Masque of the Red Death
Bethany Griffin
Top 10 Best Quotes
“I’ve perfected the art of the fake smile. It’s not so difficult when you are completely numb.”
“And I'm falling in love with you," he whispers. "But I would throw you in the water and watch crocodiles tear you to bits, if I thought that doing so would accomplish my goals. Do. Not. Trust. Anyone. Especially me.”
“Bursts of hope make despair harder to live with.”
“Just because you don't want to see something doesn't mean that it will go away. Do you think inhumanity doesn't exist if you pretend not to see it? Or maybe get too drunk to understand? We've forgotten the things that make life worthwhile.”
“I won't cry. When the guilt is this heavy, you can't. It just settles and stays with you, and it's cold.”
“She has to live, Eliott. I owe her a lifetime of apologies.” “Sometimes I think that’s all we owe our parents.”
“Or maybe the ugliness is in us. That's just the way we are. Underneath the pretense of civilization.”
“Hours trickle by, and I wilt. The magic isn't here for me tonight. I can't get away from the heavy feeling of being me. I want to blend in, to be someone besides myself, someone who is part of something secret and subversive and exciting.”
“Thank you for keeping her safe," Elliott tells Will. "I will always keep her safe.”
“She's made herself so artificial; it's okay to wear next to nothing because we aren't real people any longer.”
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