Quotes from Kyra Davis

They say a good man is worth fighting for. But a man who's good for YOU shouldn't make you fight just for the right to be in his life.

I nodded, not trusting myself to speak. It's always like that. You think you've blown something off and then you say it out loud and suddenly you're all choked up and pathetic.

If you want to turn your life you're going to have to start making things happen and stop allowing things to happen to you

I only lie to people I care about. So try to feel honored.

A little mystery is not such a bad thing.

One of the unfortunate side effects of my medication is it hinders my ability to act crazy.

I heard people say that when you lose someone you love, they keep thinking they see him. Like when a stranger walks by, they'll do a double take to make sure it's not him. They'll hear his voice in a cafe only to realize that what they heard was the sound of some baritone DJ on the radio.

Sometimes I think the only difference between the two groups is that kids have legitimate excuses for their ignorance while adults just invent them.

People frequently claim to be going insane. But I've never heard somebody say they were going sane. Perhaps its because sanity isn't a desirable destination.

That is why I love Starbucks. It doesn't matter how much money you have or what social world you're from, chances are you will still eventually end up at a Starbucks in order to revel in the taste sensation provided by the Frappuccino. It is the great equalizer of our time.

Drinking is for the moon," she would say as she poured her wine. "Darkness hides our smaller sins. But the sun isn't so forgiving. Light requires the innocence of sobriety.

When you're old, do you really want to look back at your life and realize that you were never young?

Knowledge only equates to power if you can figure out what to do with it.

What's a woman supposed to do when her angel starts using her devil's tools?

People frequently claim to be going insane. But I've never heard somebody say they were going sane. Perhaps it's because sanity isn't a desirable destination.

Promise me you won't let any more strangers take you up to a hotel room, okay?

The moon sheds a tear.

All men are rabbits," she retorts, her eyes flying open. "They sniff around, fuck whatever's available, and then they run off. Fucking rabbits. And we're Elmer Fudd, inadvertently blowing up our own lives while obsessively trying to hunt one down.

You want me to touch you right here, in full daylight

I need you," he says, his voice so quiet I have to lean forward to hear. "That's my secret. I need you more than you have ever needed me.

too much alcohol hampers people's ability to parent. That's why I've chosen to remain childless.

No, I'm telling you that you're the only thing on this earth that has made me feel connected to what's here. When I'm with you, I know what's real. I can feel it, touch it. When I'm with you, I'm something more than . . . other. When I'm not with you, my head's in the stars.

Nothing will happen that you don't want to happen. Remember, all you have to do is say no.

We broke up because I was afraid.