Auryn Hadley > Quotes

“Sometimes, feeling the pain makes us remember that we're still alive. Sometimes, those things that hurt are also the things we treasure most,”
― Auryn Hadley, Dissent

“Before you can fall in love with someone, you have to actually know them, not just think you do.”
― Auryn Hadley, Power of Lies

“I need to love you now, just like you are, because I can't stop the future. If the worst happens, then I'll know I had the best days with you and that you got the best of me. I think that's all we can ever really be sure of, so that's what I'm trying to do.”
― Auryn Hadley, When We Were Crowned

“Being a good man is about taking care of your responsibilities, not about who you fuck or how much you can lift.”
― Auryn Hadley, When We Were Dancing

“Real love starts as chemistry, builds into friendship, and blossoms into something so magical that it makes everything else feel worthwhile, even the bad parts.”
― Auryn Hadley, The Kiss of Death

“One day, you'll be ok with it. You'll wake up and realize that no one can make you change but you. That whispers only hurt if you listen to them. That the power they have is the power you give them.”
― Auryn Hadley, Magic of Lust

“That emotion," Treb said, his voice completely calm, "is called shame. It's made from things others have buried under your skin and poisoned your mind with.”
― Auryn Hadley, Magic of Lust

“Lust is something you want for you. Love is what happens when you want it for them. And when you want it for them more than your own safety? When you'd die for someone? Jade, that's the kind of love that stories are written about.”
― Auryn Hadley, Spell of Love

“It's like being in love with the wind. I can't hold you, but I can always feel you. You carry me to places I've never seen, you make me feel things I just shouldn't feel.”
― Auryn Hadley, Challenge Accepted

“She let go, grabbing her cup for one more drink. "Good, because I don't care how big your dicks are. I'm the one in charge.”
― Auryn Hadley, When We Were Dancing

“Women are taught that sex is love, but it's not. They have nothing to do with each other. Sex is just physical pleasure. Love enhances sex, but doesn't need it.”
― Auryn Hadley, Power of Lies

“There's a difference between expensive and comfortable. Often, the two are not the same.”
― Auryn Hadley, When We Were Dancing

“If I created a design like this for someone, I think it would be a love letter. No one, not even a god, puts that much effort into something unless it's meant to impress the recipient.”
― Auryn Hadley, The Paths We Lay

“The one thing that always makes me hard is a brain. I can fuck any pretty girl I want, but finding a pretty one that's not an idiot? Our society doesn't make them like that.”
― Auryn Hadley, Power of Lies

“I'm supposed to be your girl." "No. You're supposed to be yours. I'm supposed to be mine, and Biqos is supposed to be his. Well, men for us, but you know what I mean.”
― Auryn Hadley, Bioluminescent

“They'd never had anyone laugh at them, been forced to suck up their pride, or those other awkward things normal people learned from.”
― Auryn Hadley, The Kiss of Death

“If you're going to fail," Sal quoted softly, "then fail as big as you can. They'll forgive you for anything you do with gusto, and it won't even matter if they like you.”
― Auryn Hadley, Hope

“It's ok to want it. It's beautiful to be different. It takes strength and courage, and those are never things to be afraid of.”
― Auryn Hadley, Power of Lies

“Jade, every person I've ever met is a whore, one way or another. Maybe they sell their minds instead of their bodies. Or maybe they sell their friends. Most people have a price. Why do you think there's something wrong with making the most of it?" "I don't," she reminded him. "The rest of the world does, and I'm so sick of seeing that sneer on peoples' faces. The one where they think the color of my skin says anything at all about the person inside.”
― Auryn Hadley, Spell of Love

“The only difference between a friend and a lover? The lust. The only difference between a fuck and a lover? Compassion. Together?" She leaned as far as she could. "It's love, Xel. That's why we work. It's love, and I love you.”
― Auryn Hadley, Magic of Lust

“Sex isn't love, Xel. That means love isn't sex. Sure, they go together like wine and cheese, but doesn't mean wine is cheese.”
― Auryn Hadley, Magic of Lust

“Strength doesn't come from muscles and mass. It comes from the heart.”
― Auryn Hadley, When We Were Kings

“We women are taught to be possessed. We're told to value ourselves based on the status of what's between our legs. Virgins are worth something, whores are not. Men are judged by what they can make, women by how few men have known them.”
― Auryn Hadley, Power of Lies

“All my life, I've been replaceable, but I want to be wanted. I want my relationships to be more than just inserting tab A into slot B. For me, it's an emotional thing. I want to be giddy and giggly. I want to be in lust." I moved, knowing he had to be getting chilled without the hot water. "Sure, I want to fall in love with everyone, but lust and friendship are the bare minimum.”
― Auryn Hadley, For Love of Evil

“I'll keep trying, though, if you will.’ ‘What if,’ she hiccupped a sob, ‘I freak out?’ ‘Then we start over. But we can't go forward until we take a step.”
― Auryn Hadley, Flawed

“Nah. That is na what I see." He pulled her hair away from her neck and kissed the thin edge of her ear. "Ya look deceptively fragile, like a deer, but yer solid muscle, a perfect predator. Yer agile and graceful, and ya do na walk anywhere, but glide, as if the ground gives way ta ya. Yer skin is as pale as fresh snow, and yer hair, it's like some metal I've never seen, white, shiny, and priceless. Yer eyes." He chuckled. "Ya dunno how many times I've thought it'd be worth it. Ya'd put me in the ground, but it'd be so worth it ta just get lost in yer eyes. They are na completely white, ya know? They're like clouds, hints of color reflected back ta me. And I love yer nose. Humans always look like someone hit them in the head with a pipe. Ya don't. Yer nose," he chuckled again. "Yer face is sleek and elegant, like a work of art, kitten. Ya look like someone sculpted ya."
"And didn't finish," Sal said. "And got it right," he corrected.”
― Auryn Hadley, Instinctual”
― Auryn Hadley, Instinctual

“Me, too," Tsij agreed. "Especially Star Wars. I want one of those lightsabers." Both Matt and Melissa laughed. Matt nodded emphatically. "I keep saying the toys are for my boy, but it's a lie, and my wife knows it.”
― Auryn Hadley, Bioluminescent

“Sweetie, sometimes being a warrior simply means taking the hits so someone else doesn't have to.”
― Auryn Hadley, Fragged

“It hurts so much less than the regrets of what you should've done, could've done, or wish you'd done. It's there and gone. Regret lingers, eating away the joy in everything. Sometimes, it really is better to make a bad decision. It's easier than making none at all.”
― Auryn Hadley, The Wrath of Angels

“People are just people.”
― Auryn Hadley, The Sins of Desire