Kayla Cottingham > Quotes

“My shitty gay heart did a backflip in my chest”
― Kayla Cottingham, This Delicious Death

“Whatever the future might bring, whatever darkness might be lurking around the corner, she’d always have this.”
― Kayla Cottingham, My Dearest Darkest

“Who said being in love would ruin a friendship? What better way to fall in love than to do it with the person you already care about the most in the world?”
― Kayla Cottingham, This Delicious Death

“I remember once seeing a piece of art that said the people you love become ghosts inside of you.”
― Kayla Cottingham, This Delicious Death

“Hell is a teenage girl”
― Kayla Cottingham, My Dearest Darkest

“When my parents asked if I wanted a Mini Cooper for graduation, I didn’t think ahead to whether or not it would have enough trunk space to accommodate my cooler full of organs.”
― Kayla Cottingham, This Delicious Death

“Delilah gasped with glee. “Did she kill them? Is she an assassin? A lady assassin?” Kieran furrowed his brows. “Why do you sound excited about that?” Delilah realized everyone was still staring at her, and she quickly cleared her throat. “Oh, um, excited? No, that was—horror. I’m horrified. Please. Go on.”
― Kayla Cottingham, Practical Rules for Cursed Witches

“He’s like if Pete Davidson had absolutely no sex appeal,”
― Kayla Cottingham, This Delicious Death

“Friends don’t let friends get possessed by the ghosts of unethical human testing victims.”
― Kayla Cottingham, This Delicious Death

“stepped around a boulder to find a familiar figure seated atop a large rock,”
― Kayla Cottingham, This Delicious Death

“They stopped. Swaying and unsteady on their feet, they slowly angled their face up to the light. The veins around their eyes were inky black, mouth slack and sharpened teeth dripping with black bile. Their skin looked sallow and pale, and Jasmine could nearly make out the shadow of a skull beneath the skin.”
― Kayla Cottingham, This Delicious Death

“If regular people can get away with eating a McMuffin on the way to work, I can take a few bites of SynFlesh." " I mean - sure. Until some poor kid in their car seat looks over and sees you unhinge your jaw like an anaconda to swallow a human heart whole.”
― Kayla Cottingham, This Delicious Death

“She’d always dreamed of seeing the world, but that didn’t stop her from preemptively missing home.”
― Kayla Cottingham, Practical Rules for Cursed Witches

“The figure was probably seven feet tall and humanoid, with unnaturally long, gangly limbs. Its clothes were ragged and torn, blotchy rust-colored stains covering the front of what was once a band T-shirt. It had long, greasy brown hair that hung partway over a skeletal face, the skin hanging loose over the bones. Where the lips should have been was nothing but ragged, red flesh and gnashing, jagged teeth behind it.”
― Kayla Cottingham, This Delicious Death

“One of them, a redhead with green eyes and freckles—Cole, maybe—held out his hand to me. “Hey,” he said. “Nice to meet you.” I stared at his hand like it was a dead fish floating in the pool.”
― Kayla Cottingham, This Delicious Death

“Jasmine full-body shivered, then rolled some pieces of a tissue between her fingers before stuffing them in her ears.”
― Kayla Cottingham, This Delicious Death

“Because I wasn’t just a weak little girl that anyone could hurt if they wanted. I was the monster that lurked in the night, and monsters didn’t have to be afraid of weakness.”
― Kayla Cottingham, This Delicious Death

“Do you feel the same?"

“I mean, I definitely didn't just platonically stick my tongue down your throat.”
― Kayla Cottingham, This Delicious Death

“Finch wouldn't know how to manipulate her way out of a wet paper bag”
― Kayla Cottingham, My Dearest Darkest

“Visit our website for exclusive deals on child-safe tasers, pepper spray, and stun batons—the humane way to wrangle your hungry little one.”
― Kayla Cottingham, This Delicious Death

“I remember once seeing a piece of art that said the people you love become ghosts inside of you. What I realized now was it was true of the people you killed too.”
― Kayla Cottingham, This Delicious Death

“We’re not monsters, Cel.”
― Kayla Cottingham, This Delicious Death

“His red hair looked like copper fire in the sunlight, freckles bold like dark constellations on his nose.”
― Kayla Cottingham, This Delicious Death

“A huge smile bloomed across his face.”
― Kayla Cottingham, This Delicious Death

“Because Griffin, dead at Selena’s feet, was missing his heart.”
― Kayla Cottingham, My Dearest Darkest

“Godamn, she's so cute, Selena thought.
Jesus, can I not be gay for like 10 minutes?”
― Kayla Cottingham, My Dearest Darkest

“If regular people can get away with eating a McMuffin on the way to work, I can take a few bites of SynFlesh."

"I mean - sure. Until some poor kid in their car seat looks over and sees you unhinge your jaw like an anaconda to swallow a human heart whole.”
― Kayla Cottingham, This Delicious Death

“That said, it’s important to remember that accidents happen, especially when children are too young to understand the consequences of their actions. While it may seem extreme at first, we recommend that parents, caregivers, and teachers of Hollow children always keep some form of compliance weapon on hand. Visit our website for exclusive deals on child-safe tasers, pepper spray, and stun batons—the humane way to wrangle your hungry little one. —Excerpt from Your Hollow Child and You: A Guide to Strange Appetites”
― Kayla Cottingham, This Delicious Death

“I—I like your dress.” “Thank you. It’s very long.”
― Kayla Cottingham, My Dearest Darkest

“Only on my father’s side. I’m mixed rapscallion and hooligan on my mother’s.”
― Kayla Cottingham, My Dearest Darkest