The Scarlet Veil Quotes

“You’re doing it again,” he says at last. I look away quickly. “Doing what?” “Romanticizing nightmares.”
― Shelby Mahurin, The Scarlet Veil

“Do you have a death wish, mademoiselle? Or is it the dead themselves who call to you?”
― Shelby Mahurin, The Scarlet Veil

“Because”—he presses it hard against my bottom lip—“I’ve been imagining how you taste since I met you.”
― Shelby Mahurin, The Scarlet Veil

“Honestly, darling, be difficult if you’d like, but never be dense. And for the love of all things holy, stop staring.”
― Shelby Mahurin, The Scarlet Veil

“Humans always speak as if they’re experts on the subject, but in my experience, nothing is so fickle as the human heart.”
― Shelby Mahurin, The Scarlet Veil

“What do you expect when you repress your emotions? They have to go somewhere eventually, you know.”
― Shelby Mahurin, The Scarlet Veil

“Would you have preferred I undress you?” “Excuse me—?” If possible, my cheeks flame hotter, but he only tilts his head, and that curl of his lips transforms into a fully-fledged smirk. “I— You are despicable, monsieur, to talk of such things. Of course I wouldn’t have preferred that you—you—” “Undress you?” he finishes salaciously. “You need only ask, you know. It would be no hardship.”
― Shelby Mahurin, The Scarlet Veil

“I am not interested in the Church’s relationship with eternal life. I am interested in yours.”
― Shelby Mahurin, The Scarlet Veil

“Les Éternels stalk the streets by moonlight, preying on the weak and seducing the immoral. That’s why we always sleep at nightfall, darlings, and always say our prayers.”
― Shelby Mahurin, The Scarlet Veil

“That would be lovel—” “Of course it would,” he says. “Now get out. Can you not see I must work?”
― Shelby Mahurin, The Scarlet Veil

“Indeed, everything falls away except my hand on his shoulder—the way his muscle flexes beneath my touch, the grace with which he guides my every movement. Until— “Tell me about your mother.”
― Shelby Mahurin, The Scarlet Veil