Brit Benson > Quotes

“I’m always going to be an addict, and she’s always going to be my greatest temptation. The only addiction worth ruining myself for.”
― Brit Benson, This Life and All the Rest

“I only sketch Lennon in pieces because I’m not worthy of the whole. I’m not good enough. I’d fuck up a full rendition, so I stick to perfecting her in parts.”
― Brit Benson, The Love of My Next Life

“The heart is a lonely hunter with only one desire! To find some lasting comfort in the arms of another's fire.”
― Brit Benson, This Life and All the Rest

“We’re not perfect. We’ve all made mistakes. We’re all the villains in someone’s story.”
― Brit Benson, For Wrath and Redemption

“So, you like watercolors because they’re beautiful, difficult to master, and unforgiving?”
― Brit Benson, This Life and All the Rest

“Anger flares inside me. Jealousy. Hurt. I made the mistake once before assuming he wouldn't do that to me.
He would.
I hate it.
I hate that it bothers me. That I can't just let it go. I hate knowing that I'll let him back after. He'll apologize, and I'll welcome his lips, even after they've been on another person.”
― Brit Benson, The Love of My Next Life

“Serial killer documentaries, cookies, and wine; these are a few of my favorite things.”
― Brit Benson, Love You Better

“I’m an addict, Astraea. I don’t know how to do anything small. I feel intensely. I want intensely. I crave intensely. For me, if it’s not a healthy obsession, it’s not love.”
― Brit Benson, This Life and All the Rest

“To rock bottom, the journey back to the top, and growth.”
― Brit Benson, This Life and All the Rest

“You don’t want to erase your mistakes. You want to transform them into something beautiful.”
― Brit Benson, This Life and All the Rest

“I thought I could fix him, but it turns out, he just needed me out of the way. He grew up, got clean, and made a life, all without me.”
― Brit Benson, This Life and All the Rest

“Why does everyone act like fat is a dirty word? It shouldn’t be.”
“No, it shouldn’t be. And the guys who do that do it ‘cause they think that a woman’s appearance is the only thing valuable about them and they want to feel superior by doing the most damage in the shortest amount of time.” She flashes me a smirk. “Joke’s on them, though, because we’re wising up and realizing that we’re worth so much more than how men see us. And fat ass bitches like you and me? We’re gonna dismantle the patriarchy, one big dick dumbass at a time.”
― Brit Benson, Love You Better

“The heart is a lonely hunter with only one desire! To find some lasting comfort in the arms of another's”
― Brit Benson, This Life and All the Rest

“Queens before Peens.”
― Brit Benson, Love You Better

“Why? I say, and he clasps his eyes shut. "Why go to her? Why were you in that car? After Everything today..."
"I don't know," he says finally. It's not what I want to hear. "I wish I has an answer, but I don't.”
― Brit Benson, The Love of My Next Life

“Isn’t that how all the best love stories play out? It’s not love if it doesn’t hurt first.”
― Brit Benson, The Love of My Next Life

“Not everything is black and white. So much of life exists in the gray spaces.”
― Brit Benson, Between Never and Forever

“Ivy Rivenbark, sultry temptress by night, pragmatic adult by day. ”
― Brit Benson, Love You Better

“The only person who will ever love you better than me is yourself, but I’m going to spend all of my life trying to match you. And when your self-love falters, when you doubt yourself or us, my heart will carry yours. I’ll love you big enough for the both of us.”
― Brit Benson, Love You Better

“Claire’s sinister laugh pulls me from my thoughts.”
― Brit Benson, The Love of My Next Life

“He was the boy who broke me, and I was the girl who let him, because I thought I could fix him.”
― Brit Benson, This Life and All the Rest

“I hate the person you’re making me. I hate who I am when I’m with you, but I hate how I feel when we’re apart.”
― Brit Benson, The Love of My Next Life

“I never gave up on us,” he breathes out. “Even after you did, I didn’t. Because you belong with me, Lennon Capri. You always have and you always will.”
― Brit Benson, This Life and All the Rest

“I’m a dopey lovesick fool and I don’t give a fuck. I’ve always been a bit soft for Ivy, but I’m a marshmallow now.”
― Brit Benson, Love You Better

“Hello?” Lennon? “Yeah, it’s me.” It’s Claire. “I know.” Lennon. You need to come home.”
― Brit Benson, The Love of My Next Life

“I’ve never seen anything as sexy as Jesse Hernandez on his knees for me.”
― Brit Benson, Nothing Feels Better

“It’s my painting.”
― Brit Benson, This Life and All the Rest

“I’m left sitting with a pain in my chest, watching him go and replaying every word of the strange conversation we just had. Questioning everything I thought I knew about Kelley. Questioning what I thought I knew about our friendship.”
― Brit Benson, Love You Better

“I know you want to fight your own battles. Fine. Then let me be your peace. Let me be your place to rest.”
― Brit Benson, The Love You Fight For

“I’m done sacrificing myself for someone who wouldn’t do the same for me. I’ll never make that mistake again.”
― Brit Benson, This Life and All the Rest