Kelly Moran Quotes

Summer-damn-Quinn saw the world as if it was a painting waiting to be created. I only saw her. ~ Kelly Moran

She needed to come with an instructional manual. And one not written in Spanish. ~ Kelly Moran

Her sudden grin depleted some of his brain cells. She was evil like that. ~ Kelly Moran

She held my face in her hands as if I was the treasure. ~ Kelly Moran

I'd tell you not to swoon, but he'd catch you, so never mind. ~ Kelly Moran

He needed a stiff drink. With a side of straightjacket. ~ Kelly Moran

At least that left hope for him. Except "Beauty and the Geek" wasn't exactly the proper translation of the popular fairy tale. ~ Kelly Moran

To me, love was something a person gave up a piece of themselves for and never walked away from. ~ Kelly Moran

One shouldn't live in the past, Parker. You'll smack into something in the present looking backward and not get a clear view of your future. Trust me. ~ Kelly Moran

We are all the same and we are all different. What great friends we will be. ~ Kelly Moran

I don't just want you to come. I want you to come undone ~ Kelly Moran

Orgasms are a myth. Like good credit scores. ~ Kelly Moran

Yes, best friend of mine. I am the famous photographer you've admired for years, and the man who's admired you. ~ Kelly Moran

We all have our handicaps. You're not mine. ~ Kelly Moran

There. Let the gods of friendship and common sense strike him dead. ~ Kelly Moran

Organization takes the fun out of everything. ~ Kelly Moran

This wasn't the first time she saw past his facade. It probably wouldn't be the last. Yet the intimacy of having this woman know him so damn well was unnervingly welcome. ~ Kelly Moran

I think you've been lying to yourself so long that you don't know what the truth is anymore. ~ Kelly Moran

Peachy. Alrighty, then. She'd just get in her car, run home to check her clothes, hair, and makeup, walk across the street to Jason's apartment, knock on his door, stare at his masculine hotness in stupid adoration, probably insert her foot into her mouth fifty-five times in under five minutes, then go back to her place and relive the embarrassment all night long while replaying what she should've done or said had she been a sophisticated woman, instead of a blundering moron.
Done and done. Piece of cake. ~ Kelly Moran

I give you my love & my luck. Don't throw either away. ~ Kelly Moran

Redemption was asking too much, but he could hope. Something told him he'd still be seeking absolution when he took his last breath on some distant day. ~ Kelly Moran

I'll never get to hear her say, 'I love you, Mommy,' like other parents take for granted. ~ Kelly Moran

He'd be quoting Yeats any moment now if he kept up this nonsense. ~ Kelly Moran

She bypassed the junk food aisle altogether. "Okay, Faith. Hold up." He grabbed the end of her cart and pulled it down the aisle. Snagging a bag of potato chips, he tossed them in her cart. "Better. Let's find you some Twinkies. ~ Kelly Moran

Most of the time, life doesn't pass me by, it tries to run me over. ~ Kelly Moran

She broke my heart over and over, day after day, but I love her. ~ Kelly Moran

Damn, but that made him want to put on a straightjacket. ~ Kelly Moran

I'm apologizing. For whatever I did. For whatever the guy who hurt you did. For the JFK assassination or the botched moon landing. Take your pick." ~Cain, Ghost of You ~ Kelly Moran

I have something I need to get off my chest."
"What's that?"
"This." He closed his mouth over hers. ~ Kelly Moran

I only know two things in life for certain: I know I love her and I know when her memory of our time together fades, I'll still feel exactly the same as I do today. Time is irrelevant, as I once said to her. And I'm happy wasting every second of it on her. ~ Kelly Moran

Calm down. Ghosts don't ring the doorbell. ~ Kelly Moran

He was a drool-worthy, panty-drenching, yummy work of masculine art. ~ Kelly Moran

Common sense got drunk and giddy when Olivia was on the premises. Maybe he should just raise a glass, too, and dub reason a lost cause. ~ Kelly Moran

His sexy smile said trust me or don't, he didn't care. ~ Kelly Moran

An hour in her presence, and he was ready to hit his knees, submit to her every whim. ~ Kelly Moran

