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1 " There is nothing like young love. It comes at a time before the heart knows to protect itself, when everything important is raw and exposed—the perfect environment for a soul-sucking, heart-crushing burst. "
― A.R. Torre , The Ghostwriter
2 " A child is the quickest to trust because they have no concept of the depravity of our species. "
― A.R. Torre , The Girl in 6E (Deanna Madden, #1)
3 " I stare across the table at Jeremy, and wonder if I will make it through our first date without trying to kill him. "
― A.R. Torre , Do Not Disturb (Deanna Madden, #2)
4 " No one is normal. Everyone is just pretending to be normal. "
5 " Hope, in general, is dangerous. Hope can be the loose thread that pulls apart your sanity. "
6 " Death. It is a strange stalker, one that we spend our whole lives running from, some more successful than others. "
7 " He doesn’t know why he loves her. But does anyone know why they love? We don’t love people for their traits—traits are common. We love them for their unique ability to tug at our soul, to connect to us in a way that no other person can. Love is unexplainable, unpredictable, and often unreasonable. It doesn’t make sense, and doesn’t care to explain to us its thought process. "
― A.R. Torre
8 " When you are the darkest presence in the room there is very little to fear. "
9 " Pity is a bitch I’d like to avoid. "
10 " To girls with broken hearts and vengeful souls. Go forth and raise hell. "
― A.R. Torre , If You Dare (Deanna Madden, #3)
11 " I don’t mind being killer-crazy, but I don’t want to be loony-bin-crazy. That would probably be bad for business—a bit of a turnoff. "
12 " The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. "
13 " I am content, in these four walls, without normality. Money? Yes. Miserable? At times. But that is what being content is. Comfortable enough with the situation not to prompt change. "
14 " They believe what they see, because they want to believe. They want to believe that I am normal. And for the brief moments I am with them, I fool myself into thinking the same thing. "
15 " It’s funny how your mind will create an image of a person and how wrong your mind almost always is. "
16 " Star light. Star bright. First star I see tonight. I wish I may, wish I might. Not kill those whom my heart holds tight. "
17 " None of them really know the true me. I am who they want me to be, and they like it like that. So do I. "
18 " I hate my former self; hate her selfishness and her lack of appreciation for her perfect suburban life. I had everything in the palm of my perfect, lazy hand and didn’t even realize it. "
19 " William S. Burroughs once said that no one owns life, but anyone who can lift a frying pan can create death. He was right. Killing is the easy part. The act of living—of finding happiness in life—that’s the hard part. Moving past grief and guilt, and learning to love and to trust . . . I wanted to take that path, but I rather liked cradling my sorrows. "
― A.R. Torre , The Good Lie
20 " I look to the other side of my apartment, to my bed of sex, cameras, toys, and lingerie spread all over its surface. Refrain from any sexual activity? Bitch, please. "
