105 Quotes & Sayings By Kristen Ashley

Kristen Ashley is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance novels. Her books are known for their witty banter, sexy, emotional moments, and heart-wrenching love stories. Kristen lives in the Midwest with her husband, two kids, and over 50% of her bookshelves.

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I looked to the ceiling and told God, “God, next time I want an adventure, strike me with lightning. You have my permission. Kristen Ashley
Wherever you are, however you got there, if it's good,...
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Wherever you are, however you got there, if it's good, you're meant to be there either because you earned it or life led you there and you were smart enough to hold on. Kristen Ashley
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He put the knuckles of his fist to the table, leaned toward Niles and spoke quietly, cuttingly, in his rough, gravelly voice.“ Fucked her last night, man, and this morning. Five times. Five. It was like she hadn’t been touched in a decade. So fuckin’ sweet. Damn, ” he taunted, his eyes locked on Niles. “You’ve had her, you gotta know, not enough money in the world’s worth that. Kristen Ashley
You sleep okay, sweetie?” “Miss my teddy, ” Billie replied....
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You sleep okay, sweetie?” “Miss my teddy, ” Billie replied. Personally, I thought Detective Mitch Lawson was far superior to a tiny pink teddy bear but I wasn’t six years old. Kristen Ashley
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The man who gets Mara gets you and Billie. I’m that man. What you gotta get is, while fallin’ in love with Mara, I fell in love with you and your sister. Straight up, Bud, no lie. The feelings I feel for Mara are hers, the feelings I feel for Billie are hers and the feelings I feel for you are yours. You all have my love, not collectively, individually. Do you understand me?” “Mitch nodded. “Right. What I mean is, I didn’t fall in love with you all as a whole. I fell in love with each of you because of who you are. I don’t care about you because you come with Mara. I care about you because you’re a good kid. You’re smart. You’re loyal. And you love and look out for your sister and Mara. I know grown men who do not have a character as fine as yours. Those are the reasons I love you. There are different reasons I love Billie. And there are different reasons I love Mara. Today, what we had together was good. But the feelings I feel for you aren’t feelings I have to have in order to have Mara. They’re feelings you earned. Now, you with me? . Kristen Ashley
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I’m out of health potions. Retreat! Retreat! Give me some of your health potions! ” I screamed. “I don’t have any potions. Run, bitch, run, ” Brody squealed. The red ran out on my health and my assassin was transported, stripped of everything we’d earned, back to the starting camp. “I’m dead! Fuck, they killed me! Kristen Ashley
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Wars fought over a face like this, ” he murmured like he was talking to himself, my heart stopped beating and his thumbs moved lightly across my cheeks. “A man would work himself into the ground for it, go down to his knees to beg to keep it, endure torture to protect it, take a bullet for it, ” his eyes came to mine, “poison his brother to possess a face like this. Kristen Ashley
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She nodded, grabbed her purse out of the drawer and skedaddled, walking like she was on a catwalk, one foot in front of the other, her ass swaying under the skirt of her expensive, tailored suit. Bitch. I thought again, watching her go.“ No comparison, ” Luke said after the door closed behind Dawn and I turned to him.“ Excuse me?”“ Dawn’s a man eater. You’re not. No comparison, ” Luke answered and I didn’t know how to take that.“ Is that good?” The half-smile came back.“ Most men prefer to do the eating.” Holy fucking cow. Kristen Ashley
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This is the us you wanted us to be, Gwen. Kristen Ashley
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Not one fuckin’ thing gentlemanly about protecting what’s yours. Looks like you’re gonna lose it, you do everything you can to stop that from happening.” Max looked back to Niles. “And you didn’t do that. She was a week away from me, she walked into a room I was in holdin’ another man’s hand, I’d lose my fuckin’ mind. Not at her. Wonderin’ where I lost my way and I’d talk to her about how to find my way back. Kristen Ashley
And I wake up happy, baby, because I possess beauty...
