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“No means no. I don’t care when you say it, Lily. Once it’s out there, it’s out there. Any halfway decent guy would have backed off.”
― Krista Ritchie, Addicted to You

“Just because something is addictive doesn't mean that you will get addicted to it. But . . . if your stomach ties up in knots while you count the seconds waiting for a phone call from that special someone . . . if you hear a loud buzzing in your ears when you see a certain person's car (or one just like it) . . . if your eyes burn when you hear a random love song or see a couple holding hands . . . if you suffer the twin agonies of craving for and withdrawing from a series of unrequited crushes or toxic relationships . . . if you always feel like you're clutching at someone's ankle and dragged across the floor as they try to leave the room . . . welcome to the club.”
― Ethlie Ann Vare

“I hate that I had to pull out my wallet and buy respect.”
― Becca Ritchie, Addicted to You

“Don’t you ever fucking apologize for another guy’s offense.”
― Krista Ritchie, Kiss the Sky

“Just yesterday I was twenty and meeting some of these people⏤people that I'd spend my life with, that'd become my home.
Just yesterday I was twenty⏤still deeply and desperately in love with my best friend.
I grew older.
We all grow older.
In a blink of an eye, our children will grow old too.
And I'll think: just yesterday they were twenty. Headed for college. Falling in love. Memories will flood behind us, the lake house no longer filled to the brim. As quiet as the moment we first walked in⏤and we'll sit on this hill. Feeling the stillness that exists.
And then we end⏤we end where we started.
Just us.
All six of us.”
― Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

“It doesn’t matter if she wanted it or not. No self-respecting man would offer something like that to a girl, especially one that’s drunk.”
― Krista Ritchie, Addicted for Now

“you're easily lovable, Loren Hale.”
― Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

“My hothouse flower that I will always keep alive”
― Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

“By the fridge, Lily holds a sleepy toddler in a panda onesie, and she whispers quietly with Lo. He has this look like he’s half-listening but really he’s thinking about how adorable his wife fucking is, especially with his daughter right there. I know how this’ll go so I don’t wait around to watch. He’ll tease her by leaning in for a kiss, only to stick his tongue in Lily’s ear. She’ll whisper-hiss his name and then slug his shoulder. He’ll mock wince. They’ll look infatuated with each other, remembering how many years they’ve spent. How far their lives have come. How much love they’ve shared. Their romance has never changed. We all thank the fucking world for that because there is no Lily without Lo. There is no Lo without Lily”
― Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

“I don't want to drag myself down anymore.”
― Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

“Did you bet on me?' I ask dumbfounded.
'Yeah,' Lo says, unabashed. His eyes fall to mine. 'And I'll always bet on your side.”
― Krista Ritchie, Addicted for Now

“I notice Rose, dressed in a silk black robe, by the coffee pot. She tries to fix the machine, but Connor whispers to her too, drawing her away from the broken thing. With fire beneath her yellow-green gaze, Rose looks just as unaltered by the years. Just as fucking immortal. Just as enduring. Is it surprising—that they’d be equal in this measure too? It never has been to me. As I pass them to the side door, I see their spouse’s names on their lips. Richard. Rose. War and love is in their eyes”
― Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

“My brain works perfectly," she says. "I see a disgusting human being and it says die.”
― Becca Ritchie & Kristia Ritchie

“I want to live here. In his arms. Where I know it’s safe.”
― Krista Ritchie

“You’re not a pit stop. You’re my finish line. There’s no one after you.”
― Krista Ritchie, Kiss the Sky

“People hope to touch the sky. I dream of kissing it.”
― Krista Ritchie, Kiss the Sky

“Kiss the sky with me,” Connor whispers, a beautiful smile pulling his lips, “and don’t ever come down.”
― Krista Ritchie, Kiss the Sky

“Freedom doesn’t come with age. It doesn’t magically appear when you’re a legal adult. It comes when you stand up for what you believe in.”
― Krista Ritchie, Hothouse Flower

“You’re a hothouse flower,” I tell her. “You can’t grow under natural conditions. You need adventure. And security and love in order to stay alive.”
― Krista Ritchie, Hothouse Flower

“Broken souls are mended every day by mended souls that were once broken.”
― Krista Ritchie, Fuel the Fire

“There are rare people who will fuel the fire inside of you, who will awaken a dormant passion, who will push you and better you. She alone is my rarity.”
― Krista Ritchie, Fuel the Fire

“Well, Connor doesn’t believe in magic. If Hogwarts actually existed I’m sure they’d send an owl to shit on his head.”
― Krista Ritchie, Kiss the Sky

“She’s the sun. I’m the dark.
If she’s gone, I can kiss that fucking light away.
Without her, I know I’ll never see it again.”
― Krista Ritchie, Hothouse Flower

“I’ve wanted so many things in life, but you’re the one that has meant the most to me.”
― Krista Ritchie, Kiss the Sky

“Lo: “How much did it hurt?”
Ryke: “Did what hurt?”
Lo: “Watching her with other guys.”
Ryke: “It felt like someone was drowning me in fucking salt water and lighting me on fire.”
― Krista Ritchie, Hothouse Flower

“You’re my favorite four-letter word.” -Daisy to Ryke”
― Krista Ritchie, Hothouse Flower

“Boys are like pillars,” Rose tells me. “Ryke is something to lean on. But they don’t make you move. You have to do that for yourself.”
― Krista Ritchie, Hothouse Flower

“Lily Calloway...all this time, your superpower has been loving me.”
― Krista Ritchie, Addicted After All

“To me, he’s worth every loud moment, every peaceful silence, the crazy and the sad, the restless and the quiet.”
― Krista Ritchie, Hothouse Flower

“I love you, Dais, because you’re the wildest fucking girl with the biggest fucking heart. And without you in my life”—he shakes his head like it’s an inconceivable picture—“I’d be the unhappiest fucking guy.”
― Krista Ritchie, Hothouse Flower