Carlyle Labuschagne > Quotes

“With him I couldn’t be anything but myself and that scared the crap out of me, because I had never existed like that before.”
― Carlyle Labuschagne, The Broken Destiny

“You cannot know what light is
if you have not experienced darkness.
How could you know what happiness feels like
if you know not what it means to be sad?
Right does not exist without wrong
Hate exists because there is love.
You are either driven by fear or love.
To love is not to fear.
It is to be godly.”
― Carlyle Labuschagne, The Broken Destiny

“I had evolved a year too soon, and it nearly broke me”
― Carlyle Labuschagne, The Broken Destiny

“I see you,” he said ever so softly.
I knew exactly what he meant, because I too saw myself for the first time.”
― Carlyle Labuschagne, The Broken Destiny

“In this life, all is Evanescent. Live for the now”
― Carlyle Labuschagne

“I was on a lit path, a raging firestorm for him – all of him. My body ached for it. I had found the antidote to my disease, and in those forced images of false memories, I found my salvation, a cure from myself, to what I would eventually become.”
― Carlyle Labuschagne

“I wanted to go to her, but not yet. What did you say to someone who had just lost a loved one? A mother. I had not earned the right to empathize with such loss. I did not have the words, nor the true emotions, as I had never had such a thing as a mother., I had never experienced anything the way she had. It was clear to me what I was in that moment –- a product of the Council.”
― Carlyle Labuschagne

“His kisses fed the slow burn of an ever-growing flame.”
― Carlyle Labuschagne, The Broken Destiny

“Everyone tried so hard to be normal, to fit in and not to accept what they were, what we all were. We were anything but normal.”
― Carlyle Labuschagne, The Broken Destiny

“He leaned in closer, and on stepping back, I almost became one with the cupboard, afraid that if he came any closer, I would lose the little control I still possessed.His one arm extended above me, resting against the cupboard door, giving me a good whiff of his bewitching scent. I pinned my hands behind my back, restraining myself against the metal cupboard. As his hand brushed my damp hair back, and then his fingertips trailed down my shoulder – pins and needles gave way to warm and cold waves washing over me. The pins and needles ran down my spine, and then over my entire body. I kept my eyes on his chiseled, eight-pack abs. I struggled to breathe with him so close, virtually on top of me.
He smiled on a whisper. “I just wanted this moment, us together like this, this feeling in my stomach – like I am falling.”
― Carlyle Labuschagne

“I wanted to go to her, but not yet. What did you say to someone who had just lost a loved one? A mother. I had not earned the right to empathize with such loss. I did not have the words, nor the true emotions, as I had never had such a thing as a mother., I had never experienced anything the way she had. It was clear to me what I was in that moment –- a product of the Council.”
― Carlyle Labuschagne, Evanescent

“But before I could get hold of my thoughts, another loud explosion tore through the air, crackling like a beast, our screams becoming lost in the echoes of terror. Loud crashes cameoming from every direction, enclosing us within it’s catastrophic claws. Flames so high and wide, we were about to be devoured within the jaws of the fiery creature. I didn’t give myself the time to hesitate for a second longer. I grabbed my two best friends, and hurled them down the stairs”
― Carlyle Labuschagne, Evanescent

“There is something you have to know.” I kept my arms at my sides, and held them tight against my body while I summoned the words to tell him my disgusting secret. I had to get it out before my shift took hold, protecting me from the guilt. I didn’t know where to begin, how to begin, or if there was even a nice way of telling him what I had done”
― Carlyle Labuschagne, Evanescent

“For a while, it felt like I was on top of the universe. I didn’t realize that I was about to fall.”
― Carlyle Labuschagne, The Broken Destiny

“The MOMENT YOUR UNIVERSE SPINS OUT of control and collides with something so much greater than yourself, your initial reaction is shock and fright-a deep-seeded fear that runs through every inch of your body and brain. As you are jounced from your course, silence surrounds you, haunting you as the world around you tilts off its axis. All you can do is wait for the fall.”
― Carlyle Labuschagne, Dead of Night

“© Carlyle Labuschagne 2014
" As I watched her run down the path and melt with the shadows, I wasn't sure how to feel about her, or the fact that I may just have aided in her escape and doomed us all. I wanted to believe that anyone given a second chance would use it wisely. But wisdom I guess is hard to obtain when destiny stands in its way.”
― Carlyle Labuschagne, Absolution