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And I wake up happy, baby, because I possess beauty and I own that beauty in all the forms it can take and the least important of those are physical. Kristen Ashley
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Nothing can fill you up, ” she stated.“ Nope, ” he agreed again.“ You won’t let it.”“ Barrel’s got a hole in the bottom, buddy, everything leaks out no matter how much you pour in.” She was silent a moment then she whispered, “Right.”She turned to the door and his hand gripped his bourbon so hard he had to focus everything on loosening his grip or the glass would shatter. Before she opened it, she turned back. “You don’t know, Cal, you have no idea. You’ve shut yourself up for so long in this fucking house with your tragic memories, you have no idea what’s about to walk out your door. Kate, Keira and me, we could have plugged that hole. We could have filled you so full, you’d be bursting. We would have loved that chance. We’d have given it everything we had, no matter the time that slid by, graduations, weddings, grandbabies, you’d have been a part of us and we’d have given everything we had to keep youso full, you’d be bursting.” Cal didn’t reply.“ Joe, ” she whispered, “you let me walk out this door, you’ll lose your chance.” Cal didn’t move. Vi waited. Cal stayed seated. . Kristen Ashley
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There are very few, very fuckin' few people, Kia, who get what's precious in this world. They work their asses off for pure shit and think they'd fight and die to keep it. You don't fight and die for shit. You fight and die for things that matter. You are the first woman I've met outside a life that leads you to understand that shit who gets that. And straight up, baby, you gotta know, I like that a fuckuva lot. Kristen Ashley
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Mara, ” his arms gave me a squeeze, “baby, you’ve got to live in the now. Not in your head. Not controlled by your fears. You can’t live for what might happen five months in the future. You got issues you gotta face today. You gotta deal with them now. You got two kids who count on you and their lives aren’t gonna go perfect every day because you weigh every decision you make and tread cautiously. Those options are no longer available to you. You’re gonna have to live day to day and make decisions on the fly. And I’m tellin’ you I’m here to help. You need it and they need it. Are you honestly gonna say no? . Kristen Ashley
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I’ve shared more breakfasts with you thanany woman I’ve dated in the last year and a half, ” Mitch returned.“ I know what you look like in the morning. I know what you act likewhen you come home tired after work. I know that you pick the leastexpensive thing on the menu either to be nice or to be annoying inorder to put me off. But I think it’s to be nice because youare nice and also both times you thought you’d be spendingtime with just me, you dressed in a way that would not, in any way, put me off. I know you cuddle when you’re sleeping. I know you takeonly milk in your coffee and you make coffee strong. I know you’rereally good with kids. And I know that you use music and scents toregulate your mood. So I’m thinking this is not a first date. Thisis more like us hittin’ the six month mark. And the six month markis when you stop talkin’ about shit that really doesn’t matter andstart talkin’ about shit that means everything. Kristen Ashley
Sweet dreams, baby, ” he whispered into myhair, his arm...
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Sweet dreams, baby, ” he whispered into myhair, his arm giving me a squeeze. “See you onthe other side.”“ You too, Captain, ” I whispered...' Lauren and Tate, in Sweet Dreams Kristen Ashley
I need a timeout do to deal with my timeout!...
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I need a timeout do to deal with my timeout! that's how messed up I'm. Kristen Ashley
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It was nostalgic in that painful way nostalgia could be Kristen Ashley
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Exquisite pain. The kind you wanted to feel every day for the rest of your life. It was the pain of finally having something you wanted. Something you’d longed for. Longed for since you had memories. Something life taught you to believe you’d never have. Something, if you lived without it, it left a void in your soul you knew would never be filled. Something, without it, you knew you’d never be whole. It was something you needed. It was as necessary as breath. It was what was required to complete you". Kristen Ashley
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Women like clothes, they like shoes, they like flowers and they like people to look at them and think, ‘ God, she’s gorgeous.’ The more people who think that, the better it is. The one day in your life where you get all that rolled up into one is your wedding day. And itcomes with jewelry and presents and endswith a vacation where it’s practically law that you have to wear fabulous underwear and have lots of sex. Kristen Ashley
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I want you here. I want you in my home, my bed, my life, ” he murmured, the smooth out of his voice, it was low and so rough with sex and emotion, it was abrasive, scoring through me.“ Baby —”“I want your clothes in my closet. I wanna hear your voice in my house when you’re talkin’ on the phone. I want you sittin’ beside me when we’re watchin’ TV. I want shit you like in my fridge. I want “your razors in my shower. I want my roof over your head. Your car in my garage. I want to give you what I should have been giving you for sixteen years. As good as you deserve. A showplace. A place where I can make you happy.” God. He was killing me.“ Creed, let me —”He didn’t let me finish. He pressed on, driving in, our bodies jolting with his thrusts, his voice harsh in my ear.“ Give me that, Sylvie. Give me that and, swear to God, I’ll give you everything.”“ I —”His head came up, his cock drove deep and stayed planted and his eyes burned into mine.“ All I’ll ask. All I’ll ever ask. You give me that and you got a lifetime of nothin’ but take. Kristen Ashley
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The heart sometimes doesn’t care about limits. Kristen Ashley
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That top, " he said when he dipped his face close, and I realized his voice sounded funny. It was intense but it was also hoarse like when we were fooling around and I understood why when he again spoke. "Tonight, when I fuck you, I want you naked. Later, I want you ridin' my cock wearin' nothin' but that fuckin' top. Kristen Ashley
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I wasn't exactly good with children. I wasn't bad with them, as such. I just wasn't around them much and, because of that, when I was, they freaked me out because I didn't know what to do with them. Kristen Ashley
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You’re not safe to go back there, ” he said.“ I’m going, ” I returned.“ We’ll see.” Jeez, there was just no shaking this guy.“ You do know that there’s this little thing called the Nineteenth Amendment giving women the right to vote?” I asked.“ I heard of that, ” he said and there was a smile in his voice.“ And there’s this whole movement called fem… in… is…im.” I said it slowly, like he was a dim child. “Where women started working, demanding equal pay for equal work, raising their voices on issues of the day, taking back the night, stuff like that.” He rolled into me, which made me roll onto my back.“ Sounds familiar.”“ Do you have an encyclopedia? Maybe we can look it up. If the words are too big for you to read, I’l read it out loud and explain as I go along.” He got up on his elbow. “Only if you do it naked.” I slapped his shoulder. . Kristen Ashley
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However, at fourteen years old, she didn’t understand that all those terrible troubles the heroines in her books went through in real life Kristen Ashley
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The best way to guard your heart was to trust a good man to take care of it for you. Kristen Ashley
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No one knows what goes down between a woman and her man except that woman. Only thing they know is what went down with their own men. Kristen Ashley
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Don’t go woman on me and tell me you don’t need a man to complete you. It’s bullshit. Woman looks like you, goddamn waste. But a woman who has the love you got to give, that’s not a waste. That’s a crying shame. Kristen Ashley
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Forgiveness is beautiful and it feels good when someone gives that gift to you. But it’s one thing for someone you wronged to forgive you. It was another to forgive yourself. Kristen Ashley
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Darlin’, the last time I walked into a mall was two presidents ago.” I stared at him in shock. Then I asked, “Is that even possible?” “I got a dick and I was single so, yeah, it’s possible. Kristen Ashley
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That Damon Matthews, ” Linda spat. “You know, take one letter out of his name and it spells ‘ damn’ as in ‘damn, that kid’s a worthless sonovabitch’. Kristen Ashley
