Libby Frazier-Nelson > Libby's Quotes

“Don't make your life about the loss. Make it about the love.”
― Tracy Deonn, Legendborn

“Do you not listen to me when I speak?” he answered shakily, his lip quirking up. “I love you. I have always loved you.”
― Chloe Gong, These Violent Delights

“The stars incline us, they do not bind us.”
― Chloe Gong, These Violent Delights

“I was raised in hatred, Roma. I could never be your lover, only your killer.”
― Chloe Gong, These Violent Delights

“You destroy me and then you kiss me. You give me a reason to hat you and then you give me a reason to love you. Is this a lie or the truth? Is the a ploy or your heart reaching for me?”
― Chloe Gong, These Violent Delights

“These days Juliette,” he said, low and warily, “the most dangerous people are the powerful white men who feel as if they have been slighted.”
― Chloe Gong, These Violent Delights

“It’s horribly cliché, but his smile is beaming—far brighter than the sun. I feel myself bloom with it, as if it’s my own personal version of photosynthesis.”
― Hannah Bonam-Young, Out on a Limb

“Put me on a big boat with no land anywhere in sight? Hard pass. I saw an Oprah episode about people who go missing on those, and I’m too young and pretty to die.”
― Elsie Silver, Reckless

“I didn’t know what I’d done in my past life to deserve her. I wish I did so I could repeat it on a loop and ensure we found our way to each other in every lifetime.”
― Ana Huang, King of Greed

“I’ve never loved you more than in this moment. Watching you choose yourself when I didn’t will always prove as a reminder to me of your incredible strength and what a privilege it is to call you mine.”
― Ana Huang, King of Greed

“Well, that’s how all love works,” August says. “You can’t love anyone without the fear of losing them, without the forethought of grief. There is an inherent loss in love, but that does not mean that love is not worth it.”
― Sydney J. Shields, The Honey Witch

“There's art in our scars. There's wonder in the way we can heal.”
― Brynne Weaver, Butcher & Blackbird

“Do we always have to be thinking? Do we always have to be depressed? Do we always have to participate in entertainment that highlights drugs, abuse . . . sexual assault? Life is hard enough as it is. Why can’t we just escape that and enjoy something that doesn’t sprinkle us with a heavy dose of depression afterward?”
― Meghan Quinn, How My Neighbor Stole Christmas

“If you allow fear to take over your actions, then you’re never going to accomplish anything.”
― Meghan Quinn, How My Neighbor Stole Christmas

“There’s no winning. The trauma is either your fault or it’s a gift. It’s either You should have done this to stop it or Look what good has come of it! If you don’t get over it, why can’t you get over it? Why can’t you get past it or learn how to cope? Or if you do find some way to move on with your life in a socially acceptable manner, then you’re so brave and so strong, and aren’t you amazing? Let’s applaud you for moving forward while there’s a knife at your back.”
― Rachel Harrison, Such Sharp Teeth

“It isn’t fair that I have to live with this, but I have to live.”
― Rachel Harrison, Such Sharp Teeth

“It’s a miracle and it’s a curse, the secrets our bodies keep. The ability to carry the invisible burden of these secrets.”
― Rachel Harrison, Such Sharp Teeth

“I’m afraid of the unpredictability of existing. I’m afraid of not being able to control the direction of my life. I’m afraid that no matter how much I plan, I won’t be able to avoid hurtful and sad things. But above all…” I take a deep breath and laugh softly, because what I’m about to say is ridiculous, even if it’s true. Even if it’s me. “Mostly, I’m afraid of attempting something and not being perfect at it.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Deep End

“That’s where it lives, my love for him. In the space between the things he could do, and what the chooses instead.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Deep End

“From the very start, you had all the power. From the very start, I was in the palm of your hand.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Deep End

“Maybe people can be happy and sad. Maybe stories are messy and complicated. Maybe endings don’t always include solutions that tie everything together in a bow. But that doesn’t mean that they have to be tragedies.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Not in Love

“I'd never felt more beautiful than when he looked at me. Like I was the final prototype of someone's entire fantasy life.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Not in Love

“When the whole world tells you you’re silly for wanting the things you want, you start to believe them. You start to think you’re not worth it. That if the things you’re waiting for do exist, they’re not for someone like you.”
― B.K. Borison, First-Time Caller

“I like that. Thinking that I’m worth paying attention to. Something ordinary made extraordinary by the person you’re sharing it with.”
― B.K. Borison, First-Time Caller

“I'm thinking about her, about us, about this. About this tiny café across from her house and all the places we almost met. About the right time, the right place, the right moment. I'm thinking about the way her hand fits in mine, and the way my heart drums out a beat that matches her name. Lu-cie. Lu-cie. Lu-cie.”
― B.K. Borison, First-Time Caller

“But what’s wrong with being a romantic? I can be a confident, independent woman and still want someone to hold my hand. To ask about my day. It’s a good thing to want passion and excitement and care. Attention and affection. I don’t want to settle for anything less than that.”
― B.K. Borison, First Time Caller

“I love when we do this. When he says my name and then I say his. Fond exasperation and gentle amusement in every syllable. A call and response. The chorus to the song I can’t get out of my head.”
― B.K. Borison, First-Time Caller

“I don’t concern myself with the fragile egos of men.”
― B.K. Borison, First-Time Caller

“I imagine somewhere in this sprawling city, Lucie is smiling. For one night at least.”
― B.K. Borison, First-Time Caller

“I'm not trying to fix anything for you, Lucie. I'm just gonna listen,”
― B.K. Borison, First-Time Caller