“I’m pretty sure there are some things in the dark that we’re not meant to see.”
— Karina Halle
“And what is I was only supposed to burn for a certain amount of time?” I whispered. “What if I was only meant to shine for a while?””Then you truly don’t know what stars are meant to do.”I looked at him in wonder.”They are meant to give us hope in the face of infinity”.”
— Karina Halle
“We were vicious and violent but elegant and discreet. There was a dance to all of this, one that kept all things flowing in the right direction, a circle that ensured the smartest and brightest would stay on top, not the man with the most guns and the smallest dick.”
— Karina Halle
“I slowly, deliberately began to work the blade into his throat. He squirmed and kicked and fought agains tme, but in his current state, I was stronger. His will to live was pathetic, just like he was. Eventually he stopped kicking. I kept cutting. When I was finally done, I was covered in sweat and only a few drops of blood on my shoes and pants. They’d come out in a good wash.I put his head into the garbage and pulled the bag out, making a knot at the end. I hoped it wouldn’t leak through. Then I looked around the office. It was a mess before I came in, piles of paper and empty beer bottles scattered around. The addition of his blood and a headless corpse was barely noticeable.”
— Karina Halle
“The saying goes, if you love something, let it go. I always though it was better to just shoot the damn thing so it’d never go anywhere.”
— Karina Halle
“You’re saying we can write our own destiny,” I said, feeling too jaded and stubborn in the moment to believe it. “I am saying,” he said carefully, “that this is not the end of the story. Not the way I am writing it.”
— Karina Halle
“Look, I don’t know who has been telling you over the years that you aren’t worthy of love and happiness, but they’re idiots. We all deserve it. And if people get hurt along the way, that’s life. We’ve all been hurt. Doesn’t that make love more crucial to our lives?”
— Karina Halle
“I’m great at lying to myself.”
— Karina Halle
“My mother is quite the character. You’d hate her. Sometimes I think I hate her too, but mainly I feel sorry for her. Which is kind of worse.”
— Karina Halle
“Love isn’t a choice. I can’t control how I feel about him any more than I can control the sun in the sky. But what I can do is control what I do with those feelings.”
— Karina Halle
“Not that it was a crazy complicated skill, but operating an espresso machine during high traffic could be added to my repertoire along with card tricks and how to fire a Colt .45.(Quote taken from ARC, subject to change)”
— Karina Halle
“To the thing that hurts you most. To the paranormal and to never being normal.”
— Karina Halle
“There is no code among men because there are no men anymore. Only monsters who sit behind their desks and give orders.”
— Karina Halle
“You shine brighter than the sun””But even the sun goes away every night””But it is hte sun’s absence that makes us feel its power. We know the loss, the beauty and the life that the moon can’t replace. That is why we hang on to each day we are given.”
— Karina Halle
“Try and make it right, and if you can’t, that’s on them, not you. Forgiveness shouldn’t be stockpiled by anyone. It should be given freely.”
— Karina Halle
“Within your light, I lose the madness.”
— Karina Halle
“If you want to be all like smart and adult about this shit then do the right thing. But if you want to do something fun and take a chance, then screw what anyone else thinks. Rock and roll, man!”
— Karina Halle
“Rubbing a clit to competin and sawing off someone’s foot seemed to use all the same muscles.”
— Karina Halle
“The human heart isn’t meant to be caged by someone who doesn’t feed it.”
— Karina Halle
“I’m scared of him. I’m disgusted by the vile monster he becomes, this beast he lets out. But I still love him. I’d still do anything for him. I can’t just turn off my heart. I want to, I do, but I can’t. I love him with everything I have and I hate myself for it. Because it’s wrong to love him, I know. It’s so wrong.”
— Karina Halle
“…seeing ghosts and demons just lends itself to listening to White Zombie and Slayer and Fantomas on repeat. One Direction and Selena Gomez are for the girls who don’t see dead people every fucking day.”
— Karina Halle
“We learn so that we may succeed, and that goes for anything in life, including the arts. It’s a falsity that the moment we earn money or wish to earn money for our creations that it ceases to become art.”
— Karina Halle
“…being beautiful has nothing to do with sex. You have to be beautiful in here, too.” he says, pressing his fist against his heart and then his head.”
— Karina Halle
“Better to be a catalyst for change than a martyr for lies.”
— Karina Halle
“This bullet can go straight through the couch.”He was right. Fuck Ikea for making such flimsy furniture.”
— Karina Halle
“When you wake up from a nightmare, the reality comforts you. When you wake up from the best dream ever, reality is a burden, a slap-in-the-face reminder that you could feel this, you could have this, but you don’t and you won’t.”
— Karina Halle
“You can learn a lot about a person through their dreams. It’s your subconscious, split open and bare for all to see.”
— Karina Halle
“A young body, a young heart, and endless courage. That last part is the most important. Don’t let anyone tell you any differently. Why do you think we used to send so many kids your age off to war?”
— Karina Halle
“Fear gives people their humanity. Fear of loss.”
— Karina Halle
“Sometimes hope is like wearing someone else’s coat. You know it can shield and protect you, just as it did them, but it still doesn’t feel right. You’re just not used to it.”
— Karina Halle