Assistant to the Villain Quotes

“We're all monsters in the end. At least mine lives in the light.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“There is so much that can be fixed by honesty, if you're brave enough to use it.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“She wasn’t light; she was color. Every single one…”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“She’d been called many disparaging things in her life. Alarmingly all beginning with the letter F. Flighty, foolish, forgetful, and, by a strange turn of events, she was finally able to add the final F. Fucked.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“You just can't kill people and be pretty. It's confusing.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“Are we changing the subject because you're embarrassed that you were an Evil Overlord in Distress?”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“It was a hard lesson to learn that sometimes it was better to remain lonely than to waste companionship and energy on someone undeserving.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“Granted, she didn't want to become evil, but when you spend most of your life trying to see the sun, you begin to wish for rain.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“You're not all bad, are you?"

He looked offended. "How dare you.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“I feel like my life keeps happening to me, rather than me living it.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“If life was built on regrets, we’d have monuments the size of giants.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“she wanted to find her reflection somewhere and smash it just to watch herself break.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“Attractive murderers were always good kissers; she was pretty sure she’d heard that expression before.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“Of all the foolish, horrific things he'd ever accomplished, falling in love with a woman he so completely didn't deserve made the top of the list.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“I don’t run from my demons. I welcome them. I let them envelop me until I grow stronger.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“She wasn’t light; she was color. Every single one, dancing otherworldly and bright over his unworthy eyes. She was the explosion of the vivid gleams and glows of the world around him, like a constant rainbow, shining not after the rain but during.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“Normal" was for those who didn't have the ability to stretch their minds past the unreachable end.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“His chin tucked on her shoulder, and he fully let himself settle against her. His body let out such a deep, contented sigh, it was almost a growl. Like it had been waiting for her, and now that she was here, it would only live half as what it had been before, forever waiting to be whole again.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“Was that your first?" Evie interrupted...
The boss's head knocked back in surprise. "My first what, you little tornado?"
"Your first joke.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“Maybe that did make her a monster, but she was quickly learning that it took more to make a monster than a monstrous act.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“I’ll remind you that, at your bequest, I haven’t actually killed an intern in several months.” Evie shook her head hopelessly. “Sir, I hate to belittle your successes, but there are people who go their entire lives without killing anyone.” His face remained serious. “How dull.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“I am not afraid of the dark, sage. I am the Villain - the dark fears me.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“Caring about other people is very irritating.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“Are you... crying?" He was horrified, it was so plain in his voice, and she wanted badly to shrink away from him, but of course her injured ankle kept her locked in place.

"No. I have a condition where my tear ducts produce an excess of warm, salty water when I'm tired or in distress.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“He was happy… How positively vile.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“You’re not a machine, sir. You can still be your evil, brooding self with a good night’s rest.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“You're touching my face," he said flatly.
"...Yes."
"Are you happy with that decision?" He raised one dark brow again.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“She was the personal assistant to The Villain, after all. She chuckled at the job title, imagining the ridiculous way the employment posting would appear in a news pamphlet.

Must be well organized. Must enjoy working late nights and relish writing long documents. Must be comfortable and even supportive of arson, torture, murder. And must not scream when there is an occasional dead body lying across your desk.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“I do not and cannot make 'hugs' a regular occurrence.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“The tiles were haphazardly placed in a design that altogether formed the shape of a vibrant sun shining its light down on an old book. An accurate description in Evie's eyes, since a good book often felt like the same comfort as the heat of the sunlight brushing your cheeks.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain