Killman Creek Quotes

“But the past never leaves us. It’s in every breath, every cell, every second. I know that now.”
― Rachel Caine, Killman Creek

“Nightmares aren’t frightening once you wake up.”
― Rachel Caine, Killman Creek

“People like to say that cameras don’t lie, but they can. And when they do, everyone believes.”
― Rachel Caine, Killman Creek

“You never understand how vulnerable you are in this age of social media until something breaks against you, and then . . . then it’s too late. You can shut down Facebook, Twitter, Instagram; you can change your phone number and your e-mail. Move to new places. But for dedicated tormentors, that isn’t a barrier. It’s a challenge. They”
― Rachel Caine, Killman Creek

“It isn’t fair, or right, but it’s dreadfully human, the way we tear each other apart.”
― Rachel Caine, Killman Creek

“I’m too broken to be broken anymore.”
― Rachel Caine, Killman Creek

“Stripping away the humanity because that is the only way I can save myself and still watch this unrelenting horror.”
― Rachel Caine, Killman Creek

“When I’m feeling uncomfortable, I attack. It makes people step off and gives me time to find my way.”
― Rachel Caine, Killman Creek

“A petty kind of power is still power.”
― Rachel Caine, Killman Creek

“Rich men don’t look at people like us as human beings; we’re pieces they move, levers they pull to get what they want.”
― Rachel Caine, Killman Creek

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― Rachel Caine, Killman Creek

“Funny how a little whisper of hope can steady you.”
― Rachel Caine, Killman Creek

“I know what it feels like to be the survivor, and it turned me inside out. Don’t do that to them.” I feel him swallow. “Don’t do it to me.”
― Rachel Caine, Killman Creek

“If I’m already dead to the people I love, I might as well die for them.” It’s bleak, and it makes perfect sense to me. I think that for the first time Sam Cade really pities me now, as if I’m broken. But I’m not. I’m forged hard out of pieces, like a bar of solid steel. There’s nothing soft left. I’m too broken to be broken anymore.”
― Rachel Caine, Killman Creek

“found the secret stairs, he waited for us to go down”
― Rachel Caine, Killman Creek

“There are moments when it feels like I’ve always known her. And then, like tonight, there are moments when I feel like I don’t know her at all. Like she’s a mystery I’ll never solve, wrapped in barbed wire and thorns and roses.”
― Rachel Caine, Killman Creek

“Need came later, but it came on slowly. Softly. Against my will.”
― Rachel Caine, Killman Creek

“I crave safety. And I know that seeking that in the arms of another man—even Sam—is dangerous. My safety has to be found within myself.”
― Rachel Caine, Killman Creek

“I’m glad I made a copy and put it up in cloud storage.”
― Rachel Caine, Killman Creek

“me.”
― Rachel Caine, Killman Creek

“There’s a rare grace in what she’s just done. It’s forgiveness, and pity, and understanding, and without even thinking about it,”
― Rachel Caine, Killman Creek

“This isn’t a game, Lanny. You understand that, right? A gun is a responsibility. The second you touch one, you assume the power of life and death, and you can’t take that lightly.”
― Rachel Caine, Killman Creek

“This is what you wanted, I tell myself. You wanted Melvin to come for you. Now you just have to live long enough to be useful to your kids. Stay alive. I can’t depend on Sam now. I can’t depend on anyone but myself. All my life has been coming to this.”
― Rachel Caine, Killman Creek

“You never understand how vulnerable you are in this age of social media until something breaks against you, and then . . . then it’s too late. You can shut down Facebook, Twitter, Instagram; you can change your phone number and your e-mail. Move to new places. But for dedicated tormentors, that isn’t a barrier.”
― Rachel Caine, Killman Creek

“I’m not prepared to say I love her. But I am willing to admit to myself that it’s more than curiosity, more than liking, more than the kind of one-night-stand lust that you get over in the morning. There are moments when it feels like I’ve always known her. And then, like tonight, there are moments when I feel like I don’t know her at all. Like she’s a mystery I’ll never solve, wrapped in barbed wire and thorns and roses.”
― Rachel Caine, Killman Creek

“Yes,” Gwen agrees. “We’re going to kill him. It’s the only way to be sure the kids are safe.”
― Rachel Caine, Killman Creek

“You never understand how vulnerable you are in this age of social media until something breaks against you, and then . . . then it’s too late. You can shut down Facebook, Twitter, Instagram; you can change your phone number and your e-mail. Move to new places. But for dedicated tormentors, that isn’t a barrier. It’s a challenge”
― Rachel Caine, Killman Creek

“Absalom has made me into the worst kind of enemy: one with nothing to lose, and nothing left to fear.”
― Rachel Caine, Killman Creek

“If I’m already dead to the people I love, I might as well die for them.”
― Rachel Caine, Killman Creek

“I feel a wave of pure horror, like cold honey over my skin.”
― Rachel Caine, Killman Creek