Gilded Lily Quotes

“Love doesn't wonder. It doesn't question. It trusts with its whole self, as I should have. And when I looked past the things I feared, I uncovered the truth – I was afraid, and I was a fool. Can you forgive me for my pride? Can you absolve me for all the ways I hurt you? Because of all the things I want, your happiness is first and always.”
― Staci Hart, Gilded Lily

“I felt myself approach a moment, a precipice, A cliff face where I was given a choice. The wind of change whipped my face, beckoning me closer to the edge where I'd have to decide - fly or flee. The life I had, or the one I dreamed of.”
― Staci Hart, Gilded Lily

“I dunno, Ivy—your name calling is no joke. And your mom voice is scary.” “I know, right? It’s exciting to wield this kind of power.”
― Staci Hart, Gilded Lily

“Because once you ask your passion to make you money, I imagine it would lose its luster.”
― Staci Hart, Gilded Lily

“Arches and doorways have their own magic, their own mystery. Moving through them, standing beneath them, we are in the in-between, the twilight, the passage. There's an unspoken danger, the threat of being lost or forgotten. It's why a husband carries his bride over the threshold – so he can protect her from any harm, any pain. It's all I want – to shelter you from harm, to give you the happiness you've given me. I want to step into that life with you. Because together, we can survive anything. I promise to carry you through life, to comfort and protect you. To keep you safe. You asked me once what my passion was, and I've finally found it. It's you.”
― Staci Hart, Gilded Lily

“There was something to be said for a few minutes of self-care and a little mascara.”
― Staci Hart, Gilded Lily

“Stripped bare and laid before her, plain as day in the darkest of night.”
― Staci Hart, Gilded Lily

“I hung on to that half-truth with the same tenacity with which I grasped a candlestick and hurled it at the wall, and when I walked through the door once more, it was with a slam that shook the stars.”
― Staci Hart, Gilded Lily