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I never dreamed any fuckin' dream, " he whispered, and the smile faded from her face as tears filled her eyes. She understood him." Shy-"" Didn't dream it, saw it, waited my time, and then you gave it to me. Kristen Ashley
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Compassion is often mistaken for weakness, when the fact is, there is very little that is more powerful than the courage it takes to give it. Kristen Ashley
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How lonely I was, even when I was with him. How it felt, him not making love to me, being affectionate, making me feel desired or desirable. How much it bothered me that, even though I'd talked to him about all of this, even wrote him other e-mails, it didn't ever seem to penetrate. Kristen Ashley
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Lonely’s a different kind of pain, it doesn’t hurt as bad as heartbreak. I preferred it and embraced it ‘cause I reckoned it was one or the other. Kristen Ashley
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I realized then that both Gladys and Norm were smiling at about the time I realized that Max and I were acting like lunatics.“ I don’t think she’s tied up in knots anymore, Gladie, ” Norm observed.“ She is, dear, just not ones she wants to untie, ” Gladys remarked. Kristen Ashley
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You don’t have to have had something to want it or need it but when you have something you liked… very much… and it is taken away, and you want it back, it can become a hunger. Kristen Ashley
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When we faced Mom, we saw she was addressing Max. "We get to know each other I'll get to hug you." "Mom! " I snapped and Mom turned to me. "I get to do it when he doesn't have a shirt on too. I'm calling it now, " Mom declared. Kristen Ashley
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It was like the Justice League of Super Heroes but instead it was the Justice League of Hot Guys. Kristen Ashley
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Heya, Arlene. What’s shakin’?” Cotton greeted.“ Don’t shift some of this weight, everything, ” Arlene replied. Kristen Ashley
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Apparently Super Max was pretty content with taking care of half the town, such was his wonderfulness. Kristen Ashley
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He flipped it open, gently tugged out the oft-touched photo and looked into a pair of familiar golden eyes. "She's happy, Andie, " he whispered to his wife. Andromeda Quinn did what she always did. She smiled back at him, her beautiful eyes lit with that bright, golden light Harold Quinn loved so fucking much. Kristen Ashley
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You should feel free to feel how you want and don't think of what people think. Kristen Ashley
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Even one voice in a wilderness of ignorance is a voice that is heard by someone. Kristen Ashley
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Rule Number One in the India Savage Life Code: When in doubt or possible trouble, lie. Kristen Ashley
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Food is love, " I replied." No, babe, it ain't. But makin' it for the ones you love so they can brag about it is, " Take returned. Kristen Ashley
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I’d eat a picnic in Hades with him. Kristen Ashley
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They got cream puffs at the bakery but I bet yours will be better, ” he noted. “As Americans often put sweetened whipped cream or vanilla pudding between the choux pastry, and we’ll be making crème patisserie, this is indeed a fact.” “What’s crème patisserie?” Ethan asked. “Proof there is a God, ” I answered. Kristen Ashley
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Yeah, you lose this attitude, I can help you work that hurt out.” Who was this man? He held onto his tragedy for seventeen fucking years, how could he stand there and tell mehe could help me work through mine?“ Really, Joe? Like you helped me work out my grief at losing Tim?” I asked sarcastically.“ That’s not what I was offerin’, buddy, but you want it like that I’ll give it to you.”“ You’re unbelievable, ” I snapped.“ I’m yours.” That socked me in the gut too, so hard it winded me and all I could do was stare up at him. Taking advantage, his face dipped close and his hands curled around both sides of my head.“ First fuckin’ time you smiled at me in my bed, that’s when it happened, ” he murmured. Kristen Ashley
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Last night you sat there singing to me 'nothing to hide, believe what I say' and not ten hours later you're standin' in front of me lyin Kristen Ashley
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Never wanna leave my Justice, my home. So I bring her with me, my baby Lonesome.Don't matter, Justice is always there, Always right there, no matter where I go. My baby Lonesome, Makin' it so I'm never missin' home. Kristen Ashley
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I’m thinking, handsome, it might be good to end the biker lesson now seeing as this particular one might piss me off.” “Not surprised, babe, but we had a good run.” “Pardon?” “Took you to work, brought you to my house, you cooked, we ate, we watched TV, all good. No fights. No backtalk. All day. But all good things come to an end. Kristen Ashley
