Krista Ritchie Quotes

Wherever you are, no matter if it's right next to me or a thousand miles away," I say, "I'm tied to you with a tread that can't break. We're connect by some thing stronger than time or place. ~ Krista Ritchie

Connor pockets his cell. "Lily," he says. "If I wanted to date for a last name, I'd have a girl on my arm every single day. I would never be single." He leans forward. "I promise you, that my intentions are pure. And I think it's sweet you're looking out for Rose, but she's more than capable of taking care of herself, which is one of the many reasons why I want to pursue her." "What's another reason?" I test him. He smiles. "I won't have to taxingly explain to her menu items in a real French restaurant." He knows she's fluent? "I won't have to explain financial statements or dividends. I'll be able to discuss anything and everything in the world, and she'll have an answer. ~ Krista Ritchie

Age is a number that doesn't reflect circumstance, environment or psychology. ~ Krista 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. ~ Krista Ritchie

After truly knowing Ryke, I can't fathom shutting the door on a sibling. It's a bind that's different than a friendship. It's one that hurts more if it breaks, but when it's whole, it means everything ~ Krista Ritchie

Anything else has no relevance. I can't be what you need me to be. So you'll have to accept this version or waste your time questioning something that has no answer. I know acceptance isn't easy when you're unsure of what you're accepting, but all I can say is that you're accepting me as me. ~ Krista Ritchie

What do you know?" I wonder, pulling Daisy's sweaty hair out of her face. Ryke gives me a solid glare. "You masturbate too much. ~ Krista Ritchie

You're a hothouse flower," I tell her. "You can't grow under natural conditions. You need adventure. And security and love in order to stay alive. ~ Krista Ritchie

Daisy: "My scar is bigger than your scar."
Ryke: "And my cock is bigger than your cock. ~ Krista Ritchie

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. ~ Krista Ritchie

Kiss the sky with me, ~ Krista Ritchie

I've wanted so many things in life, but you're the one that has meant the most to me. ~ Krista Ritchie

This was unintentional."
It became something more without noticing. Without realizing. "Am I a mistake - "
"No, myshka. You're just the unexpected, beautiful thing in my life. ~ Krista Ritchie

I know I've married the right person when words turn you on as much as they do me. I read deeper into that, as I should. Translation: I could only ever be with you, Rose. ~ Krista Ritchie

I am hopelessly in love with her. Who else can see this but you? ~ Krista Ritchie

He points at her. "In fact, you should stay away from any guy who doesn't make you come at least twice before he fucks you. Keep that in mind." She ~ Krista Ritchie

Maybe you shouldn't talk about anal sex behind our backs," I retort, able to deduce the subject of their conversations.
"Fine, I'll talk about it to your face," Lo challenges. "I hear you like it in the ass." He raises his can of Fizz Life to me. "Cheers. ~ Krista Ritchie

What's the point of speaking up when no one hears you? ~ Krista Ritchie

They've been married for a little over a year, and they've withstood a lot together, with no signs of parting. They channel power from the universe that only nerd stars can access. I'm sure of it. The galaxy is on their side. ~ Krista Ritchie

There's something about Lily that makes all the terrible parts of me seem irrelevant. That makes a bad day momentary and a good one infinite.
It's love like this that's worth living for. ~ Krista Ritchie

Yeah, and that alternate universes usually have the worst endings with the unhappiest conclusions. ~ Krista Ritchie

He's thinking about sex. I'm thinking about sex. We're all thinking about sex here. ~ Krista Ritchie

I'm getting Loren Hale tonight. My most favorite thing in the world. ~ Krista Ritchie

He laughs and stares up at the ceiling, as though a higher power changed his life path. Maybe fate, luck - or him. His choice. He took the risk. ~ Krista Ritchie

You're going on a date with the devil. All you need is some pepper spray and a fire extinguisher. ~ Krista Ritchie

I've heard that people spend a really long time finding their soul mates."
I squeeze Lily's shoulder. She's been in her soul mate's arms since she was little.
"It took you two long enough, didn't it?" Lo says. "No thanks to me." He pauses. "But I want you two to know - from the bottom of my black, decaying heart - I love you both, and the only perfect world has Ryke standing beside Daisy and Daisy standing beside Ryke. Anything less is fucked up. Remember that, will you? ~ Krista Ritchie

We're all a lot of where we come from, just as much as we are the people who raised us and who we've met along the way. ~ Krista Ritchie

I am my biggest cheerleader. Always have been. Probably always will be. ~ Krista Ritchie

Lo pitched Superheroes & Scones to his father as a marketing strategy for Halway Comics. But I know the idea has nothing to do with his company. What he did was buy me something of my own, something I could look forward to after college. He found me happiness ... ~ Krista Ritchie

Don't you ever fucking apologize for another guy's offense. ~ Krista Ritchie

Lo shoots a withering glare his way. Your our goddamn publicist, not the king of the caste, so stop acting like you have authority to banish my brother into another room. ~ Krista Ritchie

We breathe, Lily defends our relationship. My brows rise. Let's not kid ourselves. We struggle with our codependency on a daily basis. ~ Krista Ritchie

I meet those fierce yellow-green eyes. Even in the wake of my pain, she has this resilience that's more beautiful than words can describe. It's fire to my water. And I want her to burn me alive. ~ Krista Ritchie

In his eyes, I'm some kind of perfect. ~ Krista Ritchie

I speak for everyone here today," he tells us, "when I say that you two - Lily and Loren - are the strongest people we've all ever had the honor to meet. ~ Krista Ritchie

You just need to know that I'm going to get banged up and you can't run and save me, wolf scout. You have to let it happen."
Maximoff daggers a glare to the ceiling, then the mirror. It finally sinks in for him too. That I'm allowed to protect him, but he can't protect me. Not in the same exact way. ~ Krista Ritchie

Your lives have value, and your deaths have none. ~ Krista Ritchie

Connor and Rose would belong to the smartest house in the wizarding world. No question. Before the sorting hat even touched their heads, it'd scream Ravenclaw! ~ Krista Ritchie

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. ~ Krista Ritchie

Love is irrelative to some." Most people let me stop there. They never make me elaborate. But Savannah says, "And is it to you?" I have a couple fingers to my jaw, and I smile, something that looks empty and soulless on screen. "Yes," I say. "Love holds no meaning in my life. ~ Krista Ritchie

I'm the shield that protects Maximoff Hale, and I'm never going to break and leave him defenceless. ~ Krista Ritchie

Freedom doesn't come with age. It doesn't magically appear when you're a legal adult. It comes when you stand up for what you believe in. ~ Krista Ritchie

I internally pat myself on the back. Good job, Lily. ~ Krista Ritchie

Broken souls are mended every day by mended souls that were once broken. ~ Krista Ritchie

This is an ego-free bathroom."
"Then what the fuck are you doing here?" I ask her with a tilt of my head. ~ Krista Ritchie

And I see us in the sky. I see us in the sun and clouds. In the grass and trees. I see us in everything. ~ Krista Ritchie

Live in the fucking moment with me, Calloway? ~ Krista Ritchie

You couldn't chaperone a fucking sloth. And that requires remedial skills like sitting and watching. ~ Krista Ritchie

I had sex," I blurt out for the second time.
All eyes immediately fixate on Connor, who has been very quiet. His phone is gone and his hands are in his pockets. "Yes, it was with me," he answers the non-existent question. ~ Krista Ritchie

Ryke belongs with nature, able to withstand the seasons and time just like the rocks he climbs. He keeps going, he keeps moving, and he picks everyone up when they've fallen behind. ~ Krista Ritchie

People say you can't describe love, but I have this theory that you can. It's just subjective. Do you want to know what love feels like for me? It's breathing and suffocating. Sobbing and smiling. Yearning and fading. To ache that much harder. To live that much larger. It's every moment. Every single, tiny one. ~ Krista Ritchie

I've never shied away from who I am, even when people asked me to be softer, quieter or warmer. I've proudly remained me. ~ Krista Ritchie

I never thought I'd love someone this way." His hard eyes almost soften. "I never thought I could, but you've made me love my life more than I ever fucking have. I can't even imagine spending the rest without you. ~ Krista Ritchie

Children laugh for no reason at all. They laugh because they're alive and they're in your arms. It's senseless, but this senseless moment pounds against my heart more than a sound fact. ~ Krista Ritchie

We've already been grabbed with malicious hands, baby brother. You don't need to be evil to show us evil exists. ~ Krista Ritchie

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. ~ Krista Ritchie

Bonsoir, ma moitié.' Good evening, my other half. ~ Krista Ritchie

You are human. You love who you love.
You fuck who you fuck. That should be enough - no labels.
- Connor Cobalt ~ Krista Ritchie

We're in this shit together, and we're going to get out together. No matter what. ~ Krista Ritchie

I've found that life is a series of crossroads, dead-ends and U-turns. There is no real destination. There is no goal to end all goals. As long as we're living, we'll always keep driving. I'm ~ Krista Ritchie

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. ~ Krista Ritchie

I want to live here. In his arms. Where I know it's safe. ~ Krista Ritchie

The love we carry for each other is the strongest and most vulnerable place in us all. ~ Krista Ritchie

My mom was Sara Hale.

My dad was Jonathan Hale.

