Wicked Heart Quotes

“Heartache doesn't teach you to be resilient. It teaches you to protect your fragility. It teaches you to fear love. And it draws a bright red circle around all the ways you've failed as a person and laughs while you cry.”
― Leisa Rayven, Wicked Heart

“See, that's the problem. Love is an asshole. It doesn't care about people's plans. It's never convenient. It crawls inside of you at the most ridiculous times and makes you feel, whether you like it or not. And even long after the time when you should have learned to stop loving someone, it just keeps holding on to them. Doesn't it?”
― Leisa Rayven, Wicked Heart

“Sometimes fate is what you make it, and I'm making my life with you.”
― Leisa Rayven, Wicked Heart

“But this kiss? It's ruined me. This is the type of kiss I never knew existed. It's like falling and flying, all in the same moment.”
― Leisa Rayven, Wicked Heart

“Oh, Sweetie. No one ever gets through their TBR list. For every book you finish, you'll add five more. That's just the way it works.”
― Leisa Rayven, Wicked Heart

“I’ve spent years trying to block out how you look. And sound. And feel. And before this show, I’d gotten pretty good at it. But now, here you are, in front of me every day, and it blows my mind that a single touch from you still has the power to ruin me. And whenever it happens, I forget about the choices I’ve made, and the circus my life’s become, and I want you. Consequences be damned.”
― Leisa Rayven, Wicked Heart

“God…this,” he whispers against my lips. “You. You’re everything.”
― Leisa Rayven, Wicked Heart

“I would climb him like a tree and bang him like a screen door in a hurricane.”
― Leisa Rayven, Wicked Heart

“In fact, my yoga pants should be called “sitting around eating cheese pants.” A longer title, sure, but more accurate.”
― Leisa Rayven, Wicked Heart

“Every day, I try to ignore my attraction to you. Every…damn…day. I tell myself I’m over you and can’t have these feelings, but it doesn’t help. Nothing helps.”
― Leisa Rayven, Wicked Heart

“I’ve missed you, Liss. It hurts not seeing you for all those years, but this? You being right here and me not being able to have you? Hurts so much more.”
― Leisa Rayven, Wicked Heart

“I’m not saying goodbye,” he says as he shoves his hands in his pockets. “Because this isn’t over. One day, fate’s going to fix this. Bring us back together. I believe that.”
― Leisa Rayven, Wicked Heart

“He puts his hand on the wall next to my head and moves closer. I put my other hand on his chest. Not to stop him. Just to feel more of his body.
He closes his eyes and exhales before looking at me again. “If you’re feeling even half of the attraction I’m feeling toward you, then, no, I don’t think you could resist. In fact, I think if I kissed you right now, we’d barely make it through that door before tearing each other’s clothes off and fucking like there’s no tomorrow.”
― Leisa Rayven, Wicked Heart

“Ask me to give up a limb and I swear, I’ll find a way to do it. But don’t ask me to live without you anymore. I can’t. I’m so goddamn in love with you, it hurts.”
― Leisa Rayven, Wicked Heart

“Strong fingers dig into my neck muscles, and I bite back a groan. “Oh, my God.”
“Come on now. We’re past that sort of formality. You can call me Liam.”
― Leisa Rayven, Wicked Heart

“And I have the strongest feeling that having part of you is going to be better than having all of anybody else.”
― Leisa Rayven, Wicked Heart

“I’ve never stopped loving you. From the day we met, you’ve been the only one for me. There’s never been anyone else.”
― Leisa Rayven, Wicked Heart

“God, Liss, I can’t live without you anymore, and I’m tired of pretending that I can.”
― Leisa Rayven, Wicked Heart

“If I wasn’t such a selfish asshole, I’d wish to men to fall all over themselves to be with you. I’d want them to flatter you and buy you presents, and dedicate themselves to making you happy. But every time I have those thoughts…every single time, the deepest parts of me know without a doubt that the only man on this planet who could ever make you truly, deeply happy…is me.”
― Leisa Rayven, Wicked Heart

“I’ve never ached for a woman as much as I ache for you … I feel like I can’t get enough of you, no matter how hard I try.”
― Leisa Rayven, Wicked Heart

“So, you and Quinn going to finally seal the deal tonight?” Josh asks. “Because God knows, if I have to witness one more second of you two panting over each other, I’m going to lock you both in a room until someone comes.”
― Leisa Rayven, Wicked Heart

“Lord of My Underpants,” Liam Quinn.”
― Leisa Rayven, Wicked Heart

“To put it simply, he makes me swoon like it’s his damn job.
He’s the only man who’s ever affected me like this, and it’s safe to say I hold it against him. It’s inconvenient and rude.”
― Leisa Rayven, Wicked Heart

“We don’t have much time left. And I have the strongest feeling that having part of you is going to be better than having all of anybody else.” I”
― Leisa Rayven, Wicked Heart

“Ask me to give up a limb and I swear, I’ll find a way to do it. But don’t ask me to live without you anymore. I can’t. I’m so goddamn in love with you, it hurts.” For”
― Leisa Rayven, Wicked Heart

“Liss, come on. We were never just about one night. You know that.” “No, I don’t. Because I only got you for that tiny amount of time and now she gets you forever. And there’s no way that’s fair. It’s just not.”
― Leisa Rayven, Wicked Heart

“I’ve missed you, Liss. It hurt not seeing you for all of those years, but this? You being right here and me not being able to have you? Hurts so much more.” He”
― Leisa Rayven, Wicked Heart

“Just be with me. Please. We don’t have much time left. And I have the strongest feeling that having part of you is going to be better than having all of anybody else.” I”
― Leisa Rayven, Wicked Heart

“I’m not saying good-bye,” he says as he shoves his hands into his pockets. “Because this isn’t over. One day, fate’s going to fix this. Bring us back together. I believe that.” I smile. “Yeah. One day.” My smile is too fake, and my heart is too sore, and I can’t begin to cope with how he’s looking at me.”
― Leisa Rayven, Wicked Heart

“I used to think missing someone was a choice, but that was before Liam. Now I realize all you can do is choose to ignore missing someone. The actual longing never goes away. It stays in your body like a toothache, deep in your bones, and every time you forget to deny it, the hum of it builds into a roar that's so loud, it's the only thing you can hear.”
― Leisa Rayven, Wicked Heart