Kayla Burt > Quotes

“Because…” He peered down at me with glossy eyes. “You’re good. You’re so good, Red. Better than I could ever be. You play this tough girl act but you care so much…about everything. You’ve got this big bleeding heart, hemorrhaging from the inside. Your soul isn’t one that should ever be erased.”
― Kayla Burt, Flora

“Weightless, I was afloat on the chemical high of his kiss, a bittersweet nightshade concoction of antidote and venom.”
― Kayla Burt, Flora

“If you could be anywhere else in the world right now, where would you be? We’re not going for simple predictability here. I don’t mean sipping mimosas on a sandy shore. I’m talking about the furthest reaches of memory, where we tuck away the moments we would willingly relive again without changing a single detail. When and where do you covet that feeling of organic contentment; when your bliss came for free; where you could easily forget how unfair life is outside of your tiny, ignorant bubble of comfort?”
― Kayla Burt, To Eat You With

“My name…you said it again. How do you know my name?” “Your name?” The corner of his lips curved slightly with a breathy laugh. “Your name has been embedded…like a thorn in my flesh, festering, poisoning my veins like an infection for a very long time. Over a decade. It slid quietly under my skin, a splinter that I’ve never been able to remove.”
― Kayla Burt, To Eat You With

“I felt foolish each time I thought of the ghosts that chipped away at my sanity every night when I battled for sleep. I wasn’t living in a haunted house. Maybe I was the haunted house all along, full of dust, mangled memories, and disembodied voices. A heart full of ghosts rattling against my ribcage; a disheveled carcass discarded to deteriorate in a sinkhole of secrecies long abandoned.”
― Kayla Burt, To Eat You With

“The wounds of my past were a constant struggle, and no matter how hard I fought, they always had the upper hand.”
― Kayla Burt, Flora

“I didn’t have the luxury of being restless or unsatisfied with my life, but I was tired. The kind of exhaustion that causes your bones to feel heavier and every thought is delayed. In agreement with my fatigued body, my spirit was weak.”
― Kayla Burt, To Eat You With

“Point is, the universe has a way of putting us where we need to be. Even if it’s smack in the middle of a shitty situation…Because there will always be something to conquer. Obstacles will always arise. But there’s something to be said for the next part when that crap’s over and you get to start the next chapter. You get to decide if you want to remain the same or learn from it and grow into someone new.”
― Kayla Burt, Flora

“According to mythology, Venus is believed to have brought forth the genesis of red roses,” he said. “Running through the forest to warn Adonis, she endured the pain of thorny brambles. But with every drop of blood, red roses bloomed, a symbol of her love for him.” His gaze shifted from my eyes to his hand, where a small stream of blood trickled down his fingers.”
― Kayla Burt, Flora

“Don’t get me wrong—We all love to pull a tragic backstory from our sleeve when we need a relatable excuse for our shitty behavior. I, myself, fail to have my demons exorcised from time to time. I would rather keep them secured down in the basement, like the Babadook. Whenever I’m feeling particularly sorry for myself, I see to it that they get fed, watered, and taken out for a walk. After some Vitamin D and a good cry, I carefully return them all to the designated skeleton closet.”
― Kayla Burt, To Eat You With

“Sleep and I were star-crossed lovers, urgently seeking one another each night but ultimately severed no matter how tight in my grip.”
― Kayla Burt, To Eat You With