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161 " He leaned in, bracing himself on either side of me, his expression smoldering enough to start a fire. “Liar. "
― Kerri Maniscalco , Kingdom of the Cursed (Kingdom of the Wicked, #2)
162 " Sometimes you need to stand out in order to blend in. "
― Kerri Maniscalco , Escaping from Houdini (Stalking Jack the Ripper, #3)
163 " All my life I'd longed for freedom - freedom to pick and choose every detail of my life. To make good decisions and horrible ones. Decisions that would break my heart and remake it ten times over. I just never knew having choices could be so hard. "
164 " A reckoning awoke in me. The more I gave, the more he returned. We traded kisses like blows. And if this were a fight, I wouldn't know who was winning. I understood why some thought kissing one of the Wicked was addictive. Each time his tongue touched mine, it felt as if the ground beneath me quaked. Like we were a cataclysmic event that shouldn't be. "
― Kerri Maniscalco , Kingdom of the Wicked (Kingdom of the Wicked, #1)
165 " Stories make everything possible. "
166 " Hope in an invisible yet might force. Don't dismiss it's power. "
167 " A phoenix rises from the ashes for a reason. Your world must be destroyed for you to rise anew. And rise you shall. Just as they feared you would. "
168 " Monsters were supposed to be scary and ugly. They weren't supposed to hide behind friendly smiles and well-trimmed hair. "
― Kerri Maniscalco , Stalking Jack the Ripper (Stalking Jack the Ripper, #1)
169 " Love was a tricky, complicated thing - so morally gray. Both grand and terrible things were often done in its honour. But could something truly be done out of love if it had the potential to hurt the one at its heart? "
170 " I needed no man to empower me. I had my father to thank for that much; his absence in most everyday things had prepared me well enough to stand on my own. "
171 " I smiled, leaning over the desk and used the sweetest tone I could muster. "In my spare time I flay open bodies of the deceased. Two of whom were victims of Leather Apron. The scent that hung in the room would drop a man to his knees, and I aided my uncle during the postmortems while standing in gelled blood." I sat back in my chair, the leather squeaking its own disapproval. "Whatever you have to show us won't be too much for my stomach to handle, I assure you. "
172 " Fear made monsters of men. "
173 " Pretending a monster wasn't there didn't make it go away. It only made one vulnerable to its attack. "
174 " Those who deserve respect are given it freely. If one must demand such a thing, he’ll never truly command it. I am your daughter, not your horse, sir. "
175 " Memories, like hearts, can be stolen "
176 " One fact was slowly taking shape: I was in jeopardy of admiring Mr. Cresswell against my better judgment. "
177 " Passion and annoyance were fire, and fire was alive and crackling with power. "
― Kerri Maniscalco , Hunting Prince Dracula (Stalking Jack the Ripper, #2)
178 " Death was not prejudiced by mortal things such as station or gender. It came for kings and queens and prostitutes alike, often leaving the living with regrets. What might we have done differently if we’d known the end was so near? "
179 " Life was beautiful even during the darkest hours. "
180 " The promise of death was as alluring, if not more so, than the prospect of falling in love. What morbid creatures we were, craving danger and mystery in place of happily-ever-afters. "