Caged Rose Quotes

“This would never have happened if you had just found her for me when I asked you to,” I explode, rounding on him. “This is why she disappeared. She found out she was pregnant.” “You don’t know that.” “I have a child out there, Yef. A boy. And he doesn’t know who his father is.”
― Naomi West, Caged Rose

“I wish I could,” she says apologetically. “But I’ve only got room in my life for one man. And that’s my son.”
― Naomi West, Caged Rose

“Even now, years later, there’s only one face I see when I hear the word “beautiful.” High cheekbones with alabaster skin. The most astonishing green irises set in unblinking almond eyes. Long black hair, sleek as a waterfall of onyx.”
― Naomi West, Caged Rose

“Today was the first day…” I murmur. “The first day I felt like we were family.” “Let’s make it official then,” he growls. I frown. “What do you mean?” “Let’s get married.”
― Naomi West, Caged Rose

“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.”
― Naomi West, Caged Rose

“I know you’re lonely, Mama,” he whispers, his voice half-choked with sleep. “And sometimes… so am I.”
― Naomi West, Caged Rose

“We clean it up and we keep going,” I say firmly. “Life is one mess after another, and there’s nothing you or I or anyone else on this planet can do to change that. So when messes happen, like they always will, there’s only one thing to do: you clean it up. And you keep going. Say that to me.”
― Naomi West, Caged Rose

“You’re already seared in my memory, kiska,” he murmurs. “No picture necessary.”
― Naomi West, Caged Rose

“You have a son?” the host asks. “How old is he?” Her face lights up. “He just turned nine.” I can feel Yefim’s eyes boring a hole in the side of my head. He’s probably doing the mental calculation just like I am. And apparently, he arrives at the same conclusion I do. Because when he speaks, it comes out breathless. “Fuck. This is not good.”
― Naomi West, Caged Rose

“But there’s no denying that it’s Iris Keller who walks out. Emerald eyes, obsidian hair, legs for days. Beautiful. The definition of the word. The only definition.”
― Naomi West, Caged Rose