Nik Knight > Quotes

“We’re all monsters sometimes,” he said. “At one point or another. Every single one of us.” “Sometimes, you have to be a monster to defeat the demons,”
― Nikole Knight, Elysium

“But mourning the loss of life, regardless of whose it is, doesn’t make us weak. The moment we forget the value of a life is the moment we’re no better than the monsters we fight.”
― Nikole Knight, Elysium

“Maybe I wasn't "cured" or "fixed” and maybe I would never fit into the twisted concept of "normal." But I was finally at a place where I didn't need to be any of those things.”
― Nikole Knight, Elysium

“You know I love you. But, like, I think I might be really, really in love with you.” Then he said, “And maybe someday, you could let me watch you when you touch yourself. I think… I think I’d like that.”
― Nikole Knight, Elysium

“You’re evil. But in a very attractive way. Are you sure you’re not part Incubus or something?”
― Nik Knight, Gratification in Gluttony

“How was I in control when he pinned me down?
“You set the limits; you choose the pace. You say go, we go. You say stop, we stop. You submit because you want to, because you trust me to take care of you and not to take advantage. It’s not something I force or take from you, it’s something you offer.” He pecked the pads of each of my fingers. “You offer me control, trusting me not to exploit your vulnerability, and I accept the responsibility of caring for you, your body, and your pleasure, and trust you to be honest with me about your needs and boundaries.”
― Nikole Knight, Betrayal

“Love, like real, life-altering, fuck-me-every-second love… that shit changes you.”
― Nikole Knight, Redemption

“Broken things can be fixed.”
― Nik Knight, Luxuries of Lust

“Jai loved me like a wildfire. Raging. Hot. All-consuming. Noel loved me like a river. Overwhelming. All-encompassing. Healing. But Gideon—oh, the way he loved me. He loved me like an earthquake. It was slow and deep, miles below the surface. It rumbled and rolled. It shook me to my very core, the very makeup of my being shifting as his white fire surrounded my center.”
― Nikole Knight, Elysium

“You stay, we stay. It’s how family works.”
― Nikole Knight, Revelations

“There’s no expiration date on our”—he swallowed thickly—“love for you.”
― Nikole Knight, Elysium

“But it didn’t make us broken; it just made us people. Maybe I wasn’t “cured” or “fixed,” and maybe I would never fit into the twisted concept of “normal.”
― Nikole Knight, Elysium

“Without punishment for wrong, there can be no justice; without justice, there can be no trust. Without trust, there is no love, and without love, how can there be life?”
― Nikole Knight, Revelations

“We’re all ugly, one way or another.”
― Nikole Knight, Betrayal

“So run as fast and as far as you can.” He brushed his nose against mine in a nose kiss. “I’m not tired of chasing you yet.”
― Nikole Knight, Illusion

“Yes. He’s worth everything, and if the Seven want him, I’ll be the first standing in Hell’s way with my swords at the ready.”
― Nikole Knight, Revelations

“Sometimes, broken people do things that they never believed themselves capable of doing.”
― Nikole Knight, Illusion

“You’re my treasure. If I had a treasure box, you would be the only thing worthy to be in it.”
― Nikole Knight, Whispers in the Dark

“Deception, I was learning, was rather easy to accomplish.”
― Nikole Knight, Redemption

“You’re beautiful. Thank you, darling. Thank you for sharing this with me.”
― Nikole Knight, Elysium

“And if the Maker calls me home before you, know that I will wait for you on the shore, watching for your boat on the horizon until we’re together again.”
― Nikole Knight, Redemption

“I hated you for knowing my father better than I did. I hated that you hated me back. I hated how much I wanted you anyway. But I still looked.”
― Nikole Knight, The Foxxxy Gentleman’s Club: Christian

“There’s a difference between loving someone who’s broken, and loving someone who enjoys breaking you.”
― Nikole Knight, Sacrifice

“Sometimes, we’re self-destructive.”
― Nikole Knight, Sacrifice

“But that’s why you have me. The burden is lightest when we carry it together.”
― Nikole Knight, Elysium

“I can’t lose you.”
― Nikole Knight, Redemption

“Without punishment for wrong, there can be no justice; without justice there can be no trust, Without trust, there is no love, and without love, how can there be life?”
― Nikole Knight, Revelations

“Mere hours ago, Gideon had watched Riley weep for his lost heritage, cradled between his Secondaries. The boy had lost so much, yet he never stopped giving. He’d stepped between Gideon and the hellhound, using his body as a human shield. In that moment, Riley had been willing to die. It was a sacrifice of the highest honor, especially to a Guardian.”
― Nikole Knight, Revelations

“Sometimes the endings we want aren’t the ones we can have.”
― Nikole Knight, Illusion

“For fuck’s sake, Brenda, read the room! We’re clearly having a moment here.”
― Nik Knight, Prejudice and Pride