Elizabeth Bright > Quotes

“Do you think you deserve forgiveness?” His father arched his brows. “No one does, son. Forgiveness is a necessary evil so we do not poison ourselves with our own bitterness. When you do forgive me, it will be for your own sake, and I will be a happy casualty.”
― Elizabeth Bright, Lady Gone Wicked

“No. I kissed you because I was cold and you are the fucking sun.”
― Elizabeth Bright, A Cowboy in the Streets

“It was time to bring out the big guns. And by guns, I mean my tits.”
― Elizabeth Bright, A Cowboy in the Streets

“What if, then? What if it is not then, but tomorrow? We cannot know. We cannot prepare ourselves for the pain. The pain will come regardless, whether you worry about it now or put it from your mind. Grieve her tomorrow, if you must. But love her today.”
― Elizabeth Bright, The Duke's Wicked Wife

“We cannot prepare ourselves for the pain. The pain will come regardless, whether you worry about it now or put it from your mind. Grieve her tomorrow, if you must. But love her today.” She looked at him with amazement. “This, from the man who said to prevent pain one must forgo love?”
― Elizabeth Bright, The Duke's Wicked Wife

“Chloe.” He sighed, thunked his head back against the rest, and contemplated the roof of the truck. “My grandfather was an asshole who raised an asshole. My dad was an asshole who raised an asshole. I would really, really like to break that cycle, and I am terrified—” His voice wobbled, and he swallowed hard. “I am terrified that I can’t.”
― Elizabeth Bright, Call Me Yours

“That's right, baby. Tell me who makes this pussy feel good.”
― Elizabeth Bright, A Cowboy in the Streets

“Honestly, I don’t know. People make mistakes. What he did was terrible, and he can’t take it back, so now what is he supposed to do? Yeet himself off a cliff?”
― Elizabeth Bright, Call Me Yours

“She blinked like I had caught her off guard, but then she adjusted her glasses and pursed her lips. “You’re bleeding.” “You should see the other guys,” I drawled. “I’m looking right at them,” she said crisply. “No one else is bleeding.”
― Elizabeth Bright, Wild Wild Cowboy

“Sebastian!” she gasped.

He lifted his head and gave her a wicked grin. “Sebastian, yes? Or Sebastian, no?”

To his utter delight, she reached round to the back of his head and pushed him back toward her breast. “Sebastian, yes.”
― Elizabeth Bright

“You’re not my penance, Chloe.” He cupped my face in his hands, thumbs stroking over my cheeks. “Don’t you understand? Taking care of you is not a punishment. It’s my reward.”
― Elizabeth Bright, Call Me Yours

“I have worked really hard to be a better man than I was two years ago. I didn’t do that for you. I did that for me, to be someone I could respect. If I have to live with myself another sixty years, then I’d rather not hate myself every goddamn minute of the day. But you… Even before I fell in love with you, I wanted to be near you. For two years, you wouldn’t give me the time of day. Kicked me out of your presence like a princess exiling riffraff. But things changed after that night we rescued Stevie. You let me stay. You let me help you, when you don’t accept help from anyone. I never expected it, but I craved it. You’re my reward, and I’ll never stop trying to earn your love.”
― Elizabeth Bright, Call Me Yours

“This fucking mouth. Always smiling. I wonder what this mouth would look like moaning my name when I fuck you deep. What it would look like stretched around my cock.”
― Elizabeth Bright, A Cowboy in the Streets