The Diabolic Quotes

“It’s terrifying to realize your own decisions are shaping your destiny.”
― S.J. Kincaid, The Diabolic

“Perhaps scorpions were the only ones who could save each other.
Whatever lay ahead, it would always be the two of us above the rest of the universe, and woe to any who dared step in out path.”
― S.J. Kincaid, The Diabolic

“Our ancestors sought knowledge, but we, their descendants, glorify ignorance.”
― S.J. Kincaid, The Diabolic

“A Diabolic is ruthless. A Diabolic is powerful. A Diabolic has a single task: Kill in order to protect the person you've been created for.”
― S.J. Kincaid, The Diabolic

“Some might call us a monstrous pair, and they would be right. Tyrus and I were both scorpions in our way, dangerous creatures crossing the most treacherous of rivers together. Together we might sting - but we also would float.”
― S.J. Kincaid, The Diabolic

“Everyone believed Diabolics were fearless, but in my earliest years, all I knew was fear.”
― S.J. Kincaid, The Diabolic

“But then, I’ve always believed love is the most volatile substance in the universe. It erupts, it incinerates, and then it simply flames out. . . .”
― S.J. Kincaid, The Diabolic

“People spoke so reverently of affection. For me, it seemed a torment. I couldn’t believe people enjoyed these feelings. How could someone relish this excruciating need to secure a claim on another human?”
― S.J. Kincaid, The Diabolic

“Love. Comfort. I didn’t know what those were, but I wanted them. I would have them. I closed the distance and snapped the man’s neck.
As the third corpse dropped to the floor at my feet, the Matriarch smiled.”
― S.J. Kincaid, The Diabolic

“Their ringleader had declared me only a girl—and so that was what they saw me now. That was their fatal mistake.”
― S.J. Kincaid, The Diabolic

“That was when I realized for the first time that Sidonia Impyrean—meek, fearful, shy, and gentle—could be indomitable.”
― S.J. Kincaid, The Diabolic

“I had only two goals going forward: to fool people into thinking I was Sidonia, and of course, to try not to die.”
― S.J. Kincaid, The Diabolic

“If he was her murderer, I had a lifetime to figure it out. I could avenge her tomorrow if I learned he’d done it. I could avenge her in ten years if I learned in ten years, and I’d have ten beautiful years before that. I would always mourn Sidonia, but I had survived this loss once and I could survive it again.”
― S.J. Kincaid, The Diabolic

“I looked at the stone, fragmented and cratered by my rage and jealousy. So this was a visual representation of a Diabolic’s affection, then: an ugly, broken, blood-spattered stone.”
― S.J. Kincaid, The Diabolic

“Diabolics are so creepy," Neveni said.
I smiled at her. Yes, I supposed we were.”
― S. J. Kincaid

“Sei straordinaria" disse piano. È molto egoista da parte mia riuscire solo a pensare che ti voglio solo per me?" Mi misi a balbettare. "Mi vuoi... in... che senso...?" Curvò la bocca in uno strano sorriso. E poi mi baciò.”
― S.J. Kincaid, The Diabolic

“Sei straordinaria" disse piano. "È molto egoista da parte mia riuscire solo a pensare che ti voglio per me?" Mi misi a balbettare. "Mi vuoi... in... che senso...?" Curvò la bocca in uno strano sorriso. E poi mi baciò.”
― S. J. Kincaid

“Cu toții nu suntem altceva decât pulbere de stele sub forma unei ființe înzestrate cu gândire.”
― S.J. Kincaid, The Diabolic