Top 200 H.D. Carlton Quotes (2024 Update)
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201. “Before he can respond, I lean forward and collect the beads of blood on my tongue. Then, I slowly lick my lips, smearing the crimson around my mouth like lipstick.”

— H.D. Carlton

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

— H.D. Carlton

203. “You don’t want to get in a swordfight with me, Patrick. I promise I’ll win,” I deadpan, glancing down between his legs.”

— H.D. Carlton

204. “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

205. “He invades my body like a parasite would, an unwelcome tenant that leeches from my life force to feed his own.”

— H.D. Carlton

206. “Can you, like, not make me cry right now, please? I’m trying to look like a badass.”

— H.D. Carlton

207. “How delicate and soft she is on the outside, but on the inside, she’s a force to be reckoned with.”

— H.D. Carlton

208. “Life strips you of power often, but what you can control is pointing the blame in the right direction.”

— H.D. Carlton

209. “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

210. “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

211. “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

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

— H.D. Carlton

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

— H.D. Carlton

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

— H.D. Carlton

215. “What the hell? Is this him?” My smirk widens, and I turn to look at Addie. “Have you been gossiping about me, little mouse? Did you tell her how big my cock is?” Addie’s eyes pop comically. Her hand curls and swings it right into my chest. It feels like she just threw a slice of bread at me.”

— H.D. Carlton

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

— H.D. Carlton

217. “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

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

— H.D. Carlton

219. “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

220. “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.”

— H.D. Carlton

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

— H.D. Carlton

222. “There will always be pockets missing where my innocence used to reside.”

— H.D. Carlton

223. “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?”

— H.D. Carlton

224. “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.”

— H.D. Carlton

225. “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.”

— H.D. Carlton

226. “I’ve spent so much time running that I don’t remember why I’m living.”

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227. “I’m pretty sure women can live just fine without them, yet here they are, still plaguing Earth like cockroaches. A definite hiccup in evolution.”

— H.D. Carlton

228. “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

229. “See, the bean gods did bless us. With coffee beans.”

— H.D. Carlton

230. “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

231. “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