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Home isn’t a place. Home is anywhere, just as long as the people you love are there. Kristen Ashley
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Balls to ten minutes. Kristen Ashley
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You taste injustice, even if it’s fictional, really taste it, it has a way of doing that. Sometimes, you can never put the shoe on the other foot. We can’t go back in time and know what it was like to be a black person then. Even today, when things are supposed to be so much better, not one of you can understand what it’s like to be black, to live with the knowledge of what happened to your ancestry and still face injustice. But that book makes us taste it and, reading it, we know how bitter that taste is and we know we don’t like it. But that bitter wakes you up, and when you wake up, you open your mind to things in this world, you make yourself think. Then you’ll decide you don’t like the taste of injustice, not for you and not for anyone, and you’ll understand that even though all the battles can’t be won, that doesn’t mean you won’t fight. . Kristen Ashley
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When she heard about Mitch, it was Roberta that talked me into making the pizza.“ You have to! ” she’d nearly shrieked. She did this because I’d waxed on perhaps a little too enthusiastically about Mitch’s looks, his warm smile and his neighborly behavior. I shook my head. “I don’t know. He freaks me out.”“ Yeah, I get that. Johnny Depp came in and fixed my faucet then told me he wanted to try my pizza that would freak me out too. But I’d still make him my freaking pizza. . Kristen Ashley
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I’d once had a long-term relationship with a Five Point Five that got nowhere near living together. This was because I was a Two Point Five, he was a Five Point Five and he wanted a Nine Point Five. Therefore, we were both destined for a broken heart. He gave me mine. He later found a Six Point Five that wanted a Nine Point Five. She got herself a breast enhancement and nose job which made her a firm Seven (if you didn’t count the fact that she thought she was a Ten point Five and acted like it which really knocked her down to a Six) who broke his heart. Kristen Ashley
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Bard eyed him like he was manure on her shoes at the same time she did things, like sharpen a wooden stake, something she knew didn't work on him, but that was not her point, even if she was making one. Kristen Ashley
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Because he tells me. All the fucking time. I’m precious to him and I know it because he shows me and he tells me. It’s beautiful. It’s real. It’s right. Kristen Ashley
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I may have mentioned patience wasn't one of my virtues. Actually, I didn't have many virtues but patience definitely wasn't one of them. Kristen Ashley
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Even though I felt like crying, I did my very best to smile. Kristen Ashley
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Shut up and kiss me, Duchess.”“Max! ”“All right, I’ll kiss you. Kristen Ashley
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I found it impossible with his mouth so close to me, his lips being so fantastic and my eyes dropped to them again. They were fine. I licked my lips.“ Ava.” My eyes drifted back to his and I was in a Luke Lip Fog. “Yeah?”“You lick your lips while looking at my mouth one more time, you’ll find that pretty pink tongue of yours in my mouth. Kristen Ashley
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I used to sleep the sleep of someone who knew she was loved. Now, I didn't. Kristen Ashley
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My gaze moved to Vance. He was looking up at me and I could read nothing in his eyes." Another pop?" I asked. He shook his head but kept watching me. I looked at the floor and started from the room. I had to pass Vance's chair to get to the kitchen. As I did, I slowed and as if it had a mind of it's own, my hand came out and I ran the backs of my finger's along Vance's jaw. Kristen Ashley
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Outside my bike, never has anything important in my life been just mine." My body stilled, so did my heart, and my eyes locked with his. He started moving again, slowly, deeply and he kept talking. "Always castoffs, leftovers, used, sometimes even food from the dumpsters." My heart started beating again, only to trip over itself; my breath came fast, not only from what was happening to my body but what he was saying. "Vance-" His lips came to mine, his hands moved out of my hair and went to the side of my face and he stared in my eyes, pressing deep inside. "Mine, " he muttered, his deep voice hoarse, that fierce undercurrent there. His tone caused a shiver to run through me, straight through to my soul. Then he kissed me. . Kristen Ashley
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Tex's head snapped in my direction. Fuckin' A, woman, you've never had a s'more? he boomed I shook my head. Christ, everyone's gotta have a s'more before they die. Fuck that shit, I'll build a fire in my backyard tonight and I'll stop by Kumar's on the way home to get the stuff. Everyone can come by- Kristen Ashley
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He immediately went down with a thud and I was pretty certain most of the furniture in the room jumped when he landed. Kristen Ashley
