Kyra Davis > Quotes

“Sometimes we have to step out of our comfort zones. We have to break the rules. And we have to discover the sensuality of fear. We need to face it, challenge it, dance with it.”
― Kyra Davis

“If you want to turn your life you're going to have to start making things happen and stop allowing things to happen to you”
― Kyra Davis, Sex, Murder and a Double Latte

“I nodded, not trusting myself to speak. It's always like that. You think you've blown something off and then you say it out loud and suddenly you're all choked up and pathetic.”
― Kyra Davis, So Much for My Happy Ending

“I only lie to people I care about. So try to feel honored.”
― Kyra Davis, Vows, Vendettas and a Little Black Dress

“A little mystery is not such a bad thing.”
― Kyra Davis, Lust, Loathing and a Little Lip Gloss

“One of the unfortunate side effects of my medication is it hinders my ability to act crazy.”
― Kyra Davis

“I heard people say that when you lose someone you love, they keep thinking they see him. Like when a stranger walks by, they'll do a double take to make sure it's not him. They'll hear his voice in a cafe only to realize that what they heard was the sound of some baritone DJ on the radio.”
― Kyra Davis

“Sometimes I think the only difference between the two groups is that kids have legitimate excuses for their ignorance while adults just invent them.”
― Kyra Davis, Deceptive Innocence: Part 2

“People frequently claim to be going insane. But I've never heard somebody say they were going sane. Perhaps its because sanity isn't a desirable destination.”
― Kyra Davis, Lust, Loathing and a Little Lip Gloss

“Drinking is for the moon,” she would say as she poured her wine. “Darkness hides our smaller sins. But the sun isn’t so
forgiving. Light requires the innocence of sobriety.”
― Kyra Davis, The Stranger

“When you’re old, do you really want to look back at your life and realize that you were never young?”
― Kyra Davis, The Stranger

“That is why I love Starbucks. It doesn't matter how much money you have or what social world you're from, chances are you will still eventually end up at a Starbucks in order to revel in the taste sensation provided by the Frappuccino. It is the great equalizer of our time.”
― Kyra Davis, Sex, Murder and a Double Latte

“Knowledge only equates to power if you can figure out what to do with it.”
― Kyra Davis, Sex, Murder and a Double Latte: A Romantic Mystery

“People frequently claim to be going insane. But I've never heard somebody say they were going sane. Perhaps it's because sanity isn't a desirable destination.”
― Kyra Davis

“Promise me you won’t let any more strangers take you up to a hotel room, okay?”
― Kyra Davis, Binding Agreement

“I don’t know, man.” He reached into his inside pocket and pulled out a pack of cigarettes.

“Ew!” I recoiled. “You smoke?”

“Only when I drink,” he said, reaching for a lighter, “or when I’m seriously depressed.”

I snatched the pack away. “These will kill you, and you don’t want that.”

“Yeah?” he said sarcastically. “How should I get myself killed then?”

“You could hang out with me some more,” I suggested. “I attract homicidal maniacs like mosquitoes, baby.”
― Kyra Davis, Lust, Loathing and a Little Lip Gloss

“What’s a woman supposed to do when her angel starts using her devil’s tools?”
― Kyra Davis, Just One Night

“I don’t have any interest in helping you keep your job,” I say, shifting my weight onto my heels, suddenly tired and
resigned. “But I promise to do what I can to keep you from being fired over false pretenses. If you get thrown out of here,
it’ll be your fault, not mine, and not Mr. Dade’s.”

“You say that now—”

“—and I’ll say it tomorrow.” I turn and pull open the door. “Good night, Asha. Go home and get some sleep.”

“I’m not tired.”

“Then go to the park and pull the wings off butterflies,” I say with a sardonic smile. “That seems like the kind of
thing you would enjoy.”

She smiles back, shakes her head. “Butterflies are too weak.”

“Then shoot a coyote, whatever,” I suggest. “But your work day’s over. We all need our rest and if I’m going to be a
dictator, I’m going to try to be a benevolent one.”
― Kyra Davis, Binding Agreement

“What I’m feeling . . . it’s unfamiliar—carefree, playful, light. . . . I feel light.”
― Kyra Davis, Just One Night

“I’mHereBecauseIHearYou’reDatingMySister.”
― Kyra Davis, Just Once More

“As I was saying before,” he says, his eyes glued to me as I begin to writhe on the sheets beneath me, “I will allow it.”
― Kyra Davis, Just One Night

“No, no, Mr. Dade, this is my ride now. I make the rules.”
― Kyra Davis, Just One Night

“The rules are mine to set. What I don’t believe in is playing by other people’s rules.”
― Kyra Davis, Just One Night

“Well, fortunately I know what the best looks like now,” she says as she links her arms around my neck.”
― Kyra Davis, Just Once More

“but rules are made to be broken.”
― Kyra Davis, Just One Night

“I feel the weight of his chest on top of me as he finally collapses; I close my eyes and try to bring myself back to earth. I might have been safer at Dave”
― Kyra Davis, Just One Night

“You want me to touch you right here, in full daylight”
― Kyra Davis, Just One Night

“I need you,” he says, his voice so quiet I have to lean forward to hear. “That’s my secret. I need you more than you have ever needed me.”
― Kyra Davis, Just One Night

“He lied to you too, Sophie"

"I know," I said softly.

"You're risking that adorable little neck of yours for an asshole."

"I am," I admitted. The fountain was now a blur as the wind played with the carefully structured pattern of the water. "But here's the thing...he's my asshole."

"Is this about ownership?" Marcus asked incredulously, "Or is it about love?"

"It's about love," I whispered. "Marcus I...I love my asshole, okay? I love him so much.”
― Kyra Davis, Vanity, Vengeance And A Weekend In Vegas

“If we’re starting over,” he says, quietly, “is it too early to say I love you?”
― Kyra Davis, Just One Night