“I’d never wanted to kiss someone more than I did right then, standing in the middle of a crowded dance floor in nothing but my Pikachu boxers, dancing with a woman who was unlike anyone I’d ever met. She’d gotten so fully and completely under my skin, I didn’t know how I’d existed before I met her.”
―
Maya Hughes,
The Perfect First
“You care for my daughter.” “My love for her is stronger than my hatred of you. ’Tis why I’ll not raise arms against you today. Instead I ask your aid in the battle against the McHughs.” ― Maya Banks, Never Seduce a Scot
“She was made for me, and I’d spend the rest of my life giving her every beautiful thing she deserved—starting with my love.” ― Maya Hughes, The Third Best Thing
“She was the first best decision I’d made in my life, and her love made every day worth it.” ― Maya Hughes, The Second We Met
“Relationships changed people, it seemed. They could make people do crazy things they wouldn’t normally do and put up with things anyone on the outside would think they were insane for tolerating.” ― Maya Hughes, The Perfect First
“The words I’d wanted to say to her for so long burned a pattern on my heart, and they were in the shape of her name.” ― Maya Hughes, The Second We Met
“Stitched, healed and smoothed, my heart belonged to her.” ― Maya Hughes, The Third Best Thing
“There was a tightness in my chest. One that wasn’t from pain or hurt, but from how hard it was to contain all the feelings she brought out in me.” ― Maya Hughes, The Third Best Thing
“She was the kind of girl you didn’t come back from.” ― Maya Hughes, The Third Best Thing
“In a flash, her lips were on mine.” ― Maya Hughes, The Perfect First
“She always smelled like books and strawberries. Like you were out reading in the middle of a field under the summer sun.” ― Maya Hughes, Shameless King
“It’s short for Persephone.” He lifted one eyebrow. “Greek goddess of spring. Daughter of Demeter and Zeus.” ― Maya Hughes, The Perfect First
“This wasn’t like the kiss out in the pool. It wasn’t playful and teasing. This was raw and carnal with a helpless lust that threatened to consume her, and I was the only cure.” ― Maya Hughes, The Perfect First
“This was my freaking body and I loved the shit out of it. And if I kept telling myself that, maybe one day I’d believe it.” ― Maya Hughes, The Third Best Thing
“We were singing for Dr. Du Bois' spirit, for the invaluable contributions he made, for his shining intellect and his courage. To many of us he was the first American Negro intellectual. We knew about Jack Johnson and Jesse Owens and Joe Louis. We were proud of Louis Armstrong and Marian Anderson and Roland Hayes. We memorized the verses of James Weldon Johnson, Langston Hughes, Paul Laurence Dunbar and Countee Cullen, but they were athletes, musicians and poets, and White folks thought all those talents came naturally to Negroes. So, while we survived because of those contributors and their contributions, the powerful White world didn't stand in awe of them. Sadly, we also tended to take those brilliances for granted. But W.E.B. Du Bois and of course Paul Robeson were different, held on a higher or at least on a different plateau than the others.” ― Maya Angelou, All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes
“I’m crazy about you, B and E, and you’re not like anyone I’ve ever met before.” I can’t say I want you to be my girlfriend because you’ll probably turn into The Flash, bolting out of here with a fire streak behind you.” ― Maya Hughes, The Second We Met
“I needed to know this wasn’t one-sided.” ― Maya Hughes, The Second We Met
“Stop trying to make people prove they love you.” ― Maya Hughes, The Third Best Thing
“Although I enjoyed and respected Kipling, Poe, Butler, Thackeray and Henley, I saved my young and loyal passion for Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Langston Hughes, James Weldon Johnson and W.E.B. Du Bois' “Litany at Atlanta.” But it was Shakespeare who said, “When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes.” It was a state with which I felt myself most familiar.” ― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“You care for my daughter.” “My love for her is stronger than my hatred of you. ’Tis why I’ll not raise arms against you today. Instead I ask your aid in the battle against the McHughs.” ― Maya Banks, Never Seduce a Scot
“She was made for me, and I’d spend the rest of my life giving her every beautiful thing she deserved—starting with my love.” ― Maya Hughes, The Third Best Thing
“She was the first best decision I’d made in my life, and her love made every day worth it.” ― Maya Hughes, The Second We Met
“Relationships changed people, it seemed. They could make people do crazy things they wouldn’t normally do and put up with things anyone on the outside would think they were insane for tolerating.” ― Maya Hughes, The Perfect First
“The words I’d wanted to say to her for so long burned a pattern on my heart, and they were in the shape of her name.” ― Maya Hughes, The Second We Met
“Stitched, healed and smoothed, my heart belonged to her.” ― Maya Hughes, The Third Best Thing
“There was a tightness in my chest. One that wasn’t from pain or hurt, but from how hard it was to contain all the feelings she brought out in me.” ― Maya Hughes, The Third Best Thing
“She was the kind of girl you didn’t come back from.” ― Maya Hughes, The Third Best Thing
“In a flash, her lips were on mine.” ― Maya Hughes, The Perfect First
“She always smelled like books and strawberries. Like you were out reading in the middle of a field under the summer sun.” ― Maya Hughes, Shameless King
“It’s short for Persephone.” He lifted one eyebrow. “Greek goddess of spring. Daughter of Demeter and Zeus.” ― Maya Hughes, The Perfect First
“This wasn’t like the kiss out in the pool. It wasn’t playful and teasing. This was raw and carnal with a helpless lust that threatened to consume her, and I was the only cure.” ― Maya Hughes, The Perfect First
“This was my freaking body and I loved the shit out of it. And if I kept telling myself that, maybe one day I’d believe it.” ― Maya Hughes, The Third Best Thing
“We were singing for Dr. Du Bois' spirit, for the invaluable contributions he made, for his shining intellect and his courage. To many of us he was the first American Negro intellectual. We knew about Jack Johnson and Jesse Owens and Joe Louis. We were proud of Louis Armstrong and Marian Anderson and Roland Hayes. We memorized the verses of James Weldon Johnson, Langston Hughes, Paul Laurence Dunbar and Countee Cullen, but they were athletes, musicians and poets, and White folks thought all those talents came naturally to Negroes. So, while we survived because of those contributors and their contributions, the powerful White world didn't stand in awe of them. Sadly, we also tended to take those brilliances for granted. But W.E.B. Du Bois and of course Paul Robeson were different, held on a higher or at least on a different plateau than the others.” ― Maya Angelou, All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes
“I’m crazy about you, B and E, and you’re not like anyone I’ve ever met before.” I can’t say I want you to be my girlfriend because you’ll probably turn into The Flash, bolting out of here with a fire streak behind you.” ― Maya Hughes, The Second We Met
“I needed to know this wasn’t one-sided.” ― Maya Hughes, The Second We Met
“Stop trying to make people prove they love you.” ― Maya Hughes, The Third Best Thing
“Although I enjoyed and respected Kipling, Poe, Butler, Thackeray and Henley, I saved my young and loyal passion for Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Langston Hughes, James Weldon Johnson and W.E.B. Du Bois' “Litany at Atlanta.” But it was Shakespeare who said, “When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes.” It was a state with which I felt myself most familiar.” ― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
