Laura Bishop > Quotes

“It’s Evan. Who’s Evan? My boyfriend. I thought I was your boyfriend. You’re not real. Wait”
― Laura Bishop, Love Me Stalk Me

“No, I need to be pinned against a wall by that man and interrogated about whatever the hell he wants.”
― Laura Bishop, Love Me Stalk Me

“Look at you. Taking what I give you. So fucking perfect for me. Go on. Moan like you can’t take it anymore.”
― Laura Bishop, Love Me Stalk Me

“It’s textbook. Low self-esteem. So he finds a woman who should know she’s out of his league, and instead of building her up, he drags her down, makes her question herself, chips away at her own confidence, all so he can feel bigger in comparison. A classic move from insecure men everywhere.”
― Laura Bishop, Love Me Stalk Me

“Back when I was lighter,”
― Laura Bishop, Love Me Stalk Me

“The hands holding me freeze. Then the door implodes. And there he is. Kade. Not Chad. Kade. My husband. Standing in the doorway in black tactical gear, no helmet hiding his face this time, and— Oh God. It’s him. It’s really him.”
― Laura Bishop, Hate Me Take Me

“The fact that he looks like he’s one bad day away from committing a crime but would never let you open a door yourself.”
― Laura Bishop, Love Me Stalk Me

“Two days, and the last man who threatened her will be dead at my hands. Then I can finally tell her the truth about why I left. Then I get my wife back, and this time, I’m keeping her. Forever.”
― Laura Bishop, Hate Me Take Me

“I’m halfway through dismantling his weapons cache when my phone vibrates. Not ideal timing, but then again, I thrive on multitasking.”
― Laura Bishop, Hate Me Take Me

“One more mission, and I get my wife back.”
― Laura Bishop, Hate Me Take Me

“Raven snorts. “Damn, he edged you textually? A sadist. I like him. So what are you going to do about it?”
― Laura Bishop, Hate Me Take Me

“Callahan glances at me as I walk in. “I didn’t mean to startle you,” he says, his deep voice rumbling in the quiet morning air. I wave a hand, still flustered. “No, yeah, it’s fine. Totally normal to wake up to a half-naked man in my kitchen.”
― Laura Bishop, Love Me Stalk Me

“I’m always weird. That’s my brand.”
― Laura Bishop, Hate Me Take Me

“No, I’m not in the Mafia. But I appreciate your faith in my ability to be that ruthless.”
― Laura Bishop, Hate Me Take Me

“And I definitely don’t want to think about how he looked at me today, with a kind of raw, undivided attention that made everything else fade away.”
― Laura Bishop, Love Me Stalk Me

“Jake?” Amanda’s voice goes up an octave, her head whipping between us. “As in Raven’s Jake? Are you fucking kidding me right now?” Jake grins. “Tell your sister I said hi.”
― Laura Bishop, Hate Me Take Me

“And the really fucked-up part? I do the same thing to myself. I tear myself down before anyone else can. I deflect with humor and chaos and pink everything, because if I’m the joke, then when people laugh at me, at least I’m in control.”
― Laura Bishop, Hate Me Take Me

“Because in order for him to be real, someone has to believe in him. Might as well be me.”
― Laura Bishop, Hate Me Take Me

“I’m nothing like that scumbag,” he says, voice dangerously low. I freeze, mug halfway to my lips, suddenly realizing my mistake. He leans in slightly. “He wants to ‘work on you’ to tear you down, Izzy. I want to build you up.” He tilts his head. “There’s a big difference.”
― Laura Bishop, Love Me Stalk Me

“Don’t let her negative voice become yours.”
― Laura Bishop, Hate Me Take Me

“You’re trouble,” he says. “Should have thought of that before you married me.” “Best decision I ever made.”
― Laura Bishop, Hate Me Take Me

“This is fine. Totally fine. I love dating a man whose most stable relationship is with his notifications.”
― Laura Bishop, Love Me Stalk Me

“Just say my name.” Her breath catches. The implication is clear. I’ll be there. I’ll intervene. I’ll protect her.”
― Laura Bishop, Love Me Stalk Me

“But why? Why does that even matter to you?” It’s because you belong to me. Because no one treats my woman like that. Because if you were mine, you’d never doubt your worth for even a second. Because I see the way you flinch when someone comments on your body, the way you hesitate before you eat, the way you try to make yourself smaller when you should be taking up all the space you want.”
― Laura Bishop, Love Me Stalk Me

“He’s like the human equivalent of long COVID. Persistent, exhausting, and still somehow ruining lives years later.”
― Laura Bishop, Love Me Stalk Me

“I’ll take care of her. Keep her safe. She won’t have to worry about blowing through red lights or cutting off innocent Toyota drivers ever again. Because she’ll be mine. Until then? I’ll just have to survive.”
― Laura Bishop, Love Me Stalk Me

“Men like him lift weights to make their arms look big in a mirror. Men like me lift weights so we can carry a fully grown man over our shoulder while running uphill being shot at.”
― Laura Bishop, Love Me Stalk Me

“She needs those walls sometimes, needs the safety of making everything a joke.”
― Laura Bishop, Hate Me Take Me

“She’s beautiful in a way that isn’t obvious at first. Not the kind of beauty that knocks you sideways the second you see her but the kind that unfolds the longer you look, the kind that sinks under your skin and takes root.”
― Laura Bishop, Love Me Stalk Me

“She’s Italian, for fuck’s sake. She’s got hips, curves, softness in all the places a woman is supposed to. A body that’s been celebrated in art for centuries,”
― Laura Bishop, Love Me Stalk Me