“My face is expressionless: a thing of stone. I’m mastering this moment. She won’t see anything but what I show her.”
― James W. Bodden, quote from The Red Light Princess
“Men see beauty wherever they can get it. But that’s the allure of the Red Light Princess. Like any good whore, she’s whoever you want her to be.”
― James W. Bodden, quote from The Red Light Princess
“Men started praying to you, begging for a taste. That legend of yours spiraled out of control. You gave the people hope. They were told you were all they ever needed.”
― James W. Bodden, quote from The Red Light Princess
“Hannibal knew your beauty was trouble. Only bad things could come from such a pretty girl. You were made for temptation. You would be a source of jealousy and greed. Men would lust, plot and kill to claim you as their own. He decided to place you in the public domain and donate your body to the pimps as a gift to the people.”
― James W. Bodden, quote from The Red Light Princess
“That girl has done things to your head.'
He pats my back, 'Don’t pretend she’s not crawling inside of yours.”
― James W. Bodden, quote from The Red Light Princess
“They are all cheap copies and every one of them is forgotten.”
― James W. Bodden, quote from The Red Light Princess
“She knew every single one of us. Gave us the chance to share in her bed. We all took comfort that she was here and we were not alone. The princess had nothing but love to give.”
― James W. Bodden, quote from The Red Light Princess
“These poor girls are just bad impersonators. They look cheap, really. There’s nothing special about them. They are just reaching out to get noticed. They don’t want to be invisible anymore. They don’t want to get lost in crowds.”
― James W. Bodden, quote from The Red Light Princess
“These squatters aren’t just aliens, drifters and undesirables. They’re new world barbarians, conquering free spaces and making them their own.”
― James W. Bodden, quote from The Red Light Princess
“There’s fear and violence under the surface. One always follows the other.”
― James W. Bodden, quote from The Red Light Princess
“We build up celebrities easily here. They tower above us on the public screens: huge and terrifying and out of our reach.”
― James W. Bodden, quote from The Red Light Princess
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“I live for the dream that my children will be born free. That they will be what they like. That they will own the land their father gave them.'
'I live for you,' I say sadly.
She kisses my cheek. 'Then you must live for more.”
― Pierce Brown, quote from Red Rising
“Vengeance is like a fire. The more it devours, the hungrier it gets.”
― J.M. Coetzee, quote from Disgrace
“People are motivated by three things, Rachel. Love …” A red marker clattered in with the rest. “Revenge …” A black one landed next to it. “And power,” she finished, tossing in a green one. “Trent has enough money to buy all three.”
“You forgot one,” I said, wondering if I should just keep my mouth shut. “Family.”
― Kim Harrison, quote from Dead Witch Walking
“You know, when it works, love is pretty amazing. It's not overrated. There's a reason for all those songs.”
― Sarah Dessen, quote from This Lullaby
“Dreaming is very pleasant as long as you are not forced to put your dreams into practice.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Eleven Minutes
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