Five Dares Quotes

“When there’s a conflict between what’s practical and what the heart wants, the heart usually wins. And when it doesn’t, there’s regret. A lot of regret.”
― Eli Easton, Five Dares

“Fuckity, fuck, fuck,”
― Eli Easton, Five Dares

“What do I want? I stared at him stupidly. What I wanted was to be with Andy forever, for us to be together, openly, in front of the world. I wanted to come home to him after work every day and hold him every night. I wanted to throw popcorn at each other while watching movies and join a soccer league on the weekends. I wanted to be there when he graduated from law school. I wanted not to have my heart shattered into a million pieces. I wanted not to be broken for however many years it was going to take me to get over this. I couldn’t have those things, though. And it wasn’t fair.”
― Eli Easton, Five Dares

“It turns out I’m miserable without you. So miserable, I was hoping you’d promise me we’d never have to be apart again. I love you. Whatever it takes for us to build a life together, I’ll do it.”
― Eli Easton, Five Dares

“His fingers traced patterns on my back. My heart hurt. And, still, I held him.”
― Eli Easton, Five Dares

“So why was my gut twisted up in a stubborn knot that refused to relax? Why did it feel like my heart was bruised and bleeding and shriveling up incremental bit by incremental bit, every day that passed?”
― Eli Easton, Five Dares

“I wondered how long it would take until I could get through an entire day without once wishing I was dead.”
― Eli Easton, Five Dares

“Outwardly, everything was good. But there was a black, empty space where my heart had once been.”
― Eli Easton, Five Dares

“He’d always had this death wish, I realized, something inside him that had its finger on the self-destruct button.”
― Eli Easton, Five Dares