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Quotes by Nenia Campbell

Knives and candlelight,” he said, “how romantic.

You are my star and you have made me see,” he tells her, “and I am the air beneath your wings, never rending, never ending.

One doesnt need to be taught fear when one is the hunted.

Vampires are fond of their games. But the games that They play are different than the variants that Im familiar with. The rules were made to be bent, broken, shattered—and somebody always gets hurt.Always.

Im as lucky as a bed of oysters on cioppino night.

All right,” she said a little sarcastically. “I was going to assume you liked eating babies and sacrificing virgins, but I might as well ask, what do you do for fun?”“I languish in sin,” I replied in the same tone. “I take my babies rare, and my virgins over easy.

Sleeping is terrifying.When you close your eyes and surrender your consciousness to the void, you lose yourself—voluntarily—and youre trustingly assuming youll find yourself back out of the labyrinth again.Usually you do.But sometimes you dont.Its that uncertainty, more than anything, which kills me. That I might not wake up, and wouldnt know it.That I could be dead, dreaming Im alive.

Remember how it feels, Silent One. That murderous rage, and how it makes your blood boil. Remember, and let it carry you the rest of the way—only, learn to freeze it, as well, because the best killers are those who can put their desires on ice.

Keep calm. You have the forest in your blood.

Youre like a half-tamed creature, still shy of the bridle. Except you enthrall me, never shall be free. But freedom is an illusion, anyway.

What a joke, coming from a woman who worked for the fashion industry. Really. Starving yourself to fit into a size zero — why did that size even exist? Zero referred to the absence of something, but what did it mean in terms of a models measurements? Her fat? Or her presence? How much could you cut away before the person herself vanished? It was hypocritical, thats what it was. I said as much, adding, “If youre so keen on me being healthy then you should have no problem accepting me for the way I am. Thats whats healthy, Mom. Not being focused on all this freaky weight-loss stuff.

She has built her whole life on the foundation of beauty: each chiseled plane, each sloping dimple, each soft curve as crucial as keystones in the cathedral of her body.

In her view, there were threeoptions for a woman. If you were beautiful, you got married. If youwere ugly, you became a nun. If you were beautiful and stupid, orugly and dishonorable, you became a whore.

You couldnt find your dick in the dark, you scheming, sleaze-mongering scumwad.

We dont have dealings. He just stalks me. Im popular like that.

A lot of people have it in for me. Its practically a school sport.

Im sorry I missed the meeting and hurt your little feely-weels okay?

Hello, Mrs. Tran...I have Davids homework. And if you ever want to see it again, youll pay me the two million dollars I asked for.

You mean you dont want to come in and hold my hand while I piss?

Im pretty sure thosere my balls youve found,” I said to the man searching my pants. “You gonna count em out now? Because Ill save you the trouble. Theres two.