Layne Quotes

Of all the possible partners, I get a pit bull puppy. ~ Lauren Layne

Drugs will have a huge effect on my work for the rest of my life, whether I'm using or not. ~ Layne Staley

Being me is no different than being most anyone else, I guess. ~ Layne Staley

Michael, listen. I get it. Nobody's ever loved you first. You're tired of being second choice. Or nobody's choice. I get it. Because nobody's ever loved me first, either. But I've been thinking about this, and Michael... I don't think it's about who loves you first. It's about who loves you best. And that's me. ~ Lauren Layne

Your heart of devotion and obedience is not in vain. Who knows but God how many people have come near to you and were forever changed simply by the fragrance of his love in you? Who knows but God if he will put you before kings and leaders to speak the truth, redirecting the future of nations? Who knows when that small crack in the dam of our enemy's plans will give way and God's glory will truly cover the earth as the sea? Do not become distracted or discouraged by the death around you. Death must always give way when the life of Christ enters the picture. ~ Amy Layne Litzelman

The Final Judgment is not just an evaluation of a sum total of good and evil acts - what we have done. It is an acknowledgment of the final effect of our acts and thoughts - what we have become. It is not enough for anyone just to go through the motions. The commandments, ordinances, and covenants of the gospel are not a list of deposits required to be made in some heavenly account. The gospel of Jesus Christ is a plan that shows us how to become what our Heavenly Father desires us to become. ~ Layne Packer

Jackson, you can't just go around asking strange women to move in with you."

"Why not? You need a place to live. I have three extra bedrooms. And you're hardly strange."

"That's true. We're practically family," she muttered.

"Practically. But not." Something in his tone had Mollie's head snapping up.

Something low and a little bit sexy.

They weren't family. They weren't related.

Jackson leaned forward, his gaze strangely intent. "Come on, Mollie. What do you have to lose?"

As she stared at the man she'd once harbored an unhealthy crush on - a crush she was no longer at all sure had dissipated - she realized that the answer to his question was everything.

She had everything to lose. ~ Lauren Layne

I never planned out my life. Shit just happens. - Layne Staley ~ David De Sola

You hurt me, I want to say. You're my best friend. The one who's supposed to tell me I'd be the best boyfriend in the world and that any girl would be lucky to have me, not the one who laughs outright at the thought that I might need someone to love. ~ Lauren Layne

When you set a story in a real place, it breathes differently. You can sink to your knees and feel the dirt on your palms. The shadows in the trees are alive. It's almost like your story interrupts the terrifying beauty that had already existed. ~ Layne Moore

But here's the thing about learning from other people's mistakes: you miss out on the chance to make some mistakes on your own. And sometimes you get so busy dodging the potential mistakes that you miss the potential magic.

You miss the one ~ Lauren Layne

There were a lot of drugs. We kinda just passed the time that way. For a couple of years we were all doin' anything we could get our hands on. ~ Layne Staley

You comin' or what? Ryker returned.
Layne glanced through Merry and Cal, nodded and followed Ryker. It would seem big, scary, badass, looking like a raving lunatic Ryker needed his BFF.
Fuck. ~ Kristen Ashley

I don't do much else but stay in my hotel room. ~ Layne Staley

Call me when you can't breathe without thinking about me because that's the way I deserve to be wanted. ~ Layne Harper

You're playing with fire, little girl," he says quietly. "I'm not one of your toys, and I'm not interested in what you're offering."
"I'm not offering anything." I retort, even though his words sting. "I like my men more…refined."
His grin calls my bluff. "You sure about that? ~ Lauren Layne

Not at all," I say sweetly. "See, I just watched the way you attempted to juggle multiple girlfriends and failed, and then did the exact opposite."
He glances at me then, a mocking smile on his face. "Oh, sweetheart. When did I ever claim you as my girlfriend?"
I suck in a quick breath, because it's one of the more hurtful things he can say - dismissing that summer as though it were nothing. ~ Lauren Layne

They were quiet a moment longer, both staring at the mermaid and her weird water-spouting nipples. Neither moved.

Mollie knew why she didn't want the moment to end. But why was he still here? ~ Lauren Layne

Women don't like secrets, Mulroney. Even the ones that we logically know are necessary. They break our heart. ~ Lauren Layne

What is your job?"

