Bea Paige > Quotes

“You should never close the door on a gift just because you don't think you fit the mould. Don't ever define yourself by what you believe people see. Open yourself up to possibilities because you are talented enough to do anything.”
― Bea Paige, Freestyle

“Like a garden rose she has the delicate fragility of velvety petals, soft to touch, layered, but easily plucked. Yet, I need to be careful because one wrong move and the sharp thorns that protect the truth of her have the ability to make a person bleed, to fucking shred the skin. Like she’s shredding mine now.”
― Bea Paige, Steps

“I’m the girl who once upon a time submitted to a beast. I’m the girl who danced to forget, who danced to survive, and I’m the woman who is stronger than the demons of her past and the ones that live in her heart.”
― Bea Paige, Steps

“Hate is often at its most powerful when it's formed on the back of love.”
― Bea Paige, Freestyle

“There was a moment just before Erik appeared that I saw something in you, something that called to me,” I say, tracing my finger along the length of her jaw. “And what was that?” she whispers. “Hunger…”
― Bea Paige, Steps

“What you saw tonight was the men who love you doing everything in their power to protect you. Nothing more. Nothing less.”
― Bea Paige, Breakers

“What the fuck is that supposed to mean? You mean everything to me, Tiny! Don’t you dare fucking insinuate that you’re not worthy of our protection, that you don’t deserve to be safe, to live a happy fucking life. You are worth it. I would die for these bastards here, but for you, Tiny, I will tear the world apart with my bare fucking hands to keep you safe. Do you understand me?!”
― Bea Paige, Breakers

“We will be your light when the world gets too dark,” he continues. “We will be the lyrics in every song and the step in every dance. We’ll remind you every fucking day who you are.”
― Bea Paige, Finale

“Tonight, and all the nights for the rest of my fucking life, I’m going to love you even when it hurts. Especially when it hurts. My brothers will help me to keep doing that.”
― Bea Paige, Breakers

“You cannot take what isn't freely given, Zayn Bernard. You fucking disappoint me.”
― Bea Paige, Lyrical

“She hates herself for reacting the way she does. Society has conditioned her to believe what she truly wants, needs, is wrong. She believes that her body is betraying her spirit, her soul. It isn’t. It’s showing her the truth.”
― Bea Paige, The Dancer and The Masks

“You’re quick, but I’m an expert at hunting, Asia.” He steps closer, crowding me. My back hits the sharpness of the hedge, little branches dig into my back scratching at my skin. “Back off, Camden,” I whisper. “Why?” “Because I hate you. Because you’re an arsehole, ruling over a bunch of arseholes. Because you destroyed my friend’s life. Because we’re enemies. Because you hate me. Because you confuse me…” I admit. “How so?” he asks, the tenor of his voice lowering. He’s so close I can smell him and the deep musk of his cologne. It’s expensive and smacks of riches stolen not earned. Fakery. I wonder what his real smell is like beneath the heady aftershave he’s wearing. “Why do I confuse you, Asia?” he persists, crowding me more. Spikes of fear and… excitement run amok inside my chest. Fuck sake.”
― Bea Paige, Delinquent

“But life just doesn’t work like that. Not for me. Not for the girl who’s always carried the storm inside her. You see, my mum had failed to understand one important fact: you can’t observe the storm from a safe distance when the storm is already a part of you. We all have our roles to fill. I’d just been avoiding mine for a lot longer.”
― Bea Paige, Reject

“Not everything that glitters is gold, and not everything broken is worthless or without beauty.”
― Bea Paige

