The Keep Quotes

“He imagined this must be what fatherhood felt like, just without all the gross parts, and the aftercare, and most of the other parts in between.”
― Bella Forrest, The Keep

“I should tell you, though— I’m not exactly a roses and chocolates kind of girl.”
― Bella Forrest, The Keep

“if we’re both feeling this way, then we may as well fall together.”
― Bella Forrest, The Keep

“There is no escaping first love, you know. It is like a weed; no matter how you cut it away, it always returns, coiling around your heart.”
― Bella Forrest, The Keep

“Love is the most precious of things, my boy… Never forget that. They write a million stories, a million poems, a million songs about it, and they do so for a reason. They do it to replicate a secret feeling that so few get to hold onto forever, and it can only be shattered by death, if the feeling is true. If you find it, don’t let it go,”
― Bella Forrest, The Keep

“This place is not for wandering, and nor should we ever ignore an odd feeling. Let us not forget, our bodies are more in tune with the world than we think; we simply choose to drown out the connection . If it is telling you she isn’t safe, then I trust your instinct.”
― Bella Forrest, The Keep

“The peaceful had paid dearly for the arrogance and bigotry of the aggressive. Innocents had fallen on both sides, and, to Alex, there was nothing more tragic.”
― Bella Forrest, The Keep

“In a war between races, nobody wins,” Vincent sighed, “and Agatha lost dearly . As we all did, on all sides. You were guilty only of bringing bad memories back to the forefront of her mind, after countless years of pushing them farther and farther back.”
― Bella Forrest, The Keep

“Genocide is the foulest plague known to the world, and I offer you my apologies , that you have found yourself alone among us. My words can never make up for the suffering of your people, but I hope they may ease a fraction of your own.”
― Bella Forrest, The Keep

“I should have known it would be you. Creepy noise, creepy place, creepy shadows— guaranteed to be you,” Alex groaned.”
― Bella Forrest, The Keep

“Elias cackled deep in the back of his black throat. “Very good, Webber— you’re learning. Still not smart enough to avoid following said creepy whisper into an unknown room in the depths of a prison full of criminals… but alas, we must walk before we can run,” he teased, his face contorting into what Alex thought was meant to be a frown of displeasure.”
― Bella Forrest, The Keep

“I’m starting to sound like that halfwit Demeter. If I start spouting half-formed proverbs, feel free to send me back from whence I came— I implore you. I’d rather die a thousand deaths than use fortune cookies as my sole source of inspiration.”
― Bella Forrest, The Keep