Dead Man Walking Quotes
"Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind."
"Life was more luck than destiny, more choice than subjugation."
"It shocked me to realize that I had been conforming to an old sect of beliefs and social mores that were no longer relevant."
"I’d chained my dark thoughts and natural deviancy like some rabid beast inside my chest and never given it room to breathe."
"I wanted to hone my edges against the whetstone of danger, test my mind against those who thought contradictorily to me."
"I’d determined to make mine happy, no matter the setbacks."
"We must not all be exactly alike to live a life worthy of God’s grace."
"I had things of import to offer the world, complicated, beautiful things as unique to me as my own fingerprint."
"I wanted to be a badass like Harleigh Rose, who’d sacrificed her own safety and happiness to protect her family."
"But I didn’t want men to come to my rescue. I wanted to be the hero, not the virginal bait."
"It reminded me of Priest. She stopped when our toes touched."
"I’ve watched you for years. Wanted you for years."
"If one can even claim possession of a man like Priest."
"But you better believe I know how to play with the best of them."
"I wanted to be the hero, not the virginal bait or the dumb blonde who dies first in every horror film cliché."
"Don’t judge a book by its cover, Eric. You and I both know monsters hide in all kinds of packages."
"Faith isn’t about concrete answers. Faith is about sensation. You can feel faith in your body the way you feel sadness or guilt, happiness or wistfulness."
"Sometimes words aren’t powerful enough to describe the complexities of what we feel inside."
"You cannot maintain faith unless it is rewarded."
"Faith in some higher power. Faith in the people who matter to you. Always faith in the shadows that follow you."
"Better men could love you, but now, I’ll kill any of them who try."
"The truth is, everyone has misfortunes. Everyone dies. It doesn’t matter what kind of person you are."
"Good people get sick all the time. Good people have bad luck, bad days, and terrible, unfair ends."
"Either way, they’d done a piss poor fucking job."
"You’ve heard about me? Then you know a man like me doesn’t do shit like this."
"I was exhausted. But I did not want to sleep."
"A bold-faced lie if only because all club business was serious shit."
"Joy. It pumped through me to the beat of the music."
"Since I was a child, I've always been drawn to things that go bump in the night."
"You may be a killer, but you aren’t heartless."
"The only thing I can give you is my darkness, my desire, and the endless hunger I feel for you in my gut."
"The idea of not loving you? That’s what makes me feel like I’m dying."
"Thank you for bringing me back, for giving me so much to live for."
"You are not weak. You never were and now, after everything, you're even stronger."
"You and this baby are my heart, my pulse. Do you wanna fuck with that?"
"He looks like you. He's an angel like you, not at all like me."
"Like you, Priest argued lowly as he peered down over us, smoothing back my sweaty hair while he ran his finger over the baby's downy head."