Olivia Welch > Olivia's Quotes

“Have you realized that most of your unhappiness in life is due to the fact that you are listening to yourself instead of talking to yourself? Take those thoughts that come to you the moment you wake up in the morning. You have not originated them but they are talking to you, they bring back the problems of yesterday, etc. Somebody is talking. Who is talking to you? Your self is talking to you. Now this man’s treatment [in Psalm 42] was this: instead of allowing this self to talk to him, he starts talking to himself. “Why art thou cast down, O my soul?” he asks. His soul had been depressing him, crushing him. So he stands up and says, “Self, listen for moment, I will speak to you.”
― Martyn Lloyd-Jones

“I just discovered I’m completely unprepared to seduce you.”
“I swear to you, Snoopy has never looked sexier.”
― Lisa Kessler, Dance of the Heart

“You’re too beautiful to be worshiped in the dark.”
― Lisa Kessler, Dance of the Heart

“She danced her way right into his heart. Corny, but true.”
― Lisa Kessler, Dance of the Heart

“Dance with me.”
― Lisa Kessler, Dance of the Heart

“At its heart, dance is an extension of your soul braided into the music; it’s not a bunch of steps to be memorized. Everyone can dance.”
― Lisa Kessler, Dance of the Heart

“Come up when you’re finished down here.”
He raised a brow. “I don’t have any alarms to check up there.”
That sexy sparkle was back in her eyes. “Then I guess you’ll just have to check me.”
― Lisa Kessler, Dance of the Heart

“Tera, will you dance with me?”
She sniffled and laughed all at once. “You don’t dance.”
“That was before I met you.”
― Lisa Kessler, Dance of the Heart

“She lifted one arm up, covering her forehead in a mock swoon. “You’re sweeping me off my feet.”
He laughed, shocked by the sound after the shitty day they’d had. He bent his knees and cradled her in his arms, spinning her around while he drank in the magic of her giggles. Finally, he lowered her onto the bed and lay down beside her. “Now you’ve been swept.”
― Lisa Kessler, Dance of the Heart

“You’re mine,” she whispered.
“As long as you’ll have me.”
― Lisa Kessler, Dance of the Heart

“His lips caressed her ear. “Best dance of my entire life.”
― Lisa Kessler, Dance of the Heart

“No one in her life had ever loved her so honestly.
And this was not going to be the end of her story. Not today.”
― Lisa Kessler, Pirate's Passion

“Char chuckled. “If I didn’t know better, I might think you wanted my judgment to be impaired. I told you rum was my weakness in confidence.”

“In my defense”—he leaned in closer, his voice for her alone—“I am a pirate.”
― Lisa Kessler, Pirate's Passion

“Fate was a damn bitch, waiting until he had something worth living for before making death an option again.”
― Lisa Kessler, Pirate's Passion

“Keegan chuckled. “I think they mean to kill me.”

“So, they don’t know…”

“Aye.” Keegan nodded. “Appears the serpents don’t know those kids stole the grail from a band of immortal pirates.”
― Lisa Kessler, Pirate's Passion

“I wasn’t ready to tell you goodbye yet.”

He scanned her face as the silence embraced them, words he was terrified to speak aloud echoed through his mind.

He might never be ready to hear her say goodbye.”
― Lisa Kessler, Pirate's Passion

“I kissed her one more time, slow, and whispered, “I don’t have a condom.”

“Don’t need a condom in a dream.” She mumbled against my lips, her heavy lips drifting closed.

“You should get some sleep.”

“Sleep? You’re half naked.” Her hips rocked under me, shaking my will. “I can’t get lucky even in my dreams?”
― Lisa Kessler, The Lone Wolf's Wish

“I wanted her in my arms more than I’d ever wanted anything in my life.”
― Lisa Kessler, The Lone Wolf's Wish

“His gaze wandered over my face like a caress. “I can’t stop thinking about kissing you.”

I ran my hand up his chest, my voice suddenly a raw whisper, each word a puff of fog. “What are you waiting for?”

A playful gleam sparked in his dark eyes, and suddenly he was on the move, gripping my hand as we wove through the people toward a dimly lit archway.

He stopped underneath and pointed up. “Finally found some mistletoe.”
― Lisa Kessler, The Lone Wolf's Wish

“You’re still the best kisser.”
“You make me want to be.”
― Lisa Kessler, The Lone Wolf's Wish

“Family doesn’t have to be blood.”
― Lisa Kessler, The Lone Wolf's Wish

“Everything was fucked up the second I stitched a hole in a wolf’s leg, and then woke up to a naked ex-boyfriend.”
― Lisa Kessler, The Lone Wolf's Wish

“It was always you.”
― Lisa Kessler, The Lone Wolf's Wish

“Hope could ruin a man who faced forever.”
― Lisa Kessler, Pirate's Pleasure

“Eternity be damned.”
― Lisa Kessler, Pirate's Pleasure

“She was beautiful chaos in his well-ordered world.”
― Lisa Kessler, Pirate's Pleasure

“He settled back into his chair, one leg crossed over the other, and rested his chiseled forearms on the armrests. For a second, he looked every bit like the rogue pirate king on his throne.”
― Lisa Kessler, Pirate's Pleasure

“Were you ever going to tell me?”

“About the Grail?” He returned to the couch and handed her a glass. “I wasn’t planning on it.”

She knocked back the rum and swallowed, setting the empty glass on the table. Impressive.

She met his eyes. “So even if we had slept together last night, you were going to keep telling me you were descended from a pirate, not an actual pirate.”

He took a swig, his gaze locked on hers. “Would you have believed me?”

“No.” She shrugged. “Just wondering how long you would have lied to me.”

“I could ask you the same thing.”

She rolled her eyes. “I played you. There’s a difference.” She shrugged. “Besides that, was before our no lies between us deal.”

“I see this as more of an omission.” He finished off his drink and placed the glass beside hers. “In my defense, I’ve never told anyone who I really am. You’re the first.”

She raised a brow. “Are you saying I should feel…special?”

“Aye.” He cleared his throat. “I’ve never taken a bullet for anyone either, not even my crew.”

“Thanks for that.” A reluctant smile curved her lips as she met his eyes. “Pretty heroic for a pirate.”

He chuckled. “It’s less heroic when you’re certain you won’t die.”

“But you knew it would hurt.”

He nodded slowly. “True.”

She pinched her fingertips close together in the air. “It might’ve been a tiny bit heroic.”

Her dark eyes sparkled with the mischief he was growing much too fond of.

“Not bad for a pirate.” He admitted.”
― Lisa Kessler, Pirate's Pleasure

“He’d never given it much thought before, but every second he spent with her, the yearning to connect, to know every chapter of her story, ate at him. He shouldn’t pry. It was none of his business. After tonight, she’d have her replica to sell for the Digi Robins.

For all he knew, she’d go back to being a broker at his firm, nothing more.

His hand slipped off the ratline and he cursed under his breath. “Damn it.”

“If you fall on me, I’m gonna be pissed.” Harmony called from below.

He grinned in spite of himself as he found his rhythm again. “I’m not fallin’ anytime soon, love.”

But truth be told…he was starting to suspect he’d already had.

For her.”
― Lisa Kessler, Pirate's Pleasure

“She grinned, shaking her head. “It’s a good thing I’m not superstitious. We’ve been stranded in the rain twice in one day. That’s gotta be a sign.” Her smile faded. “Probably not a good one.”

“Bullshit. Easy for a man to stick by you in fair weather. It’s the man who stays when the storm is howlin’ that’s worth yer trust.”
― Lisa Kessler, Pirate's Pleasure