Fever Dream Quotes

“I feel like I’m living in a fever dream that I can’t fucking escape.”
― Elsie Silver, Fever Dream

“I can’t stop thinking about you. I can’t stop looking for you. I can’t stop wanting you. Images of you fill my brain every second of every day. You’re everywhere. Like a song stuck in my head, even though I don’t want you there. I feel like I’m living in a fever dream that I can’t fucking escape.”
― Elsie Silver, Fever Dream

“Yes. The smirky, smoldering, hot bad-boy thing you do. Do that.” A slow smile spreads across his face. “Did you just call me hot?”
― Elsie Silver, Fever Dream

“Julia has her hair poker-straight, which somehow satisfies me. At least this loser doesn’t get to see her in full force because that natural hair makes me fucking weak in the knees.”
― Elsie Silver, Fever Dream

“The sound of a throat clearing startles me. “In the interest of not being a creepy back seat prowler like someone I know, I feel the need to announce my presence.”
― Elsie Silver, Fever Dream

“My lips twitch as I try not to laugh. I shouldn’t laugh. But unfortunately for me, I find Julia Silva to be way funnier than I’d ever admit.”
― Elsie Silver, Fever Dream

“Biting isn’t something that would scare me off, Baby Silva. But thank you for the reassurance.”
― Elsie Silver, Fever Dream

“Flirting with Theo Silva’s little sister is like charging at a big red flag. But as it turns out, red’s my favorite color.”
― Elsie Silver, Fever Dream

“I guess the reason I haven’t been out with anyone else is because none of them are you.”
― Elsie Silver, Fever Dream

“Emmett, people who love you will never hold you back. They will lift you up. Being loved by you? It doesn’t feel like being shackled.” I reach up, dusting my fingertips over his forehead and across the top of his perfectly golden hair. “It feels like the most precious gift. It feels like finally coming home.”
― Elsie Silver, Fever Dream

“But something has changed in me, because for the first time in my life I understand why she’d have overlooked the risk. Why Winter does too. Loving these men is terrifying … and worth it.”
― Elsie Silver, Fever Dream

“Evan! For crying out loud. You’re like a wild animal that’s made it inside for the first time,”
― Elsie Silver, Fever Dream

“And in this quiet, delicate moment, with rain falling against the window, I know we’re both exactly where we’re supposed to be.”
― Elsie Silver, Fever Dream

“missed you.” She laughs against my chest. “That’s ridiculous. We’ve been apart for fifteen minutes.” “Yep, fifteen minutes too long,”
― Elsie Silver, Fever Dream

“His eyes cut to mine, incredulity shining in them. It makes me wonder if anyone has told him he’s worth fighting for.”
― Elsie Silver, Fever Dream

“He just didn’t warn me that under all that bluster”
― Elsie Silver, Fever Dream

“I was in your shoes once.” He shoots a rare soft look at Oma. “Hard and spiny on the outside, until your oma came along and cracked me open like a fucking crab leg.” I snort. “Poetic,” I reply, only to look at Oma and see her smiling back at him.”
― Elsie Silver, Fever Dream

“I want you,” he confesses, voice raw and low. “All of you. Every last inch. Any little bit of attention you’ll give me. I want it all.”
― Elsie Silver, Fever Dream

“Overall, Julia Silva has me acting like a feral dog, and I’m at a loss for how to get myself back under control.”
― Elsie Silver, Fever Dream

“Then open your fucking mouth and choke on it, Julia.”
― Elsie Silver, Fever Dream

“Go make that mistake. I bet that man could teach you a thing or two.”
― Elsie Silver, Fever Dream

“I know I shouldn’t. I know I’m playing with fire. Flirting with Theo Silva’s little sister is like charging at a big red flag. But as it turns out”
― Elsie Silver, Fever Dream

“Because for her? I’d burn.”
― Elsie Silver, Fever Dream

“Jules, you terrify me. Needing you like this … it terrifies me.”
― Elsie Silver, Fever Dream

“The real kicker is that you, Emmett Brandt, might be the only man in the world I’d trust not to take advantage of me, even at my most vulnerable. So, I guess the reason I haven’t been out with anyone else is because none of them are you.”
― Elsie Silver, Fever Dream

“It’s hard to watch your kids make mistakes,” Tina says firmly, dropping her hand from my shoulder. “But it has to be done. You interfere too much, they resent you. You let them sink a little while in the deep end, and they reach to you for comfort. And they’ll always come back. You’ve got to let them make their mistakes, even when you know they’re dating a fucking loser.”
― Elsie Silver, Fever Dream

“My molars grind against each other”
― Elsie Silver, Fever Dream

“I never got to know him that well, and in some ways it’s hard to navigate how I feel about his passing. It’s difficult to miss what you never had. But if nothing else, visiting my dad brings me solace.”
― Elsie Silver, Fever Dream

“I’m torn between wanting to walk back in there and help Emmett and the sinking sensation in my stomach that tells me I don’t want to see whatever is going on in there.”
― Elsie Silver, Fever Dream

“I guess I’d rather we suffer together. Everything always feels better when I’m with him.”
― Elsie Silver, Fever Dream