Lisa Helen Gray > Quotes

“Just because someone out there has it worse doesn’t make your pain any less significant. It happened to you, not them. It’s your pain that you suffer with. You’re a brave, strong, woman, and I don’t think you should blow off your pain just because someone else has it bad.”
― Lisa Helen Gray, Myles

“Oh, by the way, the other day Gram’s had the sex talk with me. She was checking to make sure we were using protection. It got really awkward, especially when she told Malik he could take some of Marks condom”
― Lisa Helen Gray, Mason

“Could you please refrain from touching your junk in the hallway, Mr. Carter,’’ a teacher snaps. “Oh, Miss. French, you love my junk,’’ he winks.”
― Lisa Helen Gray, Myles

“She places a comforting hand over mine and our gazes meet, locked in a trance. Something passes between us, and I feel like I’m really looking at her for the first time. She gets more beautiful every time I see her.”
― Lisa Helen Gray, Aiden

“Here, hold Sunday for a moment and I’ll ring him,” I tell her, and for the first time since I picked Sunday up from the hospital, I hand her over to another person without that empty feeling in my chest. It’s bizarre. I shake off the feeling quickly.”
― Lisa Helen Gray, Aiden

“Because she’s not some random girl. She’s Bailey James, the girl who has somehow wormed her way under my skin. She’s the first thing I think about when I wake up… unless Sunday is crying, then all I think about is her. Bailey is who I dream of at night. Who I fantasise being with. My heart beats faster whenever I’m around her.”
― Lisa Helen Gray, Aiden

“I watch Bailey enter, my eyes never leaving hers. There’s something about her that makes her different. I just don’t know what. It’s not even that I want to fuck her, because there’s a lot of girls I want to fuck. It’s her.”
― Lisa Helen Gray, Aiden

“He says I’ve wormed my way under his skin, that I complete his world, but he’s so off balance and so utterly wrong. It’s he who makes my world complete. He fills it with family, friends, and love. He brought me laughter when I didn’t have a reason to laugh. He fills my heart with hope. He brought me a future I felt was worth living.”
― Lisa Helen Gray, Aiden

“With you; you matter. You mean something to me. And I can’t stand the thought of hurting you.”
― Lisa Helen Gray, Aiden

“I’m taking one step in front of the other, towards her, and before I know it, I’m standing above her crib. The second I look down at her, I know she’s mine.”
― Lisa Helen Gray, Aiden

“Ah, so that’s what made her sad; she thought I hadn’t been talking about her. She should know by now she’s all I talk and think about. My decision on what to do about the connection we share heavy on my mind.”
― Lisa Helen Gray, Aiden

“I only need you. Just you. I didn’t know what I was missing until you came into my life. You and Sunday,” he says, slowly drifting off. “You and Sunday. You.” He yawns. “Make my life.” He sighs. “Complete.”
― Lisa Helen Gray, Aiden

“I’ll see you in a little bit. Don’t leave me, please. I just found you. If you go, you’ll be taking me with you,” I whisper, and I hear Mum cry out as she listens to my words. I clench my eyes shut. “Come back to me. Whatever happens next, we’ll get through this. I promise. I’ll promise you the world if it means you’ll come back to me. I’ll go to war to give it to you. I love you, Bailey James. To the moon.”
― Lisa Helen Gray, Aiden