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1 " But don’t break for them. Promise me you won’t. Don’t let them tear you down to nothing "
― Celia Aaron , The Prophet (The Cloister, #2)
2 " No one quotes scripture better than the devil "
3 " Hate to see you go, love to see you walk away "
4 " If my father’s taught me anything, it’s that true believers will hold onto their blind faith no matter what "
5 " My father doesn’t need to see anything that goes on inside me. I’ve become good at hiding in plain sight "
6 " Find out what people want themselves to be, then reflect that vision back at them. Even more important, find out what people fear, what they covet, what they care about, then twist it and use it to control them "
7 " Has a woman’s smile ever intrigued a man more "
8 " There will be violence, blood, and chaos. I need you to stick with me, understand? Don’t put yourself in danger, but stay by my side if you can. We’re getting out of this hell. But we’ll have to pay with blood. Hopefully, not ours "
9 " Everything becomes clear. He wants to make it official, to claim me and spoil me for any other man. That’s how this fucked up world works—my only worth between my thighs—and he’s playing the only card he has left. Ruining me to save me "
10 " Please remember that I love you, no matter what happens "
11 " A son honors his father, and a slave his master. If I am a father, where is the honor due me "
12 " I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. If you worship me, it will all be yours "
13 " He can fuck you, cut you, hurt you, do whatever his little depraved heart desires. And you will let him do it because it pleases him "
14 " First you have to get his trust by fucking him the way he likes. Men are easy like that. If they want you, they trust you. So you have to keep the bedroom hot at all times. That’s how you’ll get him to share information with you "
15 " Some delusions are far too strong to be broken "
16 " Too many emotions crowd through me, but there’s a little extra room for rage. Always has been "
17 " With you in this state, it would be like killing a fly with a bazooka. Flashy, but not satisfying "
18 " I drift on a never-ending sea, sleep just over the next wave. But I can’t get there. No matter how many times the languid ocean hushes me and promises me rest. It can’t give it to me "
19 " Who knew that something so simple could drive a person mad "
20 " But I save up all my pain, my loss, my anger, and I direct it into something so much darker. My vengeance is like a storm that forms slowly, the hot earth sending energy into the air as I boil and bubble and grow into a black anvil that will rain hell down on my enemies. My time is coming "