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“You, you are a cockroach. No matter how many times we tried to get rid of you, you kept finding a way to scuttle your way back. And as much as I don’t like you, well, you are persistent. And even I can admire you that.”
― Rachel E. Carter, Candidate

“I’m not that pitiful little girl you bullied last year.”
― Rachel E. Carter, Apprentice

“Love Darren? Of course not. Love is for fools not smart enough to see the path in front of them. That’s the difference between you and I, Ryiah. I see the truth and accept Darren for what he is. You just see what you want to see. It’s why I will wear the crown and bear his children while you are left wondering why you were never good enough.”
― Rachel E. Carter, Apprentice

“I still loved Elvis greatly, but (...) I knew that I must take control of my life. (...). There was a whole world out there and I had to find my own place in it.”
― Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll

“Over the years he became my father, husband, and very nearly God. Now he was gone and I felt more alone and afraid than ever in my life.”
― Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll

“I was Elvis's doll, his own living doll, to fashion as he pleased”
― Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll

“He was a man, a very special man”
― Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll

“I swallowed the pills and started to prepare myself for the end. In tears, I thought of leaving him a note, writing down everything I would denver been able to say (...) I'd tell him how I feared his violent temper, which robbed me of my freedom of expression; and how I wished that he'd have tried to understand me as I'd desperately tried to understand him”
― Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll

“He was truly a master at manipulating people”
― Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll

“Do you see that you need this? You need someone to take you right to this point and put you in your place" I was relieved and happy to be back in his arms. Anything he'd have said would have made sense to me in that moment. What I did not realize until later was that this was Elvis's technique of keeping me under control”
― Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll

“My arm was bruised where he'd grabbed me, and my eye was swollen black and blue (...). Everyone teased me, and Elvis joked, "Couldn't help it. She tried to get rough with me. I had to show her who's boss”
― Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll

“I also had all the physical attributes that Elvis liked, the fundamentals he could use in turning me into his ideal woman. In short, I had everything that Elvis had been looking for in a woman: youth and innocence, total devotion, and no problems of my own.”
― Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll

“He taught me everything: how to dress, how to walk, how to apply makeup and wear my hair, how to behave, how to return love his way.”
― Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll

“How can she be happy, after discovering that fate has assigned her but one single event, which she must contrive to make the substance of her whole life?”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Blithedale Romance

“In the search for an author [of Hebrews] we are virtually stumbling over Priscilla. No longer is it feasible to pretend she isn't there.”
― Ruth Hoppin

“I was still there to tend to his needs, as he wanted his wife to be, while also creating my own world, no longer intimidated by the magnitude of his. I was growing, learning, and expanding as an individual”
― Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll

“Accustomed to suppressing my anger, I could honestly vent it now without the fear of accusations or explosions. I stopped apologizing for my opinions and laughing at jokes I did not find amusing”
― Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll

“Along with this new confidence, off came my false eyelashes and heavy makeup, the jewels and flashy clothes. All devices that I would depended upon for security I now shed. I was seeing myself for the first time.”
― Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll

“From my adolescence, he had fashioned me into the instrument of his will. I lovingly yielded to his influence, trying to satisfy his every desire.”
― Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll

“Finally he asked, "Have I lost you to another man?". "It is not that you have lost me to another man, you have lost me to a life of my own. I am finding myself for the first time".”
― Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll

“I learned from Elvis, often sadly from his mistakes. I learned that having too many people around can sap your energies. I learned the price of trying to make everyone happy (...) I learned to take charge of my life.”
― Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll

“I wanted to write about love and precious, wonderful moments and ones filled with grief and disappointments, about a man's triumphs and defeats, much of it with a child-woman at his side, feeling and experiencing his pain and joys as if they were one”
― Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll

“I was still uncertain about how my unexpected pregnancy would affect our marriage. This was supposed to have been our time alone. I wanted to be beautiful for him; instead, my debut as Elvis bride was going to be spoiled by a fat stomach, puffy face and swollen feet (...) I intended to prove that a pregnant woman did not have to get fat”
― Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll

“He'd reminded me that his was the stronger sex, and as a woman, I had my place.”
― Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll

“I loved babying Elvis”
― Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll