A.R. Torre > Quotes

“Pity is a bitch I’d like to avoid.”
― A.R. Torre, The Girl in 6E

“To girls with broken hearts and vengeful souls. Go forth and raise hell.”
― A.R. Torre, If You Dare

“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.”
― A.R. Torre, The Girl in 6E

“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.”
― A.R. Torre, The Girl in 6E

“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.”
― A.R. Torre, The Girl in 6E

“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.”
― A.R. Torre

“It’s funny how your mind will create an image of a person and how wrong your mind almost always is.”
― A.R. Torre, The Girl in 6E

“Star light. Star bright. First star I see tonight. I wish I may, wish I might. Not kill those whom my heart holds tight.”
― A.R. Torre, Do Not Disturb

“Hope, in general, is dangerous. Hope can be the loose thread that pulls apart your sanity.”
― A.R. Torre, The Girl in 6E

“There were men you owned. There were men you borrowed. And then there were men you took. I would never let anyone take him”
― A.R. Torre, Every Last Secret

“Some of you may hate it. Some of you will love it. If I made you feel something, then I’ve done my job.”
― A.R. Torre, Every Last Secret

“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.”
― A.R. Torre, The Girl in 6E

“Broken women cannot be held accountable for their actions.”
― A.R. Torre, Every Last Secret

“The first shrink I had said I have anthropophobia, which is fear of human interaction. Anthropophobia, mixed with an unhealthy dose of dacnomania, which is obsession with murder.”
― A.R. Torre, The Girl in 6E

“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.”
― A.R. Torre, The Girl in 6E

“Disappointment in others is tough. But disappointment in yourself is far worse.”
― A.R. Torre, The Girl in 6E

“Blurred lines. Smear enough of them together, and you could change the color of everything.”
― A.R. Torre, Every Last Secret

“Enablers don't love. They ruin.”
― A.R. Torre, If You Dare

“That was the secret to success in this town. Presenting a picture of effortless perfection with behind-the-scenes ruthless hard work. Everyone thought I woke up as Cat Winthorpe one day, but I had clawed and scraped for every piece of this life. Still did.”
― A.R. Torre, Every Last Secret

“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.”
― A.R. Torre, Do Not Disturb

“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

“you had to act decisively and take the consequences. Grab life by the balls. My husband liked to tickle them with a feather and then wander away.”
― A.R. Torre, Every Last Secret

“Because he was good in bed? Trust me, the better the motion, the more screwed up the ocean.”
― A.R. Torre, The Good Lie

“No one is normal. Everyone is just pretending to be normal.”
― A.R. Torre

“Losing a child was like losing a limb. You were reminded of it every time you moved, until the consistent adjustments to life became a permanent part of you.”
― A.R. Torre, The Good Lie

“You manipulate people for a living. Manipulation to fit and believe your narrative. You play with emotions and, sometimes, facts.”
― A.R. Torre, The Good Lie

“I’ve taken those drugs, and I don’t want the life they would bring. To have a free body but a caged mind? To stumble through the world in a zombielike state, never feeling anything, never conscious enough to really know anyone? I’d rather live my life as it is. Where I experience everything, even the horrific fantasies of my psychotic mind.”
― A.R. Torre, The Girl in 6E

“The second pile is for FedEx. I couldn’t bear the thought of another man in brown picking up my packages.”
― A.R. Torre, If You Dare

“There was something very dangerous about a woman with nothing to lose.”
― A.R. Torre, The Last Party

“Nice guys occasionally do win.”
― A.R. Torre, The Girl in 6E