Pretty Thing Quotes

“I don't respect these monsters but I weep anyway.
I curl my fingers in so that my palms bleed,
because I have been afraid of this whole entire life,
of being a pretty little thing.

being a pretty thing
is a problem. no one wants you,

not even the dead.”
― Lisa Marie Basile, APOCRYPHAL

“Oh, hello.” Lucas’s head tilts at an interested angle. “Would you look at that?”
I am looking. I can’t stop looking. Can’t breathe, actually, for the handful of seconds it takes my mind to catch up to my eyes. The woman who’s just walked in is fascinating, though I can’t say exactly why. I’d call her cute if it weren’t for the slightly too-strong nose bisecting her face with its sharp edge. That nose takes the big eyes, round cheeks, and plush lips and makes them arresting, even beautiful. A classical painting instead of a manga cartoon. Something about the way she walks, and that body, all soft looking and round with pale, freckled skin, has me perking up for the first time in ages.
“I’ll go say hi.” Lucas’s thick brows do a little dance.”
― Adriana Anders, Dom-Com