Beauty and the Thorns Quotes

“You know the great thing about rock bottom?” Armand’s whisper tickles my ear. “There’s nowhere to go but up.”
― Lee Savino, Beauty and the Thorns

“This foyer is covered in roses. Red and white and rose, but all I see is green. The color of emeralds. Of absinthe. Of poison.”
― Lee Savino, Beauty and the Thorns

“Wagner’s “Bridal Chorus”
― Lee Savino, Beauty and the Thorns

“Socrates says if all the world’s suffering was laid in a pile, most people would choose their own portion. I wouldn’t change my life for anyone else’s. But I’ve been numb for too long.” I lock eyes with him. “I’m ready to be awake to my life. Even for the parts of it that hurt.”
― Lee Savino, Beauty and the Thorns

“The way I see it, life is equal parts hurt and love. If I numb myself to one, then I miss out on the other.”
― Lee Savino, Beauty and the Thorns

“Hercules too committed a great sin, and so in penance, the oracle told him to go serve King Eurystheus and do all that he asked of him. The King set him to twelve labors, each more difficult than the last.”
― Lee Savino, Beauty and the Thorns

“Don’t expect life to be fair. This rage will do nothing but destroy you. Instead, use that energy to create. If you must destroy, destroy only those who are your enemies, not yourself.”
― Lee Savino, Beauty and the Thorns