Bethany-Kris > Quotes

“We’re all monsters, sweetheart. Some of us just hide it better than others.”
― Bethany-Kris, Shattered

“Go to hell, Giovanni.”
“Tesoro, take a good look at me. You’ve already put me there.”
― Bethany-Kris, Giovanni

“People are watching us again.” “Good. Beautiful things should be watched. They shine.”
― Bethany-Kris, Lucian

“I’m sorry if you’ve ever felt alone even once standing beside me.”
― Bethany-Kris, Lucian

“You know, I learned a long time ago breathing didn’t make a person feel alive. But you knock the air right out of my lungs, and it’s never felt more real.”
― Bethany-Kris, Giovanni

“Oh my God! Get out right now!”
Gio blinked, surprised at her sudden vehemence. “I was in here first.”
“The upstairs is—”
“Off-limits. Yeah, I know. So were you, but that didn’t stop me. In case you haven’t noticed, I have serious issues with following rules.”
― Bethany-Kris, Giovanni

“Someone needs a bitch-be-gone pill.”
― Bethany-Kris, Giovanni

“Dante felt awful for whatever sorry fucker fell in love with his daughter. May God save that poor man’s soul because Dante sure as hell wouldn’t.”
― Bethany-Kris, Dante

“Money might give people all the control and power in the world they can buy, but it doesn’t give them what’s most important. Designer dresses doesn’t give a woman beauty if she’s not amazing in her heart. Diamonds won’t give her dignity if she has no good in her soul. Education doesn’t make a man worthy. A last name won’t garner someone respect unless they can work for it. Those are things we earn by being who we are. You are wonderful.”
― Bethany-Kris, Lucian

“Those people don’t know you because you don’t let them. There’s nothing wrong with doing that. It’s your choice who you allow to see what’s below your surface. The strongest people are the ones who fight and win wars no one else ever gets to see.”
― Bethany-Kris, Giovanni

“Fuck me so hard, until I can’t breathe in anything but you. Until I can’t see or feel anything but you. I want you all over me, touching me, tasting me. You do it so well. Drives me crazy. Please fuck me, Dante. Please.”
― Bethany-Kris, Dante

“Ah, the smell of old money, bribery, and religion first thing in the morning,” Abriella said in a long sigh. “Smells like home, girls.”
― Bethany-Kris, Deathless & Divided

“Because the best kind of friendships never really ended. They could be put on pause for a short while or divided by space and time. But real friends—the truest ones—always waited and never missed a beat.”
― Bethany-Kris, Deathless & Divided

“You should have put it on my shelf in the fridge. And guessing from Catrina’s spiel this morning before you guys got here, she’s this close to labeling the damn shelf. So hey, pretty soon you won’t even have to guess which one is mine.”
Gio chuckled at Dante’s left. “She’s just like Mom.”
Dante scowled. “Don’t say that shit. It really screws with my head. There’s nothing sexy about that thought.”
“What, like you married your moth—”
“I said don’t fucking say it!”
― Bethany-Kris, Dante

“Bad things happen when angry people grieve.”
― Bethany-Kris, Deathless & Divided

“Those wide eyes made her appear innocent and sweet. It was all lies. Dante knew better—knew her.
She was hellish.
From afar, Cat looked tame. As if any man could make her compliant. That was her trick. It was exactly how she caught her prey.
She was a goddamn fiend.
If someone made the mistake of getting too close, she didn’t hesitate to sink her fucking claws straight into their jugular and bleed them dry.
He loved it.”
― Bethany-Kris, Dante

“She made him feel odd—in a good way. Drunk on nothing. High on air.”
― Bethany-Kris, Giovanni

“She had practically taken ownership of his kitchen and arguing with her over it only left him with a raging headache. She could cook, thank fucking God, but she was still crazy.
And not in a fun way.”
― Bethany-Kris, Dante

“Don’t act like some quiet mouse, Viviana. Don’t stand at my side with your head tucked down in those pretty dresses I buy you. Don’t be the weak little mafia princess your momma said you’d have to be. That’s not what I want—not what I need. Stand straight, meet their stare, and be my fucking queen.”
― Bethany-Kris

“Your family is what you make it. The family is the people who protect and love you no matter what it costs them in the end. Family is who you keep coming back to even when all you want to do is run away.”
― Bethany-Kris, Deathless & Divided

“I’m not an easy lay, I won’t do a one-night stand, and my father is a mob boss with a short temper and a collection of guns. Still want to take me out?” - Ana Avdonin”
― Bethany-Kris, Demyan & Ana

“I’d give my right nut to see you wearing that,” Garrett whispered in her ear.
Melina laughed. “Your right nut is exactly what it would cost you, too.”
“Just one nut? I think a lady like you is definitely worth two,” a new voice said near her.”
― Bethany-Kris

“Giving this to me makes you mine, Vine. I don’t care about who comes after, or the in-betweens. Not when we both know I’m going to be your last.”
― Bethany-Kris, The Arrangement

“Safe place. Everybody had one person to be theirs. That one single person in the world that never asked for more than what was given, but always took what was too much to handle. The one person who made everything better, and made someone else better, too.”
― Bethany-Kris, Where the Sun Hides

“If you want a better answer, krasivyy, ask a better question. - Koldan Vasin”
― Bethany-Kris, Demyan & Ana

“Because that’s what you do with the things you raise and love, Lily. You set them free and you pray they’re strong enough that they don’t need to come back to you, but you still hope that they do.”
― Bethany-Kris, Deathless & Divided

“You’re too tall, Demyan.”
“Do I make you feel short, krasivyy?”
“No, you make me feel safe. Like nobody can hurt me here.”
“Nobody will.”
“Well, not when I’m with you, anyway.”
― Bethany-Kris, Shattered

“Yes." "What?" she asked. "I lied. Yes, I'm going to do that again. I'm going to kiss you again because I like the taste of your mouth and I always take what I want. And I'm really looking forward to finding out if you fuck like you kiss because if so, I cant wait.”
― Bethany-Kris, Deathless & Divided

“I’d want to be exactly who I wanted to be. That’s what we’re supposed to do, anyway. Find and make our own way. Do our own thing. We’re unique to us, Lucian. We’re not the people who came before. If it works for you, that’s what matters.”
― Bethany-Kris, Lucian

“Kaz chuckled. “No, it’s life. When you depend on others for too much, your happiness, acceptance, or even approval, then you’re already guaranteeing yourself unhappiness, rejection, and dissatisfaction from others and yourself. Better to go on seeking those things from yourself, than expecting others to hand them over to you.”
― Bethany-Kris