Top 200 H.D. Carlton Quotes (2026 Update)
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201. “Belittling those who support you isn’t smart. Haven’t you read the history books? Using fear to demand respect is a fragile construct. It doesn’t last because no one can trust you, and the first opportunity they have to betray you, they take. Z isn’t built on fear, Claire. It’s built on the mutual desire to kill people like you. And you know what? My organization trusts me to do that.”

— H.D. Carlton

202. “People often only care about life when it’s inside of a woman’s stomach but stop caring once that life is born.”

— H.D. Carlton

203. “I can’t figure out what scares me more – him in the dark, or him in the light.”

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204. “Learning to accept my own scars was a process, and one I faced alone. But Addie will never face anything alone again. Soon, I’ll trace my tongue across each one and show her that she’s still beautiful with or without them.”

— H.D. Carlton

205. “I’ve never feared death, Enzo. I’m only afraid to live and it all be for nothing.”

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206. “You need to figure out your morals, and what you’re okay living with. Not what you’ve been taught, but what you feel in your gut.”

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207. “I would rather just off myself than trick Addie into loving me as a good man, just to break both of our hearts when she realizes I’m not a good man at all.”

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208. “Why is it that being in public places and social settings make me want to light myself on fire, but when someone breaks into my house, I feel brave enough to stay?”

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209. “Love is funny that way. It persists even when you’ve done everything in your power to banish it. It demands its own voice and refuses to be a slave to anyone but its own desires. And despite the power of it, those selfish desires are what make love so weak.”

— H.D. Carlton

210. “I turn, run over to the string, click off the light and dash down the stairs like the girl from The Ring is chasing after me.”

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211. “There’s no way she has rose-colored glasses on with him. She has dark, black sunshades on.”

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212. “These men may be skilled in hunting, but what they don’t know is that I’ve been hunted by a far scarier man.”

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213. “I think Addie would sooner rip my balls off before she’d ever kneel at my feet. Lucky for her, I’d gladly kneel at hers. Kiss her little toes while I’m at it, too. Eventually, my mouth would lead up between her legs, but I don’t think she’d mind that part.”

— H.D. Carlton

214. “I was happy. Bored, but happy. And now my very own stalker is teaching me self-defense moves. Not against himself, but his enemies. The irony is not lost on me, unlike my success in not getting choked to death.”

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215. “One blue eye so light, it’s nearly white, with a wicked scar slashing straight down through it. And one brown eye so dark, it appears obsidian.”

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216. “I’m not a natural when it comes to social interactions. I’m the type to stare dead into your face with a frozen smile after being asked a question while my brain processes the fact that I didn’t even hear the question. It’s usually because my heart is thumping too loud in my ears.”

— H.D. Carlton

217. “How long has he been stalking me for? Three months? Not very long at all. In fact, that’s such an insignificant amount of time, it almost makes me sick. There’s still so much I don’t know about him. What’s his favorite color? Does he have allergies? I hope he’s allergic to all my favorite foods so I don’t have to share. Or, at least I hope he doesn’t like them. More for me.”

— H.D. Carlton

218. “Is it too late to add you to my list of things that make me happy? Doesn’t matter, I’m adding you to it anyway.”

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219. “I’d make a good fertilizer, and vines of roses could grow from my rib cage while I become one with the earth again.”

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220. “And I will accept nothing less. The only type of daddy I’m interested in is the sugary ones.”

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221. “I wanted to watch you,” he confesses. And then he tacks on with dry amusement, “In peace.”

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222. “I’ve never been good at making the right decision.”

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223. “Maybe people with dark souls aren’t all bad. Just because they’re dark, that doesn’t mean they’re not redeemable. That doesn’t mean there isn’t good in there.”

— H.D. Carlton

224. “I’m sure you’ve never had to be strong before, Sawyer, but now is the time to learn.”

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225. “He succumbs to me like the Titanic did the ocean. Indestructible – unsinkable – to everyone but me. I’m the raging sea that conquered him and sunk him to his very knees, and he was helpless to stop me.”

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226. “Next, we’ll graduate to my wife and then the mother of my children.”

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227. “She walked into this place firmly believing she could conquer the world if only she gave Zade the one thing he’s been working so hard for. Doesn’t she know? Zade is a God. And the only one who will conquer this world is him.”

— H.D. Carlton

228. “Wrong. I didn’t suspect the abused wife only because I couldn’t imagine one victim actively victimizing other innocent women and children.”

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229. “So, not only do you only fear me in the daylight, but you only love me when I’m making you come.”

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230. “I’ll never understand how humans fear death when time is far scarier. It ultimately leads us to death because it’s the only thing that truly makes us mortal. We’re locked in the illusion with no way out.”

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231. “The day I handed over my love to him was the first time a God fell to his knees, bowed his head, and prayed. He prayed because I gave him the one thing he could never control, and he never wanted to lose it.”

— H.D. Carlton