The Degradation of Shelby Ann Quotes

“You're a bastard, Rittenhouse."
Yeah, yeah, I was.”
― Emma Cole, The Degradation of Shelby Ann

“I couldn't imagine life without knowing she lived somewhere in the world, even if she wasn't mine.”
― Emma Cole, The Degradation of Shelby Ann

“Yes, Shelby Ann. Fly free, little one, fly free…”
― Emma Cole, The Degradation of Shelby Ann

“That happiness was a lie; it always had been. My last thought as I succumbed to my fate in that room of horrors?”
― Emma Cole, The Degradation of Shelby Ann

“And once again, the mystery that someone so beautiful could be so cruel baffled me.”
― Emma Cole, The Degradation of Shelby Ann

“Dogs get trained, Shelby, but I'm happy to treat you like a bitch and bring you to heel.”
― Emma Cole, The Degradation of Shelby Ann

“If you wanted to order me about like a dog, you needn't have married me. You could have just gotten a pet.”
― Emma Cole, The Degradation of Shelby Ann

“My soul sang with the knowledge that I wasn't so beat down that I had completely lost my self-respect. Maybe my self-preservation, but I was tired of taking his shit and didn't care.”
― Emma Cole, The Degradation of Shelby Ann

“There was no escaping this hell, and I was quickly learning that everything that had come before wasn't nearly as bad as it could get.”
― Emma Cole, The Degradation of Shelby Ann

“Sluts get what they deserve, darling. You shouldn’t have betrayed me, and maybe I should have listened when Father told me all women are vicious creatures—beautiful to look at, but more apt to eat your heart than to cherish it.”
― Emma Cole, The Degradation of Shelby Ann

“How the heck did he not see himself as toxic?”
― Emma Cole, The Degradation of Shelby Ann

“There was no chance in hell I meant it, but if it kept him sane, I'd go along with it.”
― Emma Cole, The Degradation of Shelby Ann

“Now, it was all plain uncomfortable, but better than Jerry seeing the marks too. He felt like a kindly uncle, and that gave me the willies to think about.”
― Emma Cole, The Degradation of Shelby Ann

“I hated that I was one of those women. The ones that dressed with covering up abuse in mind. I’d never have thought that I’d be one of them, but there I was, doing just that.”
― Emma Cole, The Degradation of Shelby Ann

“Don't think for a minute that I don't know who she is—to you and to Rafe.”
― Emma Cole, The Degradation of Shelby Ann

“Even if it was out of duty or whatever else, I craved a connection to someone who didn't want to use me for their own gain or twisted desires.”
― Emma Cole, The Degradation of Shelby Ann

“And that was where I fell asleep, in the arms of my nightmare.”
― Emma Cole, The Degradation of Shelby Ann

“Come for me, Shelby. I need to feel it, to know you accept me.”
― Emma Cole, The Degradation of Shelby Ann

“That's it, darling. You can take it. I don't know why I doubted you. You like a little pain with your pleasure. I don't need them if I have you.”
― Emma Cole, The Degradation of Shelby Ann

“I had a plan, one I’d been called a dumbass for a few times, but it was still what was happening.”
― Emma Cole, The Degradation of Shelby Ann

“Spread your legs. My hand hurts."
His hand hurts? My ass is on fire.”
― Emma Cole, The Degradation of Shelby Ann

“The first of many slaps came down on my ass, and my suspicions were confirmed with each screamed obscenity or accusation and every punishing blow. He is fucking insane.”
― Emma Cole, The Degradation of Shelby Ann

“You're not going anywhere. You're my wife! I should have kept my indiscretions away from our personal rooms, but don’t test me, Shelby. You’re mine.”
― Emma Cole, The Degradation of Shelby Ann

“Fucking can it, Dirk. Did you even wash the shit off your dick before you tucked it away? Even if I hadn't caught you fucking my chaperone in the ass, do you think I wouldn't have noticed the scent of sex in your room?" I snapped my fingers as I tsked at him. "Oh wait, that's right, I'm not to go in there without your express permission. Fuck you, you cheating asshole.”
― Emma Cole, The Degradation of Shelby Ann

“I had to give it to the bitch; she had a mean poker face.”
― Emma Cole, The Degradation of Shelby Ann

“Two cool cucumbers, aren't they?”
― Emma Cole, The Degradation of Shelby Ann

“Calm and collected like he wasn't balls deep in that bitch.”
― Emma Cole, The Degradation of Shelby Ann

“He loves me, and I won’t ever let him go or do anything to change that.”
“And here I was about to tell you to make a run for it. It’s your funeral, girly. Enjoy the honeymoon. Well, after Auntie Flo makes her departure.”
― Emma Cole, The Degradation of Shelby Ann

“Why do they all have to hurt me? What did I ever do to deserve people’s disregard and disdain?”
“Why are you whining about it? That’s what I want to know. You’re not dumb even though you are a dumbass. At least the cherry-popper is trying to tell you the same thing I have. Repeatedly, if you forgot. Your head is thicker than loverboy’s wallet. Nothing gets through to you. So, take your own advice, girly, and suck it up!”
― Emma Cole, The Degradation of Shelby Ann

“Maybe you should break something, see how it goes. Might be what you need to realize it's time to throw in the towel and escape while you can, you ninny!”
― Emma Cole, The Degradation of Shelby Ann