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Romance novels. My guess? She started reading them early. My guess? She started them at a time where they made a huge impression on her and changed her perceptions. She isn’t cocooned, she pays attention and she knows there are no men out there like the men in those books she reads so she prefers being with them than trying to find someone like them which, she thinks, is a fruitless endeavor. That fantasy is far better than any reality and, you know what? She’s right. Men are a pain in the ass and a lot of them are dicks who cause heartbreak. And her, a girl life Faye? Well, she knows she’s the kind of girl men like that will chew up and spit out. So she’s smart and she’s not going to go there. Kristen Ashley
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Vayoo ansha.” I shook my head and whispered, “Never. For good and always, you have lost me. Na me lapay kah Lahn. Not anymore.”** Kristen Ashley
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I’d had a really bad day and you hurt me.” His hand at my jaw tensed and he kept whispering when he said, “I’ll probably do it again, Red, because I’m a man and any man can be a dick. But I won’t do it like that, not again. I know you got softunder that attitude and I’ll have a mind to that. Kristen Ashley
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You have a cat and go on vacation, you know who to call. Though, I warn you, I do both dry and wet food. I’m not into doin’ just wet or just dry. They need a treat, but they need to keep their teeth clean. It’s important.”- Tex Rock Chick Kristen Ashley
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We girls, we're tough, darling. Soft on the outside but, deep down, we're tough. Kristen Ashley
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My girl, always hated frogs, ” Jackie stated when she’d controlled her hilarity.“ That’s right, Mom, ” Feb leveled her irate eyes at her mother, “I’m a girl therefore I hate frogs. I’d get kicked out of the girl club if I didn’t. Kristen Ashley
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Moomah, " Travis mumbled and Joker looked to the kid to see his eyes on the magazine, his fingers twiddling his lip." Yeah, son, that's your momma." Travis looked to him. "Moomah.""Yeah, boy." Travis took his fingers from his lip and curled them around Joker's. "Joejoekah.""Yeah, " Joker whispered. "I'm your Joker."The boy wobbled a second then dropped forward and landed a sloppy, open-mouthed kiss on his hand and Joker's mouth. He wobbled back." Love you too, kid, " Joker whispered. Travis giggled. Kristen Ashley
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With women, it’s about the slow soak, babe. Assholes pour shit on the surface and women keep goin’ not even knowin’ that shit is soakin’ in. Then one day, out of fuckin’ nowhere, that acid has burned deep in a way it leaves a wound that will never heal. Wipe that shit away, Lanie. Don’t let it soak in. He doesn’t know me. He cannot make that call about me. Kristen Ashley
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Being on the moon is about harnessing science and technology. Waveless waterbeds are about harnessing nature and that, by definition, is not natural, ” I shot back.“ Babe, you’re not lyin’ on a miracle, ” he said through a lip twitch.“ No, I’m lying under one. Kristen Ashley
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You’re beautiful, Finnie, but by the gods you have never been more beautiful than you are right now, spread before me, wrapped in my wool and filled with me Kristen Ashley
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Toasted almond pancakes. Sweet soft 'okays'. Makin' me laugh more in a few weeks than I have in decades. 'Yes, Daddys' I feel in my dick. The first voicemail you left me, babe. I saved it and I listen to it once a day. If I lose focus, I see you on your back, knees high, legs wide, offering your sweet, wet pussy to me. You smile at me in bed every time you wander outta my bedroom in my shirts, my tees, or your work clothes and honest to Christ, it sets me up for the day. And no matter what shit goes down, I get through it knowin' whichever bed I climb into at night, you're in it ready to snuggle into me or give me what I wanna take. Your girl, a headache. You, never. And in a life that's been full of headaches, babe, having that, there is no price tag. You gotta get it and do it fuckin' now that there's a lotta different kinds of give and take. And you give as good as you get, baby, trust me. Kristen Ashley
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You love me?'' Baby, you were made for me. Kristen Ashley
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How you feel about marrying me?" he asked in my ear. Kristen Ashley
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Belonging to me doesn’t mean I’ll make you do anything, it just means I consider you mine for as long as this lasts. It means I protect you, it means I take care of you. For another man, it might mean something different. Don’t confuse me with another man Kristen Ashley
