Scarlett Edwards > Quotes

“Strength is finding the courage to let another person in. Strength is opening your heart to him and exposing yourself in all vulnerabilities- No matter how terrifying that may be.”
― Scarlett Edwards, Change of Heart, Part 2

“He looks in my eyes in a pitying sort of way. “It’s such a shame,” he says, “that we couldn’t have met under different circumstances. You deserve to be worshipped. I would have adored you, Lilly, if you were anyone else.” He slides the knife against my skin, back and forth over my cheek like a shaving blade. “But, alas. You know how it is. Sometimes, life gets in the way.”
― Scarlett Edwards, Resistance

“I devour his mouth and claw my hands over his back, through his hair. I pull him toward me, needing to feel his every breath, his every heartbeat. Passion such as this lets me know I’m still alive. It reassures me that I still exert the ultimate control over Jeremy’s body.”
― Scarlett Edwards, Redemption

“People will surprise you. Events and circumstances will surprise you. The only way to ready yourself for it is to become infinitely mutable. To forge ahead on the untrodden path. To trust in your ability to lose yourself and to accept it, once you do veer off-course.”
― Scarlett Edwards, Resurrection

“I used to think that there were bad people and there were good people in the world. That there was no such thing as bad people doing good things, or good people doing bad things. The things you did defined you as a person, and so your actions were the true measure of your worth.”
― Scarlett Edwards, Resurrection

“Jeremy, last night, was tender. He was caring. He was unrushed and unhurried and just… perfect. It was not a heated, all-consuming session. We’ve had that before. In the bedroom, I’ve experienced domination. I’ve experienced being taken by force, against my will. I’ve experienced deep passion and the rush of unbridled desire. What I’ve never experienced before… what I’ve never had with him… was true lovemaking.”
― Scarlett Edwards, Deliverance

“You fucking asshole! I type. You’ve been blocking my phone!”
― Scarlett Edwards, Resurrection

“This arrangement, this agreement, whatever it is, it calls to the deepest, most secretive part of my soul. It is not something you share with anybody except the man who’s doing it to you.”
― Scarlett Edwards, Dani

“the world is nothing but closed doors and miles and miles of red tape for a fresh college graduate- out of the ivy league or not ,you're unproven when you're young. Inexperienced . you prove it just by virtue of believing the whole 'oyster' line”
― Scarlett Edwards, Redemption

“I don’t concern myself with normal gossip. But I hear most women make it an art.”
― Scarlett Edwards, Uncovering You: The Complete Series

“fault. It’s what I put you through.” I keep saying, “No, no, no, no.” The reason why I’m saying it…the reason the barrage of empty words won’t stop…is that I just glimpsed my own true feelings. I love Jeremy Stonehart. And I am terrified of that.”
― Scarlett Edwards, Redemption

“But if I can’t trust my own memory…if I can’t trust my own mind…what is there left?”
― Scarlett Edwards, Resurrection

“La vie est un jeu, Lilly. Il y a des gagnants, des perdants et entre deux, les pauvres âmes qui n’arrivent à rien.

– Et où me situes-tu, Jeremy ? Où me situes-tu dans ta répartition perverse des choses ? Où me situes-tu ?

– Tu es au bord du gouffre. Malheureusement, tu es la seule à blâmer.”
― Scarlett Edwards, Liberation

“Actions define a person better than later remorse.”
― Scarlett Edwards, Liberation

“music, a live orchestra from Italy, performing just for us in this grand auditorium. You and I were to be the only ones in the seats. At the crescendo, I would come on stage, join the actors, bend down to one knee, take out a ring…” He reaches into his trouser pocket to produce a small black box. “…this ring, in fact, as luck would have it. And I would present it to you in the middle of the stage with the spotlight on me. With the stars shining overhead, I would ask you…” Jeremy stands, walks to my side, and slowly falls to one knee, “—I would ask you, Lilly Ryder, my one and only love, my amore, my heart and soul and my everything, my sweet, precious Lilly-Flower…” He reaches out and takes my hand then brings it to his lips and kisses it. “if you would consider, in the off chance, in the remote possibility, of becoming Lilly Stonehart, my one and only, my love for life, my woman, my wife.”
― Scarlett Edwards, The Finale