10 Quotes & Sayings By Riley Murphy

Riley Murphy is a novelist and short story writer from New York City. Her debut novel, The Loneliest Girl in the World, was released on 6/18/2014 by Quirk Books. Her stories have appeared in the 2016 Best Women's Erotica anthology for Amazon Publishing, the 2015 Best American Erotic Fiction anthology for Amazon Publishing, and Apex Magazine. She has also written for various literary journals including Cimarron Review, Eclectic Magazine, and One Story, and has been published in numerous anthologies including Literary Orphans: True Stories of Embarking on the Literary Life Without Expectations (Cemetery Dance), The Best Mysteries of 2013 (Sleet Street), and Writing on the Road (Farrar Straus & Giroux) Read more

Murphy has also appeared on the AOL Build Series podcast with hosts Daphne Merkin (One Story editor) and Nicole Blackman (author of The Loneliest Girl in the World). She is currently working on her second novel.

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Don’t be. There isn’t a person alive who hasn’t hurt someone and caused them to suffer. We’re human. We’re supposed to do that from time to time. The divine part comes in when we forgive the person who hurt us most, because we realize they’re worth suffering for." Michael Kavanaugh, Reputable Surrender Riley Murphy
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He was the journey she wanted to take. The landscape she wanted to walk. There wasn’t a part of him she didn’t want to roam. Riley Murphy
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The women I’m attracted to have to know their worth. That measurement can only be weighed from the inside, and when that’s taken into account and she truly appreciates it? Everything on the outside of her becomes an asset. Riley Murphy
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The way she’d whispered this told him she was thinking about some of her less favorite attributes and how she could never see herself viewing them as assets. Women were so fucking hard on themselves. “Bailey, you are who you are, like no other. Embrace it. Riley Murphy
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A woman’s sex appeal has more to do with what other people think she has than what she actually has. It’s the relationship and reputation she has with herself that I find desirable. Riley Murphy
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She knew it wasn’t right, but this was the second time in her life when hurting a man’s feelings trumped assuaging her own. Riley Murphy
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A woman’s magnetism is not a body measurement. Riley Murphy
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If you agree to our arrangement, I control what you feel and how you feel it. Right now we're concentrating on your needs, but soon we'll be focusing in on mine. I have very specific needs. "I like to take things. I'm going to take you. Whenever, wherever and however I want. Does that excite you?" Aries Taylor to his heroine in Stare Me Down, Riley Murphy
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We’re all broken. We all have cracks. It’s not about making it through life in one piece it’s about narrowing the gap between the fissures so we don’t shatter.” Ted Basel to Jo Nehr in my next "Surrender" story Riley Murphy