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It is a measure of a nation their cunning! It is a measure of a nation their strength! And it is a measure of a nation, " I leaned forward and screeched, "their mercy! " I leaned back and surveyed the crowd and for some bizarre reason kept right on shouting. The condemned you see before you have been tried justly and meet their sentence fairly. They have done wrong and they will pay for it. But I am not the Winter Princess of a nation who does not see that even the condemned deserve to be treated with respect as they face death. You may think they do not deserve it but it is your duty as Lunwynians to rise above their actionsnot fall to their depths. They will hang for their crimes and you will watch this sentence carried out. How could that not be enough for you?" I tore my eyes away from the now whispering crowd as those close sent my words far, feeling Frey’s arm still tight around my middle but I ignored it and looked down at the scaffold. Bring her to her feet, ” I ordered the guardstanding around Viola and they shifted andstared up at me in stupefaction so I snapped, “ Bring her to her feet! ” They jumped toward Viola who I avoidedlooking at as they helped her up and movedher to her noose. Instead, I looked back tothe crowd and, yep, you guessed it, kept right on shouting." Today, you witness something infinitely sad. Three people who have gone wrong somewhere in their lives, done wrong be-cause of it and therefore are paying the ulti-mate price. Do not stand there shouting and jeering, demonstrating that they were right to move against this great nation, those for-tunate enough to inhabit her ice-bound earth and those privileged to wear her crowns. Stand there and, as the Lunwynians I know you to be, stand strong, stand proud and stand filled with mercy. Kristen Ashley
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Seriously. Who needed a real lover when you had a handsome, affectionate man who adored you, put a beautiful house over your head, gave you a great job, lavished you with fabulous clothes, shoes, purses and jewelry and would never break your heart? Kristen Ashley
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Jealousy is an ugly emotion that makes people do some seriously whacked shit and when a woman is experiencing it, it's worse. Kristen Ashley
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I'm with him because when I'm with him, I'm free to be me. I'm with him because he's hot. I'm with him because he lets me blather, since I'm prone to blathering, and he lets me rant when I have a bad day. I'm with him because when I rant, he makes me feel better and he does this effortlessly. I'm with him because I live for the times when I'm on the back of his bike and we're riding together, not even talking, just being free. Kristen Ashley
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My eyes went to him. "Your rule, honey. I can go put panties on." His eyes came to me. "You do, I get the strap. Kristen Ashley
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Thank you for keeping it a secret. There aren’t many of those in this tribe. Kristen Ashley
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We all fall on hard times, ” he said quietly, removing his fist from my chin. “It’s just lucky for you that you fell in the right direction. Kristen Ashley
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May feel like you're fallin', Tabby, but remember, I'm at the bottom ready to catch you." At these beautiful words, I burst into tears again. Without hesitation, Shy yanked me back into his arms and held me. There it was. I'd reached bottom and I was crying , because I didn't realize it at the time, but he'd already caught me. And it felt beautiful! Kristen Ashley
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May feel like you're falling', Tabby, but remember, I'm at the bottom ready to catch you. Kristen Ashley
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The library serves as a gathering place for friends whoshare the love of books. It further serves as a resource for those who escape the pressure of everydaylife, doing it by losing themselves in the written word. Kristen Ashley
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It’s my experience that a weakness understood is no weakness. If you know you have it, even if you can’t control it, you can make allowances for it. It is those who ignore or don’t understand their weaknesses who are wasted by them. Kristen Ashley
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I couldn't ignore the fact that it felt good. So. Very. Good. To be held, in bed, in the arms of a tall, strong, handsome man. Kristen Ashley
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Because, no matter how old we get, we always need to believe in fairytales. Kristen Ashley
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She stared into his eyes and announced, “A good-bye kiss.” It was at that Raid stopped dead. “What?”“Raiden, the gig is up, ” she declared, and Raid closed his eyes. Jesus, how could the woman be so infuriating and so fucking cute all at once? He opened his eyes and asked, “The gig is up?” She leaned into him and hissed, “Yes.”Fuck, he wanted to kiss her. He also wanted to shak. Kristen Ashley
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You fight with Niles?" Max asked suddenly." No."" Never?"" No! And stop asking about Niles, " I demanded. He ignored my demand and kept questioning. "Didn't care enough to fight, didn't match you in fire, or was so lazy he just put up with your shit? Kristen Ashley
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His tongue felt good, it tasted good, it was all just good. Not just good. It was better than good. I missed this. I loved kissing and, Lord, did I miss it. Kristen Ashley
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Mitch---""All right, baby, I'll shut you up." Then he did, his head slanting and his lips taking mine in a repeat performance of the open-mouthed, knock my socks off, rock my world, best kiss in the history of all time. Kristen Ashley