Dia Reeves > Quotes

“She was like the moon—part of her was always hidden away.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“But what if the monsters come?"
"Fancy." Kit looked away from the drama to stare at her sister, surprised. "We are the monsters.”
― Dia Reeves, Slice of Cherry

“They can't even decide what flavor of crazy I am.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“Real monsters eat you from the inside out.”
― Dia Reeves, Slice of Cherry

“What the eyes don't see, the heart can't feel.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“I wear my cool on the inside; that's why my hands are always so cold.”
― Dia Reeves

“People?" As though she'd never heard of such a thing. "They're like dolls. Plastic and shiny and fake.”
― Dia Reeves, Slice of Cherry

“Love is a trap. Don't ever get caught.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“The rain echoed in the shadowy attic space and made me feel small and fragile, like a lace glove left behind on moving day - mateless and abandoned.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“You're like a doll I had when I was a kid. She was all stiched together and her head kept falling off, but I loved that doll. That's what you look like. Like somebody just loved you to death.”
― Dia Reeves, Slice of Cherry

“I'd rather be miserable and free than happy and caged.”
― Dia Reeves

“Emotional abuse is just as bad as physical abuse. Worse! You can heal broken bones; you can't heal a broken mind.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“But what was the point of love if it didn't keep people from leaving you?”
― Dia Reeves, Slice of Cherry

“It disturbed me that he saw things in such black-and-white tones. I sure didn't. For me, the world was a confusion of color.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“I don't even register on the freakometer.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“How did you get out of the suicide door?" Her disbelief was a living, pettable thing.

"Magic."

Her eyes narrowed. "There is no magic."

"Maybe not for you. But I'm from out of town.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“Humans are predators, not prey. Always remember that.”
― Dia Reeves, Slice of Cherry

“The worst thing you can do is rest all your hopes on a wish. A granted wish doesn't equal a perfect life.”
― Dia Reeves, Slice of Cherry

“If I can't, then I'll paint the walls of her house red with my blood.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“Indecisiveness is a very unattractive trait in a man, especially when he's just a boy.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“I'm the Bonesaw Killer's daughter," she whispered, almost to herself. "Why would you ever think I was good?”
― Dia Reeves, Slice of Cherry

“You need air. You need food. You don't need some beastly boy.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“You're like rottweilers - they protect you from burglars, but nothing protects you from them.”
― Dia Reeves, Slice of Cherry

“You ain't scared I'll kill you?
You already did. At the dark park. The suspense is gone.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“Mother is the name for God on the lips and hearts of children.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“It's easier to be careful in dresses. You have to be or you end up flashing your underclothes or destroying beautiful fabric. Dresses force you to be on guard.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“I figured she wanted to get into it with me, some he's-my-man-so-step-off song and dance. If so, she would have to dance solo.
I don't do drama.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“Wanting to connect doesn't make you needy--it makes you human.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“If I had the power to resurrect, I'd use it on you." Now he was the one whispering. "There's an important part of you that's dead: the part that cares.”
― Dia Reeves, Slice of Cherry

“Fancy clipped a scrap of newsprint to her canvas and wrote, I don't have friends.
Ilan's hand covered hers briefly as he plucked the charcoal from her hand and wrote beneath her words, you have me.”
― Dia Reeves, Slice of Cherry