Angel Lawson > Quotes

“I know I’m right. Love makes you stronger. And they’re the weaker ones for not feeling it.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“I’m not a fickle little bitch like you. I keep my promises.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“I know she doesn’t want to hear it—doesn’t want to believe it—but I know deep in the pit of my wandering soul, this woman is mine.  Even if she never loves me back, I’m never letting her go.”
― Angel Lawson, Dukes of Ruin

“Rip. “Son of a motherfuck!” I screech. After that, she plucks my eyebrows, moisturizes my face, and then spends a long time combing the tangles from my hair, looking unbothered by the verbal abuse I hurl at her along the way.  “How much do men pay for this?” I sneer, head snapping back forth with each pass of the comb. “Am I getting the sadistic whore premium?”
― Angel Lawson, Dukes of Ruin

“When the blood bubbles up around the glass, dark and wet, everything seems very clear. This is how I free myself. Once and for all.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Wrath

“I can see it crystal clear in his eyes that he’s washed his hands of the business of caring.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“Sometimes, appearances are all we have. The mask we pull over our faces to hide the ugly sadness beneath.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“We are whatever people see.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“A meeting of two souls each seeking something distinct yet vital.”
― Angel Lawson, Faking It with the Forward

“I call you Sunshine because when you occasionally venture to smile, it lights up the whole damn room.” His mouth is inches from mine. “You’re not easy, Twyler. You’re tough and can wrangle a locker room of asshole hockey players, which is fucking impressive. You wear a shield over your heart, but the few times you’ve let me see inside, I’m overwhelmed by who you are.”
― Angel Lawson, Faking It with the Forward

“She’s the woman who took the brunt of my darkness at a time when I couldn’t find the light, and then she was the woman who forgave me for it.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“You think we’re psychopaths? Motherfucker, you haven’t seen shit.” Tristian gives him a cold grin. “It’s true. She uses metal utensils on Teflon pans. In forty years, we’ll all be full of cancer. Downright diabolical.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Wrath

“Tristian’s nostrils flare and Killer and I share a glance at the impending bitchfest. “I said I wanted a vegetable tray!” Ms. Crane goes to the fridge and pulls out a bag of half-thawed baby carrots. “There,” she says, dumping them on the counter with a loud ‘thud’. “Go fucking wild, you useless rabbit disguised as a man.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Pain

“I’d laid awake long after Twyler fell asleep, thinking about our relationship. It wasn’t just sex brain talking when I told her that I wanted her to be mine. This girl is everything I want. I can’t get enough of her. I want her in bed and out. I want to see her wearing my name and number on her back—in public. I want to hold her hand and kiss her whenever I want to. Because I can’t keep going on pretending like this isn’t a thing. I love her and it’s time we figure out how we’re going to move forward.”
― Angel Lawson, Faking It with the Forward

“Even before he asked to meet up, I was ready to figure out how to go public. I want to be with you, Twyler. All of you, all the time. I want you to be my girlfriend.”
― Angel Lawson, Faking It with the Forward

“I don’t want to burn her down. I want to burn with her, high and bright.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“But you don’t fight for yourself, Remy. You let everyone else do that for you.” He just stares at me, unblinking as I turn away. “That’s our albatross.”
― Angel Lawson, Dukes of Peril

“Never underestimate a man wanting what belongs to another man, Sunshine.”
― Angel Lawson, Faking It with the Forward

“Maybe they’re not used to being confronted with their past crimes. Maybe they expect their trash to stay gone once they’ve thrown it away.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Pain

“Was he born this selfish and insecure, or did something happen to make him this way? Are monsters born, or are they made?”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Pain

“No one hurts us more than we hurt ourselves.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“Family isn’t blood or the right series of letters, Sy. It has to be something a hell of a lot stronger than that.”
― Angel Lawson, Dukes of Peril

“The opposite of addiction isn’t sobriety. It’s connection.”
― Angel Lawson, Devil Incarnate

“I give Killian a meaningful look, tossing a hand in her direction. See? You’re the reason we can’t have nice things.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Wrath

“Rath rolls his eyes, reaching out to spin a finger in Tristian’s direction. “Don’t point your boner at me.” The sponge Tristian throws smacks Rath right in the middle of his chest. “Wash yourself!”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Wrath

“Twyler linked up our phone tracking systems after we took our relationship underground. Not so we could find each other, but rather, in her words, “If I go missing or turn up dead, they’ll figure out pretty quick you were my secret boyfriend. This protects both of us.” This is what it’s like to fall for a girl obsessed with true crime. And fuck, I definitely think I’m falling for her.”
― Angel Lawson, Faking It with the Forward

“Not until you understand something, bitch.”
― Angel Lawson, Lords of Mercy

“I want her to know that she belongs to me. That no man will ever touch her or hurt her again. I want to say these things, but that’s not who we are outside of this house. But inside? Now? I’m going to claim her as my own.”
― Angel Lawson, Faking It with the Forward

“I made the mistake of letting you go once,” he says, guilt etched into his features. “Once, Little Bird. It’ll never happen again.”
― Angel Lawson, Dukes of Peril

“There’s nowhere you could be that I couldn’t get to you. You understand me?”
― Angel Lawson, Dukes of Peril