Julia > Julia's Quotes

“Like, even in fiction, friends to lovers? Never my thing. I'm more star-crossed tragedy, supernatural soul mates, enemies to lovers. Epic, you know?”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Final Gambit

“Everything hurts.” Only Grayson Hawthorne could say that and still sound utterly bulletproof. “It hurts all the time, Avery, but I know the man I was raised to be.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Final Gambit

“I don’t just come. I come apart. I feel like I could break forever, over and over again, under the worshipping hands of Theo Silva.”
― Elsie Silver, Reckless

“It means . . . I live you. Like I see you everywhere, you are in everything. Our connection is more than physical.”
― Elsie Silver, Reckless

“I would rather lose this entire war than live without you, and if that means I have to prove myself over and over, then I'll do it. You gave me your heart, and I'm keeping it.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“There’s nowhere in existence you could go that I wouldn’t find you, Violence.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“Hope is a fickle, dangerous thing. It steals your focus and aims it toward the possibilities instead of keeping it where it belongs—on the probabilities.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“I just want to be tossed around a bit. Manhandled, you know? Call me a dirty little slut and I’m all for it.”
― Brynne Weaver, Butcher & Blackbird

“He’s Rowan,” Sloane says, gesturing at me again. Rose narrows her eyes as though this is insufficient information. “He’s my f-fr…boy. Guy. A man-guy. I’m…with. Here.”  I snort a laugh as Rose’s face scrunches. “Man-guy,” I echo. “Real smooth, Blackbird.”
― Brynne Weaver, Butcher & Blackbird

“I would kill for you, and I have. I would do it again, every damn day. I’d turn myself inside out for you. I would die for you. I don’t just like you, Sloane, and you fucking know it.”
― Brynne Weaver, Butcher & Blackbird

“There’s art in our scars. There’s wonder in the way we can heal.”
― Brynne Weaver, Butcher & Blackbird

“Just because something isn’t meant to last a lifetime doesn’t mean it wasn’t meant to be.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, One True Loves

“I’ve been stabbed a thousand times . . . but none of that hurts more than hearing you say goodbye.”
― Alex Aster, Nightbane

“If you hurt her,” he said, voice lethally calm, “she will kill you. And then I will find a way to revive you so I can kill you again with my own bare hands.”
― Alex Aster, Nightbane

“But as I was walking out, I heard Teddy say, “So when’s the last time you were arrested?” “Never?” Riley said. “Well, tomorrow you’re going to say yesterday,” Teddy said. “Lucky you’re mom’s a lawyer.” Jesus Christ, what had I done?”
― Lyla Sage, Lost and Lassoed

“It’s okay to love her, Gus. It’s okay to want her. It’s okay to want. You have so much love to give, Gus. I see it in the way that you love our daughter and in the way you care for your family—me included—and I just want you to have someone who can love you back the same way.”
― Lyla Sage, Lost and Lassoed

“Luke is my fiancé, my partner, my everything. But you’re my soulmate, Teddy Andersen, and I’m the luckiest girl in the world because of it.”
― Lyla Sage, Lost and Lassoed

“I need you to know that. Leaving this little house doesn’t mean you’re leaving me behind. It just means you’ve got something—or someone—worth chasing.”
― Lyla Sage, Lost and Lassoed

“I couldn’t help but think that the last time I accepted help—it got me Teddy. Maybe that meant good things could come from realizing you can’t do it all on your own. Because, surprisingly, Teddy Andersen was turning out to be a damn good thing.”
― Lyla Sage, Lost and Lassoed

“There were parts of Teddy that would always belong to the world around her, but that didn’t matter because there were also parts of her that were all mine.”
― Lyla Sage, Lost and Lassoed

“don’t have much to offer,” he went on softly. “Just a quiet life with a grumpy man from a small town, but I can promise to love you every day.” “You love me?” I said. Don’t cry, Teddy. “I do,” he said. “And I want to show you how much I love you every single day. I want to do everything with you. I want you to be part of my daughter’s life. I want you at every soccer game, barrel race, and art show. I want you there when she sneaks into my bed in the mornings”—he kissed one of my cheeks then. “I want to marry you. I want to have babies with you—little copper-headed demons running around wreaking havoc”—a kiss on the other cheek. “I want to sit on this porch with you thirty years from now and look up at the sky and wonder what I did to deserve a life this good.”
― Lyla Sage, Lost and Lassoed

“But then, when Emmy and Teddy graduated from college, Teddy wore this dark green dress that just…Never mind. The point is that I know Teddy is pretty. Beautiful, even. But beautiful like a lion or an elk or any other large and dangerous animal. Beautiful to look at, but you didn’t want to get too close because it’d rip your throat out or trample you or spear you to death with its giant horns.”
― Lyla Sage, Lost and Lassoed

“We balanced each other out in a weird way. And the truth was, I’d rather fight with Teddy than be happy with anyone else.”
― Lyla Sage, Lost and Lassoed

“Clementine Ryder and Theodora Andersen are written in the stars,” I said with a chuckle. “Doesn’t get more cosmic than that.”
― Lyla Sage, Lost and Lassoed

“And Teddy—our lion—might be the only person I know who loves as fiercely as you do.” Cam was speaking to a part of me that most people didn’t know existed—the part that desperately wanted to love and be loved.”
― Lyla Sage, Lost and Lassoed

“We traded stories and anecdotes, and I carefully added new pieces of Wes to my growing collection of things about him that I was holding close to my heart.”
― Lyla Sage, Swift and Saddled

“Today, I saw the only thing in my life I ever thought was prettier than Rebel Blue, and that was Emmy.”
― Lyla Sage, Done and Dusted

“You’ve gotta stop squaring up with men who look like they eat raw eggs for breakfast, Theodora.” This wasn’t the first time I’d watched Teddy get in a man’s face—I wasn’t sure she had any sense of self-preservation—but it was the first time I’d been worried that she might get hurt. She rolled her eyes. “Why?” “Because it’ll be embarrassing when they lose.” That pulled a smile out of her. I didn’t get a lot of smiles from Teddy. We didn’t get along very well, but damn, she was pretty.”
― Lyla Sage, Lost and Lassoed

“You kissed me yesterday, and you didn’t even use tongue. I didn’t think that made us exclusive. I’m not even convinced you like me.” “It doesn’t,” Gus said. “But I don’t want to watch you flirt with other guys while I’m at work.” “I flirt!” I shouted. “It’s what I do! It doesn’t mean anything!” “The flirting means something to me, Theodora!” “Get a grip, August!” “I can’t get a fucking grip. You literally make me insane!” “Likewise, asshole!”
― Lyla Sage, Lost and Lassoed