Louisa Edwards > Quotes

“Forgiveness is a funny thing. We act like it has to be earned, as if there are a certain number of hoops someone can jump through to make us forget that they hurt us. But forgiveness can't be earned! It can only be given freely, as a gift!”
― Louisa Edwards, Too Hot To Touch

“Uncomfortable.Lord. I’ve been doing the comfortable thing my whole life, it seems like. And what did it get me? I think it’s about time I did something a little uncomfortable.”
― Louisa Edwards, On the Steamy Side

“Somewhere along the way." Adam said, "I stopped cooking for anyone other than you. When you were gone, it was like all the flavor had drained out of the world. Without you, nothing tastes as sweet.”
― Louisa Edwards, Can't Stand the Heat

“I'm shocked and appalled that you would dare to suggest I might not be completely original and unique in every way. I'll have you know that I'm a very special snowflake, Ms. Cavanaugh. There's no one like me anywhere in the world. I know, because I checked.”
― Louisa Edwards, Too Hot To Touch

“You want me to be your spy in a game of restaurant espionage? Will I need a code name?"

"It's nothing morally reprehensible or anything, " Wes hastened to assure her. "Just curiosity."

"I think your code name should be Tiberius," she said decisively. "I'll be Uhura."

"Tiberius? As in James Tiberius Kirk?" Wes blinked, then grinned. "Oh my God, this is your version of flirting. How do you say 'I fancy you' in Klingon?”
― Louisa Edwards, Just One Taste

“Love was the ultimate act of courage, he understood now. Because you had to go into it knowing it could be snatched away by forces beyond your control. and if that happened, you'd be a shell of a person, a shadow of yourself, and nothing would be any good again.”
― Louisa Edwards, On the Steamy Side

“You Americans. You suppress the body of its desires, and treat the heart as if it is a wild animal to be tamed, so that when those things are awakened in you , they have the strength of ravenous lions, too long imprisoned.”
― Louisa Edwards, Some Like It Hot

“So the world was nuts and he'd suddenly discovered a kink for geeks. There were worse things.”
― Louisa Edwards, Just One Taste

“She fit
against him like a teaspoon inside a tablespoon, curves angling
together in all the right places to lock them into place with a nearly
audible click of perfection”
― Louisa Edwards, Just One Taste

“I mean, it's just sex. It's simple biology, right? You build up tension and stress-- you need to open a valve somewhere and let it out, or you'll explode. Nothing deep and emotional about it, just a bodily function. Like sneezing.'

'Sure,' Kane said, nodding sagely. 'Coed naked sneezing. The next wave in porn.”
― Louisa Edwards, Some Like It Hot

“Well, thank you kindly, pretty lady," Max said, twisting his mouth into a grin... He blinked. "Wow, that came out creepier than I was expecting. Sorry about that.”
― Louisa Edwards, Too Hot To Touch

“Adorkable”
― Louisa Edwards, Just One Taste

“You're unbelievable."
"Thank you."
"That wasn't a compliment!"
"I know you didn't mean it as one, Juliet, but when you think about it, what could be more glorious than to be too much, too out of the ordinary, to be believed?”
― Louisa Edwards, Too Hot To Touch

“Winslow bounced over on the balls of his feet, clearly not experiencing any sort of crash. 'Aren't your guys nervous? I'm nervous as all hell.'
'There's nothing to be nervous about,' Beck said, joining them. 'Nerves are only useful when they can spur you on to work harder, faster, better. Once the work is done, they become pointless.”
― Louisa Edwards, Too Hot To Touch

“His head was thrown back, his chest
heaving, and the look on his face was more indicative of pain than
pleasure.
Rosemary snatched her fingers back, certain she’d
misunderstood the technique somehow.
But he whimpered piteously and she realized, no, she couldn’t
have misunderstood. Because (a) she was a genius, and (b) it just
wasn’t that complicated”
― Louisa Edwards, Just One Taste

