Lords of Mercy Quotes

“I’m not a fickle little bitch like you. I keep my promises.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“I know I’m right. Love makes you stronger. And they’re the weaker ones for not feeling it.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“Sometimes, appearances are all we have. The mask we pull over our faces to hide the ugly sadness beneath.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“I can see it crystal clear in his eyes that he’s washed his hands of the business of caring.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“We are whatever people see.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“She’s the woman who took the brunt of my darkness at a time when I couldn’t find the light, and then she was the woman who forgave me for it.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“No one hurts us more than we hurt ourselves.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“Not until you understand something, bitch.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“I don’t want to burn her down. I want to burn with her, high and bright.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“She’s not playing a game. She’s trying to find one fucking crumb of something genuine from a bunch of boys who make it their business to be anything but.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“I’m not scared to die. I made peace with my maker before you were even a stain on your mama’s tattered bed sheets. Death is coming for me just as sure as it is you. All that matters now is what I’m dying for.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“Killian and I were made for this. We were made to fuck. To be together.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“You're going to have a lot of fuck-ups in life, girl. No point in taking on someone else's.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“Like a cheap piece of meat,” Tristian adds, eyes dancing with mirth. “I respect that.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“I want a daisy.” Remy glances at me, perking up as he puts his pencil to paper. “Yeah, that’s easy.” Before he can get too into it, I add, “With three thorns.” “Daisies don’t have thorns.” He says it matter-of-factly, but still begins outlining them down the crudely sketched stem. I look at my men—my lovers, my fighters, my Lords—and grin. “They do if they’re lucky.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“You’re not seeing the whole picture, big brother. Love doesn’t just give you something to lose. It makes you stronger because it gives you something to fight for. Something worth more than some stupid game.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“A good lawyer knows the law. But a great lawyer knows the judge.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“I feel lost for a moment, all of my men inside while I stand out here, waiting to be invited. I want to think that I’m necessary—part of what’s happening behind that door—but the hard truth is that I’m not. The Lords have been setting up these chess pieces long before I even thought to see the checkerboard beneath my feet.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“I’m not a good person, not a good brother, and god knows I’m absolute shit at being something more. But sometimes, when she looks at me like that, all soft and assured, it makes me think I could try.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“If you think I can’t be yours,” the slow drag of his cock pulls a whine from the back of my throat, “then sweetheart, you haven’t been paying attention.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“because hating someone—true, chaotic, red-hot hatred—means you still feel something for them. It means they can cut you, because you’d let them. It means they live rent-free inside your head, taking up space and driving you crazy.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“Relenting, I lift her chin. “For you,” I kiss her mouth before climbing from the bed, “anything.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“There’s never going to be anyone else for us. Do you understand that?”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“I can’t imagine myself playing music for her. I can’t imagine watching her from across the room, or tucking her against me while we sleep, or pulling her into a bath and rubbing the tension from her shoulders as we smoke a blunt. I can’t imagine fucking her and being overtaken by the urge to look into her eyes as I do it, worried that it’ll be too exposed, but unable to give a shit. I can’t imagine her ever being mine, and I can’t imagine ever being hers. Not like with Story.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“You were always going to be mine,” he grunts, holding me painfully close as he punches his hips into mine. Beside us, something clatters to the floor, but neither of us pay it any attention. “I knew you were mine then, the same way I know you’re mine now.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“When I just stare at them, too taken aback to form a proper reaction, he says, “You like flowers.” It’s not a question. In fact, it sounds more like a heated accusation.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“God knows the rest of us have been beating our dicks like they owe us money.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“I came here because I was sick of training South Side pussy for scum like Daniel Payne. Me and my girls worked hard building an empire we never had a chance of running. Knock one of them down, another pops up in his place.” She flicks her hand in a sharp, frustrated gesture. “I can’t keep stabbing men to death.” I snort. “Not with that attitude.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“Daisies don’t have thorns.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“Fuck her, daddy,” I tell him. “Give mama exactly what she needs.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy