Work for It Quotes

“I’m afraid of lots of things,” he says promptly. “Mum used to tell me fear will stunt you. Like growing a sunflower inside a cupboard. So I try to take my sunflower outside, even when it kills me.”
― Talia Hibbert, Work for It

“He’s burning me down to the bone. They’ll find the scar of him on my remains.”
― Talia Hibbert, Work for It

“I imagine depressed women are called difficult rather a lot.”
― Talia Hibbert, Work for It

“Being with him is like watching seeds slowly germinate, fresh green shoots fighting their way free of the earth. I think he might be sun and air and water.”
― Talia Hibbert, Work for It

“Is a lie a thing we say,” I ask, “or a thing we let people believe?”
― Talia Hibbert, Work for It

“I don't sulk; I brood. Like Batman.”
― Talia Hibbert, Work for It

“He grabs me and wants me and owns me and needs me, and I let myself fall into him, get lost in him, cling to him, and kiss him back with breathless disbelief. This man is mine. All mine. The way he makes me feel, he couldn’t be anything else.”
― Talia Hibbert, Work for It

“See, you never can tell what rich people might do. They don’t think in straight lines. It’s like, the more money they were born with, the fewer logic points they get.”
― Talia Hibbert, Work for It

“Oh dear. Why do I have the feeling I just royally fucked myself?"
"Dunno. You should practice that 'cause I won't be doing it anytime soon.”
― Talia Hibbert, Work for It

“I am talking out of my ass. My ass has a mouth, a script, and a secret hope it'll one day be the next David Tennant.”
― Talia Hibbert, Work for It

“See you never can tell what rich people might do. They don't think in straight lines. It's like the more money they were born with, the fewer logic points they get.”
― Talia Hibbert, Work for It

“My feelings for Olu are verging on addiction already, but there are thick, mile-deep roots growing beneath that hunger. Earthing us.”
― Talia Hibbert, Work for It

“How is a man of such conspicuous size, a man with a gravitational pull like he’s the moon to my exceedingly reluctant tide, so good at disappearing?”
― Talia Hibbert, Work for It

“There’s fine lines around his eyes and bracketing his mouth, but since smiles are the main weapon in his charm offensive, he’s probably had those since he was nine.”
― Talia Hibbert, Work for It