“ whatever," Winslow snorted. "The first team that got judged, from the Italian place on East Thrity-Sixth? They came back in here looking like whipped dogs. Come on, I Know i'm not the only one here about to wet myself."
There was a short pause while they all looked at Win, and the way he was sort of dancing in place.
"Dude," Danny finally said, "Maybe you just need to pee.”
― Louisa Edwards, Too Hot To Touch

“I need to pull away from this - She gestured between them languidly - "because When I'm with you, I lose my balance. I don't feel calm and happy.
She leaned forward, and Kane swallowed down his immediate urge to leap across the table and crush her thin lips under his.
"When I am with you," Claire said, her accent rolling through the words like thunder, "I am a starving lion, raging at my captivity.”
― Louisa Edwards

“Danny shook his head, amusement relaxing the tense line of his mouth. 'Is that all you think about?'

'No! Sometimes I think about food. And beer. The color cyan. I'm a complex and multilayered flower, Danny.”
― Louisa Edwards, Too Hot To Touch

“Max rocked back on his heels, shoving his hands into his pockets, and said, 'So. Juliet Cavanaugh. I assume my parents have been talking your ear off for the last however many months, telling you how awesome I am, and filling your head full of stories of my impressive talents in the kitchen.'

'Um. Not so much,' Jules said, shooting a glance at Danny, who shook his head and went back to his prep work.

'No? I should take this opportunity to set the record straight, then.' Max heaved a deep sigh. 'It's all true.'

'What?'

'Everything they should've told you about me,' Max explained. 'And I don't know why they didn't, because it's all true. No exaggeration or family bias plays into it at all--I am the best chef in the entire world.”
― Louisa Edwards, Too Hot To Touch

“You want to be queen of the mountain, you take that crown and wear it with pride. It's gonna look great on you. Me? I'm more of a baseball cap kind of guy.”
― Louisa Edwards, Too Hot To Touch

“Are we playing dress-up?" she said. "And me without my Uhura costume.”
― Louisa Edwards, Just One Taste

“And all Wes could think, before pure, unadulterated lust dragged
him under, was: Hey, which one of us was supposed to be the
starving lion, again?”
― Louisa Edwards, Just One Taste

“She’d learned the trick of it a long time ago, and she’d do well to remember it now. The key to happiness, or at least, the key to contentment.
Don’t want what you can’t have”
― Louisa Edwards, Can't Stand the Heat

“So..." he said, shoving his hands in his pockets and rocking back onto his heels. "You come here often?"
Picking up on his mood with the lightning quickness that had won them a space in the finals, Jules flirted right back."Pretty often. But you must be new. I'm sure I'd remember if I'd seen you here before, hot stuff."
That made him grin and saunter closer, close enough to reach out and smooth a lock of dark gold hair behind her ear. "What do you say we low this joint?...”
― Louisa Edwards, Too Hot To Touch

“Are you talking about me?" Danny looked up from the pastry board, suspicion written clearly across his face.

"Just bemoaning your tragic heterosexuality," Win sighed, swinging his knives down on the prep station.

"Oh," Danny said, blinking. "Well. Sorry about that, but there's not much I can do about it."

Win waved that away. "No big. I'm not that into workplace romance, myself.”
― Louisa Edwards, Too Hot To Touch

“He pushed her, prodded her, challenged her- but when she started to crack, he didn't try to break her”
― Louisa Edwards, Too Hot To Touch

“I can't be the only one responsible for your happiness," I choked out. "It's too much. You need to fight for it too.”
― Louisa Edwards, Naughty Brits

“You're wasting your time. Worse, you're wasting mine”
― Louisa Edwards, On the Steamy Side

“you've got to jiggle the knob hard then bump with your hip."
A low cackle of laughter sounded from the other side of the door. "That's what he said. What? Hold on a sec. I got this.”
― Louisa Edwards, Too Hot To Touch

“Giving a nod to his old pal, Fate, he felt a slow smile crease his cheeks,"So," he said. "We really are alone."
"Yeah," she said, then her eyes widened comically."Hey, no-stay over there. What are you doing? Personal space!”
― Louisa Edwards, Too Hot To Touch