“Funny how everyone looks down on me for what I did, but they don't look down on themselves for being so fucking delighted to hear about it.”
―
Elizabeth O'Roark,
Waking Olivia: A College Sports Romance
“People talk about love like it’s peaceful, but it isn’t, at all. It’s turbulent and anxious. It’s euphoria and despair.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Summer We Fell
“I haven’t loved many things in this world … but I have loved you from the minute I saw you, and whether it’s today or seventy years from now, I’ll love you with my dying breath.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Summer We Fell
“Because,” I say, unable to meet his eyes, “everyone in your life seems to take something from you, and that’s not what friends do. I guess I’d rather be your friend.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil
“You don’t need to do that,” I gasp. I feel his breath against my skin as he laughs. “Gemma, I’m doing exactly what I’ve wanted to do for two fucking years.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Devil You Know
“She grins, wide-eyed. "I do. That's why we're perfect together. You never speak and I never shut up. You're so lucky you found me.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, Waking Olivia: A College Sports Romance
“I hang up, and Ben turns to me. “So who’s the lucky sixty-nine-year-old?” I roll my eyes. “Your dad.” He smirks. “My dad is dead.” “That,” I reply, “would explain why he’s been so pleasantly quiet in bed.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Devil You Know
“think half of adulthood is pretending to have your shit together when you clearly don’t.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil
“Home?” I murmur, glancing at him. “I didn’t know humans were allowed to jaunt back and forth over the River Styx like that.” His eyes raise to mine. His mouth twitches. “There’s a small toll. It’s really quite civilized.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Devil You Know
“love isn’t an exchange. It’s not something you hand out only if it can be returned in equal measure. Love is handing your fragile heart to someone else because you want him to have it, no matter what he’ll do in response.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil
“Sometimes it’s simply a relief to be with a guy who treats you like the piece of shit you already know you are. It’s a relief not to have to pretend otherwise.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Summer We Fell
“You’re something wild and magnificent, and he has no idea how to take care of you, so he spends all his time making sure your cage is secure because he has no idea what else to do. And that’s why this kills me, Juliet. Because I think I do know how to take care of you, and I want to take his place so bad that it fucking hurts to look at you sometimes.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Summer We Fell
“I know better than anyone alive that not everyone gets a happy ending. But at least I’m not handing mine away. At least I’m willing to fight for it.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Summer We Fell
“I don’t care how much time it took, as long as you’re mine in the end. I told you I’d wait forever.”, but I’m glad I didn’t have to.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Summer We Fell
“Except spending a morning with Quinn was like being exposed to sunlight after an entire lifetime beneath fluorescent lights. I’m not sure, now, that I can be happy with less.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, Parallel
“Don’t try to tell a man who’s waited ten years for you that you love him more.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Summer We Fell
“I want the world to be a different place for the women who come after me. And the only way to make that happen is to ignore the fact that it isn’t different yet. But I’m so goddamned tired of staying silent just to get the things I deserve.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Devil You Know
“I want to be someone you trust enough to invite home, Gemma. And I’m willing to wait for it.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Devil You Know
“my life consists entirely of things that occurred by default or were chosen by someone else first.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, Parallel
“People talk about love like it’s peaceful, but it isn’t, at all. It’s turbulent and anxious. It’s euphoria and despair.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Summer We Fell
“I haven’t loved many things in this world … but I have loved you from the minute I saw you, and whether it’s today or seventy years from now, I’ll love you with my dying breath.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Summer We Fell
“Because,” I say, unable to meet his eyes, “everyone in your life seems to take something from you, and that’s not what friends do. I guess I’d rather be your friend.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil
“You don’t need to do that,” I gasp. I feel his breath against my skin as he laughs. “Gemma, I’m doing exactly what I’ve wanted to do for two fucking years.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Devil You Know
“She grins, wide-eyed. "I do. That's why we're perfect together. You never speak and I never shut up. You're so lucky you found me.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, Waking Olivia: A College Sports Romance
“I hang up, and Ben turns to me. “So who’s the lucky sixty-nine-year-old?” I roll my eyes. “Your dad.” He smirks. “My dad is dead.” “That,” I reply, “would explain why he’s been so pleasantly quiet in bed.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Devil You Know
“think half of adulthood is pretending to have your shit together when you clearly don’t.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil
“Home?” I murmur, glancing at him. “I didn’t know humans were allowed to jaunt back and forth over the River Styx like that.” His eyes raise to mine. His mouth twitches. “There’s a small toll. It’s really quite civilized.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Devil You Know
“love isn’t an exchange. It’s not something you hand out only if it can be returned in equal measure. Love is handing your fragile heart to someone else because you want him to have it, no matter what he’ll do in response.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil
“Sometimes it’s simply a relief to be with a guy who treats you like the piece of shit you already know you are. It’s a relief not to have to pretend otherwise.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Summer We Fell
“You’re something wild and magnificent, and he has no idea how to take care of you, so he spends all his time making sure your cage is secure because he has no idea what else to do. And that’s why this kills me, Juliet. Because I think I do know how to take care of you, and I want to take his place so bad that it fucking hurts to look at you sometimes.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Summer We Fell
“I know better than anyone alive that not everyone gets a happy ending. But at least I’m not handing mine away. At least I’m willing to fight for it.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Summer We Fell
“I don’t care how much time it took, as long as you’re mine in the end. I told you I’d wait forever.”, but I’m glad I didn’t have to.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Summer We Fell
“Except spending a morning with Quinn was like being exposed to sunlight after an entire lifetime beneath fluorescent lights. I’m not sure, now, that I can be happy with less.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, Parallel
“Don’t try to tell a man who’s waited ten years for you that you love him more.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Summer We Fell
“I want the world to be a different place for the women who come after me. And the only way to make that happen is to ignore the fact that it isn’t different yet. But I’m so goddamned tired of staying silent just to get the things I deserve.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Devil You Know
“I want to be someone you trust enough to invite home, Gemma. And I’m willing to wait for it.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Devil You Know
“my life consists entirely of things that occurred by default or were chosen by someone else first.” ― Elizabeth O'Roark, Parallel
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