Shift Quotes

“What the fuck do you want?" After a pause, he said in a firm voice, "This is Dylan Keeley, the guy who would've killed to trade places with you until five minutes ago." He met my eyes. "She doesn't want to talk to you. Now why don't you go back to screwing your prom queen and let me do the same.”
― Jeri Smith-Ready, Shift

“I can't forget you, any more than I can forget my own name." He kissed me then, and the world which no longer mattered, completely fell away.”
― Jeri Smith-Ready, Shift

“I guess you gotta try the rest before you settle down with the best.”
― Jeri Smith-Ready, Shift

“I love you, Aura," Logan whispered. "Body or not, as long as I'm in this world, I want to be with you.”
― Jeri Smith-Ready, Shift

“I love you all, so much more than you should ever love me.”
― Jeri Smith-Ready, Shift

“I’ll always love you.”

“I’ll love you, too.” He touched my face. “Forever.”
― Jeri Smith-Ready, Shift

“He grabbed the microphone in both hands, his face exploding into a smile at the sensation.

“Hey. Do not. I repeat. Do. Not. Panic. There’s nothing to be scared of. This is just your average everyday fucking miracle.”
― Jeri Smith-Ready, Shift

“I’ve been writing more songs in my head,” he said, “about being a ghost and a shade.” His face turned smooth and solemn. “How I’d die all over again just to touch you.”
― Jeri Smith-Ready, Shift

“He smiled at me. “Have a good time.”

“Thank you.” The music was definitely working, I thought as I started to shut the door.

“Don’t get laid,” he added.”
― Jeri Smith-Ready, Shift

“Hey, it’s not like I was saving myself for the day you had a body again, so don’t get excited.”

“Too late.” He curved his fingers around my jaw and kissed me, hard enough to turn my limbs to liquid fire.”
― Jeri Smith-Ready, Shift

“I hate when people act like music is nothing but wild creativity," Logan said. "That's bullshit. It's also about counting and measuring and calibrating. If you do it right." He passed his hand over my MP3 player sitting on the bed between us. It was playing Mozart to help my concentration. "And if you do it really right, no one can tell how hard it is for you. You can let them believe it's magic, because that means you must be magic. You're worth worshipping.”
― Jeri Smith-Ready, Shift

“This one's for Aura.
You all know who that is by now. The only girl I've ever loved. I wrote her a song, but she's the only one who's ever heard it, or ever will.”
― Jeri Smith-Ready, Shift

“Maybe we should've stayed like that, just hanging out. Maybe we never should've kissed those Keeley boys.”
― Jeri Smith-Ready, Shift

“Exactly," He tucked a lock of hair behind my ear. "Sometimes we help ourselves, and sometimes we get help from ghosts in the woods and bampots in BMWs.”
― Jeri Smith-Ready, Shift

“Logan followed my gaze. "I wonder if there'll be stars where I'm going."
"If there aren't now, there will be once you show up.”
― Jeri Smith-Ready, Shift

“You know what would be cool, next time?" said a voice behind me. "Black roses.”
― Jeri Smith-Ready, Shift

“The hand touched my cheek again. It wasn’t soft and cool like Gina’s. It was warm, with calloused fingertips like those of….
….a guitar player.”
― Jeri Smith-Ready, Shift

“He knelt and slowly ran his hand down my arm, his lids heavy and his lips parted. “Aura . . . where can I touch you?”
“Anywhere.”
His hand left my arm and drifted to the rise of my hip bone. “And where can I kiss you?”
I took a deep breath, long past ready for the future. “Everywhere.”
― Jeri Smith-Ready, Shift

“Don’t move,” he breathed, softer than ever. Logan slowly wrapped his fingers around my hand.”
― Jeri Smith-Ready, Shift

“Somehow you always stayed quiet.” He laid his hands beside each of mine, so that if he’d been solid, I would’ve been pinned between his body and the dresser. “Remember?”
― Jeri Smith-Ready, Shift

“My heart pounded when its counterpart thumped beneath his skin. “How?”

“I don’t care,” he said, and kissed me.”
― Jeri Smith-Ready, Shift

“He sang the last two lines strong and smooth, promising that he'd always be with me, even when I could no longer hear his voice. I whispered the lines with him, sending the promise right back”
― Jeri Smith-Ready, Shift

“One of those times," he said, "I think I'd take a nap.”
― Jeri Smith-Ready, Shift

“Logan. Touching.”
― Jeri Smith-Ready, Shift

“What do you want as your password?"
"How about iloveaura”
― Jeri Smith-Ready, Shift

“So if he'd been a plumber, ___ _____ would've been about toilets?"

Left blank to avoid spoilers but this is just too funny :)”
― Jeri Smith-Ready, Shift

“I had to decide in the next few seconds: Would I let my past keep screwing up my present and my future?”
― Jeri Smith-Ready, Shift

“Run" was a song about grasping for happiness just out of reach, about endless, temporary good-byes. A song only a ghost should sing.”
― Jeri Smith-Ready, Shift

“For a short time, we'd become each other, a little. Maybe that's what people do when they fall in love, mind, body, and soul. Or maybe we were just weird.”
― Jeri Smith-Ready, Shift

“The truth isn't always beautiful, and it's almost never kind. The truth just is.”
― Jeri Smith-Ready, Shift