Ellie K. Wilde > Quotes

“If she doesn't know I'm madly in love with her, the abandon in this laugh must tell it to her straight.”
― Ellie K. Wilde, The Sixty/Forty Rule

“Somewhere along the line I realized I'd probably eat a pile of dirt, if it made her smile.”
― ellie k. wilde

“Find it? What do you think was important enough to go back for in that storm?” “This is what got us stranded together in the woods?” I am flying. I am weightless, made of air and hope. “You always had it with you?” “I always had it with me.”
― Ellie K. Wilde, Only in Your Dreams: A Novel

“I’d burn everything to the ground for you and walk away without another look.”
― Ellie K. Wilde, Only in Your Dreams: A Novel

“She’s that first ray of sunlight after a bad storm. Peeking through the clouds.”
― Ellie K. Wilde, Only in Your Dreams: A Novel

“I’ll fit you so good, Mel. You and me, we were made for each other. You’ll see.”
― Ellie K. Wilde, Only in Your Dreams: A Novel

“We’re sandwiched in the space between our cars, an unnecessary shelter in this empty lot, but it feels like we’re in our own little world, just me and my Clover.”
― Ellie K. Wilde, Only in Your Dreams: A Novel

“How did I get someone like Connor, who doted on me so profusely, to walk away without a thought? I loved him, and I lost him, and I have no idea how. I thought I’d been doing everything right to make him happy.”
― Ellie K. Wilde, Only in Your Dreams: A Novel

“I dont need her to love me yet. I just need her to keep trying. To fight the urge to shut down to protect herself from the damage and insecurity that only comes from knowing how bad it feels to be left behind by people who should have stayed put.”
― Ellie K. Wilde, The Sixty/Forty Rule

“You realize you’re encouraging me to come up with a plan to meet a guy, right?” “Nah, I’m just waiting for you to realize you can check that off your list at any time. You’ve got one sitting right here.” I make a show of looking around, but he cuts off the beginnings of my comeback with a pointed, unamused look. “That would be me, you brat.”
― Ellie K. Wilde, Only in Your Dreams: A Novel

“She nuzzles into me. “I don’t understand how you’re single.” “I’ve never been single. I’ve been yours.”
― Ellie K. Wilde, Only in Your Dreams: A Novel

“That motherfucking fucker.”
― Ellie K. Wilde, Only in Your Dreams: A Novel

“He’s Zac Porter, the golden boy of Oakwood Bay. Quarterback of the high school football team, on the cusp of taking the field for the University of Oakwood Bay,”
― Ellie K. Wilde, Only in Your Dreams: A Novel

“And it’s there again. That crazy pull to give her whatever she wants. She could ask me to charter a jet just to taste the water in Tahiti and I’d drop into a curtsy before doing it. Hop on, sweetheart.”
― Ellie K. Wilde, The Sixty/Forty Rule

“You—” I struggle for the right words. “You’re hitting on me. You realize that, right?” “I’ve been hitting on you all weekend. Thanks for finally noticing.”
― Ellie K. Wilde, Only in Your Dreams: A Novel

“After all, she isn’t supposed to be here with me. But I’m gonna marry that girl one day. There’s no other way about it.”
― Ellie K. Wilde, Only in Your Dreams: A Novel

“A scarlet woman and a himbo out on a totally platonic domestic chore. There's definitely a joke built in there somewhere.”
― Ellie K. Wilde, The No-Judgment Zone

“But me and her? It’s as personal as it gets. When you’ve been desperately in love with someone for fourteen years, a fling isn’t good enough. I want to be her last, and I need her to be mine.”
― Ellie K. Wilde, Only in Your Dreams: A Novel

“We’ll paint yellow polka dots all over the walls, if that’s what you want.”
― Ellie K. Wilde, Only in Your Dreams: A Novel

“Telling myself that’s she is the target clientele, like I’m not about to put her favorite on this menu just because I’m nuts about her.”
― Ellie K. Wilde, The Sixty/Forty Rule

“WHAT IS LOVE BOMBING? SEVEN SIGNS TO LOOK FOR.”
― Ellie K. Wilde, Only in Your Dreams: A Novel

“Namely, letting go of the oar that’s now slipping the final inches off the side of the canoe. I dart forward to catch it just as Zac does the same. And this really must be a sappy romance novel come to life, because we end up missing the paddle completely and grabbing each other’s hands instead.”
― Ellie K. Wilde, Only in Your Dreams: A Novel

“I was such an easy target for his brand of manipulation, because I so badly wanted to believe I could be special to someone.”
― Ellie K. Wilde, Only in Your Dreams: A Novel

“She looks like the sun, Mom,’ ” Andrea says, voice dropping in apparent imitation. Zac stiffens at my side. “ ‘Mixed with a little bit of rain.’ I’ll never forget it. The sweetest words coming from a fourteen-year-old boy.”
― Ellie K. Wilde, Only in Your Dreams: A Novel

“I have to believe he'll keep making it better, and that, even if he stopped, I'd still be okay.”
― Ellie K. Wilde, The Sixty/Forty Rule

“When I dream about you naked, you’re not usually so hobbled, and you’re a lot more enthusiastic about it.”
― Ellie K. Wilde, Only in Your Dreams: A Novel

“Jude, are you kidding me? He says Holland like he's about to spank you. I almost volunteered to take your place.”
― Ellie K. Wilde, The Sixty/Forty Rule

“Because it isn’t good enough. She let her fear get in the way of us, of a better life for both of us. And I’m doing the same to him, aren’t I?”
― Ellie K. Wilde, The Sixty/Forty Rule

“It wasn’t only losing that kind of love that crippled me. It was the realization that I hadn’t been worth keeping, worth taking with them. That I’m the kind of girl who’s easy to walk away from, even by the people who should have loved me the most.”
― Ellie K. Wilde, The Sixty/Forty Rule

“I’m sitting at a solid I Need to Be with You, Too.”
― Ellie K. Wilde, The Sixty/Forty Rule