Marijo > Marijo's Quotes

“We crossed that bridge tonight, and there's no going back. You and me, we're endgame.”
― Katee Robert, Midnight Ruin

“Thank you for coming but kindly remove your crazy asses from our holy ground.”
― Carissa Orlando, The September House

“This wasn’t my first time trying to prepare a meal while dodging the fangs of a dead child who wished me bodily harm.”
― Carissa Orlando, The September House

“I’d always thought it was a silly question, why I wanted to stay here, in this house. This house was everything I’d ever wanted. Sure, it wasn’t perfect, but sometimes it actually was. Or at least as close as anything could come to perfect in this life, which admittedly was not very close. It wasn’t horrible every single day—so few things ever are—and when it wasn’t horrible, it was almost lovely. I knew how to survive here, and I always had the sense that if I just survived long enough, if I just played by the rules well enough, I could make it into a perfect home once and for all. I just needed to work a little harder. I loved this house. And you didn’t give up on the things you loved.”
― Carissa Orlando, The September House

“Goddamn it, Frederika.”
― Carissa Orlando, The September House

“Eventually, one has to give up asking questions, just accept that things are the way they are, and act accordingly.”
― Carissa Orlando, The September House

“Didn’t you just tell me that people can change? You can change.”
I hadn’t the first clue what she was talking about. I changed all the time. I was flexible. I bent. I had changed little by little, steadily over the years, until by all accounts I was a person who should have been unrecognizable but to me was just who I was. I ought to have been a stranger to myself, but it didn’t bother me at all.”
― Carissa Orlando, The September House

“It’s a funny thing about being alone. You never really notice it when it’s happening. You’re aware that nobody else is there, but you’re so busy with yourself and the little things you do to occupy your time—the painting, the housework, the occasional errand.”
― Carissa Orlando, The September House

“To be honest, I wasn’t particularly sure why I was on the floor. I had simply found myself there. My best guess was that I couldn’t have been bothered to walk to a chair when it was time to sit down.”
― Carissa Orlando, The September House

“The walls of the house were bleeding again.
This sort of thing could be expected; it was, after all, September.”
― Carissa Orlando, The September House

“I had grown accustomed to solo trips through hell over the years. It seemed counterintuitive to invite company.”
― Carissa Orlando, The September House

“I chose not to be worried. Worrying takes effort, and one must be selective about where one expends effort these days.”
― Carissa Orlando, The September House

“One has to control something in the face of the great uncontrollable.”
― Carissa Orlando, The September House

“I was perfectly willing to make a heaven of any hell in which I happened to find myself, but I would be goddamned if I made my daughter endure it.”
― Carissa Orlando, The September House

“It’s a funny thing about being alone. You never really notice it when it’s happening. Of course, you’re aware that nobody else is there, but you are so busy with the little things. You’ve become acclimated to solitude, but it only takes one little thing to jolt you into the realization that for”
― Carissa Orlando, The September House

“Still, some problems don't have solutions, and the rule is just to cope.”
― Carissa Orlando, The September House

“Sleep now, my darling. Don't you cry." "Mommy's gonna stay with you all through the night." "Ne'er shall you worry. Ne'er shall you mourn..." "you won't see your little gray horse no more" "He ain't in the field. No, he's long gone..." "But you'll see his sweet face again 'fore long." "It all comes around with the moon and the sun, but Mommy's gonna stay here till all is done.”
― Carissa Orlando, The September House

“A leopard cannot change his spots, she said before moving into the living room to fluff the pillows. Can't imagine why he'd want to, I thought. The spots are part of what makes leopards so beautiful.”
― Carissa Orlando, The September House

“Needs must, when the devil drives.”
― Carissa Orlando, The September House

“the stars shone in the sky, reminding me there were calm constants everywhere”
― Carissa Orlando, The September House