Livy Hart > Quotes

“I can’t do life without you, Piper Bellini. I’m tired of trying to.”
― Livy Hart, Talk Flirty to Me

“We need to talk.”
She lets out a panicked sound that’s almost feline. “Do we?”
…
“I keep finding my mouth on yours, so yeah, that warrants a conversation. Preferably before I trip and fall and find my hands on you, too.”
― Livy Hart, The Great Dating Fake Off

“I’ve waited a lifetime to see my own longing reflected in someone else’s eyes. To be needed as strongly as I need. To feel like I’m on the same page with a person so it’d be safe to fall.
And I finally have it.”
― Livy Hart, The Great Dating Fake Off

“Being forgotten by everyone you’ve ever cared about after you move, or being inconsequential to the people you wanted to care about you, makes you wonder if you’re even worth holding on to.”
― Livy Hart, The Great Dating Fake Off

“Uh - I wanted my own room, out of respect for the family. With us being unmarried.”
“Oh. Well, that’s unnecessary. You’re welcome to share and enjoy your trip.” Mamma V drops to a near whisper. “The good lord and everyone else know Benjamino is over thirty years old and has needs.”
I look up at Benji, seeing my own horror reflected in his eyes. I could live a thousand lives and it’d still be too soon to hear Benji’s mother discuss his needs and how welcome I am to meet them.”
― Livy Hart, The Great Dating Fake Off

“Perfect isn’t real, but this is. And every day with you gets better and better.”
― Livy Hart, Some Kind of Blunderful

“Girlfriend?”
“Yup.” I attempt a chill, not-at-all forced smile on behalf of the boy of us as I snake my arm around Benji’s waist.
He gives my head three hard pats.
How romantic.”
― Livy Hart, The Great Dating Fake Off

“What are you waiting for?” “You,” he whispers, his breathing jagged. “For a very long time.”
― Livy Hart, Talk Flirty to Me

“Her round eyes go wide for a few seconds before she plasters on a smile. “Mr. Conroy, was it?”
In an upsetting turn of events, the way Mia says Mr. Conroy has a filthy effect on me. Which means she needs to never say that again.”
― Livy Hart, Some Kind of Blunderful

“Feed Tairn.”
― Livy Hart, The Great Dating Fake Off

“I don’t want you to leave, you don’t want to go…Can we stop pretending this isn’t real?”
― Livy Hart, Some Kind of Blunderful

“You make me want to try. You make me think things can be different.”
― Livy Hart, Planes, Trains, and All the Feels

“She wants everything I taught myself how to live without.
But I want her, whatever that entails.”
― Livy Hart, Some Kind of Blunderful

“I’ve got news for her. “We’re adults” doesn’t stop me from remembering she’s most ticklish right below her hip bone, especially when I nip her there with my teeth. “A professional arrangement” doesn’t mean I forget the way her mouth used to feel on mine, devouring me with hot and hungry kisses when I’d sneak into her room. That mouth is skilled at way more than just voice acting. And “like…seven years” is not long enough to forget the desperate little sounds she makes when she’s worked up and needy, all because of my mouth.”
― Livy Hart, Talk Flirty to Me

“My lungs are suddenly less functional than a McDonald’s soft-serve machine.”
― Livy Hart, Talk Flirty to Me

“I wasn’t prepared for the exponential growth of my feelings today.
It’s not just sex; it’s being with Alex. It’s being held and handled by his capable hands, kissed by his confident mouth, lost in his eyes.”
― Livy Hart, Some Kind of Blunderful

“As a general rule” – his mouth hovers near mine, and we share a breath – “I avoid feeling much of anything. But you make it so goddamn easy.”
― Livy Hart, Planes, Trains, and All the Feels

“I feel so much I don’t know what to do with it.”
― Livy Hart, Planes, Trains, and All the Feels

“When you produce your own loin fruit, you’ll get your shot at comedy.”
― Livy Hart, Talk Flirty to Me

“I’m falling for him. The ship has sailed. He’s everything I didn’t know I was missing in my life.”
― Livy Hart, Planes, Trains, and All the Feels

“For the life of me, I don’t understand why I’m preoccupied with her. It’s like having sex with her opened up a portal in my chest, and at random, when I’m brushing my teeth or leading a meeting, I’ll wonder where she is, what she’s up to, if she’s okay … Something either broke inside me or found redemption. I don’t know which one, but I would’ve handed her my soul on a platter if she’d asked for it.”
― Livy Hart, Some Kind of Blunderful

“Love, actually, can be pretty simple when two people are on the same page and assume the other has the best intentions.”
― Livy Hart, Some Kind of Blunderful

“No buts. He’s an equal partner in this. It may have been your job first, but he’s a big boy and knows what it means to commit to something. If he can’t handle the fallout from that decision…well, that’s not the Sam I know.”
― Livy Hart, Talk Flirty to Me

“I want to let this woman in. Until I met her, I thought feelings were easily controlled. A choice.
Now I’m riddled with the damn things and they’re winning. Leave it to Cassidy to tornado my beliefs, just like she tornado-ed my trip. In the best way.”
― Livy Hart, Planes, Trains, and All the Feels

“Nora’s seated next to Benji and I’m almost certain they are playing chess against each other on their phones.
I wave my hand in front of their faces. “You’re both aware you’re hot, right? You don’t have to live like this.”
― Livy Hart, The Great Dating Fake Off

“The art of ‘”declaring one’s intentions” needs reviving if you ask me. I want a guy to look at me and say I’m getting to know you with purpose. I intend to date you exclusively …
I want to be claimed. To be someone’s person. I crave the safety that comes when two people fully belong to each other.
Not that I’ve experienced it.”
― Livy Hart, The Great Dating Fake Off

“Here’s the thing about broken trust: it doesn’t matter what happens the next day, the next month, or even seven years later. Every little breach from the moment of the first break feels bigger than the last. It’s a virus that lays dormant, waiting to flare up again.”
― Livy Hart, Talk Flirty to Me

“He’s a goddamn revelation when he lets you get close, a Roman candle waiting to pop off and ignite the stars.”
― Livy Hart, Some Kind of Blunderful

“the closet, I asked you what you imagined when you thought of us. Right now, I want to lay you down on that bed and show you what I imagine.”
― Livy Hart, Talk Flirty to Me

“I’ve been yours for a long time. Whether we were ready or not.”
... “I’m ready now. I want everything with you.”
― Livy Hart, Some Kind of Blunderful