“My husband has no more consideration for me than a dog, she said. He goes off and screws little girls with the other men and we sit home like good little women and wash their shirts and pack their bags for their sex trips. We keep their houses warm and clean for when they’re ready to come home and shower off some other woman’s perfume before tucking their children into bed. For years I’ve pretended I don’t know where he goes, or who those girls are on the phone, but every time he comes home, I lie there in bed beside my husband, who doesn’t touch me, who doesn’t talk to me, who doesn’t love me, and I pretend I can’t smell some twenty-year-old’s body on him”
― The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
― The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
“Let's see if we can find from hydrogen peroxide for these bloodstains in the carpet,' Grace said.
'I prefer ammonia,' Mrs. Greene said.
'Hot water?' Grace asked.
'No, cold.'
'Interesting,' Grace said.”
― The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
'I prefer ammonia,' Mrs. Greene said.
'Hot water?' Grace asked.
'No, cold.'
'Interesting,' Grace said.”
― The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
“For a kiss like this, even hell could put forth stars.”
― The Gilded Wolves
― The Gilded Wolves
“Nightwalking men always have a hunger on them [...] They never stop taking and they don't know about enough. They mortgaged their souls away and now they eat and eat and never know how to stop.”
― The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
― The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
“They weren't stronger than him, they weren't smarter, they weren't more prepared. But circumstances had brought them together and allowed them to succeed where so many others had failed. Patricia knew how they looked, a bunch of silly Southern women, yakking about books over white wine. A bunch of carpool drivers, skinned-knee kissers, errand runners, secret Santas and part-time tooth fairies, with their practical jeans and festive sweaters.
Think of us what you will, she thought, we made mistakes and probably scarred our children for life, and we froze sandwiches, and forgot carpool, and got divorced. But when the time came, we went the distance.”
― The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
Think of us what you will, she thought, we made mistakes and probably scarred our children for life, and we froze sandwiches, and forgot carpool, and got divorced. But when the time came, we went the distance.”
― The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
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