R.K. Lilley > Quotes

“You put your soul into those paintings, and nothing in this world is more beautiful to me than that soul of yours.”
― R.K. Lilley, Grounded

“I can’t change my past, Bianca. All I can do is be honest with you, and I’ve done my best.”
― R.K. Lilley, Mile High

“He lay on top of me, buried deep, and fell asleep.
He slept all night like that, and I did not move him, did not want to. I gasped breath in and out and closed my eyes and thought that I would never forget this feeling, of him on me and in me, of him consuming my soul and letting me go.
He was too callous, too far gone to realize that I'd never be free of him, and all he'd really done was set me adrift.
I never left that bed.
That feeling of helpless abandonment and unendurable longing stayed inside of me, for hours, for minutes, for weeks.
For years.
I went through my life, through tragedy and pain, through hardship and life, and my heart, my very sould, stayed in that bed.
I felt broken after that last encounter.
Pieces of me had been shattered on that bed, important, essential pieces, and they would not, could not, ever find their way back together.
But I kept going. Life is cruel like that.”
― R.K. Lilley, Rock Bottom

“It gave me an extraordinary feeling, being on the receiving end of such a stare. It made me feel like I was more important than air to him for a brief, profound moment.”
― R.K. Lilley, In Flight

“I’ll never forget that for as long as I live; the way you were my strength, when I was too weak to even stand.”
― R.K. Lilley, Bad Things

“The most toxic relationships in life are defined by the way they make us feel about ourselves.”
― R.K. Lilley, Breaking Him

“Was his tongue in your mouth, boo?
"Does this mean you're going to have a baby?"
"Did you just give each other cooties?
"Do you have to get married now?”
― R.K. Lilley, Bad Things

“I can’t ever lose you, Danika. I’m not sure I’d survive it.”
“You’ve got me. And I’m not going anywhere. Not ever.”
― R.K. Lilley, Rock Bottom

“I want so much for this to last – for us to stay together. I’m desperate for it.”
― R.K. Lilley, Grounded

“Well, boo, how does bacon sound?”
“Bacon sounds great, but you can’t call me boo.”
“Why not?”
“Because you’re not a rapper, and I’m not your shorty.”
― R.K. Lilley, Bad Things

“Don't start a war you can't win, my friend. In the battle of teases, I would whip your slutty ass, you sex fiend.”
― R.K. Lilley, Bad Things

“My past has shaped me, that's true of anyone.”
― R.K. Lilley, In Flight

“Sweetheart, listen carefully, when I say that I don’t need anybody but you, what I mean is that I never have. I need you. I’ve never needed anyone or anything the way I need you. I need you in a way that would break me if I lost you. Being with you makes every part of my life better. Every second I get with you is the best second of my life. I’m not good at expressing myself, not like you are, but I treasure this thing between us. Don’t think I don’t.”
― R.K. Lilley, Bad Things

“I wasn’t letting go of this; this mindless moment where everything felt like it had shifted back into place and all of the wrongs were right again.”
― R.K. Lilley, Lovely Trigger

“He’d done it.  He’d gone and flipped the psycho switch in my brain again.”
― R.K. Lilley, Lovely Trigger

“The bed reminded me of a lifestyle.
It reminded me of Frankie.
“It was Frankie and James, wasn’t it? Did those kinky fucks bring you over to the dark side?”
― R.K. Lilley, Lovely Trigger

“He had an angel's face, but his eyes were so hypnotically tarnished, a mirror of my own pain in their depths.”
― R.K. Lilley, Mile High

“I elbowed James as he shot my army guy in the head yet again.
“This game is so sexist,” I complained. “I can’t believe that there isn’t even an option for me to play as a girl.”
“Do you think that if you were playing as a busty blonde it would distract me?” James asked, amused.
“It couldn’t hurt.”
He tossed his controller on the ground. I gave a little embarrassing shriek as he tossed me over his shoulder. “We’re done, guys. Buttercup wants to distract me. Consider me distracted.”
― R.K. Lilley, Grounded

“My dear, this is what's called family.”
― R.K. Lilley, Rock Bottom

“I am the guy who has been in love with you for over six fucking years. I am the guy that has thought about you every day. I miss you every day. What happened —what we lost together— breaks my heart, but it doesn’t change anything.”
― R.K. Lilley, Lovely Trigger

“How can we be so good for each other in so many ways, and so bad in just as many others?”
― R.K. Lilley, Lovely Trigger

“Tragedy never took its full chunk out of you right way. It always took a while to hit you head on, and sink in and for something substantial, some hint of the real feeling, the real reaction, to come to the surface, and this loss was not done taking its toll on us.”
― R.K. Lilley, Rock Bottom

“I saved her life. She saved my soul.”
― R.K. Lilley, Mr. Beautiful

“His lips were my own personal hell.  They were either his biggest lie, or his greatest betrayer.  Every kiss he’d ever given me, when we were in love or in hate, told me how he cared.  Told me how he longed.  Craved.  Pined.  Mourned.  Despaired.  Told me he was as desperate for me as ever.”
― R.K. Lilley, Breaking Him

“Wow. So the crazy train is going full speed ahead, huh? ‘Bout fuckin’ time.”
― R.K. Lilley, Lovely Trigger

“I can never go back from this, Bianca. It would break me to let you go. You know that, right?”
― R.K. Lilley, Grounded

“You are special. You're the most special person in the world to me.”
― R.K. Lilley, Mile High

“I've been trying to make my head rule my actions, when my heart has so obviously taken over.”
― R.K. Lilley, Grounded

“Taking care of you," he said mildly. "I'm getting you ready for bed right now. And if you start throwing up all of that poison you drank tonight, I'll take you to the bathroom and hold your hair out of your face for you.”
― R.K. Lilley, In Flight

“I don’t have a word for this, because I’ve never felt this before. But I do love you. I just wish there was a way to explain to you that love is just the start of it, because it’s turned into so much more for me.”
― R.K. Lilley, Bad Things