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Why is it that the people you come to love are the ones that seem to hurt you the most?
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Krista Ritchie |
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Even when I was a kid, Lo would put his hands on my cheeks and kiss me really quickly, and we'd burst into laughter afterwards. He'd end up chasing me through the fancy parties that our parents brought us to, trying to steal another. I'd always let him catch me.
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Krista Ritchie |
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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.
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Krista Ritchie |
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I am very, very attracted to you." The corner of his lips rise. "Funny, I'm also attracted to you. What are we going to do about that?" "Make love and make babies."
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Krista Ritchie |
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Life doesn't stop when you take a new road. It always finds a way to go on.
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Krista Ritchie |
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You leave a trail of bodies with your glares.
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Krista Ritchie |
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Friends aren't forever. They're not even for a while. They come into your life and they leave when something or someone changes. Nothing grounds them to you. Not blood or loyalty. They're just...fleeting.-Daisy Calloway
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Krista Ritchie |
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I am the biographer of my own life. And no one can take that away from me.
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Krista Ritchie |
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If someone asked me to name the first two attributes of Ryke Meadows, aggressive wouldn't even be on the list. In the heart of his soul lies kindness, wrapped tightly in selflessness that shows in almost every action.
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Krista Ritchie |
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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."
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Krista Ritchie |
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Never give up or back down on the things that fill your soul, Calloway. There is no worse life than a hollow one.
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Krista Ritchie |
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We never touched, but I made love to your mind.
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Krista Ritchie |
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I can hear our hearts breaking." A tear wets my fingertips, his tears, and his other hand encases my face, the way mine does him. His lips nearly skim mine. "I'll shield your ears from the sound of heartbreak."
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Remember how when we were little?" I whisper. "You'd chase me around before midnight." "You always ran out of breath." "I wanted you to catch me." "I thought so." "Catch me," I whisper. "I already have," he murmurs."
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Krista Ritchie |
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I have so many regrets. I don't believe anyone who says they don't. How can you live life making mistakes and never wish you could take one back?
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Krista Ritchie |
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I'm average. I've been average most of my life, but there are moments where I feel extraordinary. Invincible. Able to conquer any fear and step outside any box. There is no illusion, no fantasy. I can climb a forty-foot pole. I can fly eighty-feet in the air. I can be taller than tall. It's a dream that I'm living. Every day. With him.
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Krista Ritchie |
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I'm dirty," I refute, hot tears brimming. "You don't want me." His face twists in pain. "I don't think that. Neither should you." His lips graze my neck and then find my ear. "Lil, I want you to ask me. I need you to." He presses his forehead to my temple, gently edging me closer to the mattress, his hands tight on my hips. I continue to struggle for breath. I know what he wants now. He wants this to be real. So do I. "Help me," I say, brea..
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Krista Ritchie |
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Lo," I whisper, my fingers making circles on his black shirt. "I just want you to know that if you leave this world, I won't be in it for much longer." He's a piece of me. You cut it off, and it's like going through life with no lungs."
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Krista Ritchie |
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A NOTE FROM RYKE Fuck off.
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Krista Ritchie |
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You're a permanent fixture in my life. You're not going anywhere.
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Krista Ritchie |
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Independence has nothing to do with whether or not someone chooses to be single or to be married, to have children or to not have children. Independence by definition is about self-governing. About choosing for yourself. About making your own decisions.
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Krista Ritchie |
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My advice," I say, "don't seek love from other people. Just love who you are enough that it won't matter whether or not you find your Rochester."
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Krista Ritchie |
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How do you measure love? Is it by the things we're willing to do? By the sacrifices we're willing to make?
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Krista Ritchie |
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You are your own anchor. Do you want to keep burning or are you going to let yourself rise?
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Krista Ritchie |
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He's my drug that I gladly consume.
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Krista Ritchie |
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I've ignored a lot of bad shit in my life, but I don't want to ignore this one good thing anymore. It's too painful." He stares at me deeply, my chest rising with something pure and warm. "I kissed you tonight because I want your lips to only touch mine. From now until forever. That's the fucking truth."
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Krista Ritchie |
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Ryke would endure hell for eternity if it meant that I could go to heaven.
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Krista Ritchie |
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Just repeat this phrase whenever you feel the urge to jump some other guy's bones." His mouth brushes my ear. "Loren Hale fucks better."
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Krista Ritchie |
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I need you to know that I'm not going anywhere. I'll always be here when you come home. There will always be an .
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Krista Ritchie |
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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
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Krista Ritchie |
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Connor wears a billion-dollar grin. "Words are my favorite sex toy,"
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Krista Ritchie |
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Get ready, darling. This may spin your head.
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Krista Ritchie |
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I could not live without Lo. He is as much a part of me as the sun is a part of the sky, as the earth is to the universe. I need him in order to wake up in the morning. I need him to feel whole.
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Krista Ritchie |
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I'd help you every day so that you could see a better tomorrow. I will never give you less than that.
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Krista Ritchie |
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His lips rise. "I usually dumb down around the intellectually deficient so I don't come off like a complete prick." I think he just called me stupid."
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Krista Ritchie |
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Ryke smiles back, like he's proud of me. "It's yours, little brother. I believe in you." --
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Krista Ritchie |
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My hand lowers to the small of her back, and I leave her with one last kiss to the forehead that feels more genuine than all the others. "You've bewitched me, body and soul." She glares. "And you ruined it with a quote from Pride and Prejudice." I grin. "What? I thought we were purposefully being cliche." "Maybe next time, quote the book and not the film." My eyebrow arches and I recite theatrically, "You pierce my soul. I am half agony, ha..
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Krista Ritchie |
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I FUCKING LOVE HER!" I scream, my heart thrashing in my ribs."
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Krista Ritchie |
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I don't need you," she repeats, her voice breaking. "You're right," he says softly. "You don't need a man, Rose." He pauses and I barely hear him whisper, "But you do need me."
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Krista Ritchie |
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I'm going to love Lily how I want to love her. Overwhelmingly, uncompromisingly.
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Krista Ritchie |
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We have consumed each other from day one. And we truly never let go.
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Krista Ritchie |
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In this moment, I'm yours.
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Krista Ritchie |
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No matter how many boxes people try to put you in, as long as you know yourself, you'll be fine in the end. And you may have to play by their rules, put up with their labels and use their terms - I've done so all my life - but it's what you believe that matters most.
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Krista Ritchie |
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The fear of losing each other is always stronger than the pain we cause.
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