Madeleine Roux Quotes & Sayings

Sanctum, a holy or sacred place. What could be more sacred than possessing the power of your own true thoughts? Sanctum. It is both lock and key. — Madeleine Roux

I wish this were just a nightmare that we could wake up from. — Madeleine Roux

I'm lonely, and he can see it. Maybe everyone can see it. — Madeleine Roux

Q: How do you kill a hydra?
A: You strike at its heart. — Madeleine Roux

She left me. All this time she was gone, I didn't know if she was dead or just didn't want me. But now it doesn't matter. I choose my new parents and I choose my friends. I choose the family I made. I choose me. — Madeleine Roux

Abby's eyes seemed almost as vacant as those of the girl in the photograph. Then a shiver came over her and she blinked. Gently, almost affectionately, she put the picture back on the wall. She touched it one last time and said, Poor little bird. I wonder if she ever escaped her cage. — Madeleine Roux

Even in his sleep he couldn't escape. — Madeleine Roux

You are ruin and chaos to them, but you are lovely to my eye.'
'You're brave or daft, then,' she said, quite rightly. 'Chaos and ruin. Where does that leave me, then? — Madeleine Roux

Heads half-glued together, Abby and Lara had engaged in rapid-fire chitchat as they all hurried across campus. — Madeleine Roux

The cursor changed to the spinning wheel of sadness. — Madeleine Roux

Paths. Curiosities lurked around every corner. A man belched flames from a podium. The scent of fried cakes and popcorn hung sweet and heavy on the air, tantalizing until it became sickening. And — Madeleine Roux

Silence gave the shadows and the darkness power — Madeleine Roux

It was a house for those who could not take care of themselves, for those who heard voices, who had strange thoughts and did strange things. The house was meant to keep them in. Once they came, they never left. — Madeleine Roux

And if they do, I hope heaven is a road trip. I hope it's
you and me and Renny and Ted with nothing but time on our hands. I hope it's, I don't know, crossing an immeasurable distance with your closest friends. — Madeleine Roux

A truly great life. That is what humanity deserves. Not an average life, not even a normal one-a life in which genius is not an anomaly but an expectation. But to achieve such things — Madeleine Roux

They are walking the line between genius and insanity. — Madeleine Roux

It was a fight against the madness, he felt like he was losing. Maybe he already had... — Madeleine Roux

Are you depressed?
What? I don't know. Probably. Isn't everyone? — Madeleine Roux

He was many things right now. and he felt like he was being pulled in a million conflicting directions. — Madeleine Roux

How many times did he have to learn that things could always get worse? His — Madeleine Roux

Wow, did Tim Burton binge on Laffy Taffy and vomit all over this place or what?" Jordan whispered. — Madeleine Roux

If someone tells you you're crazy enough times, eventually it becomes true. It's that old psychiatrist's joke: insanity's all in your head. — Madeleine Roux

Sometimes, Dan, friends have to take a stand and say:
Hey, idiot, we're here for you no matter what. We're not
going to disappear when you get grumpy or angry, we're in
this for the long haul. We're in this for each other. — Madeleine Roux

My way of life is objectively better because mine has Wi-Fi and Netflix. — Madeleine Roux

As much as he liked the idea of having best friends with whom he could share anything. it was like all he knew how to be was alone, apart. — Madeleine Roux

You can't do over what's already been done, but you sure can undo it. Not easy, but you can undo it. — Madeleine Roux

There is, I think, a way in which my ideas can live forever. All men seek immortality in their own way, either through a legacy of children carrying their name and genetic material, through architecture, through science, and this now is simply my search for a legacy like no other. - Asylum, Madeleine Roux — Madeleine Roux