Gallows Bridge Quotes

“I squeezed my eyes shut tighter and Rogue started making whooshing noises. “What is that supposed to be?” I cracked an eye at her. “Sea noises?” she said like she didn’t really know. “I can hear the sea, Rogue. It’s right fucking there.” I jerked my head in its direction and she gave me a guilty look before miming zipping her lips.”
― Caroline Peckham, Gallows Bridge

“I wish I could tell you that I love you as catastrophically as the loss of you broke me. That this kind of ruin is a far sweeter destruction to endure, and that I would never choose any other downfall but this.”
― Caroline Peckham, Gallows Bridge

“So stop listening to the villains in your head and start listening to the people out here who matter.”
― Caroline Peckham, Gallows Bridge

“and Rogue took hold of my hand, towing me away from him while I tried to process what we’d just done and realised him fucking me wasn’t going to be the sharpest memory that stuck with me from this night. Because I was harrowed by that last experience. Harrowed down to my bones and beyond. And I prayed this secret was never brought to light in a future game of never have I ever.”
― Caroline Peckham, Gallows Bridge

“Rogue,” he groaned, closing his eyes as he drew in a deep breath. “You were attacked and drugged tonight. I’m not fucking you. You need to recover.”
― Caroline Peckham, Gallows Bridge

“But I have a headache,” I said with a pout. “And you know that the best cure for headaches are orgasms.”
― Caroline Peckham, Gallows Bridge

“I learned that control is an illusion. That there’s no order in this world, no grand plans designed by something bigger than us. Life is anarchy, and the moment you surrender to it, you’re free. Free of society’s rules and demands. Free of guilt, of regret. Sure, it ain’t easy, but once you let go…” I breathed in deep through my nose and let it all out through my mouth. “It’s peaceful, brother. It’s how it should be. We don’t need to wield the power of the ocean; we only need to catch the waves and enjoy the ride.”
― Caroline Peckham, Gallows Bridge

“He’d gotten us this far, and the dude was like an American Sherlock Holmes on speed, so I’d be a fool not to trust him.”
― Caroline Peckham, Gallows Bridge

“What can I say? I have a thing for a bloodstained psycho who just saved my life.”
― Caroline Peckham, Gallows Bridge

“She started walking towards us, but he kept hold of her hand, keeping her close like a wolf guarding its kill. Though as I looked between them and noted the strength in Rogue’s eyes, I realised it was more like a wolf guarding its mate.”
― Caroline Peckham, Gallows Bridge

“I eyed the bar hopefully, needing a stiff drink to help me recover from that damn near poetic mind melt I’d just experienced”
― Caroline Peckham, Gallows Bridge

“We were meant to be together. And I was gunning for my happily ever after.”
― Caroline Peckham, Gallows Bridge

“When the Devil calls my name again, it’ll be listed right after yours.”
― Caroline Peckham, Gallows Bridge

“It was time to live again, time to reclaim our town and make the kids we’d once been proud of the adults we’d become at last.”
― Caroline Peckham, Gallows Bridge

“Life is anarchy, and the moment you surrender to it, you’re free. Free of society’s rules and demands. Free of guilt, of regret.”
― Caroline Peckham, Gallows Bridge

“learned that control is an illusion. That there’s no order in this world, no grand plans designed by something bigger than us. Life is anarchy, and the moment you surrender to it, you’re free. Free of society’s rules and demands. Free of guilt, of regret. Sure, it”
― Caroline Peckham, Gallows Bridge

“Tell me you’ll have me, hummingbird, because I’m yours, every wretched piece of me.”
― Caroline Peckham, Gallows Bridge

“Remember that time JJ got stung on the nipple by a bee and you just sort of leapt on him and tried to suck the stinger out, Anthony Bridgerton style?”
― Caroline Peckham, Gallows Bridge

“But Santa Gwan is real, J. He’s real and he’s here and he’s offering you that thing we both wanted so much. So, I get that you’re scared, but it’s fucking dumb of you to reject him purely because of that.”
― Caroline Peckham, Gallows Bridge

“But Santa Gwan is real, J. He’s real and he’s here and he’s offering you that thing we both wanted so much. So, I get that you’re scared, but it’s fucking”
― Caroline Peckham, Gallows Bridge

“I was going to have to be…sociable. Shudder.”
― Caroline Peckham, Gallows Bridge

“We’re the darkness in the wild.”
― Caroline Peckham, Gallows Bridge