"Now that's classified information, ma'am. If I tell you, I may have to kiss you."

"Shouldn't that be, 'I'd have to kill you?'"

"No, it's definitely kiss you," he says seriously. "I think I would know." And by the look on his face, I know he really does want to kiss me. ~ J.B. Morgan

Watch out for that one, Grace 2.0 whispered. That smile will have you tucking your heart into your panties and handing the whole shebang over before he even buys you a drink. ~ Lauren Layne

Where's the guy?"
"You can't look now. He's facing this way and it'll be obvious."
"So I'm just supposed to bump into him, spill wine on his shirt, and then make my move?"
Grace glanced at her in approval. "Not bad!"
"Grace, it's horrible! It's the most obvious ploy in the book. I might as well go for the whole 'You look familiar' cliché."
"Oh, come on. Guys don't care how original you are as long as you're hot. ~ Lauren Layne

Bow down, peons," Lincoln said. "I'm a king among men." "Where are you coming up with this?" Cole asked him. Lincoln pointed at Jackson. "Um, hello - Jackson Burke knows my name. ~ Lauren Layne

That's what we do. We sex things up. ~ Lauren Layne

Jackson slid a finger under the collar of his shirt and tugged. He didn't care what his tailor said. The damn thing was too tight. ~ Lauren Layne

I guess I can go anywhere I want. If only I knew where to go. ~ Layne Staley

Layne and Paul Cutright are like lasers in the way they penetrate to the core issues of relationships in their easy to read book, Straight From the Heart. It has been a long while since I've encountered such clarity on an issue that affects us all. Obviously, their wisdom comes from years of experience in their own relationship and from counseling many others on how to attain nurturing and rewarding relationships. Their book is a gift to us all. I highly recommend it to everyone. ~ Tolly Burkan

I don't like games, Georgiana."
"Which is why you need to play them, Andy."
He blinks. "It's Andrew."
"Hmm. How about Drew?"
"No." The word is a growl. "Georgiana."
"Yes, Andy?"
He exhales. "I'm going to kill you."
I can't help the laugh. "See, I don't think so."
"Don't you?"
"Nope," I say, sucking sugar off my thumb. "You don't send flowers to someone you're going to kill. ~ Lauren Layne

Instead I handed you a broken heart. ~ Lauren Layne

I think you´re beautiful. And I´m no stranger to fucked-up families."
And then he was kissing her again. The addictive pull of his mouth almost had her crawling into his lap. Her hands bunched in his shirt, pulling him closer. [...]
Layne always rolled her eyes in health class when they talked about hormones getting out of control. But right now, she could barely remember her name. She totally got how someone could forget something like a silly little condom.
Suddenly Gabriel was laughing. "How someone could forget what?"
She almost fell off the bench. "I said that out loud?"
"Yeah." He leaned closer, his breath against her jaw. "Just what were you thinking about? ~ Brigid Kemmerer

His eyes were hot and angry as they burned into hers. "I talked to Madison, and that's it. I didn't agree to go on a date; I didn't agree to get back together. In fact, after a certain point in the conversation, I was having a hard time even paying attention to her."

She swallowed.

"Why do you think that is, Mollie?" he asked quietly. "What do you think was distracting me?"

Oh God, why does he have to be so beautiful?

"You, Mollie," he said, pulling her closer. "You were distracting me. You were all I could think about. All I've been thinking about."

Her heart thudded. "Yeah?"

His thumb touched her lip. "You know when you texted me today? Something dumb about whether or not we needed more paper towels? Seeing your name on my cell phone did a hell of a lot more for me than my entire meeting with Madison. Are you hearing me? It was the mere sight of your name that did it for me. That's it, Mollie. Seeing your name undoes me. ~ Lauren Layne

This was Stiletto magazine, not Dr. Phil. Stiletto was sex and high heels, not companionship and freaking clogs. ~ Lauren Layne

You made me whole. You took a wretched, broken soul and showed him how to take his life back. ~ Lauren Layne

But fear isn't a quiet pet that stays in a cage in the back room. Rather, as termites undermine the internal workings of a structure until it collapses from within, fear spreads to every part of your life unless you deal with it. ~ Amy Layne Litzelman

