Erika Ashby > Quotes

“a drunk mind speaks sober thoughts”
― Erika Ashby, Caught

“Give me five minutes to change and at least run a brush through my hair. My neck, my back, my Netflix and my snacks have been my friends for far too long.”
― Erika Ashby, Caught

“The thing I enjoy so much about reading are the feelings it evokes. Whether you loved it or hated it, it still made you feel. Anything that makes you feel should matter.”
― Erika Ashby, How I became Lotus Raine

“In life, there are those who save us, both in big ways and in small. Sometimes that means being set free from a dark, windowless room, or being pulled out of a burning building. More often, it means being saved from yourself, and made to finally believe that letting someone love you, isn't just a big lie that you're unwilling to tell.”
― Erika Ashby, Exposed Anthology

“There are winds of destiny that blow when we least expect them. Sometimes they gust with the fury of a hurricane, sometimes they barely fan one’s cheek. But the winds cannot be denied, bringing as they often do a future that is impossible to ignore.” Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle”
― Erika Ashby, Exposed Anthology

“Well, to me the purpose of reading, or in my case listening, is to be taken somewhere else. I want to be transformed and placed in another reality. I don’t want to hear about stuff that can actually happen in real life.”
― Erika Ashby, Broken Wings

“disagreement. Usually the point of reading was to escape everyday reality. But once some cross that line, they get so hell bent over something they don’t find logical. Well, let me tell you something—life isn’t always logical. Shocker, I know.”
― Erika Ashby, How I became Lotus Raine

“I should have bolted out of that hotel like a bat out of hell the second I laid eyes on him, standing there in all his muscled, male beauty. He was the devil. A sometimes sweet, funny devil, true. But wasn't that just like Lucifer himself? That's how he lured you in, ready to give up your very soul for one taste of those sinful lips, flashing that damn dimple for extra measure.”
― Erika Ashby, Exposed Anthology

“Life doesn’t always hand you the happy ever after you dreamt of.  Sometimes, living happily ever after is a choice, not a given.  Live happy with what you have – not what you thought you would have.”
― Erika Ashby, Exposed Anthology

“I couldn't identify exactly what I was so angry about other than the fact that Carson had managed to tilt my world on its axis–again. I should have bolted out of that hotel like a bat out of hell the second I laid eyes on him, standing there in all his muscled, male beauty. He was the devil. A sometimes sweet, funny devil, true. But wasn't that just like Lucifer himself? That's how he lured you in, ready to give up your very soul for one taste of those sinful lips, flashing that damn dimple for extra measure.”
― Erika Ashby, Exposed Anthology

“If you want to read about facts, break out an encyclopedia. Not a book written by an author who put their creative mind to use in work clearly labeled fiction.”
― Erika Ashby, How I became Lotus Raine

“—Leonardo DiVinci”
― Erika Ashby, Broken Wings

“And I really, really like how you make me feel–like if you looked at me every day, the way you're looking at me right now, I could do anything, be anything, be more.”
― Erika Ashby, Exposed Anthology

“Guess we aren’t on speaking terms. Maybe I should have slept with her boyfriend a long time ago. Not really.”
― Erika Ashby, Caught

“Death—I’ve always thought the hospital smelled like death.  It’s a smell you never forget and one I have always hated.”
― Erika Ashby, Exposed Anthology

“open your eyes and your horizon will broaden. If you see an opportunity, don’t be afraid to explore it. Do not put yourself in a box. Your dream is worth the risk and possibly the failure.”
― Erika Ashby, How I became Lotus Raine

“want to smack him. I know I’d miss, so I don’t even waste the effort. “I don’t need a babysitter, Chacer.” I lay”
― Erika Ashby, Caught

“How about you stay over at my place, and tomorrow morning we figure out what to do with your car?” “I don’t know.” I looked away, unsure of what to say. “I promise I won’t bite.” He grinned mischievously. “That’s not a worry I have.” “Unless you want me to bite, of course.” “No, thanks.” “I guess vampires aren’t cool now?” “Vampires?” I frowned, wondering if he was high or something. “Isn’t Twilight all the craze? Don’t all you girls love that Edward Pattinson guy or something?”
― Erika Ashby, Exposed Anthology

“The blast of cold, snowy air hit us and I wrapped my arms around him, putting my face in the crook of his neck, breathing him in and moaning at the scent of his skin right against my face, that individual smell that I would recognize until the day I died. If I was put in a dark room with one hundred other men, I could locate him by scent alone. That scent belonged to me.”
― Erika Ashby, Exposed Anthology