Dear Lover Quotes

“Dear Lover...
you are the only man, who never hurt me, but broke my heart.”
― Lori Jenessa Nelson

“Loving you was like jumping into the dark side of a pool, and drowning.”
― Lori Jenessa Nelson

“Being alone is better than being your whore.”
― Lori Jenessa Nelson

“Still here?” he drawls when he notices me.
“Still a presumptuous asshole?” I snap back.
I expect him to double down on the nasty replies, to crush me with spite, so you can imagine my surprise when he clamps his mouth shut, the corners of his lips twitching into a small smile. His pale eyes rake over my face for a second too long, and I squirm under his undivided attention.
Why, oh why, does he have to look like that?
Low blow, Life, low blow.”
― Eliah Greenwood, Dear Love, I Hate You

“I wanted you mine. I wanted me yours.”
― Lori Jenessa Nelson

“You really want to know?” He drags out the suspense.
“Yes.” I grow restless. “Spill.”
“Well, for starters… most guys our age aren’t looking to date.” He elaborates. “They just want to fuck around. And those who do want to date are only looking for a girl to make them feel good about themselves.”
“Meaning?”
“Meaning they want her to laugh at their jokes, stroke their egos, give good head and… that’s pretty much it.” He draws a small smile out of me. “So, when guys like that see a girl like you, a girl who doesn’t look easy or desperate, they get intimidated. Label her high-maintenance and run like hell. You’re beauty and brains, Vee. You’re an immature high school boy’s worst nightmare.”
― Eliah Greenwood, Dear Love, I Hate You

“Dear Lover,
Your laughter is
warm rain, and you
are the rainbow.”
― Lori Jenessa Nelson

“I have no idea what you’re talking about.” I spin to leave.
“No fucking way.” It clicks in his mind. “Little Vee?”
Here he is.
“You’re that girl Finn and I used to…” He doesn’t complete his sentence, but I know all too well what he was going to say.
“Annoy? Tease? Torture? Why, yes, that would be me. Did you seriously just figure that out? A bit slow, are we?” I snark.
My outburst only seems to amuse him.
“Look, in my defense, your mom only ever called you ‘Vee.’ I thought it was short for Vicky or Vivian or something. And it was ten years ago. I can’t even remember what I had for dinner last night.”
“Whatever.” I shrug.
“Shit, I’ve got to say, Vee.” He gives me a once-over. “Puberty did you a solid.”
My cheeks combust.
“Wish I could say the same about you,” I lie through my teeth.
Xavier smiles at my failed attempt to deny the undeniable. Let’s not pretend like puberty didn’t do every female on earth a solid when Xavier Emery went from “cute” to “sinfully hot” in the span of a summer.
“I think you mispronounced thank you.” He flashes a smug grin that makes me want to knee him where it hurts.”
― Eliah Greenwood, Dear Love, I Hate You

“my heart when I
stared at you
beat irregularly
and jagged”
― Lori Jenessa Nelson

“So, tell me, Love,” Dad asked as I stared at my new friend with beady eyes. “What kind of person do you want to be in life? A butterfly?” He paused. “Or a caterpillar?”
― Eliah Greenwood, Dear Love, I Hate You

“Dear Lover...you have hands like hands, and feet like feet, and all of you is beautiful.”
― Lori Jenessa Nelson

“what is a journey
without someone who wanders
if sometimes a pair
is made of two”
― Lori Jenessa Nelson

“You love me
and love me not
your love is an arm of clock
joining hands with mine
only to leave me again”
― Lori Jenessa Nelson

“You will be my souvenir in American summer,
when all I can think about are Parisian springs.”
― Lori Jenessa Nelson

“Pina colada kisses and cocaine nips
never lie, swear to me that this feeling is real.”
― Lori Jenessa Nelson

“solder. this is me
and you together”
― Lori Jenessa Nelson

“cherry red
denim torn
holding close
the smell of warm”
― Lori Jenessa Nelson

“I have to warn you, if you check your phone one more time, it might break,” I tease, and he flashes an adorable, guilty grin. I’m talking the kind that could melt through steel and nurse a broken heart back to health.
“That obvious, huh?”
“A little bit.”
His grin morphs into a full-blown smile. “Busted.”
― Eliah Greenwood