Lev Quotes

“My arms around her waist tightened a little. I never wanted to let go. “I don’t know what love is,” I started quietly. “But if I could love anyone…” I pressed a gentle kiss behind her ear, pulling her close. “I would love you. Very much.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“They say penguins mate for life.” He reached up again and jerked hard at his tie. “And I want to be your penguin.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“I’m not ashamed of who you are. And the only time I would look down on you is if I were helping you back up.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“Who sleeps in my bed at night?”
I buried my nose in his neck and mumbled, “I do.”
“You do,” he confirmed. “And who makes me smile?”
“I smiled against the stubble on his throat. “Me.”
“Exactly.” He turned to kiss my cheek. “No one else. It’s you. It’s always been you.” He spoke softly, “I just needed to find you. Now that I have you, I won’t be letting you go. Okay?”
“Okay,” I whispered, feeling my jealousy slip away.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“This is Mina. She was homeless. I found her. I’m keeping her. She loves me. So we’re getting married.” And I died. Embarrassment seeped out of me like oozing slime.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“I am dangerously close to falling in love with you,” he tilted his head in thought before adding, “if not already there.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“Remember? In the car. You told me that you planned to marry one man, and that one man would be me. I agree with you. I think you should marry me.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“I would wait ten years if you asked me, Mina.” His eyes softened. “I feel like I’ve waited my whole life for you. A week is nothing in comparison.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“Being alive was easy. Living, on the other hand…well, that was a little harder.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“I don’t know what love is,” I started quietly. “But if I could love anyone…” I pressed a gentle kiss behind her ear, pulling her close. “I would love you. Very much.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“Lev Leokov was an open book. I only needed to discover the language in which his pages were written.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“Love,” he advised gently, “is a doing word. And sometimes the people who least deserve it are the ones who need it most.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“I would be his rock when his reason floated away. And he would be the person I needed to remind me that I was no longer alone in the world.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“It was funny how people who had nothing would offer everything to those in need, and people who had comfort scarcely offered it to people who needed it.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“You don’t like people seeing you.” My eyes met him then. “I beg your pardon?” His eyes roamed my fresh face. “You can’t hide behind makeup. You can try, but you won’t succeed. Not with me.” He paused then said, “I see you.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“I will spend my life loving you and you will spend your happy life making me a better person, as you already have, from your mere presence ... I will be the man you deserve. I’m not quite there, mouse, but I’m working on it.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“I’m sorry. I told you I’m not good with words.”
Wrapping my arms around his neck, I pressed my lips to his and spoke against them, “You are perfect, Lev. Your words are honest and colored beautifully. You make me feel things I thought were lost to me. And I’m in danger of losing my heart to you.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“Lev could not be fixed. And I didn’t want to repair the broken part of him. He was perfectly imperfect, and I was his in heart and soul.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“Well? You just gonna stand there?” She huffed out a breath. “How does she look, Lev?”
Mina looked up at me through lowered lashes, biting the inside of her lip. She wrung her fingers together, and I wondered how it would feel to have those fingers run through my hair.
How did she look?
“Like art,” I responded sincerely.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“Mirrors did not lie. They could boost an ego, but they could just as easily be cruel and punishing.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“I held onto her and the world slipped away. She calmed my mind and my soul lifted when close to her.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“Will you hold my hand?”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“You told me that you planned to marry one man, and that one man would be me. I agree with you. I think you should marry me.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“I held out my hand, and she placed her small one into mine without question. And goddamn it, that satisfied me. Immensely.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“I just wanted you to know that everyone is going to see your frank-and-beans.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“I held onto her and the world slipped away. She calmed my mind and my soul lifted when close to her. Mina Harris was the better part of me, and I would keep her happy for the rest of my life.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“It was finally happening for me. Life was happening. And I loved it. Every hard, trying, demanding second of it.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“You can leave at any time, Mina.” He stepped back and away from me. “Although I hope you choose to stay.” His face became impassive. “You deserve better than the unfortunate life you were dealt.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“Life had this way of sneaking up on you. You’d just be sitting there, lost in a moment, when all of a sudden, a cold feeling swept across your belly and you asked yourself if you ever lived a day in your life.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“A perfectly imperfect friendship had somehow formed, and losing Lev was not an option.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev