Karla Nikole > Quotes

“You two are gorgeous together, like perfect bookends. Sunlight and moonlight. Jupiter and Mars… Mercutio and Romeo.”
― Karla Nikole, Lore & Lust

“Everything about Haruka registers as cool and refreshing. As if nature has uniquely cultivated him from its most beautiful elements—spring rain, the starry midnight skies and roses in full bloom.”
― Karla Nikole, Lore & Lust

“Simple words are inadequate—useless in painting the exquisite masterpiece that is Nino’s essence. Maybe if he tried in Latin, or arranged a new language entirely?”
― Karla Nikole, Lore & Lust

“What's the point of being a lovable mascot with power and influence if you don't use it for anything important?”
― Karla Nikole, Oliver

“Fuck this vampire. What a silly twat.”
― Karla Nikole, Alexander

“the sensation is akin to sunlight breaking through a dark, overcast sky.”
― Karla Nikole, Lore & Lust

“How incredible would it feel to be someone's muse? To stir another person so deeply that they're driven to create something beautiful simply because of you.”
― Karla Nikole, Oliver

“the thought of you not coming back makes me forget how to breathe.”
― Karla Nikole, Oliver

“I hate crying. It feels as if it’s not my conscious choice to do it. Like a heavy blanket of pain and sorrow overwhelms and suffocates me. Forcing the tears out.”
― Karla Nikole, Alexander

“Nino hangs up the phone and beams in his warm, open way. “Good morning.” “Good morning,” Haruka says. “A friend of yours?” Nino wears a look of confusion, then glances to his right at a medieval suit of armor. “This thing?” “No.” Haruka holds back a laugh. “On the phone, Nino.”
― Karla Nikole, Lore & Lust

“How far can you push someone before they snap? Before all the restrictions, punishments and admonishments backfire and all that’s left is a hurting pile of ashes?”
― Karla Nikole, Oliver

“He reminds me of a tenured professor at an ivy-league university. Someone “upstanding” who also sits on the alumni board, but probably embezzles the funds… and also sacrifices virgins in secret satanic rituals behind closed doors. It's just the vibe I get.”
― Karla Nikole, Alexander

“You shouldn’t measure and compare the legitimacy of your pain against someone else’s. Abuse is abuse. You aren’t allowed to live of your own accord or interact with vampires of your choosing. You apologize for everything because you’ve been taught that your thoughts and feelings aren’t valid, but that’s wrong…” He pauses, suddenly meeting my gaze. “You are valid.”
― Karla Nikole, Oliver

“there are only three of us. Me, Lord Blakeley and the viscount. My purebred vampire fathers. One is domineering, prideful and insatiable in his yearning for respect, status and validation. This strange, inherent need of his covers us like a virus. An infectious ailment that steadily deteriorates and worsens the quality of all our lives.”
― Karla Nikole, Oliver

“He wants you to seduce him,” Leoni says. “He just hasn’t realized it yet.”
― Karla Nikole, Alexander

“Now, though? Daniel is just… a creepy ass vampire in an ugly coat, wandering around the woods in the dead of winter. Life. You never know.”
― Karla Nikole, Alexander

“Alexander leans his head back against the bed, sighing and closing his eyes. “I’m not an unkind vampire. Just… maybe a bit stupid, apparently.”
― Karla Nikole, Oliver

“Even still… “I’m not going to magically fall in love with you because you’ve decided to be nice to me for five days. To be clear.” “I didn’t say that you would, you twat. I can’t believe you just said that.” I shrug. “You asked me to be honest. Here it is.”
― Karla Nikole, Oliver

“He turns his head to look down at Haruka sitting on the ornate rug in the middle of the floor. A disarray of books and notes spirals outward from his position—he is the eye of an academic hurricane. Haruka holds a black mug of steaming coffee in one hand while with the other he casually flips through a reference book on qualitative data analysis.”
― Karla Nikole, Lore & Lust

“Lying on my side, I’m halfway through the episode where Cordy and Buffy get kidnapped by frat boys who try to sacrifice them to a demonic man-snake when Raphael reappears with my phone.”
― Karla Nikole, Alexander

“For every red flag and warning signal Josefina gave me, Alexander offers a green one in its place. Not just green. Golden.”
― Karla Nikole, Alexander

“You’re the sweetest, you know?” “I try.” “I love you.” “I know. “You should let me eat your ass tonight.”
― Karla Nikole, Alexander

“Do you want me?” I ask firmly. No evading the question this time. Alexander takes a breath. For once, he doesn’t look away. “Yes.”
― Karla Nikole, Alexander