Bleeding Violet Quotes

“She was like the moon—part of her was always hidden away.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“They can't even decide what flavor of crazy I am.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“What the eyes don't see, the heart can't feel.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“Love is a trap. Don't ever get caught.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“The rain echoed in the shadowy attic space and made me feel small and fragile, like a lace glove left behind on moving day - mateless and abandoned.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“Emotional abuse is just as bad as physical abuse. Worse! You can heal broken bones; you can't heal a broken mind.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“It disturbed me that he saw things in such black-and-white tones. I sure didn't. For me, the world was a confusion of color.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“I don't even register on the freakometer.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“How did you get out of the suicide door?" Her disbelief was a living, pettable thing.

"Magic."

Her eyes narrowed. "There is no magic."

"Maybe not for you. But I'm from out of town.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“If I can't, then I'll paint the walls of her house red with my blood.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“Indecisiveness is a very unattractive trait in a man, especially when he's just a boy.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“You need air. You need food. You don't need some beastly boy.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“You ain't scared I'll kill you?
You already did. At the dark park. The suspense is gone.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“Mother is the name for God on the lips and hearts of children.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“It's easier to be careful in dresses. You have to be or you end up flashing your underclothes or destroying beautiful fabric. Dresses force you to be on guard.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“Wanting to connect doesn't make you needy--it makes you human.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“I figured she wanted to get into it with me, some he's-my-man-so-step-off song and dance. If so, she would have to dance solo.
I don't do drama.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“He looked as shocked as if I'd asked him to masturbate in front of me.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“I kissed him, and even though it hurt my mouth, I didn't mind; Wyatt's kisses were worth suffering over.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“It was always that way for me. After I opened myself to someone, I needed a few minutes to close down again, to restore my sense of privacy.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“Paulie looked thoughtful. 'Well don't use Elmer's glue,' he warned. 'it sure didn't work on the Blackberry.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“Holding on to a four-year-old boy wasn't weird, as it should have been. It was comforting. Like holding an incredibly sticky teddy bear.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“She tucked a five-dollar bill into my dress strap—like I was a stripper!”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“I had the craziest idea that if I looked closely enough, maybe tilted his head toward the light, I'd be able to see into his brain.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“Trust. Affection. Respect." I shoved her tainted after-school snack across the table. "It must be hard to think of qualities you don't possess.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“If you were left alone, you'd hate it. Loneliness gets old in a hurry”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“When you had no one to vent to, everything stayed inside and festered like old meat in a hot fridge.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“Even if you were Hannibal Lecter himself, around here you're nothing special.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“The rain hung from his earlobes like delicate jewelry.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“Standing in fron of the doors of a cCatholic church when service is over is a good way to die young.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet