Wild Side Quotes

“I’ve spent a lifetime thinking I don’t like talking. It turns out I just needed the right person to talk to.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Side

“Does love start off as obsession? Because that’s what I am. Obsessed with my wife.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Side

“This is what you do when you love somebody. And I have every intention of loving you just as thoroughly as I know you love me. You just have to let me.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Side

“Grieving something that never was and never will be is a special sort of hell.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Side

“In front of thousands of screaming fans… I pat her on the head.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Side

“She loves me. It feels like a piece of my puzzle finally slips into place, the satisfaction of completion making me feel more whole than I could have imagined.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Side

“For anyone who has loved someone not because they are perfect but because you manage to find beauty in all their shades of gray.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Side

“She’s got the energy of a storm. Ominous, electric, unpredictable.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Side

“Take my mask off, baby.” “What?” “You heard me.” “But, Rhys…” My eyes bounce between his, my heart suddenly lodged in my throat. “You⁠—” “Tabby, I’m tired of hiding. I don’t need to anymore, thanks to you. This is my choice. You and me. Together.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Side

“Rhys has always given off big dick energy. But I know now it’s not so much energy as big dick knowledge. Big dick surety? Big dick guarantee.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Side

“Did I say you could talk to my wife?”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Side

“Don’t give me that look. She’s my son’s ex-girlfriend. That suggestive eyebrow lift is not necessary.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Side

“Her name is Tabitha, not that you need to know. Because you? You’re going to keep my wife’s name out of your fucking mouth.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Side

“I’m paralyzed by how much I love him. By how much I need him. And by the knowledge that he needs me too.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Side

“Turning my life from black and white to full color.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Side

“Hey, asshole. I made you a bowl of carbonara so that I won’t have to hear your stomach all the way upstairs. I didn’t even poison it. Bon appétit and good night.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Side

“I, Rhys, promise you, Tabitha, to always respect and admire you and to appreciate you for who you are, as well as the person you become.” Her eyes turn glassy. “I promise that your dreams will be our dreams, and that I will do everything I can to make them a reality for both of us.” My voice grows gravelly. That one rings just a little too true considering the real reason we’re both here today. “I promise to be a spectator to your life, a participant in your experiences, and your biggest advocate in every moment. I promise to allow you space to be those things in my life too.” A heavy stone settles in my stomach as those words hang in the air between us. We both know I haven’t been honest or forthcoming with her. And here we are, promising to be. “I promise to support and encourage you, laugh with you in times of joy, and comfort you in times of sorrow.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Side

“Me? My heart is racing like I’ve just run a marathon. Which is bizarre because I fucking hate running and would never.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Side

“I don’t think many people know the love of a sister the way that I do. One day, I’ll work up the nerve to tell her how much I appreciate her.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Side

“They say that your dog is your best friend for a short time, but that you are their best friend for their whole life...and I say that makes me pretty damn lucky.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Side

“This woman needs a target for her anger. Someone to blame so that she hurts a little less. And without even thinking it through, I decide I can be that person for her.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Side

“Tabby: Give Little Willy hell. Rhys: Yes, wife.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Side

“Did she hurt people? Or was she wonderful? I’d realized she could be both things at once and that my memories of her didn’t have to be all sunshine and rainbows for me to still love her.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Side

“I hope he has a huge dick. It makes the dumb shit men do a lot more forgivable.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Side

“Tabitha’s face is beet red, and she’s practically hiding behind a glass of tequila. My lips wiggle, and I turn away to cover a smile. She’s having fun. It’s good for her. And if mocking me is what brings her joy, then whatever. I can take it.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Side

“I wish I could say I don’t think about Tabitha. But that would be a lie. Because much like the very first time I met her, I can’t get the woman out of my head. Haven’t been able to for the past two years.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Side

“I promise to be a spectator to your life, a participant in your experiences, and your biggest advocate in every moment. I promise to allow you space to be those things in my life too.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Side

“I, Rhys, promise you, Tabitha, to always respect and admire you and to appreciate you for who you are, as well as the person you become.” Her eyes turn glassy. “I promise that your dreams will be our dreams, and that I will do everything I can to make them a reality for both of us.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Side

“I’ve been through some shit in my life. But having to watch Tabitha cry might be the worst of it.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Side

“Like a deer in the headlights, I stand and stare, wondering if he’s going to hit me with his car or kiss me.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Side