Quotes from Lisa Renee Jones

I'm not going away, Amy. You do know that, don't you?" … "I don't need a protector, Liam." "I see things differently." My spine locks into a steel bar. "I'm not your ---" "Not yet. But I want you to be.

And some violinist—" "David Garrett." "David Garrett," I repeat, "who you swear will seduce me into loving his music.

I trust this woman more than I trust myself right now. And that scares me in a way I haven't been scared in a very long time.

I motion her onward. She glowers and turns away, attaching her arm to that of

This is one of my favorite books Lisa has ever written. You couldn't ask for a better story.

No place is home. People are home.

You don't drag someone you love into that kind of hell, and play the kinds of games he did with her mind and body. You climb out of hell to be with them.

Present day—New York City Tequila is the Mexican version of the middle finger, the perfect "fuck you" to someone you either can't kill or haven't

her, she's become such a part of my life that no matter how I fight it, or her, she's in my blood—a part of why I exist. Yet so is Rebecca. I don't understand it, and I do not like things that I don't understand.

My fingers curl on his cheek, and all self-consciousness is gone, forgotten. "I'm not afraid of whatever you're talking about. I think you keep warning me away because you're the one who's afraid.

submission would be, because I'd really earned it." "Oh, please. You have so many rules, your rules have rules. Any woman who dared to date you would need an encyclopedia-sized book to keep up.

I just gave you permission to fuck me, but be clear: I'm not another notch on your belt. You're a notch on mine.

Poetry is history to be protected, lessons to be learned, a path to change our society or prevent its demise.

Ella -Shifting, I roll to my side to find myself staring into a pair of pale blue eyes... "Your beautiful." Jayden - "I've been called a lot of things, sweetheart, but beautiful isn't one of them.

Oh, please. You have so many rules, your rules have rules. Any woman who dared to date you would need an encyclopedia-sized book to keep up.

True confidence means you're prepared to work hard enough and smart enough to make your own thunder. You don't need someone else's.

Possession. Demand. Control. He wants it all. - denial

want the lies to end. I pull my gun from my purse and point it at him. "Who are you to me, Kayden? Who am I?" from Denial

If the person didn't deserve your love in life... they don't deserve your tears in death.

I don't know where he begins and where I end, but maybe that's the glory of who we've become. We begin and end together. We're a puzzle that fits perfectly together, where we fit nowhere else. And right now we're seeking peace in the only place we know to look—each other.

I need to know I can be what he needs, that we can get through the darkness together. - demand

I'm not sure what he's implying, but I'm pretty sure it's a slap to Chris, and I don't like it. "Show and tell, Mark. It's a good combination.

It means he can trust you, and trust is not an easy thing to give or receive.

What you want when you have a hard on for a girl, is rarely what you want when you pull out.