Calico Descending Quotes

“But time and love are criminals who spare no one -- not even the most desiring. Time is the thief who comes in the night, silently chipping away at the present. And love is the killer of hearts.”
― Keri Lake, Calico Descending

“Let them watch. Let them know what this man does to me. How, in spite of the ugly, the pain, and the suffering this place breeds, we find solace in each other.”
― Keri Lake, Calico Descending

“It's a wonder we fall in love, at all. Sometimes, I think we're all just innately drawn to heartache. Why else would we dare to fall so deeply, knowing what consequences may lie ahead?”
― Keri Lake, Calico Descending

“The idea of being so close to freedom, so close to bliss, is unsettling as we drive in the opposite direction to it. Perhaps we've come the closest of anyone in this world. And maybe God saw fit to intervene for our sins.

I wish I could believe in something so righteous, but then I'd have to believe that the place from which we escaped was created by God's will. That our disease-infected world is nothing more than the scope of his wrath. And I can't think of any reason, God, or man, that one could be so cruel and unforgiving.”
― Keri Lake, Calico Descending