Lily Paradis > Quotes

“I will not light myself on fire to keep you warm.”
― Lily Paradis, Volition

“You and your rugged sexuality better scoot over,” I whispered. “Unless you want to be responsible for making me pass out on this plane. I’m not sure that flight attendant knows CPR.”
“It’s okay,” he said, lowering his lips all the way to my ear so they touched my skin when he spoke. “I’m really good at mouth-to-mouth.”
Holy shit.”
― Lily Paradis, Ignite

“Nope,” I said, closing my eyes. I should probably go back to sleep. That sounded like a good idea. “I’m pretty sure it’s Dean’s rugged sexuality interfering with the machines.”
― Lily Paradis, Ignite

“You have a heart and you have a soul and you have me. You’re not as awful as you think you are. You’re just not the same as everyone else.”
― Lily Paradis, Volition

“He was wearing glasses. Who was he, Clark Kent? No one looked this good all the time. It just wasn’t possible.”
― Lily Paradis, Ignite

“I'm free now instead of the caged wraith I was then. I know how to embrace my dark side, but it won't consume me. I know where I'm going because of where I've been.”
― Lily Paradis, Volition

“You left pieces of your soul inside me.”
― Lily Paradis, Volition

“All I knew was that I couldn't have him right now. It was impossible. Could I have him in a year? Two years? Five years? Ten years? I didn't know. All I knew was that although the universe was pushing us together, it was also pushing us apart.”
― Lily Paradis, Volition

“I’m about as perfect as a shattered mirror,”
― Lily Paradis, Volition

“They say scars don’t hurt, but that’s a lie. I’m not sure what hurts worse—the ones you can see or the ones so far beneath that they’ll never really heal.”
― Lily Paradis, Volition

“I love you, Lauren Lindsay. I want to kiss you more than I want to breathe, but I don’t want you to think you’re just another notch in my belt. You’re not. You’re it for me. I want you to have everything and I want to make sure I’m good enough for you. You deserve more than who I was.”
― Lily Paradis, Ignite

“Be with someone who is going to ruin your lipstick, not your mascara. So, suck it up, dry your tears, and say yes to the rest of your life.”
― Lily Paradis, Volition

“They say that you and your soul mate have a string connecting your hearts—not a literal string, but an invisible one.”
― Lily Paradis, Volition

“I’m so proud of you,” I said over her shoulder. “I’m so proud of you that I’m going to stop at the store on my way home.”
Callie pulled back. “Why?”
“Because,” I told her. “I’m going to bake you a cake.”
“You suck at baking,” she said.
This was true.
“Okay,” I said, “I’m going to buy you a cake.”
“Cool.”
― Lily Paradis, Ignite

“I'm so stupid," I tell her, tears streaming down my face now, blocking my vision.
"You're not stupid. You're just an emotional vampire.”
― Lily Paradis, Volition

“No one has hit me. My body is fine. It’s my soul that aches. It’s always been my soul.”
― Lily Paradis, Volition

“I didn’t know why I even tried to walk away from him because the invisible grappling hooks that spread from his soul to mine wouldn’t let me get far.”
― Lily Paradis, Volition

“I was always going to do terrible things because it was in my nature.”
― Lily Paradis, Volition

“Roots. I have roots. It both thrills me and kills me that these roots might become a sapling—or God forbid, an entire tree.”
― Lily Paradis, Volition

“I resented death because death had rejected me.”
― Lily Paradis, Volition

“I never wanted to kiss anyone more than I did when Dean Powell opened his beautiful, sleepy eyes and looked at me.”
― Lily Paradis, Ignite

“I hate this version of myself because although I think I have all the power, I have none. I am not rational here.”
― Lily Paradis, Volition

“There is something. To say there’s nothing is like ignoring the fact that a fire crackles and emits heat. That’s what we do. We crackle. We pop.”
― Lily Paradis, Volition

“Lauren,” Kenzie managed finally as she dramatically fanned herself, and then me. “You did not just meet him last night.”
“No really,” I said when I could speak. “He kind of swept me off my feet. Literally.”
― Lily Paradis, Ignite

“You have a heart and you have a soul and you have me. You're not as awful as you think you are. You're just not the same as everyone else.”
― Lily Paradis, Volition

“The second our eyes met, I knew something has changed. Kenzie was right. He looked at me like he could see into my very soul, and it felt as if I couldn’t breathe.”
― Lily Paradis, Ignite

“The one person who would understand is the one person I can’t call. Jesse. I’ve sworn off Jesse. No good can come from him. From that. He and I are like two hurricanes colliding from separate bodies of water.”
― Lily Paradis, Volition

“Nope, but somehow, I think I’d move bodies night and day for you, Tate McKenna.”
― Lily Paradis, Volition

“You may have her bones, but I’ll always have her soul.”
― Lily Paradis, Volition

“the funny thing about perception. I will never be able to experience the words the way you will, and you’ll never see them the way I do.”
― Lily Paradis, Volition