Translation: She's too good for you. ~ Kelly Moran

Beauty like hers had no place in his life. ~ Kelly Moran

The man was so sexy she understood why every member of the double X-carrying chromosome imitated saran wrap in his presence. ~ Kelly Moran

And today she looked at him in a way she had yet to before. With acceptance. With affection. ~ Kelly Moran

I give you my love & my luck. Don't throw either away. ~ Kelly Moran

As it was, she never wanted to leave her bed because it meant seeing him when she fell asleep. ~ Kelly Moran

If you're trying to tell me you're not used to mattering to someone, I might just bleed out right here on the floor. ~ Kelly Moran

When she smiled like she meant it, when it wasn't out of politeness or something forced, she could bring down satellites. ~ Kelly Moran

Grandma, Grandpa, Auntie Cam started a fire at work. And she got an erection! ~ Kelly Moran

He was not thinking of Maddie I-Live-To-Make-Your-Life-Miserable Freemont in terms of sexuality. He was not attracted to her in the least. Period and exclamation point. ~ Kelly Moran

People can hold things back without outright lying, Kerry. People can care about each other without wanting something in return. No doubt, he had good reasons for not making a move. ~ Kelly Moran

Delicately, she parted her lips, swept them against his, and kissed first his top, then the bottom. Letting her lead, he pinched his brows together and held still. She didn't come at him with fire. She told him a story. And he'd be damned if it didn't start with once upon a time like she were proving he was some kind of hero. Specifically, hers. ~ Kelly Moran

That dress was designed to be a kill switch for rational thought. ~ Kelly Moran

When a person sees someone attractive to them, their eyes dilate twenty percent. Their brain floods with dopamine, which makes them happy. Thus, they believe it's love. That's a medical fact. Love doesn't exist. ~ Kelly Moran

The day I died was just like any other idle Thursday. ~ Kelly Moran

When my assistant strolled into my office one idle Tuesday morning, I had no way of knowing this would be the moment everything changed. A series of dominoes tipping with a clack, all leading to an unexpected and crazy end. One I fear I won't ever recover from. ~ Kelly Moran

Maybe pulling her emotions out and inserting in his logic would change this morbid course. But damn if he'd joke about it like she did. ~ Kelly Moran

Lifetime called. They want their movie of the week back. ~ Kelly Moran

He could be doing quantum physics in his head or undressing her in his mind - she'd never know the difference. ~ Kelly Moran

I love you, Ava. I should've started this whole crazy thing by saying that. I love you and I missed you like mad. It wasn't a spell. It was you. I found home. ~ Kelly Moran

First thought? Romance movies were bad for her psyche. ~ Kelly Moran

The building had been sold and the new owners wanted to convert it into high-end condos. Oh, please. Chicago needed more high-end condos like they needed another baseball franchise. ~ Kelly Moran

People tend to pay attention to the guy who shouts and ignore the one who whispers. ~ Kelly Moran

When a guy says something like that, take it at face value. Long enough. ~ Kelly Moran

For a guy who wore layers upon layers of armor, his give-a-shit was showing. ~ Kelly Moran

This isn't just chemistry. It's the whole periodic table." ~Cain ~ Kelly Moran

Damn, her mouth was a weapon. ~ Kelly Moran

Popcorn, chocolate, coffee, ice cream, and pizza. The five food groups. Health nuts are going to feel stupid one day, dying of nothing. ~ Kelly Moran

It is often said that freedom doesn't come free. It is also said that true heroes can come from both the most unlikely and obvious of places. I believe that. And so this book is dedicated to my heroes who fight overseas and at home. ~ Kelly Moran

Before she knew it, she was just another set of eyes in a dusty attic, waiting for the stairs to creak. ~ Kelly Moran

New hair and clothes don't change ugly. ~ Kelly Moran

She'd burst if she didn't tell him, die painfully if he let her go. Emotion clogged her throat. Helplessness ached in her stomach. ~ Kelly Moran

Besides, if they continued where they left off, Faith would finish reading the book and Alec would be snoring next to her. ~ Kelly Moran