You know," he said by way of greeting, "the night I caught you with Layne, I called you a future felon. I didn't realize you'd make good on that prediction so quickly."
"That night you dragged Layne out of my driveway, I called you an asshole. Guess we were both right. ~ Brigid Kemmerer

He went to the window and picked up his ~ Layne Mosler

Sometimes, to overcome a hurdle before us, we don't need to search for new truth or understanding of God so much as we need to live out what we already know. ~ Amy Layne Litzelman

I deserve a man who wants me and will stop at nothing to have me. I deserve a man who will fight for me. ~ S. Layne

You my friend,I will defend,and if we change well, I love you anyway. ~ Layne Staley

We need both reverence and obedience. If we worship but do not walk in obedience and discipline, we are emotional, lacking self-control and godly character. If we obey God's commandments but are not true worshipers, we become religious and judgmental. As the Pharisees in Jesus' day, we may miss the real meaning and purpose, even God Himself. ~ Amy Layne Litzelman

No matter where I look, my walls are crumbling, and this damned girl keeps presenting me with the most dangerous element of all.
Hope. ~ Lauren Layne

Move from an earthly mindset that makes us bristle at the thought of submission to a joyful expectation of good, we must focus on the One who is leading. We must look at the full spectrum of His love, grace, and wisdom. ~ Amy Layne Litzelman

Layne knew he was in love with her. Not only that, he'd never stopped loving her. Not once, not for a second, not for twenty-one years.
Fuck him. ~ Kristen Ashley

You want to know what I remember," he said quietly, his fingers fiddling with his cuffs as he rolled the sleeves up to his elbow, his eyes locked on the view before them.
She nodded.
He shoved his hands into his pockets and dipped his head just slightly, glancing at the floor before lifting it and staring out at the night sky.
"I remember everything. ~ Lauren Layne

That One Who is greater than us is near - nearer than we could measure. ~ Amy Layne Litzelman

Jackson hesitated, licking a drop of whisky from his bottom lip with his tongue.

Mollie's stomach tightened a little, but she told herself that it hadn't. It mostly worked - she'd gotten darn good at telling her body that it had absolutely no response to Jackson Burke. ~ Lauren Layne

And that was when Ryker collapsed. One second he was standing, the next second his ass was to the floor, his knees bent to the ceiling, his forearms to his knees and his head was bowed between his legs. Merry, Cal and Layne all looked down at a big man brought low by a miracle. ~ Kristen Ashley

I wrote about drugs, and I didn't think I was being unsafe or careless by writing about them. I didn't want fans to think heroin was cool. But then I've had fans come up to me and give me the thumbs up, telling me they're high. That's exactly what I didn't want to happen. ~ Layne Staley

I think if there was a boarding school for personality makeovers, you'd probably get a scholarship. ~ Lauren Layne

I haven't read anything but regurgitated rumors. Nothing new, and nothing true. ~ Layne Staley

When everyone goes home, you're stuck with yourself. ~ Layne Staley

She wasn't blindly waiting for some fairy tale; she was just smart enough to believe that she deserved it. ~ Lauren Layne

This is a part of post-college life that nobody ever warns you about. Your social life is no longer dropped into your lap by virtue of shared classes and extracurricular activities. Relationships, whether with friends, family, or romantic partners - from here on out, they're going to take a lot more work. No more built-in friends at the sorority, or hollering down the stairs when I need my mom. It's certainly not going to be as easy to meet guys now that I'm done with school. It's not like I can just chat up the cute guy in econ class anymore. ~ Lauren Layne

Just that I figure at some point, some guy must have been able to make you smile. And I always wondered if it was the same guy that made you stop. ~ Lauren Layne

All of life comes in seed form – not as monuments. ~ Amy Layne Litzelman

I'm dumbfounded by me all the time. Wow! What a ... thrill ... and a joy ~ Layne Staley

No, he was underwear-model, sexiest-man-alive, face-of-the-NFL gorgeous. ~ Lauren Layne

I'm wishing that I had a regular family where the mom cooks lasagna and throws bagged salad into a big dented wooden bowl. ~ Lauren Layne

And if she'd thought the man was dangerous in a football uniform, he was positively lethal in a tux. ~ Lauren Layne

The woman was just so damn vivacious, drawing people to her with every breath. Everyone liked Georgiana. And she'd chosen him. Somehow, this gorgeous, compelling creature seemed to want to spend time with him. ~ Lauren Layne

I don't want the guy who wanted the swan. I want the guy who wanted the duckling."
A long moment of silence passes.
Then: "Chloe, I don't know what that means."
She stomps her foot. "Seriously? Do mothers not read nursery rhymes to their sons? ~ Lauren Layne

I wish I could just hug you all, but I'm not gonna. ~ Layne Staley

I haven't even seen the guy in full light yet and I'm about fifteen seconds away from asking if his offspring would like to take up residence in my uterus. ~ Lauren Layne

It wasn't fair. Mollie had spent her entire life trying to do the right thing - going out of her way to do what she was supposed to, even when she wanted to do the exact opposite. But tonight her heart had betrayed her. Tonight her heart had done the wrong thing. No, the absolute worst thing.

Tonight, at her sister's wedding, Mollie Carrington had gone and fallen head over heels in love.

With the groom. ~ Lauren Layne

It's just writing about things, feelings, not that we're dark or depressed ... just as much as anyone else is. ~ Layne Staley

Just what I need. A bubblegum explosion in my life. ~ Lauren Layne

If you are doing what you love then you're doing what is right. Desire and passion resonate with your body, mind and soul. When you're passionate you don't question, judge, criticize, second-guess, or doubt. It's that passion that will fuel the fire to overcome challenges. ~ Layne Beachley

Chemistry is like anything in life. The more you look for it, the harder it is to find. ~ Lauren Layne

Instead of the carefree, find-myself summer I envisioned, I'll be spending the next three months with my own life-sized Ken doll. ~ Lauren Layne

People have a right to ask questions and dig deep when you're hurting people and things around you. ~ Layne Staley

This perfect, eternal, Holy exchange
Is worship that satisfies both heaven and earth: ~ Amy Layne Litzelman

It is often said that the first sound we hear in the womb is our mother's heartbeat. Actually, the first sound to vibrate our newly developed hearing apparatus is the pulse of our mother's blood through her veins and arteries. We vibrate to that primordial rhythm even before we have ears to hear. Before we were conceived, we existed in part as an egg in our mother's ovary. All the eggs a woman will ever carry form in her ovaries while she is a four-month-old fetus in the womb of her mother. This means our cellular life as an egg begins in the womb of our grandmother. Each of us spent five months in our grandmother's womb and she in turn formed within the womb of her grandmother. We vibrate to the rhythms of our mother's blood before she herself is born. And this pulse is the thread of blood that runs all the way back through the grandmothers to the first mother. We all share the blood of the first mother. We are truly children of one blood. ~ Layne Redmond

Kurt and I weren't the closest of friends, but I knew him well enough to be devastated by his death. For such a quiet person, he was so excited about having a child. ~ Layne Staley

The thought of Chloe changing kills me a little. She's one of the most real girls I know, and I'd give anything to have her stay that way, just as she is. ~ Lauren Layne

My words shouldn't be trophies to look at, but seeds to continue the cycle of Life. ~ Amy Layne Litzelman

I rub a hand over my face. I'm an ass. A really, really confused ass. ~ Lauren Layne

I sing like a lark. ~ Layne Staley

Jesus, am I actually checking her out?
Yes. Yes, I am. ~ Lauren Layne

The wilderness was the testing ground - the deciding place. It was a place of God revealing himself in a whole new and deeper way. Would his people trust him completely, confident in his goodness, wisdom, and power? Those who believed God to be who he said he was moved on into the promised land; many did not. ~ Amy Layne Litzelman

I resign myself to apologizing to the miniature goth monster. ~ Lauren Layne

It's because I fell in love with this incredible girl my freshman year. Only I didn't know how to be in love, so I did the only thing I could to keep her close. I became her friend. I became her best friend, and buried all of my own feelings so deep that I didn't even recognize them, because her feelings were all that mattered, and she wanted this other guy. ~ Lauren Layne

