Quotes from If I Were You

“You shouldn't walk away from something that intrigues you”
― Lisa Renee Jones, quote from If I Were You

“I can feel this man in every part of my body and he has not even touched me.”
― Lisa Renee Jones, quote from If I Were You

“Taking you to the shower. Me Tarzan, You Jane. Do as I say.”
― Lisa Renee Jones, quote from If I Were You

“Other people’s perfection is a facade we create when we are second guessing ourselves”
― Lisa Renee Jones, quote from If I Were You

“The art does not always mimic the artist. You never know the real person until you slide beneath their surface”
― Lisa Renee Jones, quote from If I Were You

“I'm going to lick you all over before this night is over, Sara, ... Suck your nipples until you are crazy with need, then spread you wide and lick you until you come and then, I'm going to do it all over again. I'm going to make sure you are so thoroughly fucked that being fucked has a new meaning.”
― Lisa Renee Jones, quote from If I Were You

“The rush of fear is far better than the defeat of boredom.”
― Lisa Renee Jones, quote from If I Were You

“I don't even like horror movies. The world has enough real monsters without creating fictional monsters.”
― Lisa Renee Jones, quote from If I Were You

“Any man who isn't married by thirty-five is either gay or he's got skeletons in his closet.”
― Lisa Renee Jones, quote from If I Were You

“I decide to turn to my old faithful solution to all that is wrong in life. Coffee.”
― Lisa Renee Jones, quote from If I Were You

“Anger surges in me and I stand up. "You have no right -"
He's on his feet towering over me. "What if I want to have a right?”
― Lisa Renee Jones, quote from If I Were You

“The end of starvation is quite delicious.”
― Lisa Renee Jones, quote from If I Were You

“Losing control and you taking it from me are two different things, Sara. You won't ever take it from me.”
― Lisa Renee Jones, quote from If I Were You

“You told me I was making you crazy last night," he reminds me, drawing me out of my thoughts, back to a present I'm uncertain of.
"You are, Chris."
"Well, you are making me crazy, too."
"Is this supposed to be making me feel better?”
― Lisa Renee Jones, quote from If I Were You

“I prefer to think of it as a knack for coming to your rescue," he declares huskily and winks, before he proceeds to wipe up my mess. Oh good God. I've made Chris Merit my janitor. And, he winked at me. I can barely breathe.”
― Lisa Renee Jones, quote from If I Were You

“You know, sweetheart, I know I'm fucked up. But if you think the guy trying to protect you instead of walk all over you is the one trying to run your life, you're just as fucked up as I am.”
― Lisa Renee Jones, quote from If I Were You

“Great. I'm with the hottest man I've ever known and raccoons have crawled through my hair and settled under my eyes.”
― Lisa Renee Jones, quote from If I Were You

“Lies; they always come back to haunt you.”
― Lisa Renee Jones, quote from If I Were You

“Out of sight, out of mind. It's how i cope.”
― Lisa Renee Jones, quote from If I Were You

“For the first time perhaps ever, I am not denying the truth of all of my cracks. I am living them.”
― Lisa Renee Jones, quote from If I Were You

“...locking myself in a shell of an existence isn't healing. It's hiding.”
― Lisa Renee Jones, quote from If I Were You

“We are two messed-up people destined to destroy each other, but I can't walk away. No. Can't isn't the issue. I simply don't want to.”
― Lisa Renee Jones, quote from If I Were You

“My boss is dictating my preventive hangover care, and I just used the word swords in reference to his obvious cockfight with the man I just made out with in a public hallway. I am truly in an alternate universe.”
― Lisa Renee Jones, quote from If I Were You

“But then two lost souls searching for an escape should connect, I reason.”
― Lisa Renee Jones, quote from If I Were You

“Other People's Perfection is a facade we create when we are second guessing ourselves.....Sara to Amanda”
― Lisa Renee Jones, quote from If I Were You

“I approve, as I'm sire the rest of the female population does.”
― Lisa Renee Jones, quote from If I Were You

“The rush of fear is far better than the defeat of boredom. The high of not knowing what comes next, so much better than always knowing one day will be like the last.”
― Lisa Renee Jones, quote from If I Were You

“I decide to turn to my old faithful solution to all that is wrong in life. Coffee. It is my one real vice, so I figure why not indulge with an Olympic-style commitment?”
― Lisa Renee Jones, quote from If I Were You

“Other people’s perfection is a facade we create when we are second-guessing ourselves,”
― Lisa Renee Jones, quote from If I Were You

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