Skye Warren > Quotes

“Freedom’s an illusion. We all live in prisons of our own making.”
― Skye Warren, Hear Me

“He didn't use me like an object, because a thing didn't need to be mastered. He didn't use me like a slave, because a slave didn't need to feel wanted. He used me like a woman, hungry and desperate.”
― Skye Warren, Hear Me

“You're so fucking full of virtue that I can't even breathe.”
― Skye Warren, Wanderlust

“You want this as much as I do'
My breath left me for a minute.

'You're delusional' I forced out.
'You're telling yourself that so you feel better about what you're doing'

'Who the hell else are you going to let touch you now?'.”
― Skye Warren, Wanderlust

“I was a caterpillar, my many limbs held tight to my body, wrapped up in a cocoon. He paved the way, eased me from a small and ugly life to a beautiful one. The transition had been painful at times, but never more than it would be to leave him. But that was the path of a butterfly-to fly away from the one who had made her.”
― Skye Warren, Wanderlust

“No, you can't do anything to me, not a goddamn thing. You think you're clever, huh? You want me to open up to you, and then what? Maybe I'll fall in love with you? Maybe I'll let you go? Not gonna happen. You're mine. I caught you, and I'm not giving you back.”
― Skye Warren, Wanderlust

“The hardest part isn’t dying; it’s surviving.”
― Skye Warren, The Castle

“You're mine. I caught you, and I'm not giving you back.”
― Skye Warren, Wanderlust

“He's wrong for me. Dangerous. Desire doesn't ask questions. Neither does love.”
― Skye Warren, Love the Way You Lie

“I was reborn in that moment, burst into flames like a phoenix and floating in pieces to the ground. There was scorching pain and hope for a future unknown.”
― Skye Warren, Wanderlust

“He was my ship in a tempestuous sea. I was the talisman he kissed before a storm.”
― Skye Warren, Wanderlust

“Except what remains of the woman that she had been? If you have to change to be loved, then how much is that love worth?”
― Skye Warren, The Pawn

“Stories are powerful." They're life and death. They're survival.”
― Skye Warren, Love the Way You Lie

“How am I supposed to be interested in boys who are dancing in clubs, when this man has kissed me? How can I be satisfied with warmth when I know how it feels to burn?”
― Skye Warren, Overture

“That’s the thing about a knight whose armor shines, though. It’s never been in battle.”
― Skye Warren, The Knight

“love is a bitch.” I understand more than I want to. People act like love is a gift, but it’s not. It’s theft. It’s a goddamn tragedy.”
― Skye Warren, Pretty When You Cry

“There was a strange but addictive magic to sex. It tied a thin string from his soul to mine with every joining, and I wondered how many times it would take before we were inseparable.”
― Skye Warren, Wanderlust

“I wanted to touch you since I first saw you walk onto the stage. Whether I have to pay or not, whether you return the favor or not, I don’t give a fuck. I’m going to finger this pretty cunt until you gush all over my hand. I’m going to keep going until you’re slick with it, until my jeans are damp with you, until the scent of your sex is in the air.”
― Skye Warren, Love the Way You Lie

“He's like a lion hiding in the tall grass. Only in this case they're tall buildings of steel and concrete. By the time the gazelle sees him, it's too late.”
― Skye Warren, Love the Way You Lie

“That's a good girl." He leaned down, whispering into my ear. "I'm sorry about this. I really am. You’re too good.”
― Skye Warren

“I didn’t have a vocabulary for what he did to me, but then no one had been able to define the man himself. An enigma, an abomination, a wish on a star. He consumed me, and I drifted inside him, blissed out on the ride.”
― Skye Warren, Don't Let Go

“He's something else. Something dark and serious and solemn. His hands mesmerize me, so large and strong and yet careful. He's stone, rough-edged and impenetrable. And I am air, already blowing away.”
― Skye Warren, Love the Way You Lie

“The library was one of the few places approved by my mother. I must have read almost every book in that place, living a thousand lives on paper, traveling around the world in eighty days and through the looking glass.”
― Skye Warren, Wanderlust

“But he was mine. I’d caught him. And I was going to keep him.”
― Skye Warren, Don't Let Go

“That’s what nature does. It puts beauty in unexpected places,”
― Skye Warren, Force of Nature

“Those scars, received in battle as a soldier, proved his bravery and honor. It was another example of him protecting others, the way he advocated for unheard groups and causes in his writing.”
― Skye Warren, Beauty Touched the Beast

“His arms come around me, holding me in. They feel unbreakable. They are castle walls, his arms. They are a drawbridge rolled up and a moat. They keep everyone out. Only with him do I feel completely safe. Maybe I’d always known how much he’d do for me. He’d fight for me. He’d die for me”
― Skye Warren, Tough Love

“Both of us tend our families like they’re terrariums, ecosystems that only exist because we’re keeping them together.”
― Skye Warren, One for the Money

“Dreams don’t need to have a purpose. They’re part of living.” “If they’re part of living, then they’re part of dying.”
― Skye Warren, The Castle

“I love the way you are. The way you’re terrified but do it anyway. The way you stand up to me when you shouldn’t.” I”
― Skye Warren, Wanderlust