Alexis Patton > Quotes

“Shut up,” he rasped. “We were never worlds apart. If we were, you wouldn’t be everywhere inside of me. When I look at you, my chest feels like it’s about to crack open, and all the emotions I’ve beaten down to submission come roaring back with a fucking vengeance.” The power beneath his voice shook her. “For every scar visible on your body, I have to prevent myself from seeking out your assailants and slashing each one of their throats. I’ve watched you fight through every battle, despite the trials and tragedies you’ve faced, and it never ceases to astound me. Just staring at you right now makes me want to take you every way imaginable, and nothing about it is innocent.”
― Alexis Patton, Us Dark Few

“You’re the story I read slowly. I want to savor and memorize every word of you.”
― Alexis Patton, Us Dark Few

“Because the dead don’t want you to die with them,” Winnie stated. “Love transcends space and time. It holds no bounds or limits. Dear girl, love is stronger than death because if you love someone, they can never truly die.”
― Alexis Patton, Us Dark Few

“The kind of alone no one desires. The kind where you think you want to drown, but in reality, all you want is to be saved.”
― Alexis Patton, Us Dark Few

“To all those who are clouded with anxiety. May you dream under the moonlight. And find solace beneath the stars.”
― Alexis Patton, Us Deadly Few

“No man has ever escaped Braderhelm.” Brock crossed his arms. “You stand no chance of surviving.” “Is that so?” She inched closer, and Brock’s feverish eyes narrowed. “Then a woman must not have tried yet.”
― Alexis Patton, Us Dark Few

“Does anyone win the race of life, or do we all get participation trophies?”
― Alexis Patton, Us Dark Few

“It means that no matter how many times I told myself we were done, I knew I’d never be over you. You’re the kind of special no one ever forgets.”
― Alexis Patton, Us Deadly Few

“The truth is, it’s not the hurt you see that’s dangerous. It’s the hurt you hide that’s the real menace.”
― Alexis Patton, Us Dark Few

“You can plummet further between those cracks and crevices because no true rock-bottom exists to halt the descent of misfortune.”
― Alexis Patton, Us Dark Few

“I know you have the biggest heart, because in another story, I would’ve wanted you to be my ending.”
In another story, you would’ve been my beginning.”
― Alexis Patton, Us Deadly Few

“I may not be able to knock you out or shut off my emotions, but if you ask me, it takes greater strength to maintain hope when everything is crumbling around you.”
― Alexis Patton, Us Dark Few

“Really. If I didn’t know better, I’d say you missed me.”
― Alexis Patton, Us Dark Few

“So eager for me to hurt you, huh?”
― Alexis Patton, Us Dark Few

“People were more inclined to sit at home and live in a screen versus worrying about climate change, declining resources, and mass extinction across different animal and plant lifeforms. The warning signs were all there. But they knew they wouldn’t be alive when the destruction they sowed came about. They waited for someone else to fix their problems, but it never happened. And here we are.”
― Alexis Patton, Us Dark Few

“No. But why worry about something that hasn’t happened yet? That’s just putting yourself through it twice.”
― Alexis Patton, Us Dark Few

“Do you pray often, Kanes?” She reeled back from the bizarre question. “No.” A slight but dangerous smirk appeared on his face. “Keep pushing me, and you’ll need to. If I want something,” he lowered his head, an inch separating them, “only God will prevent it.”
― Alexis Patton, Us Dark Few

“That’s the beauty of knowledge. If it’s remembered, the meaning can’t be fully erased.”
― Alexis Patton, Us Dark Few

“Don’t even attempt to sleep on the floor. It will only upset me.”
― Alexis Patton, Us Dark Few

“Takeshi put his arms by his side, still lying on top of the covers. Then slowly, like there was static electricity trickling up the side of her body closest to him, the pinky of his finger grazed hers.”
― Alexis Patton, Us Dark Few

“To love is to go on.”
― Alexis Patton, Us Dark Few

“And every moon and star in the sky couldn’t compare to the sheer beauty and power reflecting back at her when he said, “You already are.”
― Alexis Patton, Us Deadly Few

“I may be the Captain of Braderhelm, Kanes, but I am not a monster.”
― Alexis Patton, Us Dark Few

“When she was near Takeshi, that was when she felt most alive.”
― Alexis Patton, Us Dark Few

“Love transcends space and time. It holds no bounds or limits. Dear girl, love is stronger than death because if you love someone, they can never truly die.”
― Alexis Patton, Us Dark Few

“I’d tell you how I really feel about your so-called games, but I wasn’t born with enough middle fingers to express myself,”
― Alexis Patton, Us Dark Few

“She was clearly imagining things, because describing Takeshi as warm was like describing the grim reaper as sweet. He was more likely to cuddle in a blanket of blades and give a baby a taser as their first toy.”
― Alexis Patton, Us Dark Few

“Be still, Kanes. Nothing in this world would make me put you down right now,” he declared, his voice guttural.”
― Alexis Patton, Us Dark Few

“She was the bitter frost and Takeshi the hostile flames, endlessly clashing and forever locked in battle.”
― Alexis Patton, Us Dark Few

“I’m sorry they got to you. Made you forget that surviving is not living,” Winnie whispered.”
― Alexis Patton, Us Dark Few