Missing Girls & Lost Boys Quotes

“Everlee, I’ll stay with you to the end.” - spoiler”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“I want you to have choices, whether I’m involved in them or not. That … that’s my new endgame.” - Joey”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“I’ll miss you too. But for you, anywhere is better than here, bubbeleh.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“Soulmates should have matching tattoos, surely?”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“Love is not something you find. It is not as instantaneous as the movies would have you believe. It is tailored with time, woven with words, and formed with friendship.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“What do I want?!” He plants his hand on his chest before animating every word. “I want to make you breakfast. I want to take you to see a band, watch you dance and sing along. I want you to have a day off! Take you to the cinema. Take you to the beach. Watch you watch The Lord of the Rings trilogy for the first time. And at no point—at no point—does any of that have to be romantic. Just to be with you… I guess what I really want… I want you to have choices, whether I’m involved in them or not. That … that’s my new endgame.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“We’re friends, all right?” “Yeah, we are—and for me, if that’s all I can ever have, that’s all I will ever need. To stand beside you at this bar every day until the goddamn day you have to leave.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“I do. I worry about it. Sure, there are plenty of good men out there, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Some women deserve a good man—but not you. Not my Lee. You deserve a fucking hero,”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“I chew my lip to disguise my disdain, but I can’t help but stare at the men who look up to him with their enduring patriotism, completely unaware that the country they once lived in is not here. There isn’t even an ongoing war. There are no other nations with enough resources to touch us anymore, but who would be left to hate if there weren’t an enemy to focus on? Their oppressor stands before them, and they don’t even recognise it.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“He chose to move to the city, and he still lives with family, while I’ve been shoved onto a conveyor belt of conformity, treated like a product for reproduction. A number. A wife. A walking, talking pair of ovaries. I don’t even know what life I wanted, but I know it was never this.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“The government has stationed rangers as a permanent military presence. It didn’t happen overnight. A trickle of black Kevlar dripped down the hierarchy, replacing the muted green-and-beige camo like a slow cloak of decay. As the complaints of brutality arose, then came the helmets. These anonymous soldiers were repurposed to correct illegal or rebellious behaviour with draconian policing. It didn’t take long for the resistance of civilians to simmer down.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“He chose to move to the city”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“Ahead of me is a new road to travel down with my brothers, and if this is as free as I ever get, I'll take it - but I still hope for more. Not just for me, but for my lost boys. We all deserve a happily ever after.”
― H. Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“It looks like quite the journey.” “Ahhh, good. They’re the best kind, kid.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“I’m not as mean as I’d like to be. I do try.” - Atlas”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“Men didn’t make it to the moon alone. Journeying beyond the stratosphere is a team effort. Some people come into our lives, hear about our dream to reach the stars, and they choose to join us. They propel us from Earth—but some stay behind. It’s not everyone’s destiny to make it to the stars, but they were the fuel that got us there. Their efforts, their spirit, their love can continue in memory. And it’s important to honour them by continuing that journey.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“The coarse rope handles burn my palms, but I would rather feel the heat than let go. It’s so hard to keep letting go.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“We’ll prepare him a spot beneath the orchard.” A kiss is pressed on my cheek. “Be brave.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“My bottom lip shakes as I try to form words. “I can’t leave him.” “You don’t have to, but we need to get you both out of there.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“We’re all real people. I’m asking you to take a leap with us, and I promise it’s better than this.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“Knowing the right thing to do takes good people. Doing the right thing takes powerful people.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“There’s an awkwardness that I hate. We have been separated by hundreds of miles for three years, and I didn’t think things would change. But something is different—and I hate that it’s me.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“Everlee, I’ll stay with you to the end.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“Hey! I’m charged with keeping you safe, and I’m not in the business of losing people. If I didn’t think you could do this, I wouldn’t ask you to.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“You can keep the knife. You can even have my knife. I only want to keep you safe. Rangers come up and down this road, and then there are the marauders. Please, come with us. I promise you, we’re the good guys.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“It’s not safe here. You can stay here, surviving, or you can come with me and start living.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“The world lacks colour and brightness—but maybe that’s what drew me to him in the first place. He was like a bright lifebuoy ring in a dark, rough sea. Now, without him, I find myself treading water, sinking, and I’m not sure if I care enough to stay afloat.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance