Jessica Hawkins > Quotes

“I’m not a religious or spiritual man. I am guided solely by my instincts, my gut. And they have led me to you. Without you, I have nothing to believe in.”
― Jessica Hawkins, Come Alive

“Of all the men, and ashamedly, that included Bill, David was the one who I felt in my core, as though I only existed as an extension of him. I wanted to fall just so he could catch me.”
― Jessica Hawkins, Come Alive

“I'd been with boys before; I'd been with boys I'd thought were men. But this was different. David kissed like a man. He tasted, he smelled and he fucked like a man.”
― Jessica Hawkins, Come Undone

“I had one option left. Tilt the universe until she fell into my arms.”
― Jessica Hawkins, Something in the Way

“You should have the world. Fuck the world - you should have the universe, the sky, and every star in it.”
― Jessica Hawkins, Somebody Else's Sky

“What are you thinking?” he asked in a disarmingly gentle tone.
“That the city looks different depending on whom I’m seeing it with.”
He nodded easily, as if this same thought had occurred to him.
“I notice different things,” I continued. “Like with you, I pay more attention to the details of the buildings – the textures, the colors, the people standing in front of them. The reflections are different.”
“Reflections?” he asked quietly.
“They are.” I watched our bodies morph and distort in the window of an empty bank. “You’re there,” I said. “That’s how they’re different.”
― Jessica Hawkins, Come Alive

“Fate doesn’t stick around for happy endings—it only gives you the opportunity to work for one.”
― Jessica Hawkins, Yours to Bare

“Seeing David was a full-body experience. I felt heavy and light at the same time. He gives me butterflies, but they aren’t butterflies. They’re bigger and darker and scarier, like crows. They’re dangerous. And did Bill ever give me butterflies?”
― Jessica Hawkins

“You know, when I looked into your eyes at the theater, I was stunned. Nothing like that has ever happened to me. And when I saw you in that gold dress, at the restaurant, I knew you were the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. You were glowing. But right now, in my bed, naked and undone,” he paused, leaning forward to kiss me softly on the lips. “You are perfect. I never want you any other way.”
― Jessica Hawkins, Come Undone

“It felt as if her goodness could actually be enough to heal my ugliness.”
― Jessica Hawkins, Something in the Way

“Now that I know what it’s like to be with someone like you, I don’t want anything else. Just you. You make me mad, and for better or worse, I refuse to live without that madness.”
― Jessica Hawkins, Right Where I Want You

“I wouldn’t be allowed in Heaven, but I swear on all that’s holy—I’d rattle the gates until they let me have you.”
― Jessica Hawkins, Violent Triumphs

“You make this decision, and we're in it together. I will be your shield.”
― Jessica Hawkins, Come Alive

“Just remember- No monster thinks of himself that way. He's just living by a different code than yours".”
― Jessica Hawkins, Violent Delights

“Once a man gets a taste of power, his need for it surpasses hunger. It's a sickness that demands more.”
― Jessica Hawkins, Violent Delights

“Olivia, I’ll put on a show in front of your friends, at your work, whenever we’re in public. But I’m growing tired of pretending when we’re alone. Don’t tempt me.”
― Jessica Hawkins, Come Undone

“The lessons I'd learned too early in life. Trust no one. Never draw a weapon unless you meant to kill. Loyalty didn't guarantee loyalty, even to your own blood. Anyone, even the most loyal disciple, could turn.”
― Jessica Hawkins, Violent Delights

“You feel like the lifeline I lost. Don’t tell me you’re weak. Don’t tell me your flaws aren’t my blessings.”
― Jessica Hawkins, Right Where I Want You

“If you ever think he’s falling out of love with you, stop him. Before it’s too late.”
― Jessica Hawkins, Slip of the Tongue

“The man puts you on a fucking pedestal. And you do the same to him. It’s about time you knocked each other off, because now you’re on the ground where you should be. And that’s the foundation you need to build on, not some lofty idea that you can’t be happy if you aren’t perfect.”
― Jessica Hawkins, Slip of the Tongue

“Maybe we have to go through certain experiences in order to get where we’re supposed to be.”
― Jessica Hawkins, Slip of the Tongue

“I try unsuccessfully to suppress a smile. “So what does the color blue say about you?” He studies all the parts of my face—mouth, nose, ears, chin—as if he’s memorizing it for an exam. Then his eyes return to mine. “It says I never had a favorite color until I met this girl in a coffee shop with eyes so blue, they’re almost purple, like the absolute final moments before sunrise. This girl stayed on my mind. When I saw things like a cluster of irises or a peacock at the zoo, I would think of her and say to myself, that is my favorite color.”
― Jessica Hawkins, Slip of the Tongue

“I love you, Sadie. You’re what I want. You can close off your heart, but don’t forget—I know how to tear you open. I’ve done it before, and I’ll do it again and again until you realize I will never, ever let you abandon me. And I will never, ever abandon you.”
― Jessica Hawkins, Slip of the Tongue

“I won’t lose myself again because you won’t let me. And if you happen to, I will light your way back to ensure you always find yourself. And then you find me.”
― Jessica Hawkins, Right Where I Want You

“I had run away from all this, but the devil still tempted that stupid little girl. She knew better than most what would come of that.”
― Jessica Hawkins, Violent Delights

“Lake glanced at me and then the ground. Why was she embarrassed? Because she wasn’t number one? In that moment, I wanted nothing more than to be the man who announced in front of everyone that she was number one in my eyes.”
― Jessica Hawkins, Somebody Else's Sky

“Maybe he can’t worship my ground anymore, because he’s found a new place to kneel. The”
― Jessica Hawkins, Slip of the Tongue

“I’m going to make you uncomfortable. I’m going to worship you. I’m going to dominate you. Any man who just has sex with a woman like you is a fool. I want to make art with you—dirty, impossible, fucked-up, beautiful art.”
― Jessica Hawkins, Possession

“You know my love for you spans the world. It trumps time, space, human life. I chose you knowing hundreds would suffer. I could never make a decision that didn’t put you above all.”
― Jessica Hawkins, Violent Triumphs

“The way you’re smiling a little makes me think maybe you wouldn’t mind an older man.”
― Jessica Hawkins, Night Fever