Emery Rose > Emery's Quotes

“You love me,” I breathed.
“Fiercely. You’re mine and I’m yours, so it looks like you’re stuck with me.”
“I love being stuck with you.”
― Emery Rose, Beneath Your Beautiful

“When you loved someone, you don’t run away, and you don’t leave them when things get hard or messy or fucked-up. When you love someone, you fight for them. And I will always fight for Eden.”
― Emery Rose, Beneath Your Beautiful

“The house of cards had fallen, but I was still standing, and Eden was still standing by my side. Despite everything, she loved my fucked-up self and accepted me exactly as I was. I had nothing to hide from her anymore, and I’d never known this kind of freedom.”
― Emery Rose, Beneath Your Beautiful

“When I’m with you, I see all the colors. And I’m not scared of the darkness, because there’s so much light inside you too. When you let me see you, really see you, there’s nothing in this world more beautiful than you, Killian.”
“It’s not beautiful inside me. It’s a fucked-up place to live.”
“I’d rather live there, with you, than anywhere else on the planet.”
― Emery Rose, Beneath Your Beautiful

“. “You own me, Eden. Body, heart, soul. I’m yours.”
― Emery Rose, Beneath Your Beautiful

“I don’t want to break your heart. I don’t want to do anything that will ruin what we have.”
“I won’t let you,” I said.
“Promise?”
“Promise.”
― Emery Rose, Beneath Your Beautiful

“You’re killing me, baby,” he said, his voice low and husky.
Baby. I loved the way it sounded rolling off his tongue. “Gently, I hope.”
“Sometimes that’s the worst way.”
― Emery Rose, Beneath Your Beautiful

“I was a man seeking salvation and redemption, without a clue how to find it.”
― Emery Rose, Beneath Your Beautiful

“Sex was easy. Intimacy was hard for me. “If you look too closely, did too deep, you won’t like what you find and that…scares the shit out of me.”
― Emery Rose, Beneath Your Beautiful

“I was living and working at a bar in Williamsburg, a young, artsy, vibrant neighbourhood, and nobody had any preconceptions about who I was. I could be myself, in all my flawed glory, and it was liberating. Taking charge of my own life. Figuring out what truly made me happy and surrounding myself with people I liked hanging out with.”
― Emery Rose, Beneath Your Beautiful

“You’ll have guys hassling you. When they get drunk, they say and do stupid shit. I’m not saying it’s right,” he shrugged one shoulder, “but you’re not unattractive, so you’ll need to deal with that.”
“I’m not unattractive? Are you always this charming?”
“If you’re looking for Prince Charming, it ain’t me, Sunshine”
Sunshine? At least he didn’t make any empty promises or pretend to be something he wasn’t. “I don’t believe in fairytales. Or happily ever after. Prince Charming was an evil villain in disguise, and Cinderella was the doormat he wiped his feet on.”
― Emery Rose, Beneath Your Beautiful

“I didn’t want to be broken anymore. I didn’t want her to be left to pick up the pieces. She deserved better than that.”
― Emery Rose, Beautiful Lies

“We’ve always fought for each other. When one of us lays down our sword, the other picks it up and goes to battle.”
― Emery Rose, Beautiful Lies

“I wanted so much to let it all go, to trust him and believe in him again. My life didn’t feel complete without him in it.”
― Emery Rose, Beautiful Lies

“When I lost you, I not only lost a boyfriend, I lost my best friend.”
He closed his eyes. “Ava…”
“I’ve missed you,” I said, being more honest than I’d been in a long time. “So much.”
― Emery Rose, Beautiful Lies

“I’d been through enough shit in my life to know that when you were being offered a second shot at something, you took it. And you did everything in your power to make sure you didn’t fuck it up.”
― Emery Rose, Beautiful Lies

“My heart has been broken by you so many times…so many times, Connor.”
I pulled her into my arms and held her. She leaned into me, her cheek pressed against my chest. “Baby, please…I’ll do whatever it takes to make this work. Anything.”
“Anything?” she asked, her voice muffled.
“Anything that doesn’t require letting you go. Because I don’t know how to do that. I’ve never found a way.”
― Emery Rose, Beautiful Lies

“Tell me a secret.”
“I’ve wanted to kiss you since the minute I saw you.”
“That’s not a secret.”
His lips curved into a smile. “No?”
“No. So obvious.”
― Emery Rose, Wilder Love

“Ask any man what his greatest weakness is, and if he’s being honest, he will tell you it’s a woman. Not just any woman. The one woman who is capable of bringing him to his knees. The one woman who has the power to destroy him. Rip his beating heart from his chest. Ruin him. I knew that Remy was capable for doing all those things.
My greatest weakness was, is, and always would be, her.”
― Emery Rose, Wilder Love

“What about Sienna?”
He lifted one shoulder in a shrug. “What about her? We’ve been over for a long time.”
“It’s still wrong.”
“Then why does it feel so fucking right?”
…
You belonged to her first.”
“I’ve never belonged to anyone.”
― Emery Rose, Sweet Chaos

“I picked the wrong sister.”
― Emery Rose, Sweet Chaos

“Even by my low standards, it was wrong to mess with my ex-girlfriend’s little sister.
But when had I ever done the right thing?”
― Emery Rose, Sweet Chaos

“Everyone needs someone who believes in them. I believe in you … Just like you always did for me, even when I didn’t deserve it. Even when I didn’t acknowledge it, I saw you, Scarlett. I always saw you.”
― Emery Rose, Sweet Chaos

“She made me wish for something I’d never wanted before. To be the hero in someone’s fairy tale instead of the villain.”
― Emery Rose, Sweet Chaos

“I believe in you, Dylan St. Clair.”
His eyes softened, the cocky expression disappearing as his eyes roamed my face searching for the truth in my words. “I don’t deserve it. But those words… they’re fucking everything.”
― Emery Rose, Sweet Chaos

“Nobody has ever loved me the way you do. Don’t let me ruin this. Don’t let me ruin us.”
― Emery Rose, Sweet Chaos

“What are we, Dylan?” she asked now, like she often did.
“We’re everything, Starlet. Every-fucking-thing.”
― Emery Rose, Sweet Chaos

“I never thought I’d find someone like you. And now that I have, I can’t let you go.”
― Emery Rose, Sweet Chaos

“You’re not my second choice. You’re not a consolation prize. You’re everything I never knew I needed. You’re my number fucking one. You own me.”
― Emery Rose, Sweet Chaos

“I am hers, and she is mine, and we are everything.”
― Emery Rose, Sweet Chaos