“I nodded dejectedly. She was right. There wasn't a thing that we could do. But perhaps burn a few bunches of incense to Sekhmet. I would utter some frantic prayers to God too even though Christianity hadn't even been thought… — Courtney Cole Copy Share Image
“I couldn't remember if I thanked you for what you did," I tell her. "And I can't get you out of my head.” — Courtney Cole Copy Share Image
“Perfect. I would have an unbalanced psychopath on my hands armed with immortal supernatural power. This night kept getting better and better.” — Courtney Cole Copy Share Image
“You can have all the time that you need, Mila. I'll wait forever if I have to.” — Courtney Cole Copy Share Image
“Give me another chance," I ask urgently. "I will do anything that you want me to do if you just tell me that we… — Courtney Cole Copy Share Image
“Because I'm a monster, like my father before me and his father before him, and so on. There is no help for me.” — Courtney Cole Copy Share Image
“You’ve seen me at my worst. Maybe you should see me at my best.” My words hang between us, heavy and charged, and I don’t know what the fuck I am doing. “When are you at your best?” she asks hesitantly. And I can see from the determined look on her face that she is trying hard not to feel… — Courtney Cole Copy Share
“I focus on my favorite daydream, the one where I return from London at the end of the summer and am all glamorous and drop-dead gorgeous and every girl in my school is completely jealous when Quinn McKeyan asks me to Fall Homecoming because he can’t resist my charm. Hey, it’s my daydream. I can dream what I want to.… — Courtney Cole Copy Share
“After tonight, I don’t want you to come around me, Jacey. I don’t want to hurt you any more than I have already. Tonight… — Courtney Cole Copy Share Image
“And women don't usually like to be looked at. They feel vulnerable, exposed. They are self-conscious about their perceived flaws. What they don't understand… — Courtney Cole Copy Share Image
“She's the reason I came to your house, remember? She called me or I wouldn't have known that things were so bad. She loves… — Courtney Cole Copy Share Image
“Mila, I've said this before, but you are the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. You are beautiful inside and out. I don't deserve… — Courtney Cole Copy Share Image
