quotes

“I know what every mark on his clothes and skin means. It is just a physical depiction of the hell he’s been through. Even now, I can’t fully understand what kinds of marks his soul bears.”
― Holly Hall, Love in Smoke

“It’s reality. It’s chaos, danger, and destruction. And once again, I’m rushing toward it.”
― Holly Hall, Love in Smoke

“You think that because you’re a pretty little thing, we’ll think twice about breaking your neck? Think again, darlin’. You don’t want to make any more enemies in this town.”
― Holly Hall, Love in Smoke

“I will not watch idly as something else I care about goes up in smoke.”
― Holly Hall, Love in Smoke

“We’re as close as we can get and yet, if you fused our skin, bound our cells and bones, I’m still not sure it would feel close enough.”
― Holly Hall, Love in Smoke

“Because for once, I wanted to be the one to pour gasoline on the fire and watch as it engulfed me. I wanted to be consumed by something that would leave no room for distractions.”
― Holly Hall, Love in Smoke

“I didn’t know how much those secrets weighed until I set them free.”
― Holly Hall, Love in Smoke

“In the past year, I’ve felt so much it’s like I’ve come crawling out on the other side of a storm, a refugee amongst devastation. There are things you don’t have to experience twice, and feeling all that is one of them.”
― Holly Hall, Love in Smoke

“What kind of guy makes Brussels sprouts if he’s not trying to get laid?”
― Holly Hall, Love in Smoke

“Try as I might, I can’t justify getting caught up in controversy, whether it’s true or not. I can’t allow myself to be swallowed up again. There’s a chance I’d never find my way back out.”
― Holly Hall, Love in Smoke

“There’s a reason his voice sounds so heart-wrenchingly beautiful. When you slice yourself open and bleed into your music, every song contains a pulse that beats to the rhythm of your heart, and everyone listening can feel it.”
― Holly Hall, Love in Smoke

“I was angry at him and he was angry at me. Angry that I couldn’t be the girl from his songs who just gives and gives until there’s nothing left to her of any substance.”
― Holly Hall, Love in Smoke

“But my edges were all spiky and barbed from past lies and deceit, and try as I might, I couldn’t quite fit into the stencil he’d created. My outlines were a little too rough for that smooth silhouette.”
― Holly Hall, Love in Smoke