I was no one's son. ~ Krista Ritchie

I need you to keep looking at me like you're going to burn a hole through my heart, and I need you to tell me that you love the real me. Every day, I need you, Rose. That's how I'm going to stomach this. ~ Krista Ritchie

Our combined IQs wouldn't even be humanly possible," she cuts him off. "Exactly. We defy the impossible," he says with a smartass grin. ~ Krista Ritchie

He's like my wolf - dangerous, alluring and protective - but I can never get close enough or else he'll bite me. ~ Krista Ritchie

My mind, I tell you. No one should be allowed to enter. ~ Krista Ritchie

He's Loren Hale. Ice and whiskey. Powerful and intoxicating. ~ Krista Ritchie

Richard Connor Cobalt." I gave her an amiable smile. She procured the corresponding nametag. "Welcome to this year's Model UN, Richard. Good luck." Her last phrase - while nothing more than a meaningless farewell - punctured a part of my head, poking at a nerve. Good luck. I liked having control of my fate. And luck meant that I had none. That I'd have to let someone inferior decide my outcome. ~ Krista Ritchie

The waitress returns, cutting into possibly the most bizarre
way a pregnancy can be announced. At a Mexican restaurant. With a tequila shot
standoff. In French ~ Krista Ritchie

Le me try to be enough for you. ~ Krista Ritchie

Revenge isn't a benefit,
Lo. It's self-gratification, an emotional response with
very little logic and even less reward. ~ Krista Ritchie

Would you like a glass or are you still being obnoxious? ~ Krista Ritchie

He stares down into me and says, "I'll keep her safe."
My eyes well with tears while my lips pull high. "Against the world, Loren Hale?"
"Yeah," he nods. "Against the world, Lily Calloway. I'm familiar with that battle. ~ Krista Ritchie

He's masculine and tough and someone who chooses to feed my needs first and his second. ~ Krista Ritchie

He says under his breath, "I'm going to fuck you hard, Rose." He strokes my head and leans me to his chest. "So hard that you're not going to be able to walk in the morning."
Why does that sound so good? ~ Krista Ritchie

Beginnings are the hardest because they're the parts that pull people in, that make them want the ends. And endings are the most painful, the parts that can leave you bleeding out. ~ Krista Ritchie

Ryke would endure hell for eternity if it meant that I could go to heaven. ~ Krista Ritchie

Our love is rare. It's one I can't abandon, even if I tried. When she screams, an identical one rips through me. When she cries, my world rains with grief. When she loves, I truly, truly fly. ~ Krista Ritchie

You'll be okay. You won't see it today, maybe not even tomorrow, but one day, you'll wake up and you'll want to live. ~ Krista Ritchie

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. ~ Krista Ritchie

how can plankton make a shark embarrassed of itself? The correct answer is: it can't. ~ Krista Ritchie

It's those soft moments people don't see. The ones I cherish from Charlie. It's why I trust he'll find his way. ~ Krista Ritchie

How much more is there?" Years. Lifetimes.

On a different occasion, half of us might frown. The other half might recoil. I'd always stay impassive, but tonight, in this moment, we all just smile. Our histories may contain darkness, but there is great light. I found love in that time. Love that extends to these five people. ~ Krista Ritchie

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. ~ Krista Ritchie

One-hundred-and-fifty miles per hour. No brakes."
His eyes redden. Our gazes are locked, all of our experiences together rushing through us, every moment where we kissed death but never tasted it. Every time we lived life so terribly - so fully.
And then he snatches my hairband, my brown locks tumbling out of a bun. His jaw glides across my cheek, his hand protectively on the back of my head, his breath warming my ear. And he says, "I'm right beside you, Calloway. ~ Krista Ritchie

Never give up or back down on the things that fill your soul, Calloway. There is no worse life than a hollow one. ~ Krista Ritchie

We can't protect our children from every evil in the world, but what we can do is protect them from a specific group of people. ~ Krista Ritchie

You said you wanted an in-your-face, overjoyed kind of love that knocks you backwards." He takes a beat. "But our love is that and better. Our love is headstrong. It never yields, never dies. And when it knocks you backwards, it pulls you upright again. ~ Krista Ritchie

Your worth isn't dictated by the number of friends you have. You can have zero friends and still be the most amazing, spectacular person in the whole galaxy. ~ Krista Ritchie

She fuels the fire in my soul, the embers slowly dying, and she tries feverishly to awaken me. ~ Krista Ritchie

I realize that he took a piece of me with him. When I told this to Rose, she patted my shoulder and said I was being irrational. ~ Krista Ritchie

His forehead almost touches mine, our lips nearly skimming as he whispers, "You're holding me." His husky voice quakes, his hand clutching my jaw. "And my arms are tight around you, and your chest is against my chest."
Tears scald our eyes, and we breathe and breathe, and I whisper, "You know, my heart is in your hands. ~ Krista Ritchie

They looked like two apes pounding their chest and asking for a banana. The thing about me - I was not so willing to give just anyone my fucking banana. Every benefit should outweigh the cost. ~ Krista Ritchie

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 ~ Krista Ritchie

Garrison Abbey is my husband. I realize my eulogy will now say "wife" - I'm someone's wife. Here lies Willow Abbey, loving wife… ~ Krista Ritchie

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

I'm totally getting more ass than Ryke Meadows."
She laughs as she squirms in his hold.
"She's not getting more ass than me," he says ...
"Oh yeah? I have a boyfriend. What do you have?"
"A six-pack and a big f**cking c*ck. ~ Krista Ritchie

Here's the thing, as long as you're there with me, wolf scout, it's impossible for our wedding day not to be perfect. ~ Krista Ritchie