There Are No Saints Quotes

“An eternity of boredom sounds worse than death. And heaven sounds pretty fucking boring.”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“not all of us were drawn to Prince Charming. Some little girls ate up the stories of ball gowns and castles and knights who slayed the dragon . . . While some little girls read the stories of a dark pathway into the woods . . . a twisted mansion with black windows and fog covering the grounds . . . That’s where we wanted to go. No matter what we might find inside . . .”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“She’s more twisted than I ever dared dream.”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“Absolutely I do. He disrespected you. Put his hands on you. I’d kill him for much less.”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“She fucked on that painting, and then she hung it on my wall. I’m struck anew by the absolute insanity of this girl. I admire her audacity. While planning how I’ll punish her for it.”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“Sometimes you have to kill what you love.”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“And I realize . . . she’s everything I dreamed of and more. More vengeful. More strategic. More effective. More fucked up.”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“I don’t want to be taken care of,” she says. “I want to be seen.”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“I wasn’t fine, but I learned a long time ago that the only options are to fake it or succumb to a complete breakdown.”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“That’s a lie. I have tried it. All I learned is that no amount of submission is good enough for a man. You can roll over, show your belly, beg for mercy, and they’ll just keep hitting you. Because the very act of breathing is rebellious in the eyes of an angry male.”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“I do not love men: I love what devours them. That actually makes me laugh. I haven’t laughed in some time.”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“Every time someone tells you that you’re wrong, it didn’t happen like you said it happened, it couldn’t, you’re a liar, you’re a child, you don’t understand . . . Each hack of the hatchet takes a chunk out of your confidence, until you don’t even believe yourself anymore.”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“I do not love men: I love what devours them.”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“I shouldn’t like you now,” she says. “But I do.” I shouldn’t like her, either. But I do.”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“I’m used to getting over things that really fucking suck.”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“My desire to bring Mara there shows me how far this obsession has grown. Bringing her into my house is like bringing her inside my own body. A far more intimate act than simply fucking her .”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“Love is inherently dangerous.”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“Don’t you ever believe that, Mara. This is what gives us power: we always have a choice.”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“you care about me, Cole, I know you do. I’ve seen it. Maybe you don’t want to care. Maybe you’d like to kill me right now to stop it. But I don’t believe you will. Too much has happened between us. You’ve changed too much.”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“The pain enhances the pleasure, and the pleasure enhances the pain.”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“Tell me you’re mine . . .” he hisses. “Tell me I can do whatever I want to you . .”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“If I could sculpt her exactly like this, it would be my greatest work.”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“I missed you too, sweetheart,” she says. Then she kisses me on the mouth.”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“Nobody that beautiful can be good, it’s impossible. Power corrupts and beauty warps the mind.”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“obsession is not the same thing as affection.”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“I’m engulfed in jealousy. Inflamed with it. It’s a bonfire all around me, and I’m a heretic tied to the stake, burning and burning and burning.”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“Mara laughs. I don’t know if I’ve ever made her laugh before. I like the way it rolls out of her, throaty and pleased. “Better”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“Here’s what you need to understand Mara: it’s okay for bad things to feel good. You can take pleasure from whatever you want.”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“Then she holds out her wrist to me. “I want you,” she says. “And you want me.” I close the manacle around her wrist, hearing it lock in place. “Now I have you,” I say.”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“I want Cole. I want him like money, like success, like achievement. I want him much more than I want other supposed necessities: safety, for instance. Or sanity.”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints