When You Stare Into The Abyss Quote Novels & Stories

His cold eyes remained, yet his lips slowly curved into a devilish smirk. Let's see if you can still say those words at our next meeting, Vestian. "Whoever fights with monster should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster and if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you," Celestin stated a quote out of the blue. "Remember my favorite quote I used to tell you, father?" "What the heck are you talking about, you futile child?"

she asked, her voice barely above a whisper. The Guardian's expression darkened, a shadow passing over its features. "The darkness that lurks within the Abyss is ancient and powerful," it explained. "It seeks to corrupt and consume all that it touches, spreading its influence like a plague." Alaric clenched his fists, his frustration palpable. "But how do we stop it?" he demanded, his voice tinged with desperation.

Right now, I don't feel so guilty, not that much, because at least, I've returned some people back to their proper lives. Agatha looked ahead, at the expanse of darkness in front. In the current moment of silence, it looked like the abyss staring at her, waiting to swallow her whole and convert her into a monster. It was also the devil's hour so even if one managed to shrug off the abyss' stares, there was a chance they would instead feel ghosts and evil spirits lingering on their skin.

One step in the wrong direction would plunge me into the abyss And, the exhaustion was making me feel as if ending this once and for all, would be worth it. I stared at the bubbling lava that had formed below as hellfire put the molten core of the planet on fire. Some drops splattered up and it sizzled on the ground. My blurry vision refocused on it and I stared at it, feeling hypnotized. “What are you doing? Don’t let it affect you” The Goddess screamed in my head but it was as if she was calling me from a faraway distance. I wanted nothing more than to take the plunge and seek peace and quiet.

I'm suffocating. I'm burning. And yet, I don't move. I no longer move. "Say it, Louise." A whisper. A plea. A threat. My breathing is erratic. I'm on the edge of the abyss, ready to fall. I have no escape left. And I know it. The worst part is, they know it too. ---

"Today, I figured out the guard rotation for the VIP suites." "The Abyss isn't a playground. It's a mass grave for the wretched." The camera cut to me sitting by the body disposal pit behind The Abyss. There were so many boys thrown in here just like me. I paused, giving the camera a pale, exhausted smile. "Hey, Vivienne. Long time no see." "I don't know if I'll be dead by the time you see this." "But... I hope even if I die, my body won't be left here to rot in the mud like the rest of them."

At this time, their luxury car happened to drive into a dark tunnel. "When you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back at you." The alternating light and shadow flickered across Justin's profound-looking face. He stared at his reflection in the window, eyes cold and dangerous, as though seeing someone else. "But unfortunately, I am the abyss."

Like the blackest black. The more I stared into them, the more it seemed as though it was leading me to an eternal abyss.

Once, I stood on its highest spire and promised the stars I’d never come back. Promises. What fragile little lies. The ground trembles beneath me—not from my weight, but from what moves inside me. The Abyss didn’t just give back what I buried. It gave more. Too much. Every heartbeat now is a drumbeat of war, pulsing with power that hums in my teeth, my bones, my blood. The sky listens. The dead listen. And somewhere, far beyond, the gods flinch. You feel it, don’t you? The voice is softer now, no longer the roar of a storm but the hiss of silk over steel.

I am dropping into an abyss of darkness, freefalling into a pit of despair. They say that your life flashes before your eyes when you stare death into the eyes…well, that is BULLSHIT. The only thing flashing in front of these eyes is the fury that I am feeling as a fire sets course from my core to every corner of my body.