Black Thorns Quotes

“Maybe that’s what I’m actually supposed to do. Fall.”
― Rina Kent, Black Thorns

“Do the right thing.” Nate’s gaze flits between his parents. “For once in your self-indulgent lives, do something for someone other than yourselves.”
― Rina Kent, Black Thorns

“Stupidity is accepting that she was gone. Besides, getting back what was originally mine isn’t impulsive, Uncle.” “It certainly is if you lose control of your head for it.” “You’re only saying that because you’ve never loved someone so much that being apart from them feels like drowning and burning alive at the same time. You’ve never stayed up all night, staring at the fucking sky with the minuscule hope that she’s also staring at it from a different nook in the world. You’ve never loved, period, Uncle. You’re nearing your forties and still are a cold-blooded bachelor with no settling down in sight.”
― Rina Kent, Black Thorns

“Two wrongs don’t make a right. And we’re too deviant and forbidden to ever be right.”
― Rina Kent, Black Thorns

“We're two screwed-up souls who recognize each other in the darkness.”
― Rina Kent, Black Thorns

“My beast found the perfect prey in her and there was no stopping or holding back.”
― Rina Kent, Black Thorns

“The one you named BABE on your contact list is the same pen pal who will send you black envelopes on our anniversaries. He’s the pervert who’s fucking proud of your eclectic taste in porn. He’s the person you understood and he understood you back. He’s the friend who smiles when reading your words late at night. He’s the man who fucking loves you with everything he has and doesn’t have. Sebastian Akira Weaver.”
― Rina Kent, Black Thorns

“I’d rather die than live without being alive.”
― Rina Kent, Black Thorns

“I’m just happy.”
“Wow. You’re happy for my dick’s misery? Now he’ll really hate-fuck you.”
― Rina Kent, Black Thorns

“No one but me will ever fuck you again.”
“No one has.” She pants, her dark, teary eyes meeting mine. “No one has fucked me since you.”
― Rina Kent, Black Thorns

“Are you having a moment without me? Do I need to sabotage you and ruin your careers?”
“Vindictive bitch suits you, Knox.” Daniel jabs him.
“What can I say? I love digging graves.”
― Rina Kent, Black Thorns

“What are you doing here?” I grumble.
“What the fuck is wrong with you, mate? Beautiful girls are surrounding you from everywhere and you’re sulking like an old cat lady who just heard that the judge won’t allow her cats to inherit her fortune, because her children are countersuing.”
“Then go have fun with all the girls. Why are you stuck with an old cat lady?”
“Hello? Obviously, because I love cats.”
― Rina Kent, Black Thorns

“I’ll never be done with you, do you hear me? You can escape to the other side of the globe and I’ll follow and make you mine again. I’ll chase you over and over until you know you can’t escape me. I meant it when I said you’re mine and I don’t plan to let it end.”
― Rina Kent, Black Thorns

“Not seeing Naomi is no different than living without the sun. I sound cheesy as fuck, even to myself, but I now recognize how much this girl means to me. She is the meaning.”
― Rina Kent, Black Thorns

“Sebastian…please, baby… please open your eyes, please… I can’t… I can’t live without you anymore. I don’t want to imagine it, so please… please stay with me…”
A low grunt leaves his throat and I straighten, sniffling. “Sebastian..?”
“You… called me… baby…”
I smile at the amusement in his voice, allowing the salty tears inside my mouth. “I’ll call you anything you want. Just stay with me.”
“Baby…” he grunts.
“Yes?”
“Marry… me.”
“Huh?”
“When… we get out… of here. Marry… me.”
― Rina Kent, Black Thorns

“I’d rather die than live without being
alive.”
― Rina Kent, Black Thorns

“Oh, baby, I never hated you. I hated what you did. I hated that you
broke up with me over a text message and a phone call. I hated the person I
became without you—grouchy, cold, and hollow. I hated a lot of things,
including your fucking husband, whom I fantasized about killing a thousand
times, but I never managed to hate you. Not for one second. Not for a single
fucking breath.”
― Rina Kent, Black Thorns

“We’re twisted. We’re fucked up. But we’re us.”
― Rina Kent, Black Thorns

“I give her everything in me, and it’s not only about sex. I give her the fractured parts of me that I haven’t been able to mend together ever since she turned her back on me in that fucking cell. I give her the side of me I don’t even like.”
― Rina Kent, Black Thorns

“It doesn’t matter that I was sick just last night. Tonight, I feel stronger than the fucking devil.”
― Rina Kent, Black Thorns

“What do you want?” “You’re not ready for what I want.” “Tell me and I’ll decide.” “Give me your new phone number.” “Why?” “I’ll text you a location. If you’re ready to find out what I really want, be there. If you’re not, I’ll move on.”
― Rina Kent, Black Thorns

“You don’t have the right to touch a married woman this way.” “Says who?” “Common decency.” “I don’t have that.”
― Rina Kent, Black Thorns

“Nate sits behind his glass desk in an erect position. He’s older now, close to hitting forty, and could be mistaken for a fucking vampire due to how little he’s aged.”
― Rina Kent, Black Thorns

“An irrational thought takes hold of me, one that I wouldn’t ordinarily have under any circumstances. I’ve never been the irrational type. Not for any reason. And yet, the need to go up there is stronger than any violent urge I have ever had. I want to ask her why she’s crying and why she’s smiling. I want to ask her how it’s possible to look like a fucking angel I don’t believe in while she’s both crying and smiling.”
― Rina Kent, Black Thorns

“I was already watching you.” “You were what?” I nearly choke on my own words. “I watched you, baby. For three years.”
― Rina Kent, Black Thorns

“Baby…” Sebastian’s frown deepens. “Are you hurt?” “No, you’re the one who was shot and nearly bled out. Why the hell are you worried about me?” “Why wouldn’t I be? You’re always the first thing I think about. Gotta protect what’s mine, baby.”
― Rina Kent, Black Thorns

“You’re only saying that because you’ve never loved someone so much that being apart from them feels like drowning and burning alive at the same time. You’ve never stayed up all night, staring at the fucking sky with the minuscule hope that she’s also staring at it from a different nook in the world.”
― Rina Kent, Black Thorns

“I can never win with you."
"At least you recognize that.”
― Rina Kent, Black Thorns

“You can escape to the other side of the globe and I'll follow and make you mine again. I'll chase you over and over until you know you can't escape me. I meant it when I said you're mine and I don't plan to let it end.”
― Rina Kent, Black Thorns

“I wouldn't leave you alone after I waited three years."
"You... waited?"
"I think I have.”
― Rina Kent, Black Thorns