Top 160 Emily McIntire Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “Most importantly, I learned not to trust anyone who says they love you, because in the end, they always love themselves the most.”

— Emily McIntire

52. “Go to sleep, darling. Your soul is safe tonight.”

— Emily McIntire

53. “She’s changing me. Or maybe she’s simply making me feel alive.”

— Emily McIntire

54. “And the stars don’t shine as brightly when you stare at them alone.”

— Emily McIntire

55. “Something about the way he stares makes me feel alive.”

— Emily McIntire

56. “My heart stutters. “I’m no one’s queen. I’m just the one who will burn the crown.”

— Emily McIntire

57. “Having the urge is one thing; losing yourself to temptation is quite another.”

— Emily McIntire

58. “I’d like to draw you,” I rephrase, moving in closer, my fingers dancing across her skin. “Just like this, with your face kissing the stars... I think it’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.”

— Emily McIntire

59. “I would light myself on fire and revel in the burn if I knew it would please him.”

— Emily McIntire

60. “No, little doe, not here. They don’t get your tears.”

— Emily McIntire

61. “Do you like to be choked, darling?” His fingers grip tighter with a thrust of his hips. “Want me to squeeze your throat until you’re on the edge of oblivion and seeing stars?”

— Emily McIntire

62. “There’s something strangely gratifying about becoming someone’s judge, jury, and executioner. A type of thrill that can’t be replicated. One that courses through your insides and makes you feel untouchable. Infallible. Like a god.”

— Emily McIntire

63. “I want you to say it because you are mine. Because you’re going to stay, even though we both know you should leave.” Her breathing stutters, her hands framing my face as she stares deep into my eyes. “I’m yours, James.”

— Emily McIntire

64. “But I regret, with every fiber of my being, that for even one moment you suffered under my hands.” Her eyes widen, the beautiful shades of brown glossing over. “You are, without a doubt, the only good I’ve ever known.” I rest my forehead on hers, my shaky breaths ghosting across her lips, my thumb rubbing against her cheek. “So don’t lie to me, Wendy darling. Because my heart won’t survive it if you do.”

— Emily McIntire

65. “The truth doesn’t change just because people choose to deny it.”

— Emily McIntire

66. “If maybe I haven’t irrevocably ruined everything.”

— Emily McIntire

67. “My love for you is dangerous.”

— Emily McIntire

68. “I guess when you’ve experienced the things I have, you learn quickly that immortality is only granted through people’s memories.”

— Emily McIntire

69. “My torn-up heart rattles against its blackened cage, beating just for her, hoping she’ll learn to love it through the dirt.”

— Emily McIntire

70. “So you found a picture of me after all, huh?” I grin up at him. His brow raises, a flash of victory shining through his eyes. “That’s not you, Detective. That’s Morgan Jensen. And that’s the last day she was seen alive.”

— Emily McIntire

71. “Somewhere along the way, I’ve started to care. The realization that I no longer wish to use her against her father slams into me, sucking the breath from my lungs and making my tortured heart skip a beat. But if I give her freedom, she’ll run far, far away.”

— Emily McIntire

72. “I hate her for making me feel like this; for making me covet yet another thing that my brother gets. She bewitches me, and I would rather rid her from the face of the earth than exist in a world where she tempts me but leaves me with empty arms.”

— Emily McIntire

73. “Are you calling me beautiful?” she whispers, her eyes wide as she looks my way. My tongue swipes across my lips, and I lean in, my mouth brushing the edge of her ear. “I’m saying you could drive a man insane. Make him raze the world just to see you smile.”

— Emily McIntire

74. “When you’re all alone in your room, how do you make yourself come?”

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75. “And to think, it all started with a little bit of faith. Misplaced trust. Missing pixie dust. And a villain who just needed to steal a little love.”

— Emily McIntire

76. “We’re the same country, yet we’re worlds apart.”

— Emily McIntire

77. “True power lies in the ability to harness energy and wield it like a sword, becoming the puppeteer that masters all the strings instead of the marionette being forced to dance.”

— Emily McIntire

78. “We spin tales and weave stories, creating a narrative that dictates how we’re perceived. Or in some cases, how others live.”

— Emily McIntire

79. “But I’m worse than any of the wild that lives in these woods, and I’ll hunt down everyone involved like prey, bathing in their blood and dancing to their screams until they repent for their sins.”

— Emily McIntire

80. “I realize that even the most fractured of hearts have further to break. Because mine was just decimated to ash.”

— Emily McIntire

81. “I’m going to kiss you now,” I tell her. “Why?” she whispers. “Because, ma petite menteuse, the thought of not kissing you makes me want to die.” Our lips collide, and with just one touch – one single moment – I know I’ll never let her go.”

— Emily McIntire

82. “Our lips collide, and with just one touch – one single moment – I know I’ll never let her go.”

— Emily McIntire

83. “If this is where death finds me, at least it will be my choice.”

— Emily McIntire

84. “There’s no one like family, Evie, and there’s no place like home. We have to stick together.”

— Emily McIntire

85. “It isn’t fair for you to do this to me. Why did it have to be you?” He lets out a humorless laugh. “You think I wished for you?” His grip tightens against my jaw. “I would scourge the earth if I thought it would erase you from my brain.”

— Emily McIntire

86. “The truth is, I am yours. Wholly. Inexplicably. Painfully. Unconditionally.”

— Emily McIntire

87. “Most of the time, his personality is calm waters, still and sparkling and as clear as glass. But a single drop can disrupt the entire surface, and you never know when the rain will hit.”

— Emily McIntire

88. “I rise up slightly, my hands pushing her thighs firmly apart until she’s split wide open and on display.”

— Emily McIntire

89. “I’m saying you could drive a man insane. Make him raze the world just to see you smile.”

— Emily McIntire

90. “It’s an admirable trait – to be so sure of yourself in a world without answers. An enviable one.”

— Emily McIntire

91. “It’s a cruel place here on earth, filled with people who don’t get it. Who choose not to understand that just because someone is different, it doesn’t mean they’re less than.”

— Emily McIntire

92. “But that’s the thing about abuse, I guess. The pain always lasts even after the bruises fade.”

— Emily McIntire

93. “Yeah, starting to burn? That’s hydrofluoric acid for you. Do you want to know what it’s doing as it melts through your skin? It has fluoride ions that migrate through the body, destroying tissue until it lodges in your bones.”

— Emily McIntire

94. “I said strip, pet, not torture me to death.”

— Emily McIntire

95. “He reaches up and grabs my wrists, pulling them so they’re locked in his grip and moving them until they’re pinned above my head. He leans in, skimming his nose up the side of my neck, making goose bumps spread down the length of my spine.”

— Emily McIntire

96. “For so long, I hated her because I feared her. And now I fear her because I crave her.”

— Emily McIntire

97. “It’s amazing what we’re capable of overlooking – what we’re willing to do – when it comes to those we love.”

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98. “Sinful girl, coming on my tongue and screaming the Lord’s name while you do it,” he rumbles in my ear.”

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99. “And just so we’re clear.” He presses his thumb into my chin. “If someone else touches you, I’ll cut off their hands so they can never touch anything again.”

— Emily McIntire

100. “There’s something so attractive about a man who can do that. Who can bend and mold you any way he desires, as if you’re just along for the ride.”

— Emily McIntire