Bait Quotes

“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. Norman Cousins”
― Jade West, Bait

“I smile because someone found me in the darkness and didn’t try to switch the light on.”
― Jade West, Bait

“He’s tugging my soul from the depths and holding tight. He’s whispering in every dark corner of my mind.”
― Jade West, Bait

“Maybe a little darkness will turn us both back toward the light.”
― Jade West, Bait

“His eyes eat me up but I hold mine firm. The darkness there takes my breath. My demons wave at his, and I swear they wave back.”
― Jade West, Bait

“The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore. Vincent Van Gogh”
― Jade West, Bait

“I smile because a stranger asked a simple question, and then he heard me.”
― Jade West, Bait

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. Edith Wharton”
― Jade West, Bait

“His eyes eat me up but I hold mine firm. The darkness there takes my breath. My demons wave at his, and I swear they wave back. I feel the ghost of a shiver up my spine. My whole body wants him to wrestle me into his truck and drive me away. “Goodbye, Cinderella,” he says and my heart stutters.”
― Jade West, Bait

“Insanity is knowing that what you’re doing is completely idiotic, but still, somehow, you just can’t stop it. Elizabeth Wurtzel”
― Jade West, Bait

“Unforgiveness is like drinking poison yourself and waiting for the other person to die. Marianne Williamson”
― Jade West, Bait

“You underestimate the savage seas of female emotion,”
― Jade West, Bait

“It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog. Mark Twain”
― Jade West, Bait

“Even a monster can be a gentleman,” he says.”
― Jade West, Bait

“Unforgiveness is like drinking poison yourself and waiting for the other person to die.”
― Jade West, Bait

“To put meaning in one’s life may end in madness, but life without meaning is the torture of restlessness and vague desire. It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid. Edgar Lee Masters”
― Jade West, Bait

“I can tell you when the nightmares stopped being terrors and the monster became a man. I can even tell you when I started wanting them. Wanting the chase. Wanting him.”
― Jade West, Bait

“I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies. Pietro Aretino”
― Jade West, Bait

“I want to keep my dreams, even the bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long. Joseph Heller”
― Jade West, Bait

“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. Ernest Hemingway”
― Jade West, Bait

“Every man has a wild beast within him. Frederick the Great”
― Jade West, Bait

“From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate. Socrates”
― Jade West, Bait

“And I guess it’s true enough that a monster really can be a gentleman. After all, I already learned the hard way that a gentleman really can be a monster.”
― Jade West, Bait

“We get stronger at the broken places,”
― Jade West, Bait

“Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t goin’ away. Elvis Presley”
― Jade West, Bait

“Sometimes you can know someone for years and know nothing at all,”
― Jade West, Bait

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. Khalil Gibran”
― Jade West, Bait

“I think of all the people I’ve neglected in my own misery.”
― Jade West, Bait

“Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery. Matthew Arnold”
― Jade West, Bait

“It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then. Lewis Carroll”
― Jade West, Bait