Illusive Quotes

“You might not say a lot, handsome, but the things you do say are priceless.”
― Nina Levine, Illusive

“love you for your smart-ass mouth, and your purity, and your kindness, and your rambling, and your love of family, and for the way you care about those you love. But most of all, I love you because you’re you, and you accept me for who I am.”
― Nina Levine, Illusive

“The past is part of us, part of our story, but it doesn’t have to be who we are today, and it doesn’t mean our story won’t get better.”
― Nina Levine, Illusive

“He had one of those deep voices I loved, the kind of voice I imagined would sound commanding and hot as hell when he was bossing his woman around during sex. Jesus. Get a grip, woman.”
― Nina Levine, Illusive

“False hope has more potential of hurting you than not having any hope at all.”
― Nina Levine, Illusive

“We’ve all got secrets and demons that take up residence in us. If we never show them to anyone, how will we know who would choose to accept us regardless of them?”
― Nina Levine, Illusive

“Love isn’t grand gestures and fancy declarations; it’s getting your hands dirty, and being there, and opening yourself up for the people you love…and letting them give all of that back to you. It’s about being honest and handling their hearts with the amount of care you want yours handled with.”
― Nina Levine, Illusive

“interrupt me. “Number one - sharing is off the table. In fact, it was never even on the table to begin with. No fucking way am I sharing you. Number two – I’m sensing some confusion about what this is between us, so we need to clear that up, before we go any further. You’re mine now, Sophia.”
― Nina Levine, Illusive

“At some point you need to find a way to move past it, into an acceptance of sorts. You need to accept that the person will never be who you need them to be - and that’s on them, not you. Acceptance doesn’t mean you accept what they gave you…you never have to do that.” His”
― Nina Levine, Illusive

“I don’t do things just because society tells me to. The world’s too fucked up to even begin to know what’s best for me.”
― Nina Levine, Illusive

“Let me be who you need. Those words out of Sophia’s mouth were everything I wanted to hear in this moment, and everything I wanted her to take back and pretend like she’d never said.”
― Nina Levine, Illusive

“To the people we once were. It’s okay to leave the pain and hurt behind and step into our new skin. The past is part of us, part of our story, but it doesn’t have to be who we are today, and it doesn’t mean our story won’t get better. “Butterflies can’t see their wings. They can’t see how beautiful they are, but everyone else can. People are like that.” ~ Anonymous”
― Nina Levine, Illusive