Stephen had a girlfriend named Libby Tittles, or something unfortunate like that, and Korie had this on-again-off-again thing with her junior high boyfriend. But anyone who's ever seen a movie, or watched TV, or just had basic awareness of human interaction saw exactly where Korie and Stephen were heading: Humpville. ~ Lauren Layne

Real love - the kind that matters - is giving your heart to someone even after he tries to hand it back. ~ Lauren Layne

YANNI "JOHNNY" BACOLAS: I would always tell him, "Layne [Staley], why don't you take off, go to some deserted island, hire the best counselors, and just kick this shit? Go for six months if you have to." And his rebuttal was, "Johnny, I have celebrity status and I have a lot of money. I could fly planes out to deliver me the dope if I wanted to - and that's what I would do. I can't escape. ~ Greg Prato

Put your hand on your heart and ask yourself, what do I want? The first thing that comes to mind is always the right one. ~ Layne Beachley

And here's what you don't learn in Film 101…in real life? The meet-cute isn't the least bit cute. It's more like a meet-awkward. Sometimes even a meet-shoot-me-now. ~ Lauren Layne

I never really lost a game in my career, sometimes I just ran out of time. ~ Bobby Layne

You're not clinging to logic because it's better, you're clinging because it's safer. The problem isn't that your girl's not thinking straight, it's that you're scared. ~ Lauren Layne

We Die Young is about gang violence. That was something that was happening in Seattle, something that kinda opened our eyes. It just seemed like things were getting out of hand. Incidents where kids were getting shot, and getting their tennis shoes ripped off their dead bodies. It just seems like these kids are dying at younger and younger ages and getting involved in gang activity. ~ Layne Staley

There are so many people put there who will tell you that you can't. What you've got to do is turn around and say Watch me. ~ Layne Beachley

Real best friends can generally go more than a couple hours without mentioning each other's name, but Korie found a way to fit Stephen's name into every other sentence. Just friends my ass. ~ Lauren Layne

He held me while I cried. And then made love to me so gently I wanted to cry all over again. ~ Lauren Layne

Music is the doorway that has led me to drawing, photography, and writing. ~ Layne Staley

If I find out you laid a hand on my daughter
"
"What?" said Gabriel. "You'll stand here and bitch about it?"
"Stop it!" cried Layne, dragging his coat and backpack from the kitchen. Her dad took a step forward.
"I'll have you arrested and charged with trespassing and statutory rape."
"Then I'm going to need another fifteen minutes. ~ Brigid Kemmerer

It's not fake is it?" Jasper asked softly and Layne studied his son thinking he had vastly underestimated Jasper too.
"It was, Jas, it isn't anymore." Jasper nodded. Layne continued. "She doesn't know that yet, though."
Jasper stared at him then his mouth twitched before, very slowly, it spread into a smile. ~ Kristen Ashley

You've got it wrong." His voice was harsh.

"Jackson - "

He cut her off. "No, it's my turn to talk. You've given your speech. And I get it, Mollie, I do. Madison is your sister, and she made you PB&J as a kid when your parents checked out, and that's fine. But open your eyes. You don't owe her anything anymore. You are your own woman, and you are a woman, Mollie. You're not a kid. You're not a girl. And if I've been a complete asshole lately, it's because I'm having a hell of a time coming to grips with the fact that I want you. And fuck, Mollie, I want you. I want you so bad, I'm dying."

Mollie had never made the first move on a man in her life. She was old-fashioned like that. But she made the first move now.

She took a step forward, placed a hand at the back of his head, and pulled his mouth to hers. ~ Lauren Layne

I've moved before I realize I'm going to, and suddenly Stephanie is in my arms and I'm carrying my fake girlfriend through the Upper West Side as she mutters threats in my ear, and even though my delicate little flower is cursing up a storm, I find myself grinning. ~ Lauren Layne

I wouldn't be at all surprised if he jacks off to an Excel spreadsheet. ~ Lauren Layne

The closed door doesn't bother me. But the sound of soft sobbing nearly kills me. ~ Lauren Layne

People have the right to ask questions and dig deep when you're hurting people and things around you, but when I haven't talked to anyone in years, and every single article I see is dope this, junkie that, whiskey this- that ain't my title ... my bad habits aren't my title. My strengths and talents are my title. ~ Layne Staley