E.M. Moore > Quotes

“I need to be my family’s sentinel; our show of strength. Because someone here, watching me place this midnight flower on this beautiful white casket, murdered my sister.”
― E.M. Moore, Pretty Secrets

“My sister died on Devil’s Night. And on Halloween, I vowed vengeance.”
― E.M. Moore, Pretty Secrets

“then I remember one important thing: Just because I haven’t really lived in the world, doesn’t mean I haven’t lived a thousand lives in books.”
― E.M. Moore, This Fearless Girl

“Did you fuck our professor?” “No, I just sucked his dick.” “Oh, okay. Well, that’s better,” he says, rolling his eyes.”
― E.M. Moore, Lovely Deceit

“What spurred this on?” Shrugging, she says, “That needy bitch was annoying me. Then I remembered when you said you thought about me in your classroom, and I couldn’t resist.”
― E.M. Moore, Pretty Secrets

“I don’t know about the rest of you, but my future is standing right here, and that fucker hurt her. I’m not going to play fucking nice with him.”
― E.M. Moore, The Ballers of Rockport High

“Sometimes grief is just that. A happy memory mixed with desperation because you know you’ll never get to make memories like that again.”
― E.M. Moore, Free Fall

“I’m sick of doing what everyone expects me to.”
― E.M. Moore, Pretty Secrets

“poured my feelings into the souls of books and they spoke back to me.”
― E.M. Moore, Those Heartless Boys

“You never know what will happen where the Knights are concerned, though. We’re all in their game. They make the rules.”
― E.M. Moore, Pretty Secrets

“I fall asleep in his arms—in a new world where I say I love you—and I’ve never felt more at home.”
― E.M. Moore, This Fearless Girl

“Sometimes you have to listen to your heart…even if it does end up in tatters. You can’t go your whole life pushing people away.”
― E.M. Moore, Pretty Secrets

“I have to seep into their rotten core and unveil their dirty secrets. Infiltrate. Expose. Escape.”
― E.M. Moore, Pretty Secrets

“Because I fucking care about you, okay? Look at my fucking chest. Do you see any lights? Do you see me doubling over from the shocks? It’s the goddamn truth.”
― E.M. Moore, Lovely Deceit

“Oddly, not the first girl I’ve met with multiple partners. You must be one strong woman. The girl I knew was dating four.”
― E.M. Moore, This Fearless Girl

“This girl has gotten under my skin from the beginning, and there’s a reason for that. She’s not like the others I’ve had and disposed of. She’s stuck with me,”
― E.M. Moore, Lovely Deceit