Twisted Heathens Quotes

“Have you ever felt like a stranger in your own life? People talk to you, call your name… but none of it feels real. You’re trapped behind glass watching your life simply pass by, one disaster at a time.”
― J. Rose, Twisted Heathens

“Brooklyn’s always been my anchor, even in the years since we’ve been apart.”
― J. Rose, Twisted Heathens

“You’re happy to fuck someone who’s also screwing your best friends?” I snort. “Would you rather lose it all?” Kade snaps back. “Open your eyes. Nothing about our lives is normal or reasonable. I’m simply proposing an alternative route forward.”
― J. Rose, Twisted Heathens

“We aren’t a family by blood, but necessity. You don’t get to pick favourites or turn us against one another. We all care about you.”
― J. Rose, Twisted Heathens

“Hudson is too broken for anyone else. I am too broken for anyone else. I fucking hate him, but there’s a hellish part of my brain that is still addicted. We need each other, and there’s no denying that ugly truth. I need his toxic love like a heroin addict needs his next fix.”
― J. Rose, Twisted Heathens

“Brooke! I look over my shoulder. “Yeah?” “You aren’t a monster. No matter what the world thinks, or what the newspapers print. You’re a good kid who made some bad choices. Remember that.”
― J. Rose, Twisted Heathens

“Rule number one; never tell a crazy person they look better. We don’t want to hear that shit. Nine times out of ten, you’ll push them to self-destruct even more just to prove you wrong.”
― J. Rose, Twisted Heathens

“She’s been mine since the day I laid my eyes on her five long years ago.”
― J. Rose, Twisted Heathens

“She was the beginning of the end for me.”
― J. Rose, Twisted Heathens

“Have fun, and don’t do anything I wouldn’t do.” Teegan grabs her backpack and walks off, turning to laugh at my words. “That doesn’t exactly leave much, Brooke!”
― J. Rose, Twisted Heathens

“I couldn’t sleep after glancing inside at the summer barbecue the week before. If I didn’t straighten things out, I think I would’ve imploded from anxiety. Crazy, right? You can say so. I know I am.” Making sure she meets my eyes, I answer steadily, “Nope. Not one bit. Just a little quirky is all. Don’t worry, all the best people are. Being normal is overrated, Tee.”
― J. Rose, Twisted Heathens

“No one should live for someone else.”
― J. Rose, Twisted Heathens

“That girl is sin personified.”
― J. Rose, Twisted Heathens

“That's the sick truth. People love to cry victim and play the innocent card when really, we’re all equally fucked up in our own way.”
― J. Rose, Twisted Heathens

“I’ve waited for this day, dreaming about it night after night while nursing my shattered heart and plotting my revenge for if I ever saw his face again. I stuffed the feelings so goddamn deep, they sank into the pits of my heart and poisoned everything around them. The memories haunted me for years to come in every guy that followed him. He ruined them all for me.”
― J. Rose, Twisted Heathens

“I’ll pull her hair, bruise her skin and drag her down into the depths of Hell with me, no matter how much it’ll kill her inside. Life fucking hurts, and I want her to experience it with me. For the first time, I don’t want to be alone. Not one bit.”
― J. Rose, Twisted Heathens

“Is this what it feels like to be seen? Most of the time, I feel like I’m already dead. No one sees me anymore because I’ve been invisible for so long.”
― J. Rose, Twisted Heathens

“Distantly, I wonder what it would be like to feel loved. To share something with someone special. I had that once, a lifetime ago. Brief and fleeting, a whirlwind love affair that ended as explosively as it began. It’s always the same with me. I ruin any good that comes into my life, and I may not deserve it, but I’d do anything to feel that goodness again.”
― J. Rose, Twisted Heathens

“We're a fucking family, and families share.”
― J Rose, Twisted Heathens

“When I was playing the good guy, she stubbornly pushed me away. But now that I’ve owned my mistakes and shared my darkness with her? She’s cuddling up like a goddamn puppy and bathing in the grief.”
― J. Rose, Twisted Heathens

“Phoenix pulls himself together and joins me by the bed, wrapping an arm around my waist for comfort. Kade comes next, completing our group, his attention on the unconscious girl who narrowly cheated death mere hours ago. Our entire world rests in that bed. We’re her family now. Come hell or high water.”
― J. Rose, Twisted Heathens

“His words ghost over my skin, caressing my fractured soul. Invading my mind in a way that no one else ever will. All because Elijah Woods is me. Broken pieces held together by bitter resentment and determination to take up less goddamn space in the world.”
― J. Rose, Twisted Heathens

“As I ready to throw myself into the comforting arms of the unknown, faces flick through my mind. Bright hazel eyes and perfect blonde hair. A silent, secretive smile and soft brown curls. Playful blue waves and an optimistic grin. Inky black strands and overwhelming regret. I teeter on the edge and reply to the images in my head. Goodbye. I’m sorry.”
― J. Rose, Twisted Heathens

“Phoenix’s beanie. Eli’s hoodie. Kade’s backpack. Hudson’s t-shirt.”
― J. Rose, Twisted Heathens

“Brooklyn’s brought us together against the odds. Now, we’ve both got to work to save her.”
― J. Rose, Twisted Heathens

“The guys are all fucking enraptured, just like me. Inexplicably drawn to the beautiful, chaotic disaster that is Brooklyn West and her crazy goddamn head.”
― J. Rose, Twisted Heathens

“I can’t lose my firecracker to the demons in her head. None of us will be able to live with ourselves.”
― J. Rose, Twisted Heathens

“She may be a monster, but she’s my fucking monster. I decide whether she’s guilty or not.”
― J. Rose, Twisted Heathens

“Britt stalks closer, sneering in my face. “What exactly do you all see in her? She must have the tightest snatch in England to have all four of you losing your minds.”
― J. Rose, Twisted Heathens

“If there’s one thing about Kade that I admire most, it’s his determination to fix the entire goddamn world. I’ll tell you another thing—it’s going to be the death of him one day.”
― J. Rose, Twisted Heathens