Ella James > Quotes

“We’re not meant to be alone. We’re made with holes inside our souls. The only way to survive is to fill them.”
― Ella James, Sloth

“Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness.”
― Ella James, Sloth

“I think I understand. Why all great things are sad. Why silence aches. Why people lose their way.”
― Ella James, Sloth

“Powerful players produce powerful results.”
― Ella James, Selling Scarlett

“It is the reason you are here on Earth. You are here to risk your heart.”
― Ella James, Sloth

“You know, sloth is a sin," he says softly.
"I prefer to think of it as an adorable animal.”
― Ella James, Sloth

“I think of him as part tiger. He's languid to the point of appearing almost lazy, and yellow or green, those eyes are framed by ridiculous lashes, set in a strong face with prominent cheekbones, full lips, and a sensuous smile.”
― Ella James, Selling Scarlett

“It dawns on me that most people would probably be happy with my weekend. I just won five million dollars. But one of the strange things about being rich as shit is five million's just not that exciting.”
― Ella James, Selling Scarlett

“I love you,” I say. “I’ve got you. You’re mine, and I’ve been waiting for you, so I can wrap you up and never let a damn thing ever hurt you again. Not without going through me first. I know”
― Ella James, Wrath

“Why... are you still here?” She sits down by me, takes my hand. “Because you’re here.”
― Ella James, Sloth

“People say glass half empty ,glass half full like it’s so easy to just pick one. I think things are more complicated. My full might be different from yours. Or maybe all the glass is, is a glass.”
― Ella James, Sloth

“He definitely looks angelic. Like an angel who would rip your panties with the strength of his immortal hands.”
― Ella James, Sloth

“You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on Earth. You are here to risk your heart.”
― Ella James, Sloth

“Instead I go to the vineyard and jerk off in my bed. When I'm finished, I call Marchant. I can't tell him about Priscilla's threats...”
― Ella James, Selling Scarlett

“Pain is a monsoon—drenching me inside and out.”
― Ella James, Sloth

“no one’s held my hand since I was like six. No one’s touched me in a few years except nurses and a lot worse. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.”
― Ella James, Wrath

“I'm a recovering addict who visits brothels and has a penthouse at a casino. You've seen me fucking a porn star—not too easy, either. You're riding an awful fucking lot on intuition.”
― Ella James, Selling Scarlett

“She looked at me, and she saw something no one else did. Even I don't know what." -Landon”
― Ella James, Fractured Love

“Priscilla is a masochist, but she has a sadistic side, I learned tonight. She brought the whip to keep me out of the party, but she definitely enjoyed using it.”
― Ella James, Selling Scarlett

“gold. Everything I long for, everything I can’t have, I pour into her”
― Ella James, Sloth

“I'd gotten my first glimpse of Elizabeth DeVille. She'd had her hair in a pony-tail that stuck up off the side of her head, and she'd been wearing short red shorts and a light blue tank top with a whale on it. “You like whales?” I'd asked her when I finished with the car. Her face had gone all soft and pretty, making me feel more like one-hundred-and-three than the twenty-three I was, and she'd shrugged. “Yeah, but not a lot more than any other animal. I just like saving things.”
― Ella James, Selling Scarlett

“He shakes his head and pulls me down beside him on the mattress. “I don’t like it…because I can’t feel you there.”
― Ella James, Sloth

“I got something on my face?” he asks. “Just a whole bunch of everything I’ve ever wanted.”
― Ella James, Wrath

“I'm surprised you went to a brothel for sex,” I say after a few minutes.
“Are you?” he smiles a little ruefully.
“You could get it on your own.”
“True. But I'm emotionally detached. Women don't like that.”
― Ella James, Selling Scarlett

“I can see the exact moment he realizes what I've been doing. His torso stiffens as his hands, pressed against the mattress, curl into big fists. He makes a low, approving sound and speaks in a voice that sounds like molten lava. "That’s so sexy.”
― Ella James, Selling Scarlett

“Eventually, I decide to salute him. I’m reaching all the way back to middle school for this one. "Yessir," I say smartly, snapping my feet together. "Damn right," he mutters as he opens the door for me.”
― Ella James, Selling Scarlett

“Priscilla is having Libby followed. That means when I follow Libby, I have to be discreet. The last thing I need is Priscilla knowing that I know what she's doing. It would ruin everything.”
― Ella James, Selling Scarlett

“I think I understand. Why all great things are sad. Why silence aches. Why people lose their way. Why when I see a lone figure, I wonder who she is missing and not who she'll meet. Why babies die when they're not touched. Why young girls cradle letters from strange boys with nameless pain upon their hearts. We're not meant to be alone. We're made with holes inside our souls. The only way to survive is to fill them. I think the catch is, you don't get to choose with what'.”
― Ella James, Sloth

“Something's wrong with Hunter. I can tell the moment he steps into the ring. I've been watching him from afar for years, and I'm an old pro at his body language. Hunter West is a guy who's used to setting the agenda. His limbs are usually loose and relaxed, carried with the kind of self-assurance that comes from knowing you've got it all handled.”
― Ella James, Selling Scarlett

“My life has been fucked up this way ever since that night with Sarabelle. I woke up the next morning stark naked, sprawled out on my back, with a splitting headache, a killer case of dry-mouth, and a lipstick heart drawn around my left nipple. When I sat up, the room tilting around me…”
― Ella James, Selling Scarlett