The Trouble with Wanting Quotes

“Suddenly, I’m glad I’m not the type of girl who plays hard to get. It’s overrated.”
― Jillian Liota, The Trouble with Wanting

“Like his mother said, nobody is perfect. But that doesn’t mean they can’t be perfect for me.”
― Jillian Liota, The Trouble with Wanting

“Damn, do I love her, and I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life making sure she knows how I feel down in the deepest parts of her soul.”
― Jillian Liota, The Trouble with Wanting

“What you need is a man who loves you enough to never let you go, a man who will continue so show up, time after time, who will continue to fight for you, who will prove to you over and over again that love is absolutely worth the trouble.”
― Jillian Liota, The Trouble with Wanting

“Being with Boyd is about the quiet laughter, the heartfelt conversations, the sweet gestures. He makes me feel like a painful space in my chest is slowly starting to heal…
Sometimes, it doesn’t feel real. Sometimes, it feels like too much. Too big. Too fast.
But I’m starting to see that the good stuff is something you have to take a risk on.
For the first time in my life, I’ve found a man who makes me want to gamble.”
― Jillian Liota, The Trouble with Wanting

“God, I’m falling in love with him.
I’m falling in love with a man I’ve known for a week, and every single part of me feels on board with this absolutely reckless decision.”
― Jillian Liota, The Trouble with Wanting

“Ruby lifts a hand and strokes it through my hair, the tenderness in her caress cracking something open inside of me.
“I couldn’t have dreamed you up,” she whispers, looking at me like I hung the fucking moon.”
― Jillian Liota, The Trouble with Wanting

“The girl has so many layers, some of them going deep.
And I want to take my time exploring each one.”
― Jillian Liota, The Trouble with Wanting

“I don’t think I’ve ever pinpointed the mountain man type as something that does it for me, but holy goodness. Boyd’s relaxed posture and this flannel shirt, one hand on the steering wheel of his scruffy truck – it’s like something out of a Hallmark movie, and I am so here for it.”
― Jillian Liota, The Trouble with Wanting