The Problem with Perfect Quotes

“I can’t imagine living in a world where I had you and chose to let you go.”
― Jillian Liota, The Problem with Perfect

“It’s real for me, too,” I say before she can get any words out. “It’s the most real thing I’ve ever known, loving you.”
― Jillian Liota, The Problem with Perfect

“I, on the other hand, know exactly how far out of my league Bellamy is, and I’m going to do every-fucking-thing I can to make that woman so happy she doesn’t doubt me for a single second.”
― Jillian Liota, The Problem with Perfect

“Not in a million years did I ever think Bellamy Mitchell would knock me on my ass like she has, and yet here I am, splayed out on the ground, wondering how I got here.”
― Jillian Liota, The Problem with Perfect

“I’m willing to fight for you, Rusty, because someone in your life needs to do it. But you have to fight for you, too.”
― Jillian Liota, The Problem with Perfect

“I’m not pretending anymore,” she whispers. “And it’s time for you stop pretending, too.”
― Jillian Liota, The Problem with Perfect

“This is real,” she whispers. “I know it is, and so do you.”
She kisses me, and I’m lost in her.
No – I’m found in her.”
― Jillian Liota, The Problem with Perfect

“You don’t lose yourself in the things that bring you joy and happiness and fulfillment. You find yourself. You find the best version of yourself.”
― Jillian Liota, The Problem with Perfect

“We might both need some time to cool down a bit and remind ourselves that this thing is supposed to be fake.
It’s fake for her, at least. For me, it’s been borderline real since the night she yanked me across the bar and planted a kiss on my lips.”
― Jillian Liota, The Problem with Perfect

“A shiver races through me, and it feels divine. If I were to ever classify anything as perfect, it would be the way it feels when Rusty and I are pressed together, naked and open to each other in a way I never could have imagined before him.”
― Jillian Liota, The Problem with Perfect

“That’s the problem with perfect – it doesn’t leave room for something real.”
― Jillian Liota, The Problem with Perfect

“I’m not sure I can handle it. After all the women I’ve been with, after every hollow one-night stand and quicky fling I’ve had, I finally found someone I want to have sex to mean something with, and all she wants is something meaningless.
How ironic is that?”
― Jillian Liota, The Problem with Perfect

“Our undeniable chemistry is growing harder and harder to resist, and now, I feel like a live wire, my entire body strung tight, like just a simple touch might send me careening over the edge.”
― Jillian Liota, The Problem with Perfect

“The idea is hot as hell, even though it shouldn’t be. I should feel like a creep, enjoying the thought of teaching Bellamy more about her body, about the things she likes, what gives her pleasure.
But I don’t.
Instead, I feel like a fucking lion, the king of the pride. It’s almost animalistic, the kind of primal need that zips through me when I think about taking her back to my place.”
― Jillian Liota, The Problem with Perfect

“There’s something small in my chest that stands a bit taller when people want to talk to me, even when it’s about Bellamy and not me. Bellamy is amazing, and there’s something I can’t deny about how it feels to be associated with her, with her and her kindness and willingness to open her heart and soul to just about everyone.”
― Jillian Liota, The Problem with Perfect

“So, basically, you’re asking me for sex lessons.”
At that, I giggle, my cheeks flushing and slight nervousness running through me at the thought.
“Well, kind of. I guess.”
He shakes his head, but there’s a hint of a smile there, too.
“Bellamy Mitchell, what are you getting me involved in? First a fake boyfriend, and now sex lessons?”
It’s a relief that the serious tone he had just a moment ago is gone, something lighter and more teasing having taken its place.
“I guess I’m a lot more interesting than either of us ever gave me credit for, huh?”
― Jillian Liota, The Problem with Perfect

“There’s something about her that speaks to me, that speaks to my soul, a connection I didn’t think I would ever have with someone again.”
― Jillian Liota, The Problem with Perfect

“I keep telling myself I need to work on keeping a boundary so nothing happens between us, but that ship has sailed. It has sailed and crashed into a rock and sunk to the bottom of the ocean.
I’m falling for Bellamy Mitchell, and I don’t know how to stop it.
And the truth is…I’m not sure I want to.”
― Jillian Liota, The Problem with Perfect

“All my mind can think about is that kiss, and it’s killing me to know she thought it was for show when it wasn’t.”
― Jillian Liota, The Problem with Perfect