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1 " The problem with obsession is absence. When the object of your obsession disappears, what are you? Do you even exist "
― Stylo Fantome , Church (Church, #1)
2 " Use actual spoken words. Your tongue has been in my mouth, so I know it works "
3 " But does a hurricane ask for a background check on all the people it kills? Does a tornado? Does an earthquake? No, because they're forces of nature. They don't have to. So you need to decide how you want to live life, Emma. You can either take the easy way out, or you can be a force of nature "
4 " After all, a tornado doesn't kill because the air wants revenge on the earth. A tornado kills because it can. Because it's there. Because it exists "
5 " Monsters can't love, and I'm worse than anything hiding under your bed "
6 " It's the best thing, fear. It creates focus. It creates drive. 'Necessity is the mother of invention', but what creates necessity? Fear. No one loves you more than when they're afraid of you. When they're looking at you because you hold their life in your hands. You become their whole world. You become their god "
7 " Like maybe there's a home for me. Inside of you. When we're like this "
8 " I'm not exactly fluent in silence, but I'm pretty damn close, so I feel like I should get points just for that "
9 " How does it feel? When you do something, and then later realize it wasn't the right thing to do "
10 " I chose to stop speaking because there was never anyone worth talking to "
11 " Do you think you could dream up something as perfect as me "
12 " I knew she was broken. I knew she was desperate for attention. For affection. But I didn't know ... I didn't know it was going to be like this. I didn't count on her needing me the way she does – i.e., so badly, it's driving her to violence. It's almost beautiful ... I don't think I've ever had anyone truly need me. Like me, yes. Adore me, yes. Obsessed with me, yes. Need is a different beast. Need implies she can't survive without me. Somehow, I've become responsible for her "
13 " Just a girl. Just legs to spread and a body to use and a mind to manipulate "
14 " Because, you've already given me what I want most. You're afraid of me and you're falling in love with me. You're the best thing I've ever seen in my life. How could I let that go "
15 " In the deepest parts of hell, waiting for you "
16 " I'm gone, now. Disappeared. And you know what that means? I don't have to worry about anything anymore. No one can hurt me, no one can scare me, because I don't exist. It's wonderful "
17 " When something isn't okay, it's in its purest form. It's moldable. Changeable. It can get worse, or it can better. It can evolve "
18 " It's simple for you – you never shut up. It's just ... not for me. Every word I say out loud, it costs me. A piece of my ... my mind, whatever, my sanity. Something. I'm going to need you to help me now "
19 " When he wasn't touching her, wasn't inside her, she was uncomfortable. Void "
20 " I don't care if he's imagining me naked or dead or anything in between. I just want him to always look at me like that "