Love Me Quotes

“What no one prepares you for is how cruel and manipulative a bastard grief can be or how it uses your pain to beat you down again and again. Grief clouds the roads laid before you and it’s so easy to get lost.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Love Me

“Living in fear isn’t living.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Love Me

“Call Colt,” I said as I drove down the road. Knox, who was sitting shotgun, pulled out his phone. The rest of us were quiet as we waited for Colt to pick up.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Love Me

“I guess I’ll be having my way with this red mouth.” “There won’t be any saving your makeup now, Shi,” Keelan said.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Love Me

“Did you think I forgave you last night?” He frowned. “Last night?” I frowned right back. “Yeah. You climbed into bed with me in the middle of the night and slept over.” “I didn’t come over.” I stilled.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Love Me

“I’m all sweaty.” He pulled back enough to meet my eyes and I could see the incredulous look he wore. My cheeks became hot. “You don’t care?” “No,” he said simply. “Right, ignore me,” I mumbled as I fisted the front of his shirt and touched my lips to his. At first, his mouth stretched into a smile against mine, and then he returned my kiss.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Love Me

“Karma is my favorite bitch.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Love Me

“Time slowed down when your world—your soul—was shaken, fractured, or destroyed. You felt every painful heartbeat pound in your chest. Every breath took thought. It was not living when time slowed. It was surviving. And then there was the aftermath, when time sped back up again and you looked around at everything continuing on like normal, but you stood there watching it like an outsider. How do you deal with being forever changed?”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Love Me

“Don’t act like you didn’t know you were beautiful,” he grumbled. “Not as much as you just made me feel.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Love Me

“You better call me back, you motherfucker. I know you have my daughter,” the person growled. Sheriff McAllister? “If you hurt her, I’ll kill your obsession. Don’t doubt that I will. Your precious Shiloh is on her way to me right now.” Shiloh!”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Love Me

“Then I saw her face. There was blood on it. There was blood everywhere. “No!” I screamed, dropping to the floor. “Isabelle!”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Love Me

“I should not touch what is not mine. Those words… I knew what my gut was screaming at me. But there was no certainty. No proof. Then why did I feel this way?”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Love Me

“You have the same look in your eyes as you did when we first met. You’re barely holding yourself together. You’re fighting so damn hard to stay strong, you’re not letting yourself feel what happened.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Love Me

“Hold on to these, will ya?” Keelan said before tossing my lacy panties at Knox. They hit Knox in the chest and fell to his lap.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Love Me

“There shouldn’t be any killing at this party.” He huffed a laugh. “Let’s hope not.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Love Me

“Someone was in my house.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Love Me

“I found the window unlocked and not closed all the way. I pushed it closed and slid the lock into place. Instantly, the whistling stopped. Fear bloomed in my chest. Why is it open? Why isn’t it locked?”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Love Me

“even when he trailed kisses down my stomach and stopped over one of my scars. He licked me there. Then the other one. “I’m too tired,” I mumbled as I felt myself being pulled back to sleep. My legs were pushed open, bringing me back to semiconsciousness. I opened my eyes again as he buried his face between my legs. His nose rubbed against my clit through my pajama shorts as he breathed in deeply. I weakly touched the one hand that he still had squeezing one of my breasts. “Please,” I pleaded, sounding drowsy. “Let’s do this tomorrow.” He stilled for a moment before returning to lie next to me. I fell back to sleep to him brushing hair away from my face.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Love Me

“The screen read Unknown. I still answered, thinking it might be Logan or Ian. “Hello?”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Love Me

“Life is fragile, short, and you only get one. So if you want to quit the swim team, then quit. Your brothers will understand, I will understand, and more importantly, your dad would understand if he were here.” His eyes became watery, and I knew my words were reaching him.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Love Me

“It was at that instant my short-lived happiness evaporated. The alarm wasn’t beeping. I always set the alarm. I specifically remembered doing it before I’d headed to the gym.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Love Me

“There was something about being half awake while being intimate.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Love Me

“If you meet with him again, can one of us be with you when you do? Or at least tell us that you’re meeting up with him?” There was worry in his voice.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Love Me

“Cheese and rice! I did! I brought it up! I brought up anal and double penetration. My butt is off-limits. All right?”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Love Me

“You promised, Shi,” Creed said. “Run or fight, we do it together, remember?” It had been wrong to make that promise. “One of us could die tomorrow,” Knox said. “Be it a heart attack, a brain aneurysm, or a car crash. What have I told you about living in fear?” Living in fear isn’t living.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Love Me

“That’s not how the fight went down. I’m sorry, Shi. I hope I’m wrong, but something doesn’t feel right.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Love Me

“I mean this with the utmost disrespect—fuck you,” Creed seethed. “Creed,” Keelan admonished, but there was zero oomph in his voice.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Love Me

“You fought dirty.” “He fought like he wanted to kill Keelan,” Creed grumbled as he also stared at my uncle with an unfriendly look. “You think X will fight fair if he finds her?”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Love Me

“My parents and sister are dead because Mr. X wanted me. Logan hurt Keelan because I called Keelan for help. I’m the problem.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Love Me

“Keelan fought for you because you matter. Because you’re ours and we protect what's ours.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Love Me