Maria Luis > Quotes

“He is my ruin. My complete and utter devastation.”
― Maria Luis, Sound of Madness

“Another shrug—the chiffon strap slid even lower. This, Shaelyn decided, was how her cousin attracted hoards of men like bees after nectar. Without even realizing it, Anna reeled them in like bait. Clearly she and her cousin did not share the same genes.”
― Maria Luis, Say You'll Be Mine

“Pure love. I’ve always wondered what it looks like and now I know. It can easily be confused with constipation, so you have to look closely to distinguish the difference.”
― Maria Luis, Power Play

“the only person who has the power to make you feel like a forgotten soul is you”
― Maria Luis, Kiss Me Tonight

“Because I’ve been waiting my entire life to feel as though I’m finally where I belong. Tonight, for a slip of a moment, a snapshot in time, she belonged with me.”
― Maria Luis, Hold Me Today

“A memorable meeting, for sure. It’s not every day I start dreaming of ways to punch a hot guy in the face after only ten minutes of conversat—”
― Maria Luis, Kiss Me Tonight

“Dreams need time to prosper and grow—and I firmly believe that they unfold when you can personally handle them manifesting, never before.”
― Maria Luis, Hold Me Today

“What I saw was her lookin’ like she’d like nothing more than to run you over with her car, and you lookin’ at her like she was a new Glock you wouldn’t mind getting your hands on.”
― Maria Luis, Say You'll Be Mine

“Tell me you want this, too.” My voice drops. “Tell me that I’m not alone in this, Zo. That I’m not the only one going crazy with fucking wanting you.”
― Maria Luis, Sin Bin

“Her gaze never deviates from my face. “Because I’ve been waiting my entire life to feel as though I’m finally where I belong. You said that dreams are nothing more than temporary longings, one always leading into the next.” Delicate shoulders square off, like she’s going into battle instead of talking with me, a guy she’s known her entire life. “But I’ve been dreaming of the same thing since I was a kid. So, patience. A constant reminder that no matter how many steps I take in life, no matter where I go, I still only want one thing: to belong.”
― Maria Luis, Hold Me Today

“You’re playing with fire, baby,” I growl. “No, Owen, I am the fire.”
― Maria Luis, Love Me Tomorrow

“you know how to love hard. So I’m going to assume that if you walk out that door, then it’s simply a case that you don’t love me enough to stay.”
― Maria Luis, Hat Trick

“Just wait until she’s pregnant,” the old man told me one night when we tentatively agreed to hang out by watching the Saints and drinking beer, “it gets worse. I promise you, Harvey, it gets so much worse.”
― Maria Luis, Love Me Tomorrow

“Before he can make his exit, I give him a piece of his own medicine: “Don’t ever touch me like you did tonight unless you plan to do something about it.” At the sharp twist of his head in my direction, I angle my chin defiantly and give voice to the words that have lain dormant within me for far too long. “I’m not a toy. Not anyone else’s and definitely not yours.”
― Maria Luis, Kiss Me Tonight

“Droplets of water clung to his arms, his neck, to the rugged stubble on his face. He looked like something out of a commercial for body soap. Meanwhile, she had a sneaking suspicion that she could currently pass for the Swamp Monster.”
― Maria Luís, Tempt Me With Forever

“Duke gives a low, husky laugh. I think Caleb just got a hard-on. I can’t be certain, but he’s walking funnily beside me now, and he keeps muttering “not now” to himself in a way that’s increasingly suspicious. He’s not alone.”
― Maria Luis, Power Play

“Let me ruin whatever clean-cut image of me you’re so determined to keep on that imaginary pedestal of yours.”
― Maria Luis, Hold Me Today

“I love you so much that I promise to give you the tips of my pizza for the rest of my life, so long as you promise me one thing.”
― Maria Luís, Take A Chance On Me

“happen. Dreams need time to prosper and grow—and I firmly believe that they unfold when you can personally handle them manifesting, never before.”
― Maria Luis, Hold Me Today

“If we’re going to do this, you should probably know that I’m a straight-shooter. Beating around the bush in my line of work can get someone killed. So if you want to know exactly what I mean when I say something, just ask.”
― Maria Luis, Tempt Me With Forever

“But I’ve been waiting for you for much longer than that. See, I’ve been waiting since that day you skipped out of town and I went to your house to apologize and to beg for your forgiveness. I’ve been waiting since you didn’t come back, and I spent the first three years paralyzed with fear that I had finished us for good. I’ve been waiting since I went on that first date with a girl who wasn’t you—and how I went home that night sick to my stomach that I would never experience that feeling of rightness again.”
― Maria Luis, Say You'll Be Mine

“I want to live without fear, knowing that my best friend, the man I love more than life itself, is right by my side.”
― Maria Luis, Hat Trick

“Cynicism stares back at me, so much so that I can’t help but wonder how he remains standing from the weight of it. Even after my divorce, I’ve retained a certain level of hope. Inner peace. Perhaps it’s the mom in me—as lost as I’ve felt over the years, I’ve always had Topher as my due north. Letting my baby boy see my turmoil has never, ever been an option. No matter how bad things got with Rick.”
― Maria Luis, Kiss Me Tonight

“Y’all should just fuck out your differences and call it a day.”
― Maria Luis, Love Me Tomorrow

“Too preoccupied with feeling up his abs, it wasn’t until she was up and over his bare shoulder, hanging upside down as her hair tangled in her face, that she realized he’d caught her again—”
― Maria Luís, Tempt Me With Forever

“She wanted to “catch up” with Brady Taylor about as much as she wanted a Pap smear and a root canal. On the same day.”
― Maria Luis, Say You'll Be Mine

“I love you, Lizzie Danvers. I love that you’re my adventure girl. I love that you dance like no one’s watching. I love that you’re the first up for a good time, but you’re just as content to watch the stars and wander through the cane fields. I love that you’re you, brown hair and all, makeup and all, stutter and all. I would never ask you to change, but I will ask you this: is there any way I can tempt you into forever?”
― Maria Luís, Tempt Me With Forever

“Baby,” he murmurs, his voice pitched low, “if you’re watching this, and I hope to hell that you couldn’t resist doing so, I’m ready to live for you too. I’m standing here open, fucking vulnerable in nothing but a bathing suit and piercings. I’m yours. Now and forever. The only time I’m landing in the sin bin after this is on the ice—but off of it? Not a chance.”
― Maria Luis, Sin Bin

“Someone once told me that dreams are temporary longings. You want one thing, and when you ultimately achieve it, your dream morphs into something new. Something bigger than anything else you’ve ever thought possible.”
― Maria Luis, Hold Me Today

“Those plants look mutilated.” I look to the pots in question. Remorse stings my throat as I cringe. “I tried to keep them alive.” Nick’s throaty chuckle curls my toes in my shoes. “With what?” he deadpans without looking in my direction. “Bleach?”
― Maria Luis, Hold Me Today