Ilsa Madden-Mills > Quotes

“Love is a knife that cuts out your heart piece by piece, feeding it to the boy you love.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Dirty English

“Some people think God puts difficult people in our lives for a reason, to make us better people as we sharpen ourselves on the knife of their shortcomings.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Dirty English

“But this girl, she lived in a bubble, and seeing her out at a frat party was like spotting a unicorn.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Dirty English

“His understanding of the theme of the book made me hot. Right then and there, I wanted to toss him down on the floor, crawl on top of him like the Jane Austen reader I was.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Dirty English

“She was my queen and I wanted to be her king. I wanted to sit at the throne of her body and love her forever,”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Dirty English

“I came up for air. “It’s you, always you, my Mr. Darcy.” “I love you too, Elizabeth Bennett.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Dirty English

“Clarity happens to all of us when our heart jumps ship, and mine was no different.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Dirty English

“Big moments happen with the smallest actions, and sometimes it's not until later we connect the dots, but in that instant, I knew that somehow, someway Declan was going to own my heart.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Dirty English

“She was my queen and I wanted to be her king.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Dirty English

“Alright, the next pretty bird that walks through that door is up for grabs.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Dirty English

“The thing to remember about a kick is you go for his twigs and berries" ~Declan~”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Dirty English

“I’d like to pet that jungle cat, rub his silky fur and make him purr … I slapped myself mentally. Jungle cat? Make him purr? What was wrong with me tonight?”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Dirty English

“I was putting my foot down with my new neighbor.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Dirty English

“As far as I knew, Nadia was still with her new guy, some fancy tennis player from Brazil. Donatello or Michelangelo or something. Ninja Turtle? Yeah.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Dirty English

“Behind every beautiful thing is a world of pain.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Very Bad Things

“He was my Prince Charming, but I wasn't his Cinderella.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Very Bad Things

“I can't forget the words you've never said.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Very Bad Things

“Sometimes I wish I had a lower IQ so I could enjoy your company.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Very Bad Things

“No matter the road you take, it doesn’t matter if it’s beautiful or ugly, hard or smooth, paved or pitted with ruts—it’s your road to take. What matters is how it ends.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Dear Ava

“Truth can be awful and even excruciating, but once it's released, it's like a bird that's been caged too long who finally flies to freedom. I felt a little like that. Free”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Very Bad Things

“Leo, I know it’s unexplainable because I barely know you, but being with you makes me feel good inside and happy. I’ve never had that. When I see you, I feel like I’m home. Like we’re pieces of a puzzle that have finally come together. And . . . and I think being happy isn’t about the big moments, like when you graduate from college or get that job you’ve been wanting. It’s the small moments that take your breath away and make you truly happy, like the first time you see your newborn’s face or . . . or when you meet someone who could be your soulmate.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Very Bad Things

“Falling for someone can be a lot like playing roulette. You don't know what will happen when you place that bet, but you can take a deep breath anyway and put all the chips out there. And when the ball spins around and around, you pray it lands on your number. Probability says you'll likely lose, and in this game of love with Leo, odds were I would lose, too, but I had to try.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Very Bad Things

“Happiness. I believed few people ever achieved it.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Very Bad Things

“Loving people hurt; losing them could destroy you.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Very Bad Things

“I fucking hated pity. It was a wasted emotion.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Very Bad Things

“Scars serve as medals of honor, and the strongest hearts have the most.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Dear Ava

“if love is the answer then I don't wanna ask the question”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Very Bad Things

“Is it true that soulmates always end up together? I didn't think so, but I hoped that if there was such a thing as reincarnation, we would meet again in a another life and try again. If it was possible, I'd find him, for another chance at love.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Very Bad Things

“Why was he my Romeo, but I wasn't his Juliet?”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Very Bad Things

“It's the small moments that take your breath away and make you truly happy, like the first time you see your newborn's face or...or when you meet someone who could be your soulmate.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Very Bad Things