Quotes From "Echo" By Francesca Lia Block

Music does not have a race or a disposition! ... Every instrument has a voice that contributes. Music is a universal language... Music surpasses all distinctions between people. Unknown

His heart is the rhythm, mine is the echo. A. Zavarelli

His darkness bled into me, inch by torturous inch, consuming me from the inside out. It made me feel powerful. It made me feel free. It made the next words that flew from my mouth a plea that he never stopped. He was dark and twisted, but maybe I was too. A. Zavarelli

I wanted to break you. I never expected you to like it. A. Zavarelli

He kissed my tears away and whispered sweet words into my ears. Words that he was too afraid to say out loud. He told me I was beautiful. That I was perfect in every way. And that, unconditionally, I was his. A. Zavarelli

A smart woman would have walked away then. She would have lit a match and set fire to the entire clusterfuck that was this situation. But I was never a smart woman, and if you didn’t believe me, all you had to do was ask my mother. A. Zavarelli

This was worse than a coke binge. Worse than black tar or the thrill of E. This was the devil himself snaking his way inside of my heart and bending me to his will. This was addiction, quickly morphing into obsession. And somewhere in the clouded fog that was my brain, I knew this was a game I was going to lose. A. Zavarelli

It wasn’t desire, it was biology. My body was adapting to the situation. Doing what it needed to survive. That, I was certain of. Because if I had liked it, liked the hands of this monster, that would have made me a monster too. A. Zavarelli

I needed to channel the darkness that ran through my veins and embrace it. To play this game better than this man ever could have predicted. After all, I’d only been with him twice, and already I could see his weakness. His weakness was me. A. Zavarelli

Truth is in the guidance of the Coven. Is it a curse or a blessing? Amy Lunderman