Key Insights & Memorable Quotes
Below are the most popular and impactful highlights and quotes from Wicked Beauty:
“Vengeance isn’t for the victims. It’s to make the people around them feel better for not doing anything to stop it in the first place.”
“I am so fucking tired of being underestimated.”
“I have not come this far to fail now. I have too many motherfuckers to prove wrong.”
“All those fuckers who think you're just a pretty prize to be won? Prove them wrong.”
“There's nothing sexier than competence, and the woman has it in spades.”
“What must it be like to be loved that much?”
“One of the things I love most about this man is that I never have to guess where I stand with him. He speaks his truth, even when it might be hurtful. A small price to pay for that clarity.”
“I make petty rebellions an art form.”
“That’s okay. If you won’t look out for yourself, then I’ll look out for you. I spare a quick glance, taking in their profiles. Something soft and tender stirs in my chest. Both of you.”
“You’re interrupting.” Achilles’s slow smile doesn’t reach his dark eyes. “Yeah, I know.”
“but I know how quickly people stop saying what you want to hear when you stop giving them what they want.”
“Either way, we don't deal with things as we wish they were; we deal with them as reality deals us the cards.”
“Except being kept is the thing that's slowly choking the life out of me. No matter how nice the cage, the bird inside is still trapped.”
“What use is a defenseless flower except to shove in a vase and let wither until its once-beautiful petals fall off?”
“No one else sees the real me, understands what I'm actually capable of.”
“She sounds the kind of exhausted that comes from fighting an uphill battle on a timeline numbered in years.”
“The face of a woman people see as a prize, have always see as a prize. They only care about the surface until what's underneath inconveniences them, and then they drop me like yesterday's trash. Or, worse, try to change me.”
“No matter how much he loves me, it doesn't change the fact that I will be shuffled back into the shadows.”
“Once something's done, it's done, and there's no point to wish on stars that you can go back in time and redo things differently. You live with the consequences and move on, maybe learn a thing or two in the process.”
“For the first time in my life, I haven't been watching my words and hiding behind doublespeak and carefully curated words.”
“I'm not willing to stand by while people are terrorized just to reach my goals.”
“I am no victim. Not anymore.”
“There's a reason I broke things off with him, and I'll commit truly outstanding acts of violence before I let him near me again.”
“She's like some old-world queen who could inspire entire countries to go to war on her behalf.”
“A cute little girl in a spotless sundress...who had no problem bloodying bullies' noses and making them cry.”
“I never mean to be a bitch, but sometimes the thorns inside me squeeze too tightly and horrible things burst from my lips. Words meant to strike to the very heart of a person.”
“If you're not fighting for something, you're going to get used as a stepping-stone for the people who are.”
“Rock the boat? Fuck, I'm about to tip the boat right over.”
“To everyone who prefers happily ever after's to tragedies.”
“I never mean to be a bitch, but sometimes the thorns inside me squeeze too tightly and horrible things burst from my lips.”
