“Wait for me.” The words come out choked and pained. “I need you to wait for me.”
― Krista Ritchie, quote from Addicted to You
“No one told me you can love someone and still be miserable. How is that possible?”
― Krista Ritchie, quote from Addicted to You
“Le me try to be enough for you.”
― Krista Ritchie, quote from Addicted to You
“Promises from Lo are like bars at 2 a.m.--empty.”
― Krista Ritchie, quote from Addicted to You
“Cheekbones that cut like ice and eyes like liquid scotch. Loren Hale is an alcoholic beverage and he doesn't even know it.”
― Krista Ritchie, quote from Addicted to You
“I love you, but I want to love you enough that I never choose alcohol over you. Not even for a moment. I want to be someone you deserve.”
― Krista Ritchie, quote from Addicted to You
“I know what you want, and you don't need to take it. I can give it to you.”
― Krista Ritchie, quote from Addicted to You
“I want to live here. In his arms. Where I know it's safe.”
― Krista Ritchie, quote from Addicted to You
“She waltzes into the apartment, her Chanel handbag swinging on her arm like a weapon. Rose frightens children, pets, and even grown males with her icy eyes and chilling glares.”
― Krista Ritchie, quote from Addicted to You
“You're a permanent fixture in my life. You're not going anywhere.”
― Krista Ritchie, quote from Addicted to You
“I’m dirty,” I refute, hot tears brimming. “You don’t want me.” His face twists in pain. “I don’t think that. Neither should you.” His lips graze my neck and then find my ear. “Lil, I want you to ask me. I need you to.” He presses his forehead to my temple, gently edging me closer to the mattress, his hands tight on my hips. I continue to struggle for breath. I know what he wants now. He wants this to be real. So do I. “Help me,” I say, breathlessly.”
― Krista Ritchie, quote from Addicted to You
“He's my drug that I gladly consume.”
― Krista Ritchie, quote from Addicted to You
“Just repeat this phrase whenever you feel the urge to jump some other guy’s bones.”
His mouth brushes my ear. “Loren Hale fucks better.”
― Krista Ritchie, quote from Addicted to You
“The fear of losing each other is always stronger than the pain we cause.”
― Krista Ritchie, quote from Addicted to You
“I sincerely think that Connor is asexual. Like a sponge. He probably wouldn't even notice if you hit on him.”
― Krista Ritchie, quote from Addicted to You
“No means no. I don’t care when you say it, Lily. Once it’s out there, it’s out there. Any halfway decent guy would have backed off.”
― Krista Ritchie, quote from Addicted to You
“I hate that I had to pull out my wallet and buy respect.”
― Krista Ritchie, quote from Addicted to You
“Three years later and drowning in lies, we’re suddenly prepared to lose everything for the chance at something real.”
― Krista Ritchie, quote from Addicted to You
“I glance back at Connor and Rose and realize they’ve been pretty much silent. They just stare at each other for a really, really long time, as though talking through their eyes. “Is this what smart people do?” I whisper to Lo. “They must have some superhuman telepathic power that we don’t have.”
― Krista Ritchie, quote from Addicted to You
“I wait for him to say the words, I'm done pretending.”
― Krista Ritchie, quote from Addicted to You
“Obviously he wants Nola to think he's an upstanding boyfriend, but the only girlfriend Loren Hale will ever treat well is his bottle of bourbon.”
― Krista Ritchie, quote from Addicted to You
“He couldn't want someone like me.”
― Krista Ritchie, quote from Addicted to You
“Being called weird by Connor is like a unicorn calling a horse magical.”
― Krista Ritchie, quote from Addicted to You
“I needed him to fulfill a desire, one that does nothing but torment me. And he’s reminding me of everything I hate about myself.”
― Krista Ritchie, quote from Addicted to You
“Can we only be invited inside if you understand our costumes?” Connor asks. He cranes his neck to look past the host’s shoulder. “Because I think I spot a Sweeny Todd in there, and I know for a fact you’ve never heard of him.”
― Krista Ritchie, quote from Addicted to You
“I try to imagine what type of girl Connor would seek, but she seems unfathomable--like a hazy picture with only her brain showing.”
― Krista Ritchie, quote from Addicted to You
“Where will I be? What will I be? White empty space fills the void, unsure of what picture to paint.”
― Krista Ritchie, quote from Addicted to You
“We’re terrible at so many things—remembering important dates, college, making friends—but the one thing we’ve always been halfway decent at is being together.”
― Krista Ritchie, quote from Addicted to You
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“I think of my own life, how it embraces a great quest to know every cog of nature--the names of oaks and ferns, the secret lives of birds, the taste of venison and Ogeechee lime, wax myrtle's smell and rattlesnake's, the contour of bobcat tracks, the number of barred owl cackles, the feel of Okefenokee Swamp water on my skin under a blistering sun.
I search for a vital knowledge of the land that my father could not teach me, as he was not taught, and guidance to know and honor it, as he was not guided, as if this will shield me from the errancies of the mind, or bring me back from that dark territory should I happen to wander there. I search as if there were peace to be found.”
― Janisse Ray, quote from Ecology of a Cracker Childhood
“Befragt die Geringeren, auf daß nicht die Größeren Euch antworten und mehr heraufbeschwören, als Ihr vermöget”
― H.P. Lovecraft, quote from Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos
“Men were beasts. Everyone knew that.”
― Gregory Maguire, quote from A Lion Among Men
“Dane: Damn it, Aerin you don't have a plane
Aerin: I'll take yours.
Dane: The hell you will!”
― Anne Osterlund, quote from Academy 7
“He laughed, then became serious once more. "Mary............"
The expression in his eyes set her heart pounding. "Yes?"
Twice he began to frame a sentence, and twice his voice seemed to fail him.
And she thought she understood. What could he possibly say to her now, when he was on the verge of leaving forever? Even something as simple as asking her to write to him carried a distinct sort of promis, the type of promise he was ten years and a half a world removed from being able to make.
She forced a polite smile and held out her hand. "Good luck, James."
Regret-and relief-flooded his eyes. he took her hand, cradling it for a long moment. "And to you."
It was foolish to linger. She slid her fingers from his grasp, turned, and began to walk away in the direction of the Academy. She'd gone about thirty paces when she heard his voice.
"Mary!"
She spun about. "What is it?"
"Stay out of wardrobes!"
She laughed, shook her head, and began to walk again. She was smiling this time.”
― Y.S. Lee, quote from A Spy in the House
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