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Hideaway (Devil's Night, #2) QUOTES

Hideaway (Devil's Night, #2) QUOTES

1 " I never make mistakes," I replied. "I'm either right or I'm learning. Jaku niku kyo shoku. "

― Penelope Douglas , Hideaway (Devil's Night, #2)

2 " My mom is a mess, she doesn't always put me first, and I hate the positions I'm put in sometimes, but...I know she loves me. Not that it always feels like enough, but I know she tries. "

― Penelope Douglas , Hideaway (Devil's Night, #2)

3 " Do you feel that?” he whispered.
“What?”
His long arms blanketed mine, my hands resting inside his. “You fit me like a shirt. It's a perfect mold. "

― Penelope Douglas , Hideaway (Devil's Night, #2)

4 " People will think what they want to think, not because they believe they are right, but because it’s in their nature to maintain that they are. By defending yourself, you feed the appetite for drama. By not, you’ve ended the conversation. "

― Penelope Douglas , Hideaway (Devil's Night, #2)

5 " There are just some things that are more exciting when they’re a secret. "

― Penelope Douglas , Hideaway (Devil's Night, #2)

6 " We’re only ever good, because there are consequences,” I told her. “Take those away, and everyone shows their true self. Kind of like taking off a mask.” “Or putting one on,” she replied. “After all, there’s freedom in hiding, isn’t there? "

― Penelope Douglas , Hideaway (Devil's Night, #2)

7 " It’s always best to say as little as possible. The more of a mystery you are, the less leverage they have. "

― Penelope Douglas , Hideaway (Devil's Night, #2)

8 " I don’t flaunt myself for the enjoyment of men. "

― Penelope Douglas , Hideaway (Devil's Night, #2)

9 " There's pawns and rooks and knights and bishops, but only one queen. "

― Penelope Douglas , Hideaway (Devil's Night, #2)

10 " I never make mistakes,” I replied. “I’m either right or I’m learning. Jaku niku kyo shoku.” I recited one of the many Japanese sayings he’d spouted over the course of my life. The weak are meat, the strong eat. "

― Penelope Douglas , Hideaway (Devil's Night, #2)

11 " Damon eats pain,” I told her. “He will find some way to take it and twist it and fit it down his throat, so he can swallow it. He’s made of it. You all can endure it until you overcome it, but Damon…he wants to be in hell.”

It’s where he shines.

I turned my eyes back up to the sky, sliding an arm under my head. “But still…he never cried. "

― Penelope Douglas , Hideaway (Devil's Night, #2)

12 " No matter how you cover yourself, it’s never enough. You’re beautiful. "

― Penelope Douglas , Hideaway (Devil's Night, #2)

13 " People who are wound that tight are unpredictable. "

― Penelope Douglas , Hideaway (Devil's Night, #2)

14 " You make me feel driven. You make me hungry and on fire and wanting to slow down time instead of wanting to rush through it. It’s you I look for when I walk in the doors in the morning. Not her. You. "

― Penelope Douglas , Hideaway (Devil's Night, #2)

15 " We’re only ever good, because there are consequences,” I told her. “Take those away, and everyone shows their true self. Kind of like taking off a mask. "

― Penelope Douglas , Hideaway (Devil's Night, #2)

16 " Oh, and I kind of brought Gabriel’s cook,” I said, stumbling up to him. “We could use her, right?”
“Yeah, fine, fuck, whatever.” He entered the house and started pounding up the stairs. “Bring everybody. Doors are open. Why the hell not?”
...
“Oh, and one more thing.” I ran, catching up to him and jumping up on the stair above him.
He stopped in his tracks, letting out another sigh. “I think I might cry. "

― Penelope Douglas , Hideaway (Devil's Night, #2)

17 " I swung back my leg to kick the buffet table, but I caught myself, stopping. It was, like, expensive, and an antique and shit, so… "

― Penelope Douglas , Hideaway (Devil's Night, #2)

18 " Territorial is fine when it’s in the bedroom. It’s not fine when it keeps someone you’re supposed to love from living a life. "

― Penelope Douglas , Hideaway (Devil's Night, #2)

19 " People will think what they want to think, not because they believe they are right, but because it’s in their nature to maintain that they are. By defending yourself, you feed the appetite for drama. By not, you’ve ended the conversation. You. Not them "

― Penelope Douglas , Hideaway (Devil's Night, #2)

20 " A man cannot destroy the savage in him by denying its impulses. The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. –Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde "

― Penelope Douglas , Hideaway (Devil's Night, #2)