Roni Loren > Quotes

“I want nothing more in this life than to make you mine and to be yours in return. I know it may take you a while to trust that, but I will give you my love without limit or conditions, without an end.”
― Roni Loren, Need You Tonight

“Being capable of doing something and actually enjoying it turned out to be two different things.”
― Roni Loren, Yes & I Love You

“Don’t you dare pee on me.”
― Roni Loren, Melt into You

“She was over someone trying to force her into something that didn’t come naturally. Not everyone had to be a damn extrovert.”
― Roni Loren, Yes & I Love You

“I had a counselor once tell me that we need to be careful with the stories we tell ourselves because our brains believe them. Maybe it's time you start telling yourself another story.”
― Roni Loren, Yes & I Love You

“He shook his head and looked away, as if he was giving himself a firm lecture only he could here.”
― Roni Loren, Fall into You

“Fear is there to protect us, but fear is also what gets us stuck.”
― Roni Loren, Yes & I Love You

“Sometimes when you get the dream, you realize it wasn't what you were looking for at all. That you already had what you most wanted right where you were standing. You just weren't looking hard enough.”
― Roni Loren, Yes & I Love You

“It sounds weird, but horror is often about hope. We want to believe we can be the final girl. That the good guys or girls can still beat evil despite it all.”
― Roni Loren, What If You & Me

“Sometimes fighting on behalf of someone else helps us remember that our own life is worth fighting for too.”
― Roni Loren, What If You & Me

“Life is one big improv stage anyway. You're only as good as the people standing there with you.”
― Roni Loren, Yes & I Love You

“Ask for what you want. Always. Not just with me. If, in the future, a guy ever thinks you’re weird or throws shade at you for doing that, then you drop his ass on the hot pavement. Sex can be fun. It can be hot. It can be kinky or serious. It can be a lot of things. But what it should always be is a safe zone to explore what each person likes. If everyone is consenting and it’s legal, there really are no limits beyond that. Just be you.”
― Roni Loren, Yes & I Love You

“I’m feeling kind of terrified … But at least I’m feeling something. You make me feel something.”
― Roni Loren, The Ones Who Got Away

“Her shyness was just a layer that made it harder to see the real parts of her. It didn't make them any less real.”
― Roni Loren, Yes & I Love You

“But it’s two sides of the same coin. You don’t get to have only one side or the other. You have to put the whole thing in your pocket and take both, or you get nothing at all. I don’t want to live with empty pockets anymore.”
― Roni Loren, The Ones Who Got Away

“Horror stories and loves stories are two sides of the same coin. Both can involve obsession, being overtaken by feelings you can't control, being driven to doing crazy out-of-character stuff, being at someone else's mercy. Both involve death. [...] Horror involves actual death. But love stories threaten emotional death if the person doesn't end up with the one they love, or that's the theory they're selling us.”
― Roni Loren, What If You & Me

“He listened. He hadn't pushed or rushed her. He hadn't cajoled. But more than that, he hadn't made her feel wrong or broken for being the way she was. He'd simply been with her in that moment, meeting her where she was and seeming to enjoy what thye were doing as much as she did.”
― Roni Loren, What If You & Me

“Do you need us to get you anything, sweetie?” Kincaid asked, sitting on the opposite side of the bed from Finn. “Water? A pill? A former football player in his underwear? Because we’ve got the last one covered. And I can make the first two happen.”

Liv looked up at that, registering the fact that Finn was shirtless and his thick hair was sticking up every which way. Her gaze drifted down to his black boxer briefs. “You’re in your underwear.”

“’Fraid so,” he said. “Good thing I don’t sleep naked.”
― Roni Loren, The Ones Who Got Away

“You didn’t know what tomorrow would bring. You had to live for today. Enjoy the moment.
Even when you knew that moment couldn’t last.”
― Roni Loren, The Ones Who Got Away

“Once upon a time, she'd thought that was what she should want. A gentleman who told her loving things. But right now, filth was working like wildfire.”
― Roni Loren, Nothing Between Us

“You’re allowed to have fun. You’re allowed to have a fling with an old boyfriend and not feel like it’s some big life decision or an unhealthy coping mechanism. Be smart about it, but don’t deny yourself some simple life pleasures. Taking your photos. Hanging out with your awesome, amazing, super-wise friends. And hot cop penis.”

A real laugh burst out of Liv this time, and she quickly pressed her hand over her mouth to staunch it. “He’s FBI, for the record.”

“Federal cop penis,” Kincaid corrected. “That’s top shelf. It has authority across state lines.”
― Roni Loren, The Ones Who Got Away

“Do you know how much power there is in learning not to give a fuck if you look stupid?”
― Roni Loren, Yes & I Love You

“Teen Liv had been racked with anxiety and nightmares, but still, she’d craved adventure. Art.
Passion.
She’d believed she could still have it.
What did grown-up Liv believe? Want?
Did she even know?”
― Roni Loren, The Ones Who Got Away

“Maybe she saw through his bullshit facade because she knew how to wear one too. They were shopping at the same costume shop.”
― Roni Loren, What If You & Me

“Lose the dress, beautiful. There’s only one scent I want you wearing. Mine.”
― Roni Loren, Nice Girls Don't Ride

“I don’t want to hurt you,” he said softly. “But I can’t seem to stop myself from wanting you.”
― Roni Loren, The Ones Who Got Away

“Broken glass still made art.
Sometimes the most beautiful kind.”
― Roni Loren, The Ones Who Got Away

“I wish you hell, sweetheart. Oops, darn typewriter, no spell-check. I wish you well.”
― Roni Loren, Yes & I Love You

“Hey, erect is a perfectly proper word. I can’t help it if your mind was in the gutter.”

“I’ve been celibate for two years. Assume it’s always there. I’ve set up shop and built a little gutter town. We’re about to elect a mayor.”
― Roni Loren, The Ones Who Got Away

“Your capacity to love is boundless”
― Roni Loren, The One for You