Lane Hayes > Quotes

“Be honest about who you are and good things will come.”
― Lane Hayes, Better Than Good

“Life is for the living. Honor your dead, but don’t die with them. Our time is now.”
― Lane Hayes, The Right Time

“Every night I’d call out my usual, “Honey, I’m home” the way I had for fourteen years. Mike hadn’t been here for almost four of those years, but I greeted him anyway. I supposed it was like having coffee with him in the garden outside the wine tasting room. I couldn’t explain it to anyone without sounding crazy but I knew he was there, watching over me. Talking to him kept him alive and made me less…dead.”
― Lane Hayes, Leaning Into Forever

“Have you ever been so blindsided by a kiss you had to hold on for dear life to avoid toppling over like a sapling in a fierce storm? Yeah, me either. This was a first. It was no ordinary kiss. This felt like a revelation. Like a thunderclap accompanied by the soulful voices of a Greek chorus.”
― Lane Hayes, Leaning Into Love

“Il embrassa ma joue et ferma les yeux. J’écoutai sa respiration pendant que je le tenais. J’attendais que le regret, l’anxiété ou même la claustrophobie me fassent tomber de mon nuage et tuent la joie et le sentiment de justesse que je ressentais. Mais ce moment avec Mitch était plus fort que les précédents. Je me sentais invincible et en phase avec ma place dans le monde comme jamais auparavant. Quelque chose me disait qu’il était la clé.”
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“He strove to concentrate on the journey rather than worry about an uncertain future.”
― Lane Hayes, The Right Words

“If all it took to make my pulse jump was a sweet compliment delivered in another language by a beautiful man, I was screwed.”
― Lane Hayes, The Right Words

“Tell him you’re cuckoo for cocoa puffs for him!” “Just like that?” “Oh, honey…yes. If you get a chance to dance, always dance.”
― Lane Hayes, This Guy

“He frequently jumped up and paced when a new idea hit him. And he wouldn’t sit again until he was sure I’d written it down. Or until a dog passed by. He must have stopped midsentence five times to pet a dog. The last one was a white French poodle.”
― Lane Hayes, Starting from Zero

“Alex was like the inviting turquoise water near the shore on a tropical beach. Naturally beautiful with a hypnotically joyful presence.”
― Lane Hayes, The Right Time

“I love you,” he whispered. Fuck. I gathered him close and rolled to my side, resting my chin on his head as tears welled. I kissed his hair and caressed his shoulders. I didn’t speak, though. I couldn’t. I wasn’t brave like Theo. I didn’t know how to say those words, knowing I’d already lost him.”
― Lane Hayes, Fairy Cakes in Winter

“Leaning in, not against, is how you find rhythm out there. And when you master it, there is no better feeling. It's hard work, but it's worth the rush of being in harmony with something bigger than yourself. I think the same construct applies to relationships.”
― Lane Hayes, Leaning Into Love

“The best thing about being in a place like New York is the feeling you can lose yourself and start over.”
― Lane Hayes, A Kind of Truth

“Being ‘in love’ is a transitory state—a passing fancy designed to sell Hallmark cards for Valentine’s Day.”
― Lane Hayes, The Real Baxter

“That’s the second time I’ve kissed you in less than a week and the hundredth time I’ve wanted to do it all fucking summer. And I don’t even like you.”
― Lane Hayes, Out on the Ice

“on his mouth and made a beeline”
― Lane Hayes, Better Than Chance

“I mean it. Weird timing, but maybe not. I really don’t think anyone is paying attention to us, and if they are…fuck ’em ’cause it’s true, and I’ve been dying without you. Maybe that’s the way it has to be. I get it. Life is complicated. It’s just that…it feels so simple with you. So easy, so fucking beautiful, and—that’s all. I love you.”
― Lane Hayes, This Guy

“I set my earlier misgivings aside, pushed my fingers through his hair, and started talking. I described the streets and scenery, the food and the people of some of my more memorable trips to Boston, Chicago, London, and Paris. I talked and talked… and just when I thought I might be boring him, he’d ask another question. I stroked his head while I spoke and let my gaze wander. But after a while, I got lost in the moment. I tuned out the piped jazz playing through the speakers, the sounds of children laughing and people chatting, and focused on Justin. The weight of his body against my shoulder, the way his voice reverberated through me when he spoke. Hell, just the sound of his breathing grounded me.”
― Lane Hayes, Starting from Zero

“I told you the name of the commercial jingle I wrote. You could always google it and—” “That’s research. Not happening,” I huffed. “Too much work?” “Too annoying. You know my brother’s name and that my mom is miserable and that I know the words to more eighties songs than I should admit. Fess up. It’s only fair.” “Okay…” He pulled into the driveway of a posh boutique hotel on Sunset and parked behind a Tesla near the modern-looking entry. Then he unfastened his seat belt and glanced up at the valet rounding the front of his car before refocusing on me. “My favorite color is blue, I’m an only child, my parents both died five years ago within a month of each other and…I’m going commando right now. How ’bout that drink?”
― Lane Hayes, Starting from Zero

“my breath literally caught in my chest. I had never seen anyone, male or female, so beautiful in my life.”
― Lane Hayes, Better Than Good

“my breath literally caught in my chest. I had never seen anyone,”
― Lane Hayes, Better Than Good

“Let’s not do that. I don’t think I’m made for casual long-distance affairs. I’m possessive and prone to wicked fits of jealousy and…I don’t want you to ever regret me.” “I will never ever regret you, Theo,” he said vehemently. “Never.”
― Lane Hayes, Fairy Cakes in Winter

“I didn’t know you’d be mine but you are. I can’t let you go now.”
― Lane Hayes, Out in the Deep

“What are you saying, Scott?” “I’m saying…I think I’ve been waiting my whole life for you. I feel it. In here.” I smacked my chest and sucked in a breath. “You walk into a room, and everything stops. You’re music and laughter and light and peace. And I don’t understand that last one ’cause you talk all the damn time, but it’s true. I’m a better man when I’m with you and I…don’t want to live without you. I love you, Theo. I just…I love you.”
― Lane Hayes, Fairy Cakes in Winter

“We made love that night. Slow, sweet, and tender. I watched him closely as I moved inside him, noting the way his long lashes fluttered and how he bit his bottom lip when he sighed. He wrapped his legs around my waist and dug his heels into my ass cheeks, silently requesting more. But not too hard this time. Not too fast. We weren’t in a hurry tonight. The gentle give and take felt like a conversation or a song. We moved in perfect harmony until our rhythm faltered and we fell apart in each other’s arms.

The sheer beauty of being so completely in tune with a lover was a first for me.”
― Lane Hayes, Starting from Zero

“I have no idea what love is, but you’re the person I want to be with all the fucking time.”
― Lane Hayes, Starting from Zero

“It felt like a religious experience to see and be seen in all my ugly pieces. All my scars and wounds. The lies I’d told and the truths I’d covered. I’d been walking with armor for years. I’d forgotten what it felt like to put it down and let go.”
― Lane Hayes, Fairy Cakes in Winter

“No one knows what you don’t tell them. You need to find your voice.”
― Lane Hayes, A Way with Words

“You’ll be delighted to know that wine doesn’t make you fat. It makes you lean: against tables, chairs, floors, walls and friends you didn’t know were your friends.”
― Lane Hayes, Leaning Into the Fall

“In an artistic sense, he wasn’t inspiration for a song; he was the silence in between the words. A gorgeous note followed by a poignant pause.”
― Lane Hayes, Starting from Zero