He'd never need a camera to remember this, and damn if he ever wanted anyone but him to see her like she was at this moment. ~ Kelly Moran

Life Lessons According to Camryn:
One must handle stress like a dog; if you can't eat it or play with it, pee on it and walk away ~ Kelly Moran

People of Redwood Ridge always referred to themselves as victims when they were found in the path of Cupid's arrow, wielded by the sisters. They ran. They hid. They resisted. In the end, they succumbed. He was the sheriff. He got around. He saw and heard things most didn't. And the truth was, not a solitary "victim" was unhappy after The Battleaxes were through with them. ~ Kelly Moran

Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, he was going out with a rifle in his hand. ~ Kelly Moran

The truth is I do love you. Admitting that means opening myself up to all that pain when you leave. After you realize this wasn't love, but gratitude. ~ Kelly Moran

He would've sworn the woman was a reincarnation of Holly Golightly, but this wasn't a Capote novel, no matter her resemblance to Hepburn. ~ Kelly Moran

He'd known it would be good between them, he just wasn't prepared for how good. Like the-bloody-earth-moved good. ~ Kelly Moran

He was going to need God Almighty to come down from On High to explain this one. ~ Kelly Moran

Lucifer was engraving Nate's name on a cage right now. ~ Kelly Moran

Go get dirty, baby girl. And I mean the naked kind. ~ Kelly Moran

But not once had he almost lost it. Not like last night. Never had he fumbled, laughed and ... connected to another like with Ava. ~ Kelly Moran

When the leaves stop falling wasn't her time to die, it was your time to live. ~ Kelly Moran

We'll build our own world in the shape of us. ~ Kelly Moran

He looks at you like you're crème brûlée. ~ Kelly Moran

I think only when you are truly alone can you see you never were. ~ Kelly Moran

How much dip would a dipshit shit if a dipshit could shit dip? ~ Kelly Moran

She knew her place in this family, always had. Knew why she was conceived. And it wasn't for a photo on the mantle. ~ Kelly Moran

She had yet to actually call him by his real name. The psychologist in him had all kinds of theories as to why. The man in him wanted to hear her say it. Just once. ~ Kelly Moran

This was where she belonged. Right here with him. Forever. "I love you," she whispered. She'd burst if she didn't tell him, die painfully if he let her go. Emotion clogged her throat. ~ Kelly Moran

It took a pair of ghosts to open my eyes. ~ Kelly Moran

I'm not crazy."
"Said every loony that ever lived. ~ Kelly Moran

Trust was such a fragile thing, and once it was lost, it could never be fully restored. Could you ever truly trust anyone? ~ Kelly Moran

Matters of the heart were important, but people tended to put too much stock in the particular organ when, in retrospect, it was only tissue. It pumped blood and the body couldn't live without it, sure, but it had no actual bearing on love. The soul was what made a person distinct - the part that lived on after death, how one being connected to another, and what bound essence. ~ Kelly Moran

He didn't know what was hotter, her Star Wars reference or the breathiness with which she spoke it. ~ Kelly Moran

God. He was an eye-gasm if she ever saw one. ~ Kelly Moran

Lord, but did he grow up nice. ~ Kelly Moran

Maybe he was going to hell. Except, he could've sworn that was where he'd been the past ten years. ~ Kelly Moran

He'd misspoken. She wasn't a blow. She was a hydrogen bomb directly aimed at his solar plexus. ~ Kelly Moran

She wouldn't want to be caught on his bad side - assuming he had a good side - yet the naughty bad boy vibes were like an undercurrent pulling her in.
Don't-mess-with-me meets I-dare-you-to-resist. ~ Kelly Moran

He bit back a weary sigh and tried to remember strangling her would solve squat. ~ Kelly Moran

I don't care if it's been five minutes or five months or five years. You're it for me and there's no sense in waiting. ~ Kelly Moran

I look at you and my heart pounds, when for years, I don't think it beat at all. You fill the cracks and crevices, take away the emptiness. And when you're not by my side, the loss is unimaginable. ~ Kelly Moran