Lips Like Sugar Quotes

“every moment when you’re by my side is meaningful. Every laugh, every touch, every breath I’m lucky enough to share with you is significant. Every single second I spend with you becomes my new favorite memory.”
― Jess K. Hardy, Lips Like Sugar

“I told her I loved her, she gave me a goodbye cupcake, and that’s that. It’s a tale as old as time.”
― Jess K. Hardy, Lips Like Sugar

“All both of you ever said was that it didn’t work out, or that sometimes love wasn’t enough, or some other Hallmark card country song bullshit”
― Jess K. Hardy, Lips Like Sugar

“I’m worried about you,” her mom said, walking into the kitchen and taking the chair beside her. “Who will take care of me if you go catatonic?”
― Jess K. Hardy, Lips Like Sugar

“When he bent to kiss her, she knew he deserved more than her okays, more than her tears and her hesitance and her fear. But right now, okay was the best she could give him. And because he was more than she would ever deserve, he gave her no reason to believe okay wasn’t enough.”
― Jess K. Hardy, Lips Like Sugar

“I’ve been thinking about the time my stepdad took me to the Elktooth Caverns when I was ten. The tour guide led us down to this deep part of the cave, and with barely any warning, he turned off all the lights. It was so dark I couldn’t see anything. I was so scared I couldn’t move. Then the guide told us no matter how long we stayed down there, our eyes would never adjust to the darkness. I screamed so loud I lost my voice for a week.”
― Jess K. Hardy, Lips Like Sugar

“Life is hard, bad things happen, we’re lonely a lot of the time. We all want someone in our lives who makes the hard things easier, the bad things less painful, the loneliness less pronounced. We want that person who becomes a light for us when the world goes dark.”
― Jess K. Hardy, Lips Like Sugar

“His smile—the kind that got women kidnapped in all the true crime shows her mom liked to watch—lit up the entire bar.”
― Jess K. Hardy, Lips Like Sugar

“Like you said, I drive a Volvo. How weird could I be?”
― Jess K. Hardy, Lips Like Sugar

“After watching him roll his eyes at her for the millionth time before he jogged down the stairs, she sighed the eternal sigh shared by mothers of quiet teen boys,”
― Jess K. Hardy, Lips Like Sugar

“We all want someone in our lives who makes the hard things easier, the bad things less painful, the loneliness less pronounced. We want that person who becomes a light for us when the world goes dark.”
― Jess K. Hardy, Lips Like Sugar