Selena . > Quotes

“rather take the pain than sit in the dark like a dumbass because I’m too afraid to turn on the light and see the monster under the bed.”
― Selena ., Brutal Boy

“Revenge isn’t a dish best served cold. It’s a dish best not served at all.”
― Selena ., Bury Me

“Like all the best monsters, this one cannot be killed. Even after he took his last breath, he would live forever inside me, destroying me every day of my life.”
― Selena ., Bad Apple

“I’m never giving up on you, Crystal,” he says. “You can hurt me ten times what you did. You can do it every day, and it won’t matter. I’ll do whatever it takes to convince you of that. I’ll die for you before I let you go.”
― Selena ., Bury Me

“What do you mean you want to be there when I wake up? You want to… Be my boyfriend?” “I want to be your everything.”
― Selena ., Only Happy When It Rains

“You,” he murmurs, his dark eyes burning into mine as his thumb strokes my cheek. “What you’re doing to me. To us.”
― Selena ., The Rain King

“But there’s a magic in female friendships, something indescribably intoxicating, a secret ingredient that even we can’t name. When we’re together, we become powerful, unstoppable. We become magic. I feel sad for girls who miss out on that because they’re too busy trying to prove they’re better than everyone. Who would want to be different from other girls, when other girls are such amazing, badass people?”
― Selena ., Bury Me

“I’m not bulletproof. My heart is still a fragile thing, like a butterfly just learning to spread its crinkled wings.”
― Selena ., Bury Me

“And I will steal that last breath from her lungs before I let them do it.”
― Selena ., Only Happy When It Rains

“Now open your mouth for me, little mama,” he says, undoing the button on his jeans. “You want me to suck your dick?” “No,” he says, running his hand over the back of my head and pulling me close. “I want you to choke on it.”
― Selena ., Only Happy When It Rains

“Men may have brainwashed women into thinking marriage is something they want for the past few centuries, but our eyes are open. Marriage is the end for women. Not the end goal, but the end of any other goals.”
― Selena ., Dangerous Defiance

“I won’t let them take her from me. If I have to fight for her, I’ll fight. If I have to kill for her, I’ll kill. She’s mine. The past doesn’t matter. She belongs to me now, and she’ll belong to me until her last breath.”
― Selena ., Only Happy When It Rains

“What, you’re too good for our hometown school now? Don’t go getting any uppity ideas in your head, Harper. You think you’re hot shit now, but just wait. You’ll see how they treat the likes of us at that high-fallutin school. Mark my words. They’ll take one look at you and know you’re bad news. That school won’t do one thing to help people like us.”
― Selena ., Bad Apple

“And what if I fuck you in your dress before your wedding to my brother? Is that bad luck?”
― Selena ., The Rain King

“Because even if you try, you’ll never get rid of me. You can break my heart into a thousand pieces a thousand times over, and I’ll still love you just as much.”
― Selena ., Bury Me

“Well, one of my cousins fell for their sister. Hell, I guess we all kind of fell for her. But she fell for him back. Our families weren’t having any of it, though. They hated each other. They wouldn’t let them be together. My cousin and her ended up going missing during that flood on New Year’s a couple years back. The cops and the whole town looked for them. We thought they’d run away at first, but they found the car a few days later. Said they died fucking in the back seat.”
― Selena ., Bad Apple

“Double or nothing,” she says. “No,” I say. “If I win, I get to chase you down the beach.” She gulps, her eyes widening. “And?” “And catch you,” I say, holding her gaze. “And then?” “And then fuck you.”
― Selena ., Only Happy When It Rains

“I want to be seen. I want to be a girl standing in a silk robe in the moonlight, with disheveled hair streaming in the hot midnight wind and the moon making me luminous. I want to be a mystery to him, too. I want him to see me and want to solve this mystery.”
― Selena ., Bully Me

“There are moments when being part of a family, of any family, is the best feeling in the world. A feeling of happiness and belonging, of knowing someone will have your back no matter how wrong you are. And there are moments when being part of a family is the worst feeling. A feeling of being suffocated and trapped, of knowing that if you do the right thing, they will no longer have your back. That you’ll become the enemy, and they’ll turn their back on you and ruin you as quick as any rival.”
― Selena ., Betray Me

“What about you?” I whisper. “What are you afraid of?”
― Selena ., The Rain King

“knotting her fingers together between her thick knees.”
― Selena ., Brutal Boy