Riley Hart > Quotes

“You might not realize it now, kid, but everyone is some shade of fucked-up.”
― Riley Hart, Broken Pieces

“It doesn’t matter who you love, brother, as long as you love them with your whole damn heart.”
― Riley Hart, Stay

“There aren’t laws for emotions, Tristan. There isn’t a magical timeframe where it’s okay to fall in love with someone or okay to fall out of it. Emotions don’t play by rules. That’s what makes them so incredible.”
― Riley Hart, Broken Pieces

“It’s a crossroads, Bryce. Which way are you going to go?” Nick finally repeated the lines from his dream. “Whichever way you are,” he replied. He’d do anything for his man. Go anywhere. Being with Nick was where he was supposed to be. “You lead and I’ll follow. I’m right here with you, Bryce. Always.” “Nah, I don’t need to lead, we’ll go together.” Together, the way they’d done everything since they met.”
― Riley Hart, Crossroads

“Don’t let other people steal your joy. If there’s one thing I’ve learned it’s not to let other people take what you love.”
― Riley Hart, Depth of Field

“You always make me get so fuckin’ emotional. I’d get my ass beat if anyone saw me the way I am with you.”
― Riley Hart, Broken Pieces

“What do you want, Nick?” “Right now? Nothing, but you.”
― Riley Hart, Crossroads

“I’m going to make you get on your knees for me, Nick.”
― Riley Hart, Crossroads

“This wasn’t ending, and he didn’t know if it would ever end, and Coop didn’t know if he wanted to celebrate, cry, or destroy the whole fucking world.”
― Riley Hart, Collide

“I’m trying to move on. My past isn’t who I am.”
― Riley Hart, Rock Solid

“You suck."
"Ha! You do, too, now!"
Bryce's mood lifted as he laughed at her. "You're an asshole, Chris.”
― Riley Hart, Crossroads

“Emotions are a funny thing, but they’re yours and you have a right to feel all of them. What matters is how you react to them.” Justin”
― Riley Hart, Test Drive

“we’re all made of sunlight and stardust. So maybe, whenever you look at the sky, from morning till nightfall, you’re connecting with them in some small way.”
― Riley Hart, Of Sunlight and Stardust

“You’ve turned my whole fucking world upside down, you know that?” “Yeah,” Nick whispered. “Yeah, you’ve done the same with mine.”
― Riley Hart, Crossroads

“It’s a crossroads, Bryce. Which way are you going to go?”
― Riley Hart, Crossroads

“You taste so fucking good. I could keep my tongue in you all night.”
― Riley Hart, Crossroads

“I’m not sure it matters how old you are. If something affects you, it affects you. No one has the right to say how long or in what way other people are allowed to feel things. Our emotions are our own.”
― Riley Hart, Shifting Gears

“He looked up as Tristan reached him. No doubt he had tears mixed with the rain sliding down his face. “It’s my birthday,” he whispered. “That’s when he gave me the queen. He said it’s because I was the strongest person he knew.”
― Riley Hart, Broken Pieces

“Sometimes you just had to force yourself to get over shit in your life, or it would rot away inside you until you couldn't be saved.”
― Riley Hart, Shifting Gears

“His hair was wet, messed up from the towel, and he obviously hadn’t taken the time to shave,”
― Riley Hart, Crossroads

“But that’s the thing.” Simon closed his eyes and took a deep breath. “You’re changing. You’re making amends. I’m not.”
― Riley Hart, Rock Solid

“Cassius?” Prince Merrick whispered, looking at him as though he could feel Cassius’s tension. “Are you well? You’re shaking.”
“I’m…I’m sorry, Your Highness. I am well.” He managed to get the words past his dry lips.
Though it was too dark to see the prince’s eyes, he could feel them upon him, his stare intense. He felt it like a caress, like soft yet urgent fingers against his skin.
Why could he not have this one thing for himself? A moment that went beyond satisfying his prick with a man he did not know, but with one he did. Someone he enjoyed, someone he desired beyond simple fucking.
Because he is a prince and you are his servant…
This was not a story, a fairy tale selling the lie of a happily-ever-after that couldn’t be a reality for someone like Cassius. That was not a reality for Merrick either.
He turned away, did not let himself gaze at the prince for the rest of the performance. He ignored Lady Penelope’s whispers to Prince Merrick, the jealousy that burned through his gut.
This was his reality, and he had better get used to it”
― Riley Hart, Ever After

“Oh, I don’t need sausage,” Rod cut in. “Landon gave me his before we left home. I don’t have to wait for his. I just have to touch it and it’s ready.”
― Riley Hart, Test Drive

“It’s weird, spending your life feeling different from everyone around you and not understanding why or how. You helped when you gave me those terms, but I still didn’t know who I was. Don’t know if I do now. Am I demisexual? I guess. But maybe I’m not, and I don’t know that it really matters. The only thing that does, for me at least, is how I feel.”
― Riley Hart, Griff's Place

“Nothing in this world was completely black or white. Wrong or right. Or if it was, what mattered was whose eyes it was being seen from.”
― Riley Hart, Broken Pieces

“We can't really live without being afraid of something. You just can't let that fear hold you back.”
― Riley Hart

“He recalled their first conversation in the stables about flying and freedom, and this moment was just that. They were traveling together, journeying to a land that was theirs and theirs alone. A secret world where responsibilities and rules regarding what was proper or not didn’t exist. A place that was made in Cassius’s imagination where he and Merrick could touch, kiss, talk, and laugh with no consequences.
A place he wished truly existed but did not. It was a lie. They were not lovers, not in the true sense. He would not be allowed to have Prince Merrick again or to give himself to the prince. But in this moment that truth was not their reality, and Cassius allowed himself to pretend Merrick was courting him. That they were simply two men who desired one another and could have what they wanted”
― Riley Hart, Ever After

“You flatter me, my prince." Cassius murmured, and Merrick nearly melted at the tender tenor of his voice. "I... I want... Please show me..."
"Show you what?" Merrick asked, feathering his lips along his chin.
"Show me everything.”
― Riley Hart, Ever After

“It is like a dream come true,” he admitted. They had both dreamed of one another, but now it was real. Now it was flesh and reality, and he wished this night could last an eternity.
“Maybe you will write it one day…a story or a poem of a prince who desired his valet like his lungs yearned for air.”
His heart thundered, grew, swelled within his chest. Yes, Cassius thought he would. He could immortalize them in words.
Cassius gasped when Merrick lowered to his knees to remove Cas’s trousers and undergarments. His prick ached as it sprung free, and the prince leaned in, nudging his nose in the coarse hair at Cassius’s groin.
“Merrick.” Cassius twined his fingers in the prince’s soft hair.
“You smell of my soap.”
“I need you,” Cassius replied.
“I am here.”
― Riley Hart, Ever After

“Okay, well now he felt like an ass. “I know. I just…you mentioned the sex and—” “Hey! Don’t blame this on me. I mentioned sex on Friday night. It’s Monday. I’m over you.” Rod crossed his arms, giving him a cocky grin. Landon bit back a smile. “Over me already, huh? That was quick.” “The heart is fleeting.” “Apparently so is the ass.” “Apparently.” Rod”
― Riley Hart, Shifting Gears