Quotes from Scarlet

“You are my whole heart, Scarlet. And this is breaking it.'

My heart cracked open and clear dropped out of me. My mouth opened, and I looked round me and stamped my foot. 'Does this look like a good time to tell me that, you damn stupid boy?' I meant to sound mean but my voice wobbled. 'Now?'

He gave a little smile. 'My foul-mouthed warrior.”
― A.C. Gaughen, quote from Scarlet

“I know what it's like when you can't get no one to listen to you. When what you say don't matter. I half think every girl knows what it's like to be silenced.”
― A.C. Gaughen, quote from Scarlet

“His arms went round my waist. He had a big grin, full of teeth like stars. "You saying you're the jealous sort,Scar?"
"I'm saying that some girls slap, but I have knives.”
― A.C. Gaughen, quote from Scarlet

“Of a band with three actual boys, why is it that all the maids lust after the fake one?”
― A.C. Gaughen, quote from Scarlet

“I’ll keep your heart, Scar,” he whispered. “If you keep mine.”
― A.C. Gaughen, quote from Scarlet

“Because we always have a choice, even when it feels like we don't.”
― A.C. Gaughen, quote from Scarlet

“We do what we do because there's something we can do about it. Things like 'how long' and 'what if' aren't part of that. It's about the hope, not the horror.”
― A.C. Gaughen, quote from Scarlet

“I do what I do because I will always believe that no matter how awful life gets for however many of these people, there is something I can do about it. There is something I will do about it.”
― A.C. Gaughen, quote from Scarlet

“Much were bent over in laughter. I pushed him, and he rolled to the floor without my intended insult. “Come off it!” I stamped my foot.

“What’s so funny?” John asked, coming over in the middle of eating an apple. He tossed me an apple and I threw it at Much. He only laughed harder. “K-k-kissed Scar!” he hooted.

“Someone kissed you?” John asked, turning to me. He didn’t look like it were too funny. “Who is he?”
This made Much laugh more.

“None of your business, John Little,” I told him.
He stepped closer to me with a flat face that, if I could ape it, I’d never be kissed by a stupid girl when I didn’t want to be. “Who, Scar?”

“Jenny Percy!” Much roared.

John’s face broke open, like a smile could split a black
mood. “Wait till Rob hears this.”
― A.C. Gaughen, quote from Scarlet

“He takes the guilt and responsibility that others can't. John takes the punches. I just take the hunger, and most times it feels like awful little.”
― A.C. Gaughen, quote from Scarlet

“I picked up the mop and started washing again as Rob struggled to his feet, red faced. John laughed, and Much covered a smile.
"You lot think this is funny?" I asked. "I'll unman you too if you wish it."
They jumped back, and Rob grunted. "You haven't unmanned me, and I resent the implication of it."
"It were a warning blow," I told him, shoving the mop 'cross the floor. "Next time I'll try harder.”
― A.C. Gaughen, quote from Scarlet

“Rob looked a little shocked. "Don't you look at me like that," I snapped at him. "Just because I can't trim a beard don't mean I can't swear."

"Like a sailor," he added. "I've never heard so many curses in my whole life. All combined.”
― A.C. Gaughen, quote from Scarlet

“Never would I have a man saying what or who were best for me, and that were all there were to it.”
― A.C. Gaughen, quote from Scarlet

“When shall we break into the jail, then?" John asked.

"Midnight. The guard changes then, and you'll fair certain look less conspicuous in that crowd."

"So you think I look like a guard? I'll take that nicely." He took a drink of his beer, his eyes shining at me over the brim.

I flicked my eyes over him. "Brutish and stupid? Yes, you look quite like a guard.”
― A.C. Gaughen, quote from Scarlet

“I wouldn't never bathe with him or pass water when he were near. He got suspicious quick. Seems real boys are awfully eager to parade their bits around.”
― A.C. Gaughen, quote from Scarlet

“You are my whole heart, Scarlet. And this is breaking it.”
― A.C. Gaughen, quote from Scarlet

“We shoulder it so these people don't have to know it too. And I know this because that's what you say. And when you say it, I believe you. And when I believe you, I'll follow you anywhere.”
― A.C. Gaughen, quote from Scarlet

“You have to stay safe, Scar. Maybe it's your bits in a dress and maybe it's just you, but I'm awful fond of something in there. So don't get killed.”
― A.C. Gaughen, quote from Scarlet

“I left little packages in front of the doors; the people looked for them in the morning, and I knew, in some bit of a way, it bucked them up.

I did as much as I could, but it weren't like I could get everyone something every night. That seemed like the cruelest part. I tried not to think 'bout the people that woke up and rushed to the door and didn't find nothing; it made my chest hurt.”
― A.C. Gaughen, quote from Scarlet

“I know what it is to look at your past, and see nothing more than your mistakes”
― A.C. Gaughen, quote from Scarlet

“You traitorous bitch!" he yelled. "You goddamn liar!"
I laughed. "You knew I were a bitch and a liar when you married me, Guy. It's your own damn fault for agreeing to it.”
― A.C. Gaughen, quote from Scarlet

“Honor, obey?" Gisbourne shouted, grappling with John. "This is what you call being a good wife?"
I stopped. "I never said I'd be a good wife, Guy. Just that I'd marry you.”
― A.C. Gaughen, quote from Scarlet

“He put his hand to my cheek, just touching the fingertips to my skin before pulling away. "You are.”
― A.C. Gaughen, quote from Scarlet

“Rob's breath were pushing over my ear, his chest puffing up underneath me. His heart were beating so close to my own that it calmed me for sheer distraction.”
― A.C. Gaughen, quote from Scarlet

“We do what we do because there's something we can do about it. Things like 'how long' and 'what if' aren't part of that. It's about the hope, not the horror." Thoughts of London welled up in my pipes but I kept going. "And for that matter, you know all about the horrors, just like I do, just like John does, just like Much. We shoulder it so these people don't have to know it too. And I know this because that's what you say. And when you say it, I believe you. and when I believe you, I'll follow you anywhere.”
― A.C. Gaughen, quote from Scarlet

“Talking one way or another doesn't make you better”
― A.C. Gaughen, quote from Scarlet

“This is the hope, not horror”
― A.C. Gaughen, quote from Scarlet

“Ain't got so much moral ground to stand on.”
― A.C. Gaughen, quote from Scarlet

“More people care about you than you know, Scarlet. No matter how you got your scars.” I covered my cheek, looking at her. “Not just those scars. The ones that make you think you’re unlovable.”
― A.C. Gaughen, quote from Scarlet

“There are poor men out there. And rich ones. Rich men never wait for nothing, so why would they be good? Good men are poor, because they have to count on others' kindnesses.”
― A.C. Gaughen, quote from Scarlet

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