Saving Rain Quotes

“I see the starts....I see the way they pierced the darkness with light, making the night beautiful when it would otherwise be haunting and terrible”
― Kelsey Kingsley, Saving Rain

“But now that she looked at him, now that she knew he was in fact a he—the little ray of sunshine sent to brighten her gloomy world and save her life—she could only think of one name, one word, worthy of someone brave enough to be born to a wreck like her. “Soldier,” she replied as he cracked his tiny eyes open to look at her for the first time. “His name is Soldier.”
― Kelsey Kingsley, Saving Rain

“I see the stars,” I continued, rolling against her gently, moving like the spilling waves against Connecticut’s rocky shore. “I see the way they pierce the darkness with light, making the night beautiful when it would otherwise be haunting and terrible.”
― Kelsey Kingsley, Saving Rain

“I see my hope,” I answered, letting the shirt drop to the floor. “I see my dreams.” I undid my pants and pushed them down low on my hips. “I see my salvation and redemption.”
― Kelsey Kingsley, Saving Rain

“And I’d happily let Officer Kinney slap the cuffs on me to hear you scream my name loud enough for them to hear.”
― Kelsey Kingsley, Saving Rain

“reminded me of the types of cars guys at The Pit would drive—the ones with money anyway. Guys who needed to overcompensate for the things they lacked. Cash. Street cred. A big, noteworthy dick.”
― Kelsey Kingsley, Saving Rain

“I hurt him because he was hurting you. Protecting someone is different. I’ll always pick protecting over making someone my victim.”
― Kelsey Kingsley, Saving Rain

“And that was when I realized that it didn’t always matter what tree the apple fell from. Sometimes, it was just rotten.”
― Kelsey Kingsley, Saving Rain

“That's the cool thing about books, right? Like, you don't have to leave the house to be transported somewhere else”
― Kelsey Kingsley, Saving Rain

“My life has been one massive war of survival and sacrifice, yet somehow, I prevail.”
― Kelsey Kingsley, Saving Rain

“I know what to do with pain, Ray,” I said, keeping my tone barely above a whisper. “Give yours to me. Let me carry it, so you don’t have to anymore.”
― Kelsey Kingsley, Saving Rain

“It was eleven eleven, and it had been my first good day in River Canyon.”
― Kelsey Kingsley, Saving Rain

“She looked over me from head to toe as she licked her lips—in a different way than Mrs. Henderson had—and there came that stirring again between my legs. “How old are you, Soldier?” she asked me. “Thirteen.” “Hmm, too bad,” she replied with a pout of her pink lips. “You're a really big boy.”
― Kelsey Kingsley, Saving Rain

“Men who read are usually smart and sensitive—” “Oh, right, absolutely.” I nodded, struggling to bite back a teasing grin. “Like this guy I knew, Wolf. He was a big reader like me. Really liked the classics especially. Super-sensitive dude. Like, this one time, he caught this other guy crying on the phone, and he just”—I flicked my wrist for emphasis—“whipped the dude in the throat”
― Kelsey Kingsley, Saving Rain

“with the book he was reading. Told him to shut the fuck up and stop acting like a pussy. I mean, super-super-sensitive guy.”
― Kelsey Kingsley, Saving Rain

“Mommy only liked it dark when she was sleeping or did the Bad Stuff, and since it wasn’t morning time anymore, it probably meant she had done the Bad Stuff.”
― Kelsey Kingsley, Saving Rain