Rebecca Rathe > Quotes

“Unlike the stupid bottle of scotch that my reflection mocks me through, he's a true addiction that I can't seem to let go of.”
― Rebecca Rathe, Head in the Game

“Oh, I want the mess," he says, tossing the offending item over his shoulder. "I want all the mess. Fucking mess me up, Tyler.”
― Rebecca Rathe, Nothing to Lose

“You can stay here as long as you need or want to." "Are you sure? Because I might never leave. I'm like a stray cat that you fed one time, and now I'll be at your doorstep every time I get hungry." I laugh out loud at that, and muss his hair. "I’ve always wanted a cat.”
― Rebecca Rathe, Nothing to Lose

“If you think this kiss was anything less than perfect for me, you are more mistaken than when you thought I was straight,” he says, trailing more kisses down my neck, licking into my collarbone. “I’m so fucking into you, Tyler.”
― Rebecca Rathe, Nothing to Lose

“Like a bottle of good Scotch, or my favorite dessert, Jack Perry has somehow become something I crave.”
― Rebecca Rathe, Head in the Game

“I’m not lying to you when I say that the very moment you let me come inside you”
― Rebecca Rathe, Pinned Down

“All the reasons for this not to happen stopped mattering the first time I touched him. And the moment I kissed him? I was gone. I am gone for him.”
― Rebecca Rathe, Off Balance

“I have nothing to lose if I don’t have him.”
― Rebecca Rathe, Nothing to Lose

“I seriously considered snorting it off the floor because I'm an addict that just got their first real fix in a long time.”
― Rebecca Rathe, The Try Line

“The bottom, then. Everyone's so concerned over who's the top and who's the bottom. Who fucking cares? What you like to feel doesn't make you more or less strong. What matters is that it feels good to you and your partner. It's about mutual respect and pleasure and trust.”
― Rebecca Rathe, Nothing to Lose

“I trace the words inked across his ribs with the pad of my thumb. Nothing to lose, everything to gain. That might’ve been true once. But now… What if I’ve risked everything, and it means nothing? The truth is, it doesn’t matter. Because everything means nothing if I can’t save him.”
― Rebecca Rathe, Nothing to Lose

“Sometimes you do whatever it takes, but sometimes, you realize you already have what it takes. You don't need to give pieces of yourself away to accomplish what you were always meant to do.”
― Rebecca Rathe, Off Balance

“Oh, that's right. You're a cat, not a fish. Should I go with kitten, then?" "Do you name every stray you take in?" I joke, but it comes off a little dry. My heart is not ready for him to call me any kind of cute or sexy pet names. I'm not sure I could survive it. ”
― Rebecca Rathe, Nothing to Lose

“You deserve and should demand acceptance. You can’t hide who you are to protect small minds.”
― Rebecca Rathe, Remember My Name

“The prophecy might not be real, but they believe it is. We can use their belief in the prophecy to end this war and bring peace to everyone in the three realms. We don’t have time to figure out another solution. I’m the only weapon we have.”
― Rebecca Rathe, Revelations

“Another scream rips from the woman’s throat, and frantic whispers thrum inside me as all parts of my being dissolve into pure primal instinct. Mine. I must save her. Stop them. Kill them. Mine.”
― Rebecca Rathe, The Binding

“Isaac doesn't look anywhere but at me as the ref announces him as the winner. His smile is dangerous, and I feel the promise of it like fire under my skin. I'm in so much trouble.”
― Rebecca Rathe, Nothing to Lose

“Could you maybe not mess up your pretty face any more than you already have?" I ask, trying to sound casual. He sees through me. His smile stretches wider. How did I not realize he's deranged? "You're not worried about me, are you kitten?”
― Rebecca Rathe, Nothing to Lose

“I just wanted to watch out for him. I needed to know he's being safe. I didn't want anyone lying and manipulating him. Taking advantage of him. Doing exactly what I'm doing to him.”
― Rebecca Rathe, Choke Up

“Why are you keeping me alive? I’ve told you everything I know, and you know now that I was telling the truth. You don’t need me. Torturing me like this, keeping me on the edge of living, is far crueler than anything I’ve ever done.”
― Rebecca Rathe, Revelations

“It’s not his fault that I'm pathetically in love with him. He has no idea, anyway. It's probably easier to just deal with him being around occasionally rather than try to wash him from my mind.”
― Rebecca Rathe, Choke Up

“Your thoughts call to me like a siren’s song, as much as the blood rushing through your veins calls to me on a primal level.”
― Rebecca Rathe, The Binding

“It's the truth. Not one person here matters as much as she does. Hell, every person on earth could be on fire and I'd still choose her first. Let them all burn. I couldn’t care less.”
― Rebecca Rathe, Fractured Bonds

“My obsession with her is more than physical; it’s in my veins, pumping through my heart.”
― Rebecca Rathe, The Binding

“This is all overwhelming. Everything hurts, I’m lightheaded, I just woke up in a strange place after spending the night in the hospital. Now the guy I’ve been daydreaming about for weeks but have been too afraid to even make eye contact with is taking care of me like he knows me.”
― Rebecca Rathe, Nothing to Lose

“Close your eyes," Seth says quietly, and I do. "Relax your body, let go of your tension, and just focus on your breaths. Let each breath relax your body in phases—first your calves, then your knees, your thi—Draven, stop it, you're not helping." Draven's hand quickly returns to my knee from where it had slid up my thigh. "My bad." I press my lips together to avoid laughing. Seth mutters something under his breath that starts with, "Fucking seriously,”
― Rebecca Rathe, Fractured Bonds

“I don't have anything to offer you other than what you see. If you ask me, you're the one who's out of my league.”
― Rebecca Rathe, Nothing to Lose

“Me: I will wait for you for as long as it takes. I have nothing to lose, and everything to gain.”
― Rebecca Rathe, Nothing to Lose

“Every nerve ending from the tip of my tongue to my toes is alight and I feel like I'm free-falling. I want nothing more than to show him what bliss can feel like, even though I'm barely aware of it myself.”
― Rebecca Rathe, The Binding

“There is no price, Mr. Valdin. Everything means nothing if I can’t love him.”
― Rebecca Rathe, Nothing to Lose