The Rocchetti Queen Quotes

“I did not expect...this, Elena. I knew I would change, knew my life would be different, but I did not expect to become unrecognisable to myself. I...I can go days without showering or sleeping. I am either ravenous or disgusted with the idea of eating. I record my body like a lab technician: how much milk am I making? How much blood am I leaking? I look in the mirror and I don't see Sophia Rocchetti, I don't see me. But I... I am addicted. I did not expect my brain to change like this, my psychology to be turned on its head. I think about Dante all the time. What is he doing? Is he happy? Sad? Is he comfortable? Breathing? Even when he is in my arms, I am paralysed with worry. But...I love him so much. It hurts how much I love him. Every day I don’t think I can love him more and then he looks up at me and I—”
― Bree Porter, The Rocchetti Queen

“We were a team, husband and wife. There was no part of my partner that I did not see and did not love. Whether the man who called me beautiful when I first woke up or the bloodthirsty gangster. This man was mine and I would support him through anything.”
― Bree Porter, The Rocchetti Queen

“Did you all fall for it? I wanted to ask. Did my pretty words convince you that I should be your queen? Has my self-discipline failed me? Do you worship me as much as my husband does?”
― Bree Porter, The Rocchetti Queen

“Aisling’s children are recognized publicly and legally as Rocchettis.”
― Bree Porter, The Rocchetti Queen

“A message from Toto the Terrible (listed in my phone as Fucking Crazy Father-In-Law, courtesy of Alessandro) popped up.”
― Bree Porter, The Rocchetti Queen