Something Wilder Quotes

“He'd loved Lily so deeply that it changed his biology. Standing here now, it seemed his love for her hadn't gone away, it had just been vacuum-sealed and stored. Back in her presence, the physical memory of his infatuation was released in a deluge, gasping to life, and adrenaline flooded his bloodstream.”
― Christina Lauren, Something Wilder

“Just because thoughts are loud or constant doesn’t mean they’re right.”
― Christina Lauren, Something Wilder

“He wondered if, looking down, the stars ever felt like falling, lovesick, onto the planets. The instinct was in him when he was over her, moving, unable to believe that she was real and her quiet sounds were real and the way she looked up at him was real. Just fall. It's okay. She had to see the truth tattooed in his eyes and scrawled across every feature: that he had always loved her, was loving her still. Leo would love Lily Wilder forever.”
― Christina Lauren, Something Wilder

“It means you figure out exactly what you want your life to look like, and I find a way to fit into it.”
― Christina Lauren, Something Wilder

“His ribs formed a Faraday cage around a crackling electric heart”
― Christina Lauren, Something Wilder

“He gazed at her. His eyes were so soft and adoring, they pulled a sharply defensive "What?" out of her.
But Leo laughed. "Not yet, sweetheart."
"Not yet what?"
"You can't break up with me yet."
Pulling back, she reminded him, "We aren't even together."
He grinned at this, eyes sparkling. "Wow, you are delusional. Two people who 'aren't even together' don't make love the way we did.”
― Christina Lauren, Something Wilder

“When a husky laugh echoed behind her, Lily's stomach absolutely fell to her feet. She knew how a rattlesnake sounded in the brittlebush on the ranch and the raspy croak of a passing raven. She knew the trickling of water in a spring and the impatient huff of Bonnie when she was done for the day. And Lily knew—even after all this time—the deep, vibrating sound of Leo Grady's voice in the morning, the way it warmed up slowly, from rocks to gravel to a smooth, polished stone.”
― Christina Lauren, Something Wilder

“I think the problem is that I’m not the kind of person to fall in and out of love.” And now her pulse was pounding. The implication landed heavily. But she asked anyway: “What do you mean?” “I mean, I fell in love once and stayed there.” “Leo…” “You don’t have to feel the same. I’m just explaining where I am. It seems important to not leave anything unsaid.” Pausing, he added, “Though I admit maybe when you’re trapped with me in a sleeping bag… after we’ve both almost died, might not be the best time. Shit, I’m sorry.”
― Christina Lauren, Something Wilder

“For a second there, I really thought I was going to die."
From the way he looked down at her, gaze moving over every one of her features, Lily could tell he'd thought the same thing. "I had to let you go once," he told her. "You think I'm letting that happen again?”
― Christina Lauren, Something Wilder

“Hope was a dangerous drug, and Lily was standing at the precipice between two worlds: one that promised everything she ever wanted in life, and another where she’d have to figure out how to make the life she had into the life she wanted.”
― Christina Lauren, Something Wilder

“He was always so calm, always adaptable. She realized, watching him, that he met challenges as if they were an expected part of his path. By contrast, she resented every tiny roadblock.”
― Christina Lauren, Something Wilder

“Anyone who says money can’t solve problems has always had money.” She lifted”
― Christina Lauren, Something Wilder

“Good, because all of those voices in your head telling you that I wouldn’t be happy with you long-term or you’re not worth giving up my life for are just thoughts, Lil. Just because thoughts are loud or constant doesn’t mean they’re right.”
― Christina Lauren, Something Wilder

“In the end, the answer is yes. You have to go; I have. You hate to go, but you will. You’ll need to go, but never there. But whether you do or whether you don’t, I can assure you that suffer you won’t. If nothing else, you are free, So, search the stump of Duke’s tree at the belly of the three.”
― Christina Lauren, Something Wilder

“To hell you ride.”
― Christina Lauren, Something Wilder

“If we can push on each other to stand, you can try to break them.” “Break them? With the strength of my love for freedom?” She laughed. “Have you never been arrested before?” “Is that a serious question? I create investment algorithms. I’m usually in bed by nine. In what situation would I have been arrested and restrained with zip ties?” “Okay, so that’s a no I’m hearing.” “Have you?” he asked incredulously.”
― Christina Lauren, Something Wilder

“All he'd ever truly wanted was her.”
― Christina Lauren, Something Wilder

“Bradley will be more than happy to tell you that I'm a commitment-phobe, but it isn't that." He went quiet, and with nothing else to notice, it was impossible to miss how his pulse had ratcheted higher. "I think the problem is that I'm not the kind of person to fall in and out of love."
And now her pulse was pounding. The implication landed heavily.
But she asked anyway: "What do you mean?"
"I mean, I fell in love once and stayed there.”
― Christina Lauren, Something Wilder

“He pulled the blankets over their heads, and they made love right there, right back where they started.”
― Christina Lauren, Something Wilder

“With him she’d been standoffish at first, pushing him away, almost—he’d realized in hindsight—to test the strength of his attraction. But once she’d given in, she’d been as vulnerable and wide open as the sky outside. She’d given him everything without hesitation: her body, her innocence, her trust.”
― Christina Lauren, Something Wilder

“I mean, I fell in love once and stayed there.”
― Christina Lauren, Something Wilder

“Or, maybe you’ll hate it, but then at least you’ll know how your heart is built and you can tell me to shove it with real wisdom. At least you’ll have choices in front of you, which is the only thing I want for you. Most of all, I just don’t want you to end up with a life half-lived.”
― Christina Lauren, Something Wilder

“she thought the craziest story might be this one—that she fell in love when she was nineteen and lived through a decade of loneliness and scrabbling only to wind up right back here, saved by the history she’d figured was her curse, living blissfully with the man she’d convinced herself was lost forever.”
― Christina Lauren, Something Wilder

“She was never going to carve the shape of her life around a man again”
― Christina Lauren, Something Wilder

“I fell in love once and stayed there”
― Christina Lauren, Something Wilder

“They were both broke and totally alone, and they quickly bonded in a way only two women can when they’ve had enough of their lives being turned upside down by the impulses and bad decisions of men.”
― Christina Lauren, Something Wilder

“Non ti innamorare un'altra volta di lui.”
― Christina Lauren, Something Wilder

“Se è facile allora non ne vale la pena.”
― Christina Lauren, Something Wilder

“-Andrà tutto bene.
-Sono infuriata con te.
-Ora respira. Dopo ti arrabbi.
-Lo farò.”
― Christina Lauren, Something Wilder

“Lily Wilder era una donna che aveva sempre dato il massimo in tutto, incluso rimanere a debita distanza da qualsiasi coinvolgimento emotivo.”
― Christina Lauren, Something Wilder