Caroline Hanson > Quotes

“You want me to be unselfish? A vampire is selfish. We kill so that we can survive, that is the ultimate selfishness.”
― Caroline Hanson, Love is Darkness

“Zackary Connor's office building was made of glass, endless windows giving the impression of being outside. It was exactly how I liked nature--air conditioned and bug free.”
― Caroline Hanson, Bewitching the Werewolf

“And then he kissed me. Softly, like a friendly, nice-to-meet-can-I-strip-your-clothes-off-and-bury-myself-inside-you-kind of kiss.

I finally pulled back, but I didn't want to and hoped that I had been able to convey a yes-you-can-and-why-haven't-you-done-it-already response when I'd moaned and shoved my tongue into his mouth.”
― Caroline Hanson, Bewitching the Werewolf

“Perhaps because when everyone they knew and loved continued to die, they realized the value of distance, of not losing one's self completely to love.”
― Caroline Hanson, Love Is Mortal

“You owe me."
"What do I owe you? All the things I gave you. How I took care of you. Money, information...pleasure. I denied you nothing. If I could give it to you, I did."
"You gave me things that cost you nothing. It certainly didn't seem to be a hardship to fuck me.”
― Caroline Hanson, Love Is Mortal

“If she was going to die she wanted to go out with chocolate in one hand and a shopping bag in the other.”
― Caroline Hanson, Love is Darkness

“Everything she knew about him rushed through her mind like a tidal wave.”
― Caroline Hanson, Love is Darkness

“I'm so..." Heartsick. You took my insides and left me a little broken. ”
― Caroline Hanson, Love Is Mortal

“You keep seeking to redeem me. You keep looking and hoping. Painting me in emotions I do not have, nor can have.”
― Caroline Hanson, Love Is Mortal

“How come she couldn't have a nice supernatural life like the girls on Charmed or even Buffy? They all had friends. Even on Supernatural, the boys had each other. What did she have? Nothing, but one damed traitor after another.”
― Caroline Hanson, Love Is Mortal

“Her gaze shifted away. "I don't remember my dreams anymore." It was like she was confessing a dirty secret. And maybe it was, because even though he hated the dreams, each time he had them, he was with his parents again. Hearing their laughter. Watching them live. But when he woke up they were really gone.”
― Caroline Hanson, Love is Darkness

“It does not matter what I believe. The past is done. Hope is irrelevant. We measure success and failure in history with a cost of lives. Penicillin saved people, and the world wars exterminated them. Success and failure. Feelings, regrets, the point where they knew they made mistakes...it is interesting but unfortunately, irrelevant. Did they go to their death and grieve for what they did? Did the makers of the atomic bomb grieve for the destruction they dedicated their lives towards creating? Who cares? They did it. Whether they knew what they were creating, or whether they talked themselves into believing it was for the best, the glory of history is being able to view it in black-and-white. However honorable one's initial intention, a villain will always be a villain.”
― Caroline Hanson, Love Is Mortal

“She tried to think of the right thing to say - something that would make him leave her alone. If she said she could defend herself he'd want her to prove it. But if she said she couldn't defend herself, then he'd take her out there to learn. This is so messed up.”
― Caroline Hanson, Love is Darkness

“He was under the mistaken impression that I didn't have enough tact.
The truth was, I had no tact.”
― Caroline Hanson, Bewitching the Werewolf

“Of course it was, this was perfect Jack. She could tear his fucking heart out and he'd want to know is she broke a nail.”
― Caroline Hanson, Love is Darkness

“Do you know how often people tell me that? And they always look just as surprised. It's really irritating”
― Caroline Hanson, Bewitching the Werewolf

“Cer sighed. “The bravado of you, Lucaius,” he said, like a father disappointed in his son. “This
time will be different because you are in my land, at my mercy, and stripped of all defenses.”
“You will make me blush.”
― Caroline Hanson, Love Is Mortal

“He was beautiful, like looking at a favorite piece of artwork. Not something one can own, but something in a faraway museum, where she would have to go halfway around the world, push through crowds on people, just to catch a glimpse of his unreal splendor.”
― Caroline Hanson, Love is Fear

“In regard to leaving, your options are
limited. Dismemberment is one, but I have a hard time imagining you hacking Cerdewellyn into
pieces, even if you had the strength. Bone is…difficult.”
She ran her hands through her hair, feeling nervous. Yeah, that’s what’s keeping me from
dismembering him, pulling a muscle as I cut through bone.”
― Caroline Hanson, Love Is Mortal

“Because I feel as if I've known you my entire life. I feel as if there are unfinished things between us.”
― Caroline Hanson, Love Is Mortal

“Nervousness made her feel nauseous, almost like she had two hearts frantically beating in her chest, instead of one.”
― Caroline Hanson, Love is Darkness

“You know what I know? I know that whenever someone tells you they are doing 'what's best for you', you're screwed. Those are not words you want to hear. It's right up there with 'it's not you it's me'.”
― Caroline Hanson, Love is Darkness

“Maybe that was one of the problems with these men who lived forever, they'd built up an immunity or resistance to affection. Perhaps because when everyone they knew and loved continued to die, they realized the value of distance, of not losing one's self completely to love.”
― Caroline Hanson, Love Is Mortal

“Trees surrounded them from all sides, casting long inky shadows that would, at another time, have been scary. But there was no point in being scared of what might be lurking in the shadows when the biggest bad, of all big bads, was gazing at her intently.”
― Caroline Hanson, Love is Darkness

“It was entirely possible I would sexually assault him if I got too close.”
― Caroline Hanson

“A helpful lecture about how anger 'hurts us more than anyone else' would have sent her screaming off into the woods, vampires be damned.”
― Caroline Hanson, Love is Darkness

“I know that whenever someone tells you they are doing 'what's best for you', you're screwed. Those are not words you want to hear. It's right up there with 'it's not you it's me'.”
― Caroline Hanson, Love is Darkness

“The vampire who lived here was either a total loser or really liked the monster image. Really, if he couldn't be a rich vampire, then he was a moron.”
― Caroline Hanson, Love is Darkness

“The calmness was fracturing, tendrils of fear seeping through her mind like ivy. Once the fear consumed her, she'd run.”
― Caroline Hanson, Love is Darkness

“She took a deep breath, inhaling the musty smell of books. Truth be told, she thought the smell was kind of sexy. She'd had fantasies of having sex in a library. That was probably what happened when one spent those crucial hormone-filled years surrounded by books instead of boys.”
― Caroline Hanson, Love is Darkness