H. Elliott > Quotes

“I do. I worry about it. Sure, there are plenty of good men out there, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Some women deserve a good man—but not you. Not my Lee. You deserve a fucking hero,”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“Soulmates should have matching tattoos, surely?”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“I want you to have choices, whether I’m involved in them or not. That … that’s my new endgame.” - Joey”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“Everlee, I’ll stay with you to the end.” - spoiler”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“I chew my lip to disguise my disdain, but I can’t help but stare at the men who look up to him with their enduring patriotism, completely unaware that the country they once lived in is not here. There isn’t even an ongoing war. There are no other nations with enough resources to touch us anymore, but who would be left to hate if there weren’t an enemy to focus on? Their oppressor stands before them, and they don’t even recognise it.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“He chose to move to the city, and he still lives with family, while I’ve been shoved onto a conveyor belt of conformity, treated like a product for reproduction. A number. A wife. A walking, talking pair of ovaries. I don’t even know what life I wanted, but I know it was never this.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“What do I want?!” He plants his hand on his chest before animating every word. “I want to make you breakfast. I want to take you to see a band, watch you dance and sing along. I want you to have a day off! Take you to the cinema. Take you to the beach. Watch you watch The Lord of the Rings trilogy for the first time. And at no point—at no point—does any of that have to be romantic. Just to be with you… I guess what I really want… I want you to have choices, whether I’m involved in them or not. That … that’s my new endgame.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“Love is not something you find. It is not as instantaneous as the movies would have you believe. It is tailored with time, woven with words, and formed with friendship.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“He chose to move to the city”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“We’re friends, all right?” “Yeah, we are—and for me, if that’s all I can ever have, that’s all I will ever need. To stand beside you at this bar every day until the goddamn day you have to leave.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“I’ll miss you too. But for you, anywhere is better than here, bubbeleh.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“The government has stationed rangers as a permanent military presence. It didn’t happen overnight. A trickle of black Kevlar dripped down the hierarchy, replacing the muted green-and-beige camo like a slow cloak of decay. As the complaints of brutality arose, then came the helmets. These anonymous soldiers were repurposed to correct illegal or rebellious behaviour with draconian policing. It didn’t take long for the resistance of civilians to simmer down.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“It’s hard to describe loss. Someone suddenly no longer being. The last time you spoke to them. The last time you laughed together. It’s incomprehensible to believe they were all the last times. Like all those future moments have been carved from my chest, leaving a physical cavity in its place.”
― Hannah Elliott

“My father died for the freedom of America, not for the Renegades! He fought for his wife and daughter! For his family. For women, so they aren’t caged in cities or studied in fertility factories.”
― Hannah Elliott

“It looks like quite the journey.” “Ahhh, good. They’re the best kind, kid.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“An emptiness stretches through my chest and mind, similar to being caught in the shade on a sunny day, chased with a chilling shiver. It leaves me feeling light, as if gravity no longer has a hold on me. I can release myself from this earth and float into nothingness at any moment … but something stops me”
― Hannah Elliott

“Men didn’t make it to the moon alone. Journeying beyond the stratosphere is a team effort. Some people come into our lives, hear about our dream to reach the stars, and they choose to join us. They propel us from Earth—but some stay behind. It’s not everyone’s destiny to make it to the stars, but they were the fuel that got us there. Their efforts, their spirit, their love can continue in memory. And it’s important to honour them by continuing that journey.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“His chin rests atop my head as he recites sweetly: “My dear, There is not a peak so bleak that a flower doesn’t grow, Not a night so trite that a star doesn’t glow, Not a day so grey that the blue doesn’t show. My dear, Beyond the veil of the darkness, the painful harrow, Peace and freedom await you beyond the shadow.”
― Hannah Elliott

“My bottom lip shakes as I try to form words. “I can’t leave him.” “You don’t have to, but we need to get you both out of there.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“I want you to be happy. I want you to be free. I’d do anything to help you, but … if you could be both of those things, and be with me too … I would be here for that.”
― Hannah Elliott

“It’s not safe here. You can stay here, surviving, or you can come with me and start living.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“I try to say it. The words leave my heart, but fail to pass my lips. “I love you…”
― Hannah Elliott

“You can keep the knife. You can even have my knife. I only want to keep you safe. Rangers come up and down this road, and then there are the marauders. Please, come with us. I promise you, we’re the good guys.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“Ahhh. That’s awkward…” Leon says with a wincing face. “Because, you see, she’s one of us now … and we’re not leaving without her.”
― Hannah Elliott

“Hey! I’m charged with keeping you safe, and I’m not in the business of losing people. If I didn’t think you could do this, I wouldn’t ask you to.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“I want everything with you.” His thumb rubs against the back of my hand, his eyes tracking my lips. “And I’ll give you everything I’ve got… We’re almost there.”
― Hannah Elliott

“We’ll prepare him a spot beneath the orchard.” A kiss is pressed on my cheek. “Be brave.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“This thing has thousands of songs—days of continuous music, played randomly,” he says. “And if this isn’t the universe trying to tell me something, then I don’t know anything anymore.”
― Hannah Elliott

“We’re all real people. I’m asking you to take a leap with us, and I promise it’s better than this.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys: A Forbidden Love Dystopian Romance

“Seeing him so broken halts me. He needs me. Being by his side prevents me from drifting into the oblivion, and as my heart aches, he will never know how much he is anchoring me. I’m surprised neither of us cries again. We have passed to another level, where tears are nothing compared to the sadness we feel.”
― Hannah Elliott