Siobhan Davis > Quotes

“If you love someone, really love someone, you stand by them, even when they’ve screwed up. Especially then. You forgive them for their mistakes”
― Siobhan Davis, Loving Kalvin

“I would cry if I could, but instead I just feel my heart rip apart.”
― Siobhan Davis, True Calling

“I wouldn’t change a thing. I want you. I’ll always want you.”
― Siobhan Davis, Saven Defiance

“I’m not much of a liar. A hoarder, a hider: most definitely, yes, and sometimes I’m dishonest by default because I find it difficult to share that innermost part of myself with others. But never a conscious liar. I don’t think I have it within me to deliberately mislead anyone.”
― Siobhan Davis, Saven Deception

“I was wrong last night. Kyler isn’t just trouble. He’s an apocalypse-level disaster waiting to happen. I need to find some fallout shelter to hide in. And quick.”
― Siobhan Davis, Finding Kyler

“I know I need to face the facts, and remain strong to extricate myself from this hideous situation, but not yet. I figure I’m owed at least one day to indulge my self-pity. One day to wallow in despair. To give into the soul-crunching heart-stomping pain ripping me to shreds on the inside.”
― Siobhan Davis, Saven Denial

“He's a mass of contradictions. Unfortunately, that only seems to enhance his appeal. I’m one sick bitch, that’s for sure.”
― Siobhan Davis, Finding Kyler

“Are you in any pain? (Ariana Skyee)
Only my heart. (Cal Remus)”
― Siobhan Davis, True Calling

“He knows I’ve seen something in him. Something I recognize, only because it exists in me too.”
― Siobhan Davis, Finding Kyler

“I fell in love with her suddenly, deeply, in the most all-consuming way.”
― Siobhan Davis, Lovestruck

“I guess it takes one to know one, and two can play that game.”
― Siobhan Davis, Finding Kyler

“I don’t think I’d feel any more violated if he’d stripped me bare. I might as well have lain down before him openly exposing all my flaws and my fears, inviting him to psychoanalyze me.”
― Siobhan Davis, Finding Kyler

“Wracking sobs rip from the innermost chamber of my heart, and I give into them, allowing them to fully take over. Pain lances me on all sides, and I bury my head in my knees, giving in to the heartache.
I cry for my parents.
For my lost life.
For the threat that Addison poses, scaring me in ways it shouldn’t.
For a boy I can’t have and shouldn’t want.
For the never-ending gut-wrenching hollow ache in my chest and the soul-crushing loneliness I feel.”
― Siobhan Davis, Finding Kyler

“Stop talking like we are done for. Like this is the end. We are getting out of here. I don’t know how, but this is not how our story ends.”
― Siobhan Davis, Saven Defiance

“I forever you,” he whispers, kissing the tip of my nose, and I think my heart might fly out of my chest.”
― Siobhan Davis, Keeping Kyler

“We don’t have time for all this personal drama.” My eyes flit between Logan, Haydn, and Ax. “And it’s not fair on the others. The atmosphere is horrendous because of what’s going on between us. And I’m so tired of it. All of it.” I take a step back. “I’m not discussing this anymore, with any of you.” I glare at the three boys. “So sort your shit out, and get your act together. Until then,” I say, turning around. “Leave me the hell alone.”
― Siobhan Davis, Saven Defiance

“They are far from perfect, but they’re my far from perfect.”
― Siobhan Davis, Keeping Kyler

“My mind wanders and I drift off into La-La Land. I dream about Thalassic City. About opportunity. And second chances. About actually living.”
― Siobhan Davis, Saven Deception

“He roars laughing as he raises our conjoined hands to his lips. “Have I told you lately that I love you?”
“About ten thousand times.” I smile.
“Get used to it, Alma Sadie,” he says, tucking an errant strand of hair back into my elegantly coiffed chignon. “Because I’ll never tire of telling you.”
― Siobhan Davis, Saven Defiance

“I’m not going to be caught unawares again,” Haydn argues. “Loving her made me weak. Foolish. And it was totally pointless anyway, because she has only ever loved you.”
― Siobhan Davis, Saven Defiance

“I’ve told him personal things about myself. Private things I haven’t told others. Things I haven’t yet had the time to confide in Logan.
In this moment, I regret it all.
In this moment, I know that Haydn and I will never again be friends.
In this moment, I want to punch him in the face until he bleeds.”
― Siobhan Davis, Saven Defiance

“A craving to crawl out of my skin hits me like a bullet to the chest. It’s not a new sentiment. It’s an urge I feel at least once every hour. A potent desire to be anyone but myself. To live any life but this one.”
― Siobhan Davis, Saven Deception

“I want to slap him.
Curse him.
Scream at him.
Slap him some more.
I want to reach a hand into his chest and squeeze that life-sustaining organ until he collapses from the lack of blood flow and the agonizing pain pummeling his heart until it’s scarcely beating.
I want him to hurt so badly that he can barely breathe while strips tear from his heart.
I want him to feel everything I’m feeling.
To hurt as much as I do.
I want all that.
But I can’t convince myself it’s the truth.
Because I love him too much.
I don’t want him to hurt like that.”
― Siobhan Davis, Losing Kyler

“Suddenly, I’m struck by the magnitude of the moment. Hurtling through the air becomes freeing, not terrifying. This time last year, I was suffocating within the confines of my life. I would’ve done anything to escape. That my life has come full circle is as exhilarating as it is scary.
Life is for living.
For moments like this.”
― Siobhan Davis, Saven Defiance

“A loud peel of laughter travels up my throat. Something out of the ordinary has finally happened, and it sends a spark of electricity directly to the dull lump in my chest.”
― Siobhan Davis, Saven Deception

“But I can’t force myself to remember my hidden past or purposefully unravel the mystery of my heart. Secrets are usually buried for a reason.”
― Siobhan Davis, Saven Defiance

“A sharp pain jackknifes my insides, and I can’t stop the sob that rips from my mouth, so primitive and raw it could have come straight from my soul.
Loving him the way I do, it physically hurts.”
― Siobhan Davis, Loving Kalvin

“Broad shoulders fit snugly under his white shirt, and taut muscles flex in his arm as he grips a tray. He’s not a muscle-bound freak though, thank God. I don’t like that “I have boulders in my biceps” look that a lot of guys seem to favor these days.”
― Siobhan Davis, Saven Deception

“He’s a lovely guy, but there’s no spark between us whatsoever. It just goes to show, that even with all their fancy assessment tools, the government can’t legislate for chemistry.”
― Siobhan Davis, True Calling

“I’m terrified to pose this next question, but I need to know. “Do you feel differently about me now?”
His face softens. “You’re still you. The same girl I fell in love with. Nothing has changed.”
― Siobhan Davis, Saven Defiance