Top 200 H.D. Carlton Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “I may own every breath in your body, but make no mistake, Adeline, you own mine, too. I am yours to command. To bend and break. To mold and manipulate.”

— H.D. Carlton

2. “Scars only serve as reminders of what we’ve survived, not what killed us.”

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3. “Show me where you hurt so I know where to love you most.”

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4. “You can’t escape me, little mouse. I will always find you.”

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5. “Yet, in the midst of the chaos, I find peace, as if I’m standing in the eye of a hurricane. I just hate the calm before the storm.”

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6. “It hurts like hell, but pain will always come before beauty. How else would we appreciate it?”

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7. “You will never hear me call myself a good man. Or kind. Or even honorable. There is very little left of that in me, and the truth is that it was never really there to begin with. I was born with a blackened soul and good intentions. And there is a difference between those who are needlessly evil and those who do bad things hoping that something good will come out of it. I’ll let you decide for yourself which one I am.”

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8. “Hot breath fans across my ear as he whispers, “Not only am I scary, baby, but I’m really, really angry. And when I’m angry, I’ll make them pray for Hell.”

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9. “But you can’t silence heartbreak. It’s loud and painful. Even after you grieve and heal, it lingers in the background, sliding back into your life just when you think you’ve overcome it.”

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10. “Meadows, baby. Our last name is Meadows.” “Yours. Don’t get ahead of yourself. You’ll be expected to beg.” There’s no stopping the savage grin from gracing my lips. “I love to beg.”

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11. “Eyes on me, little mouse.”

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12. “Will you be my last meal, baby?”

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13. “Meadows, baby. Our last name is Meadows.”

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14. “Love is an enigma, and it’s redefined every time someone says it.”

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15. “Run, if I catch you, I f-k you.”

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16. “I’ve followed you through lifetimes, Adeline. My soul needs you so badly that I’ve become a shadow, destined to hunt you for eternity.”

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17. “You and I will never end, little mouse. Even when we’re six feet under, and our bones are dust, I will haunt your soul until it aches to be free of me. And then, I will hold you tighter.”

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18. “Every day, we come a little closer to death – our bodies deteriorating just a little more. And if this is what dying feels like, then I never want to feel anything else.”

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19. “Someday soon, little mouse, you will not be able to see anything else. I will be the only villain in your story, and the only one who has the power to make you scream.”

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20. “I don’t care if I need to set this world on fire until there’s no one left but you and me. The world will burn around us, and I’ll gladly live in chaos with you as long as the only person that is a danger to you is me.”

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21. “One cannot wield power if one does not have control over it.”

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22. “Tell me, baby. What does drowning sound like?” “Like the first breath of air after being trapped underwater. It’s a sound of both pain and relief. Of desperation and desire. When you’ve gone so long without oxygen, that first breath is the only thing that makes sense, and your body takes it in without permission.”

— H.D. Carlton

23. “Zade is quiet for a beat. “Happiness is fleeting. All that matters is that they’re living their life the way they want to.” “You believe that?” I ask, facing him. “That happiness is fleeting?” He shrugs, tossing the last bite of his cone into his mouth, and chews as he contemplates something. “Absolutely,” he says finally. “It’s not something solid you can hold on to. It’s vapor in the wind, and all you can do is inhale it when it’s near and hope it comes around again when it blows away.”

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24. “You are a thief, baby. You stole my name, and now you’ve taken my heart, too. Demand anything else from me, and I’ll give it to you.”

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25. “Our mouths are touching the same spot,” she says shakily. “Does that count as kissing?” “You tell me, little mouse. When I make you cry out for God, does that count as praying?”

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26. “She holds on to me like she’s falling, but I have no interest in catching her. I will always fall with her, chasing after her even in death.”

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27. “This isn’t a climb to heaven. It’s a fall from grace.”

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28. “UNKNOWN: You haunt me. It’s only fair I return the sentiment. I swallow, nervous energy coursing through me as I decide how to respond. UNKNOWN: You’re so beautiful when you’re scared.”

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29. “I’m coming home with my little mouse tonight. And then? We’re going to burn down the world together.”

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30. “A dark god that embodies destruction and death, yet I’ve never felt more in love.”

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31. “The outsiders – people that think they’re normal – they don’t understand people like us. We see the world for what it is. This Earth is layered, just like an onion, and we’re only living in one of those layers.”

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32. “And I will gladly cross every single line if it means making this girl mine. If it means forcing her to be mine.”

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33. “Your mom doesn’t hate you, Addie. She hates herself. And she doesn’t resent you because you’re not living the life she wanted for herself, she resents you because you were living the life you wanted, and she wasn’t.”

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34. “Happiness is fleeting. All that matters is that they’re living their life the way they want to.”

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35. “I will carve a garden of scars into your flesh, little mouse. Only my pain will bring them to life.” I tip my head back, groaning from the sharp bite of his knife. “They’ll only ever grow beneath my touch.”

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36. “There’s a place in the ocean, so deep, where not a single point of light penetrates through it. And for so long, I’ve been trapped there, unable to breathe. When I met you, you lifted me out of that darkness, and it was the first time I came up for air. You’ve become my oxygen, bella ladra, and I can no longer breathe without you.”

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37. “What he doesn’t know is that the minute I properly introduce myself to Adeline Reilly, she won’t be able to think of anyone else. I will devour her from the inside out, until every intake of breath will only stoke the inferno I’ve created inside her. Like oxygen feeding a fire, I will consume every inch of her sweet little body until she will think of nothing else but how to get me deeper inside of her.”

— H.D. Carlton

38. “What did I tell you, little mouse? That you couldn’t escape me. If it’s real, then I’ve chased you across time and space, and you’ve never been able to get away.”

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39. “It’s not something solid you can hold on to. It’s vapor in the wind, and all you can do is inhale it when it’s near and hope it comes around again when it blows away.”

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40. “When you’re trapped and terrified, hope is the first thing you lose.”

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41. “His eyes are tracing my curves like they’re scripture, and he’s a sinner that is searching for proof of a God that he no longer can hear.”

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42. “You know, we’re also different. I’ve always been running to something – always searching for something that I could never find. But I suspect you’re the opposite. You’re running from something.”

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43. “That man ate the soul out of my body, and I don’t think I’ve gotten it back yet.”

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44. “I feel so much power in my fingertips, I can’t imagine how much power I’d have if I loved him.”

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45. “People often only care about life when it’s inside of a woman’s stomach but stop caring once that life is born. Makes me wonder if people choose this route because they couldn’t get the help they needed.”

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46. “I don’t like attachments, but I cling to those who offer something meaningless.”

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47. “You’re not normal?” I ask, my curiosity piquing. “The interesting people never are, demon slayer.”

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48. “Sweetheart, you carry your baggage like it’s the only belongings you got.”

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49. “His eyes darken, and his grin slips. “You’ve always been an atheist to my word. You’re incapable of believing in something you can’t see and lack faith because you’re blind to what’s right in front of you. I’m yours to command – I always have been. You just need to see it to finally believe it.”

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50. “Oh!” Sibby shouts, causing me to jump again. “You should write a book about it. Your readers would swoon over the big, scary guy coming to your rescue and then murdering your abuser.”

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