Kathy Lockheart > Quotes

“But he knew better than anyone that the bruises ran deeper than the skin. They ran all the way to your soul and left permanent splinters in your heart.”
― Kathy Lockheart, Deadly Illusion

“Damian’s eyes glided over my body, his voice searing with anger. “What did he do to you?”
― Kathy Lockheart, Deadly Illusion

“I can’t lose you … You’re everything to me.”
― Kathy Lockheart, Crossover

“If someone lays hands on you, their heart will no longer have the privilege of beating.”
― Kathy Lockheart, Crossover

“I don’t need you to fight my battles for me.” “I know you don’t need me to,” Dillon said. “But anyone who messes with you can expect to deal with me.”
― Kathy Lockheart, Fatal Cure

“God help me. Tonight was going to suck donkey balls.”
― Kathy Lockheart, Bound

“I’d never had anyone look at me like this—staring as if the most important thing in the world was to learn everything about me.”
― Kathy Lockheart, Fatal Cure

“for Chriminy’s sake.”
― Kathy Lockheart, Bound

“I hate that when someone’s nice to you, it’s so outside your comfort zone you don’t know what to make of it.”
― Kathy Lockheart, Deadly Illusion

“I wasn’t running away from him. I wasn’t hiding.”
― Kathy Lockheart, Power

“Losing someone you love is like being sliced in half with a chainsaw. Your body will never go back to the way it was before the chainsaw cut it. Your tissue will regrow differently, and you must learn to live with the scar tissue left in its wake.”
― Kathy Lockheart, Lethal Justice

“Horses don’t hurt you the way that people do. And they see right through you, you know? No games, no hidden agendas. When a horse trusts you, it’s because you’ve earned it, not because you manipulated them into it.” I scratched her side, finding comfort in the familiar motion. “Humans can use love as a weapon, but animals never do. They’re pure. All they want is your heart, and they give theirs right back. No scorekeeping. No power plays. Just …” I swallowed hard. “Just love. Feed them, shelter them, show them kindness, and they’re yours forever. They don’t wake up one day and decide to use that love against you.”
― Kathy Lockheart, Power

“When a gorgeous guy walked into the otherwise empty elevator, I had no idea that in a few weeks, he would kill several men to protect me.”
― Kathy Lockheart, Fatal Cure

“It’s heartbreaking how long a human will hold on to hope, even as evidence mounts against it, even as months turn into years. But when hope is the only thing you have, when giving up on it means allowing eternal despair to devour you, how can you ever let it go?”
― Kathy Lockheart, Deadly Illusion

“It’s heartbreaking how long a human will hold on to hope, even as evidence mounts against it, even as months turn into years. But when hope is the only thing you have, when giving up on it means allowing eternal despair to devour you, how can you ever let it go? By force, evidently.”
― Kathy Lockheart, Deadly Illusion

“Me: My friend helped with the FICTIONAL revenge ideas. I’m more of the glitter bomb fantasy kind of girl. Jace: Glitter is brilliant; the guy would find it in nooks and crannies for years. The herpes of craft supplies, if you will.”
― Kathy Lockheart, Power

“If I found a woman I loved, there’s nothing she could do that would make me walk away.” His voice carried absolute conviction. “She kills someone? I’m buying the shovel. Someone hurts her? They’ll need dental records for identification.”
― Kathy Lockheart, Doubt

“Blake: You’re a sentient hemorrhoid. Axel: Okay, I just Googled “sentient,” and that’s fucking RUDE, Blake. Jace: You had to Google sentient? Axel: I knew it was an insult. I just wanted to know HOW MUCH of an insult. Blake: And? Axel: It’s a solid 8 out of 10. Well done. Your creativity is back.”
― Kathy Lockheart, Doubt

“I need you to hate me … Because I hate myself for what I did to you.” He paused. “But I don’t trust myself if you ever opened the door to me … I don’t deserve you. But I will never stop wanting you, so listen carefully. Hold on to that hate.”
― Kathy Lockheart, Crossover

“You never thank me for protecting you. That’s nonnegotiable.”
― Kathy Lockheart, Doubt

“The man I loved most in this world left me suddenly, without warning. The catastrophic scar was still deep and raw when my mother died of cancer.”
― Kathy Lockheart, Secret Vendetta

“If I wanted a happy life, I was going to have to roll up my sleeves and build it myself.”
― Kathy Lockheart, Deadly Illusion

“Because reflecting on it, allowing people to mistreat you repeatedly isn’t taking the high road or being a kindhearted person; it’s just giving them a free pass to treat you like a doormat. And sends the message that you’re okay with it. I held on to toxic relationships for far too long.”
― Kathy Lockheart, The Truths We Hide

“I guess that was the gamble you took with opening yourself up to people. Some people would hurt you. But others would love you so much, it could make up for all those other hurts combined.”
― Kathy Lockheart, The Lies We Tell

“I knew that I had found my home, my haven, in the arms of the man who had captured my heart so completely.”
― Kathy Lockheart, Crossover

“Because when you want something so badly that it scares the hell out of you”
― Kathy Lockheart, Bound

“I started reorganizing my desk for the third time because nothing says I’m totally fine like alphabetizing your paper clips.”
― Kathy Lockheart, Power

“I was utterly and completely in love with you, but I never imagined you’d fall in love with me too.” He swallowed, clearly trying to hold back his tears. “I know that even on wonderful days like today, there’ll always be a part of you that’s hurting inside. On the days when that hurt is overwhelming, I’ll hold you. And on the days when the hurt is small, I’ll be there to dance with you. I vow to give you as many dancing days as I can. I will cherish every single moment we have together, and I will love you, honor you, and protect you all the days of my life.”
― Kathy Lockheart, Deadly Illusion

“Living with him? I’d rather sleep on a bed of nails. No. Scratch that. I’d rather sleep on a bed of nails in a room full of screaming toddlers while someone played bagpipes directly into my ear.”
― Kathy Lockheart, Bound

“It was like spending your entire life alone, in the center of a ballroom dance floor, watching other couples dance while you stand there, feeling like an outcast. And then suddenly, the dance floor clears, and a prince’s eyes land on you. In a sea of people, he wants you, only you, and he motions for you to join him.”
― Kathy Lockheart, Grave Deception