Exquisite Pain Quotes by Vicki Pettersson

“Next time," I said wryly, swinging open the door, "just give me a knife and ask for a vein.”

— Vicki Pettersson

“Success, she [Evie] claimed, made people want to trust you.”

— Vicki Pettersson

“Why the hell was she smiling like that?...Her mouth was blown so wide that the soft insides showed at the corners, like another grin…

— Vicki Pettersson

So. You're a fallen angel." She folded her arms. "I'm not fallen," he said roughly. "Then what are you?" He shrugged. "Busted.

— Vicki Pettersson

“There's this mental illness, right? It's called 'anhedonia.' It means 'without pleasure.' You can look it up, though all you really need to do…

— Vicki Pettersson

There’s something about seeing an adult you knew in childhood that makes them marginally vulnerable to you, and vice versa. There’s also something comforting…

— Vicki Pettersson

“Chemistry was such a strange thing. I'd be willing to bet even Micah couldn't tell me why hundreds of men could leave me cold,…

— Vicki Pettersson

“Because you can't unknow your life's experiences,' Grif said. This was his area of expertise.”

— Vicki Pettersson

“...Death," she said, as her hand dropped away, " is how you know you were alive in the first place.”

— Vicki Pettersson

“And that was is. Life sometimes flips on you like that. One minute you're looking at your reflection in the water, not entirely sure…

— Vicki Pettersson

There's nothing wrong with you..not even the darkest corner of that beautiful soul. ~ Hunter

— Vicki Pettersson

“ 'You love her without willing it or wanting it, and that is the most exquisite pain of all.' ”

— Vicki Pettersson