“My mum once told me that the bravest sailors weren’t the ones who sailed through the storm, but the ones who remained in port whilst it raged out at sea. I never really understood what she meant by that, until now. For seventeen years I succeeded in standing back and watching that storm wreak havoc, never once venturing into the expanse of the ocean like a large proportion of kids on my estate had done. Unlike me, they were drawn into the glamour and the notoriety of joining a gang. Some did it for the promise of a family unit that they didn’t have at home. Some did it because they were too weak or too vulnerable to say no, while others did it because they were bored. And some, like Eastern, joined out of sheer desperation. I chose to stay away. It’s true, I might’ve been the delinquent kid that everyone saw when they looked at me. I might’ve gotten into trouble with the law, but I refused to set sail into a storm that wasn’t of my own making. I refused to join a gang. The way I saw it, whatever trouble I got into was on my terms and not for some self-proclaimed gang leader with a skewed view of the world and their own set of rules. I never wanted to be beholden to anyone but myself, and above all else, I always wanted more out of life than the hand I’ve been dealt. Maybe it was my mother’s fault for filling my head with far-fetched stories, but I wanted what was on the other side of the storm. I wanted what lay far, far beyond the horizon. Deep down I’d craved the life my mum used to tell me about in her stories. It gave me something to focus on, to dream about, even if it wasn’t real. Ironic then, that I’m now a part of the life I worked so hard to avoid, trying to protect the people I love from falling victim to it. And all because my love for a makeshift family meant I couldn’t stand back and watch the storm anymore. I must set sail right into the heart of it because I love Eastern, Tracy and Braydon enough to do something about their situation. They might not be my blood, but they are my family and I won’t abandon them in a time of need. Pity the same couldn’t be said for my own parents.”
― Bea Paige, Reject

“Look After You by Aron Wright – Chapter Six Don’t Cry by Bugzy Malone & Dermot Kennedy – Chapter Seven Let It All Go by Birdy, Rhodes – Chapter Fifteen Start A War by Klergy – Chapter Twenty-three Waves by Dean Lewis – Chapter Twenty-five Don’t Let Me Down by The Chainsmokers, Daya, Illenium – Chapter Twenty-six Move Me by RuthAnne – Chapter Thirty”
― Bea Paige, Finale

“not loving you is a thousand times more painful than loving you could ever be,”
― Bea Paige, Breakers

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”
― Bea Paige, The Masks and The Dancer

“You were a gift, and a perpetual comfort to an old man who didn’t deserve it. My only wish is for your happiness. Everything I’ve ever done is with you in mind. Remember that when I’m gone.”
― Bea Paige, The Masks and The Dancer

“Obeying someone’s demands means not thinking about any other option. It means allowing another person to take the lead, to let go of any responsibility to others, to myself. In a weird way it’s a freedom of sorts. A freedom to exist without consequence because the responsibility is firmly on someone else’s shoulders.”
― Bea Paige, The Dancer and The Masks

“There are two ways of spreading the light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. ~ Edith Wharton”
― Bea Paige, The Masks and The Dancer

“God won’t help you, though if you ask for the Devil you might be rewarded,”
― Bea Paige, The Dancer and The Masks

“Arsonist's Lullabye by Hozier – Chapter three Elastic Heart by Sia – Chapter Nine Paralyzed by NF – Chapter Seventeen Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush – Chapter Twenty You Broke Me First by Tate McRae – Chapter Twenty-three Let Me Down by Jorja Smith and Stormzy – Chapter Twenty-four I Can’t Make You Love Me by Teddie Swims – Chapter Thirty Dancing with a Stranger by Sam Smith – Chapter Thirty-one Demons by Jacob Lee – Chapter Thirty-Three Halo by Beyonce – Chapter Thirty-six Play with”
― Bea Paige, Lyrical

“If he’s the devil then his tongue’s an angel and I’m in purgatory caught between Heaven and Hell.”
― Bea Paige, The Dancer and The Masks

“If I am the phantom, it is because man's hatred has made me so. If I am to be saved it is because your love redeems me.”
― Bea Paige, The Dancer and The Masks

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” ― Oscar Wilde.”
― Bea Paige, Freestyle

“Do you believe evil exists?” “You’re asking me that question? There’s a fucking severed head nailed to the wall over there,” I say, pointing to the Baron’s head.”
― Bea Paige, The Masks and The Dancer

“Redemption is not just about the survival of our soul. It’s about the revival of a soul that was once dead.”
― Bea Paige, The Dancer and The Masks

“Silence by Marshmello featuring Khalid & Hurts by Emeli Sandé– Chapter Six Take Your Shirt Off by T-Pain – Chapter Twelve You Get What You Give by The New Radicals – Chapter Sixteen Bird Set Free by Sia – Chapter Twenty When We Were Young by Adele – Chapter Twenty-Three Own It by Stormzy – Chapter Twenty-Four Rise Up by Andra Day – Chapter Twenty-Five I Just Want You (Instrumental) by Marco Lopetuso – Chapter Thirty-Two If You Want Love by NF – Chapter Thirty-Five Heal by Tom Odell – Chapter”
― Bea Paige, Breakers

“Dancing with you is a gift, Pen. Loving you an inevitability,”
― Bea Paige, Lyrical