Emily Ashlyn > Emily's Quotes

“For my husband. If I were rearranging the alphabet, I’d put U and I next to each other.”
― Denise Williams, How To Fail at Flirting

“Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes.”
― Heather Demetrios, Bad Romance

“Finish up, everyone,” I ground out.”
― Deborah Garland, The Cowboy's Forbidden Crush

“Just you wait, Emmaline. I’m gonna rock your world.”
― Deborah Garland, The Cowboy's Forbidden Crush

“Call me... And ten glorious digits followed. Game. On.”
― Deborah Garland, The Cowboy's Forbidden Crush

“All of my professors were doctors, sweet older men, but they smelled like mothballs.”
― Deborah Garland, The Cowboy's Forbidden Crush

“Now they wanted me to come home which meant the money trough would get cut off any day.”
― Deborah Garland, The Cowboy's Forbidden Crush

“My core sizzled. Anywhere. And I wanted him to take me...everywhere.”
― Deborah Garland, The Cowboy's Forbidden Crush

“Oh, sugar, I can give you a ride.” He flashed a wolfish grin. “Smooth and slow or rough and fast...however you like.”
― Deborah Garland, The Cowboy's Forbidden Crush

“Um. This is a date, right?”
― Deborah Garland, The Cowboy's Forbidden Crush

“Drive me to your house.” She took my hand and placed it on her breast. “I guarantee, I’ll end up in your bed.”
― Deborah Garland, The Cowboy's Forbidden Crush

“I haven’t been with anyone since you walked into my classroom.” He kept his eyes on me for an extra second to get that point across. “I stopped paying attention to my supply. I didn’t realize I was out.”
― Deborah Garland, The Cowboy's Forbidden Crush

“I wasn’t sure I cared if I knocked her up at that point. I’d fall to my knees and beg her to marry me. Take care of my kid. And her. My Emma. This cowboy’s forbidden crush had turned me inside out.”
― Deborah Garland, The Cowboy's Forbidden Crush

“Our gazes locked as we came together, breathing, that terrifying awareness. Our lives were forever changed.”
― Deborah Garland, The Cowboy's Forbidden Crush

“Holy shit, Emma. You’re still working with me. Are you going to just leave? Go with him?” “I don’t know. Darnell doesn’t want me.” I exhaled. “It’s my family, Walker. I love them.”
― Deborah Garland, The Cowboy's Forbidden Crush

“I’m sorry, Walker. I’ll get a ride. I’ll...walk. I need to see what he wants.” I pushed away from the table. “Please stay and eat. I’ll call you.” Next, I was walking out the door and acutely aware, Walker hadn’t followed me. He let me go.”
― Deborah Garland, The Cowboy's Forbidden Crush

“I have my own money. I’ve been working at a horse ranch since graduation.” With a man I’m in love with. A man I have to leave.”
― Deborah Garland, The Cowboy's Forbidden Crush

“Three damn days I hadn’t heard from Emma.”
― Deborah Garland, The Cowboy's Forbidden Crush

“Grace.” I tipped my hat to her. “Where’s Owen?” I expected her to tell me that Emma was looking after him. “Day camp.” “Camp? Since when?” “Since Emma left.” My brain fuzzed out. “Left?” “She didn’t call you?” “No.”
― Deborah Garland, The Cowboy's Forbidden Crush

“ONE MONTH LATER…”
― Pam Godwin, Knotted

“Why don’t you come with me, keep me company?” she suggested. “You don’t have to do anything, just hang out.”
― Piper Kerman, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison

“Reunited with Nora in our luxurious room, I felt shy with her in this unfamiliar setting. But she acted as if this were all perfectly normal.”
― Piper Kerman, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison

“Minutes later Nora came howling down the falls after me. When she popped up, she gasped, “You are crazy!” “You mean you wouldn’t have gone if I had been too scared to jump?” I asked, surprised. “No fucking way!” she replied. Right then and there I should have understood that Nora was not to be trusted.”
― Piper Kerman, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison

“For four months of my life, I traveled constantly with Nora, occasionally touching down in the States for a few days. We lived a life of relentless tension, yet it was also often crushingly boring. I had little to do, other than keep Nora company while she dealt with her “mules.” I would roam the streets of strange cities all alone. I felt disconnected from the world even as I was seeing it, a person without purpose or place. This was not the adventure I craved. I was lying to my family about every aspect of my life and growing sick and tired of my adopted drug “family.”
― Piper Kerman, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison

“When we got back to the States, I took the first flight to California I could get. From the safety of the West Coast I broke all ties with Nora and put my criminal life behind me.”
― Piper Kerman, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison

“experiment.”
― Piper Kerman, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison

“When I would crawl, exhausted, out of the editing room after hours, I could always count on Larry for late dinner or later drinks.”
― Piper Kerman, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison

“He became distinctly less fun.”
― Piper Kerman, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison

“In fact, it was the easiest relationship I had ever been in, by far.”
― Piper Kerman, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison

“Your Honor, more than a decade ago I made bad decisions, on both a practical and a moral level. I acted selfishly, without regard for others, I knowingly broke the law, I lied to my loving family, and I distanced myself from my true friends. “I am prepared to face the consequences of my actions, and accept whatever punishment the court decides upon. I am truly sorry for all the harm I have caused to others and I know the court will deal fairly with me. “I would like to take this opportunity to thank my parents, my fiancé, and my friends and colleagues who are here today and who have loved and supported me, and to apologize to them for all the pain, worry, and embarrassment I have caused them. “Your Honor, thank you for hearing my statement and considering my case.”
― Piper Kerman, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison