Rae Lyse > Quotes

“You talk all this good shit when we home, but down on Earth, you won’t even tell a nigga that I can’t breathe without you. Why you won’t tell him that I’m the only one that’s ever been inside you? Why you won’t tell him I’m the beginning and end for you? Hm? Why you won’t tell him how good I feel?”
― Rae Lyse, At the End of It All

“She’s the beginning, middle, and end for me, but I’ve already told her enough simp shit to last a lifetime.”
― Rae Lyse, At the End of It All

“I’m an Ason Williams Jr. type of girl and he didn’t explain that no matter how many little shots I swallow to chase his taste in a building full of strangers, I’d never find it.”
― Rae Lyse, At the End of It All

“I can’t answer because I’m too far gone now—too in love with a man that’s impossible to hate. I’m supposed to keep our secrets close to my heart—even the painful ones he admits while diving inside me.”
― Rae Lyse, At the End of It All

“Tasting him with sober tastebuds is what he must’ve been talking about when he said I tasted like summertime on the PCH because he tastes like the first real day of fall in Texas—when the weather is crisp and that nasty suffocating stickiness isn’t floating in the air.”
― Rae Lyse, At the End of It All

“was wrong about little by little miracles. Today is a day for them, but they’re not little. They’re strong, like Coach Williams’ arms around Ace’s neck. They’re heavy, like my lips on his face. They’re as big as Ace’s heart that keeps holding onto Angie, and they’re loud, like the raspy breaths that cut through Ace and Coach Williams’ sobs.”
― Rae Lyse, At the End of It All

“Damn, straight like that? You see why I’m scared of your lil’ ass?” he casually admits, wagging his finger at me. I wait for him to laugh his comment off as a joke, but his face settles into an even expression instead. It reminds me I’m losing the plot. In fact, I don’t even have a plot.”
― Rae Lyse, Joliet

“That’s a good man right there. You ain’t got to move so fast all the time. Life move fast enough as it is.”
― Rae Lyse, At the End of It All

“soft,”
― Rae Lyse, Joliet

“You know you never explained that I wouldn’t wanna go nowhere else when I found my way back home,” Ace says to him, laughing. “Nah... see, I left that part out ‘cause I ain’t wanna scare you, but I guess I could’ve warned you that no other place feels as good.”
― Rae Lyse, At the End of It All

“Don’t dig in my shit unless you want me to dig in yours.”
― Rae Lyse, Joliet

“I sit forward, pressing the button to kill my truck’s engine. “You see how easy it is to control a man?”
― Rae Lyse, Joliet

“But most importantly, have fun. Life ain’t long enough to not have fun. Don’t you ever forget that.”
― Rae Lyse, At the End of It All

“It was her world, and he was the simp she had eating out of the palm of her hands.”
― Rae Lyse, Saving Sunflower

“about?”
― Rae Lyse, At the End of It All

“for?”
― Rae Lyse, At the End of It All

“I loved you before you even knew what love was.” Love.”
― Rae Lyse, At the End of It All

“tequila.”
― Rae Lyse, At the End of It All

“The real problem with us is that Phat’s a lot like alcohol and my problematic fingers. She’s a double shot of dopamine and she makes me do shit I shouldn’t.”
― Rae Lyse, At the End of It All

“I don’t want to hold on to distant memories of you while I torture myself with some man who can’t give me all the things you do. I chose to rewrite my legacy, just like you can choose to rewrite yours. It’s a choice, Rich. You can choose a different path.”
― Rae Lyse, Joliet

“I don’t hit women,” I whisper matter-of-factly. “I pay their bills when they can’t. I feed them and their kids when they’re hungry. I listen to them complain about their niggas. And I fuck them when they’re lonely. But I don’t hit ‘em. So ain’t no reason for you to be scared of me. You understand?”
― Rae Lyse, Joliet

“car.”
― Rae Lyse, At the End of It All

“It’s the first time I realize that men I hate and like give me something worse than hives. They give me deep, heart-pounding, gasping for air, fucked up panic attacks because I’m stupid enough to think I can fix everything that’s wrong with them.”
― Rae Lyse, At the End of It All

“It just means that you were born for me. It took some time for us to find each other, that’s all, baby,” I murmur, rocking her. “But you were never his …or…or Kenny’s to take care of. You were always mine to take care of—just mine. That’s all it means.”
― Rae Lyse, Joliet

“smirking.”
― Rae Lyse, At the End of It All

“Brothers are as confusing as they are tricky creatures. Of all the things going on in our family, that’s the only other thing he took from my dirty hospital rant yesterday, but it felt good. People never listened hard enough to understand that the most simple shit you share is the most painful most of the time.”
― Rae Lyse, At the End of It All

“What in the reverse psychology? Let’s make one thing clear—Lovie Sinclair has never begged to be anybody’s friend.” I smirk, stopping in front of Beatrice’s gate and looking over my shoulder. “Oh, for real?” “For real.” “You especially ain’t begged a terrible motherfucka like me, huh?” “I didn’t say that.” “But you wanted to.” “Your insecurities are showing, Pup.” “You better watch how you throwing that name around, Slim.” I chuckle. “Or what?” “Or I can take your pretty ass over to Chantilly where you supposed to be and we can pretend none of this ever happened before you get me caught up.”
― Rae Lyse, Joliet

“The glass of Hennessy dances in my eyes under the moonlight while he raps to me about the laws that govern the planet he’s always on by himself: Planet Ace.”
― Rae Lyse, At the End of It All

“There’s just something about a pretty ass woman sticking her hand out in front of me that makes me feel like I have to put something in it.”
― Rae Lyse, Joliet

“Her tone is exactly what home should taste like—sweet and satisfying. She doesn’t know how to kiss, but that makes it better. All she wants is to taste all of me and CeCe was right, just like Pops was. Addiction is so selfish that I can’t help but spoil her.”
― Rae Lyse, At the End of It All