Ryke Meadows Quotes

“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

“I can't help but laugh into my next sip of water. For the first time, mine doesn't seem so bad.

"I don't know why you're fucking laughing. You have a girl's name and no middle name.”
― Krista Ritchie, Addicted for Now

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

“He stands confidently in his hot pink mankini. When I told him it was the only suit left, he literally shrugged and put it on. Tan skin, ripped abs and stylish wayfarers- he instantly looked cool even wearing that damn thing. And the girls playing water volleyball even gawked at his ass”
― Krista Ritchie, Addicted for Now

“Yeah, my father is an egotistical douchebag," he says roughly. "My name literally means Jonathan empire.”
― Krista Ritchie, Addicted for Now

“Senza di te, il cielo non ha sole.
Without you, the sky has no sun.”
― Krista and 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

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

“What’s the point of speaking up when no one hears you?”

It broke my heart.

I stepped closer to her. “The fucking point is for people to understand that you have opinions, that your voice counts, and if they don’t hear you then yell louder”
― Krista Ritchie, Long Way Down

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

“So I pointed at the sun ascending in the horizon. Just as the darkened sky began to lighten. "Keep your eyes there."
Her green ones flickered to me before following my finger. Her pulse picked up speed. "And what happens when it disappears?"
I would've loved to tell her that it never would. That no matter where we were the sun would always be present. But it wouldn't have been true.
The only thing we could count on was that the sun would rise again.
"Wait for it to return," I told her.
She gave me the saddest smile I'd ever fucking seen. "That's an awfully long time."
For some people, I knew a minute could seem like an infinity. So maybe one night seemed like forever to Daisy.
"Hey, Calloway," I said softly, tucking a flyaway strand of hair behind her ear, one that escaped her pony.
"Hey," she whispered back.
"You ready to feel your fucking heart burst out of your chest?"
Her features illuminated tenfold. And she said quietly, "Yes.”
― Krista Ritchie, Long Way Down

“You girls need to work on your fucking happy noises,” Ryke says angrily. “They shouldn’t sound like someone is being assaulted.”
― Krista Ritchie, Kiss the Sky

“My mom was Sara Hale.

My dad was Jonathan Hale.

I was no one’s son.”
― Krista Ritchie, Hothouse Flower

“She went a little fucking overboard on her anger." He looks at me. "Her daughters are all a bit nuts, so you know exactly where they get it from.”
"She called the fucking cops on me," I retort. "That's not nuts that's --"
"It's nuts," he rebuts.
"It's fucked up."
"That too," he says.”
― Krista Ritchie, Hothouse Flower

“You look handsome every day, all day. Is that how you feel, Ryke Meadows?”

Just when I look into your eyes.”
― Krista Ritchie, Long Way Down