Reputation Quotes

“It’s not easy to verbalize the things going on inside my head. It’s as if I let them out, they become real. That the world will latch on to my fears and twist them into some sick reality. Besides, I don’t know how to talk like that. I don’t know the rules of sharing the things that you know will make you cry.”
― Adriana Locke, Reputation

“You should never commit to someone’s heart unless you’re ready to take care of it in every way.”
― Adriana Locke, Reputation

“I think Lauren was all about me.” She scoffs. “I bet you do.”  “What? Are you saying she wasn’t?” “I’m saying that you think every woman is about you.”  I can’t help myself. I take a step closer and grin. “What about you? Are you about me?”
― Adriana Locke, Reputation

“Sometimes we have to go through unforeseen challenges in order to get to where we need to be. It’s like the world knows we’d settle, so it pushes us to reach a little harder, to reach for a little more.”
― Adriana Locke, Reputation

“I know you just said you didn’t want them,” I admit. “And if you don’t, then I don’t. I want you way before I want anything else.”
― Adriana Locke, Reputation

“It’s not easy to verbalize the things going on inside my head. It’s as if I let them out, they become real. That the world will latch on to my fears and twist them into some sick reality.”
― Adriana Locke, Reputation

“She smells like amber and feels like silk, and I’m not sure how I’m ever going to crawl out of this bed and be the person I was when I climbed in. This feeling is every love song I’ve ever sang, every emotion I’ve tried to elicit with a constructed lyric. It’s calm in the midst of an unpredictable world. It’s safe when nothing else feels solid. It’s like the last piece of the puzzle that you find under the rug snapped into place, and the hours of searching for that one tiny piece finally pays off.”
― Adriana Locke, Reputation

“Life is made up of a web of experiences and emotions. They are the only two things we have in life no matter who you are, where you live, or what you do. You’re going to experience things, and you’re going to feel things.”
― Adriana Locke, Reputation

“Through the blurry haze, I think I see heaven. And a little piece of hell.”
― Adriana Locke, Reputation

“An answer to prayers? More like a curse of a Category 5 hurricane that leaves devastation in his wake.”
― Adriana Locke, Reputation

“I waited until six in the morning to text my friends. I wanted to message them at three but held off out of respect for their normal-people sleeping habits.”
― Adriana Locke, Reputation

“I liked Boone, but I loved Coy.”
― Adriana Locke, Reputation

“It doesn’t hit the same when you’re the one getting walked away from, does it?”
― Adriana Locke, Reputation

“We need to fight or fuck.”
― Adriana Locke, Reputation

“I promised you that I’d make sure Bellamy was okay.”
― Adriana Locke, Reputation

“When I’m gone,” he says, starting again, “Bellamy will have no one. There will be no one to celebrate her birthdays.” His voice breaks once again. This time, it doesn’t find its rhythm. “There will be no one to make sure she makes it home after she stays out too long with Larissa. Nobody will make sure she goes to the doctor when she gets bronchitis in the fall or makes her chicken noodle soup without carrots. And that …” Tears stream down his cheeks in a quiet river. “That’s what keeps me up at night.”
― Adriana Locke, Reputation

“But I’d love it a lot more if I thought he’d remember a week from now.”
― Adriana Locke, Reputation

“Our relationship could be enemies-to-lovers, but it’s always heavy on the enemies and light on the lovers.”
― Adriana Locke, Reputation

“I decided that night I would never give you that kind of access to me again.”
― Adriana Locke, Reputation

“That means I gave you everything,” I say slowly. “My first kiss. My virginity,” I say, ignoring the shock on Coy’s face. “My heart on that boat and my vulnerability when I needed someone and dared to ask for help.”
― Adriana Locke, Reputation

“I’m just a silly girl who’s always had a thing for the boy next door.”
― Adriana Locke, Reputation

“I’m going to kiss you,” he says, the words brushing against my skin. “If you want to object, now is the time. Otherwise, I’m taking it as consent, and I don’t think I’ll be able to stop.” “Coy …” His thumbs dig into my cheeks. “Yeah?” I open my eyes as my heart threatens to burst out of my ribs. “Kiss me.”
― Adriana Locke, Reputation

“His chuckle is deep. Unamused. More of a warning than a gesture of entertainment. Because I’m clearly a masochist, it turns me on.”
― Adriana Locke, Reputation

“If you ever start to feel any certain way about yourself,” he says, “I want you to remember the look on my face right now.” He gives me a soft, simple grin. “Because this is the look of a man who can’t believe he gets to be inside you.”
― Adriana Locke, Reputation

“Just give me the dick and watch me be a doll.”
― Adriana Locke, Reputation

“God, if you could pause time right now, that would be great.”
― Adriana Locke, Reputation

“I wonder what Bellamy is thinking, but I don’t dare ask. Her head is a scary place.”
― Adriana Locke, Reputation

“You wanna fight, fuck, or flee your life for a while—I’m your man.”
― Adriana Locke, Reputation

“Because you, beautiful girl, don’t realize how gorgeous you are and how impossible it is not to want to fuck you when you pretend I’m not the best.” She grins. “Who said I’m pretending?” I lean over and kiss her. She melts into me, just like I knew—and hoped—she would. “You just did,” I whisper.”
― Adriana Locke, Reputation

“I didn’t know he existed. Hell, I didn’t think he knew the alphabet for sure, let alone be able to conjure up philosophical arguments from someone else’s point of view.”
― Adriana Locke, Reputation