Lilian Monroe > Quotes

“What’s a book, anyway? A collection of words. A few hundred thousand letters, arranged in a particular order. The only power those letters have is the power we give them”
― Lilian Monroe, Royally Unexpected: An Accidental Pregnancy Collection

“The way I see it, normal is just code for hiding who you really are. We’re all freaks on the inside.”
― Lilian Monroe, Dirty Little Midlife Debacle

“My father has a name for my temper: he calls her the dragon. I hoard my hurts like gold and jewels, sleeping on them until someone wakes me up. Then, when she’s awoken (for example, by a big clod of a man), the mythical beast spreads her wings inside my body, scales scraping against the inside of my skin, reminding me of all the reasons I’m angry.”
― Lilian Monroe, Dirty Little Midlife (Fake) Date

“I’m an introvert who fakes it as an extrovert and then needs days and days of alone time to recover.”
― Lilian Monroe, The Four Groomsmen of the Wedpocalypse

“You care more about looking like my mother for everyone else’s benefit than actually being there for me. That’s why you stayed married to Dad when his anger made it impossible for us to have friends over. When we had to hide in our rooms when he would rage. When he’d sulk for days.” “Your father did those things to me,” she replied, blinking rapidly. “Yeah, and you should have protected us,” I spat. “After all, you’re our mother.”
― Lilian Monroe, Faking It with the Firefighter

“I’m a woman in my sexual prime with no outlet for all this brimming energy. He’s all slabs of muscle and buckets of testosterone. Being attracted to him is inevitable.”
― Lilian Monroe, Dirty Little Midlife Mess

“Nothing says friendship like homicidal intentions.”
― Lilian Monroe, Dirty Little Midlife Secret

“Ex-husbands were like that. You got to know them pretty well in the years you spent hoping they’d turn into the man you pretended they were all along.”
― Lilian Monroe, Merry Little Midlife Matchmaker

“heads start popping up from cubicles like groundhogs.”
― Lilian Monroe, Knocked Up by the Single Dad

“My mind is spinning out of control. Who does she think she is, ignoring me? Me? I’m the fucking Crown Prince of Farcliff, and who is she? Fucking nobody.”
― Lilian Monroe, Bad Prince

“I know I’m able to stand on my own. I know I can navigate this world without anyone by my side…but do I have to? Do I have to make my own way when there’s someone who could be my strength when I feel weak? There’s power in being alone, but being with someone else doesn’t mean I have to give that up. I can be in a relationship without abandoning my sense of self.”
― Lilian Monroe, Dirty Little Midlife Disaster

“He claimed that no one successful walked around with cat hair on their clothes. That’s when I said to him, “Tell that to Taylor Swift.”
― Lilian Monroe, Faking It with the Firefighter

“There’s strength inside me I didn’t realize was there, and I’m not going to let anyone—anyone—tear me down.”
― Lilian Monroe, Dirty Little Midlife Crisis

“You don't have to be what everyone expects you to be. Make your own life, Mads. Just be true to yourself.”
― Lilian Monroe, Lie to Me

“If I’m pregnant, I’d have to stop rowing. I’d lose my scholarship. I’d have to stop college. How would I take care of it?”
― Lilian Monroe, Bad Prince

“I would climb him like a tree. Ride him like a bike. Bang him like a drum. Lick him like a lollipop.”
― Lilian Monroe, Dirty Little Midlife Crisis

“On a tous besoin d’une main pour sortir de l’obscurité à un moment ou l’autre.”
― Lilian Monroe, Sale petite crise de la quarantaine: Une comédie romantique à un âge plus avancé (Les canons de Heart’s Cove t. 1)

“a hand out of the darkness at one point or another.” He glances over his shoulder at me. “Life is good like that—it shows you what’s important. Lets you know you’re stronger than you”
― Lilian Monroe, Dirty Little Midlife Crisis

“Je ne peux pas laisser mes peurs me retenir quand je sais quelle est la bonne chose à faire.”
― Lilian Monroe, Sale petite crise de la quarantaine: Une comédie romantique à un âge plus avancé (Les canons de Heart’s Cove t. 1)

“J’ai juste besoin de faire des choses qui me font me sentir bien. J’ai besoin de m’entourer de personnes que j’apprécie et qui m’apprécient en retour.”
― Lilian Monroe, Sale petite crise de la quarantaine: Une comédie romantique à un âge plus avancé (Les canons de Heart’s Cove t. 1)