Rio > Rio's Quotes

“El mundo conspira a favor de los soñadores.”
― Paulo Cohelo

“I suspect the most we can hope for, and it's no small hope, is that we never give up, that we never stop giving ourselves permission to try to love and receive love.”
― Elizabeth Strout, Abide with Me

“Books. Cats. Life is Good.”
― Edward Gorey

“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.”
― Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics

“...You can do something extraordinary, and something that a lot of people can't do. And if you have the opportunity to work on your gifts, it seems like a crime not to. I mean, it's just weakness to quit because something becomes too hard...”
― Morgan Matson, Amy & Roger's Epic Detour

“Practice doesn't make perfect.
Practice reduces the imperfection.”
― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

“Do it again.
Play it again. Sing it again. Read it again. Write it again. Sketch it again. Rehearse it again. Run it again. Try it again.
Because again is practice, and practice is improvement, and improvement only leads to perfection.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

“I have no regrets in my life, but this. That we did not have time. That I did not have time with you, Nesta. I will find you in the next world - the next life. And we will have that time. I promise.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin

“This is not our end. My heart will always remain with you no matter where we are. Time and distance are only inconveniences to a love like ours. Whether it’s days, months, or even years, I will be waiting. WE will be waiting.”
― Rebecca Yarros, The Things We Leave Unfinished

“Perhaps the kindest thing I could do for the characters would be to leave their stories unfinished. Leave them with their possibilities, their potential, even if they only exist in my own mind.”
― Rebecca Yarros, The Things We Leave Unfinished

“Are you saying that the couple who commits homicide together, stays together?” He snorted. “Too wordy. I prefer the couple who slays together, stays together.”
― Navessa Allen, Lights Out

“My entire life was devoted to caring for others. I wanted someone to take care of me for once. I wanted someone to want me. No, need me. I wanted a man so obsessed that he hacked into cameras to watch me when he couldn't sleep. I wanted him to monitor my location data, order me a home security system so no one else could break into my house, and threaten to murder anyone who hurt me. I didn’t want him morally grey. I wanted someone with a soul as black as night. Someone who would burn the world down for me and not lose a single minute of sleep over it.”
― Navessa Allen, Lights Out

“I nearly kicked at the floor like a petulant child. But I don't wanna go to bed! I want to stay up late and get railed!”
― Navessa Allen, Lights Out

“I checked to see if Fred was not in the room. What i was about to do to his mother, no child should see.”
― Navessa Allen, Lights Out

“The woman was down for kinky sex, knew how I liked my coffee, and was more than willing to aid in the murder of a rapist. What had I done to get so lucky?”
― Navessa Allen, Lights Out

“I won’t do it if you don’t promise to be a good boy,” she crooned. Praise kink: unlocked.”
― Navessa Allen, Lights Out

“There isn’t a time limit on grief or trauma.”
― Navessa Allen, Lights Out

“He made me feel alive. He'd dragged me out of the gray world I'd been living in and taught me how to see colors again. In a sea of men who barely put in any effort, this man stood out for going above and beyond. He was the definition of "If he wanted to, he would." Because he'd done for me what no one else ever had: he not only met but exceeded my needs, both physically and emotionally. He kept me on my toes, never knowing what he would do next. And he did it all while making me blush and laugh, often at the same time.”
― Navessa Allen, Lights Out

“He’d dragged me out of the gray world I’d been living in and taught me how to see colors again.”
― Navessa Allen, Lights Out

“Claiming me? Oh, god. No, vagina, do not quiver at that. Damn it. Not you, too, ovaries.”
― Navessa Allen, Lights Out

“Technically, she'd stalked me first. Or she'd tried to…”
― Navessa Allen, Lights Out

“And when he smiled and those dimples appeared? It triggered ovulation. You couldn’t convince me otherwise. Not after the way I stood there staring at him while my ovaries donned their warpaint and started metaphorically chucking eggs at the man.”
― Navessa Allen, Lights Out

“Goddamn it. He was going to be my undoing, wasn't he?”
― Navessa Allen, Lights Out

“You’re here,” she said, so low I almost missed the words. I slipped my hand from hers and pulled her into a hug. “You needed me.”
― Navessa Allen, Lights Out

“I love you,” I told her, unable to keep it in any longer. “I know,” she said. “You do?” She nodded, her hair tickling my forehead. “Yeah, you’ve been saying it in your sleep for the past week.”
― Navessa Allen, Lights Out

“Now that I know that, all I want to do is keep you locked in this house, naked.” “Smash. Next question.”
― Navessa Allen, Lights Out

“Tyler liked to leave his socks lying around, but he’d been doing it less and less. He complained the other day that he was running out of them and the dryer must be eating them somehow. It wasn’t. I was throwing them away to try and break his bad habit.”
― Navessa Allen, Lights Out

“She opened her mouth. Closed it again. Was Aly flustered? Oh, this was too good. My dark, devious heart sang at the sight of her searching for a way to excuse her behavior. I was going to torment the fuck out of this woman, and it was going to be so much fun.”
― Navessa Allen, Lights Out

“Or the one where I kidnapped her in the hospital parking garage, drove her into the middle of the woods, and told her to run as far as she could because what I planned to do when I caught her would make even the Devil weep.”
― Navessa Allen, Lights Out