“You can add new parts, baby,” she imagined Maggie saying. “But you can’t lose the parts of you that were already there.” — Lauren Gilley Copy Share Image
“You’re suppressing my first amendment rights,” she said, voice muffled. “You don’t live in America; you live in the United States… — Lauren Gilley First amendment Copy Share Image
“I think when you hate yourself badly enough to slit your wrists, you can’t haul yourself out of the hole. You have… — Lauren Gilley Copy Share Image
“When would people stop saying his name out loud? Each time was a tiny gunshot through her heart.” — Lauren Gilley Gunshot Copy Share Image
“I want to fuck you, trust that. And it would be very, very good for you. But I won’t try to trick… — Lauren Gilley Trust Copy Share Image
“The silence that hung between them was thick: it felt like it had its own pulse, its own insidious intentions.” — Lauren Gilley Silence Copy Share Image
“Mercy grinned. “There’s the sweet dad coming through. How do you manage all that sugar you dole out, Papa T?” Ghost” — Lauren Gilley Compassion Copy Share Image
“You know those lists that get put together? ‘Top Ten Companies to Work For’ and that kinda thing? Yeah, you are so… — Lauren Gilley Family Copy Share Image
“How many times have you been slapped on dates?” “Five,” he said as he checked over his shoulder and eased back out… — Lauren Gilley Copy Share Image
“How did life get so messed up?” Maggie dabbed at the corners of her eyes and exhaled, quieting, gathering her composure. “Baby,… — Lauren Gilley Life Copy Share Image
“Fillette.” He twisted his upper body toward her, so he could put both arms around her, press her back against the pillows… — Lauren Gilley Copy Share Image
“For one perfect, precious moment, everything that ate at their sanity melted away into the shadows, and the crackling energy that arced… — Lauren Gilley Memories Copy Share Image
“That’s a very long story that doesn’t need telling to a woman I’m trying to impress.” She felt her face grow… — Lauren Gilley Copy Share Image
“Heartbreak was never cured; it just went into remission. And here it came roaring back, leaving her feverish and weak and unable… — Lauren Gilley Afternoon sun Copy Share Image
“Did you tell that prospect over there that ‘not a hair’ on my head was to be touched?” “I think I said,… — Lauren Gilley Copy Share Image
“Everything looks the same out there. Hills, and bogs, and rocks. The ponies know the way, clever things, but a man…a man’s… — Lauren Gilley Copy Share Image
“It was hesitant at first, gentle. His fingers held tight at the base of her skull and she could feel the restraint… — Lauren Gilley Grocery store Copy Share Image
“He was embarrassingly, devastatingly in love with her. She was fresh air and freedom, everything bright, shiny and warm that had ever… — Lauren Gilley Family-saga Copy Share Image
“Ava propped a shoulder against the doorjamb and smiled to herself, watching. “Mmm, that’s what a girl likes to see first thing… — Lauren Gilley Objectifying Copy Share Image
“She didn’t know if she cried for what she’d lost as a teenager, or for the confused tangle of emotions inside her… — Lauren Gilley Copy Share Image
“The human heart was nothing but muscle, all meat and pulp, but she swore hers must be marble, because she felt the… — Lauren Gilley Heart Copy Share Image
“Or you expect the best of people.” “Like a moron.” “A rare trait, I’ll give you that. But the world’s… — Lauren Gilley Copy Share Image
“Lisa Russell was the best thing to happen to him since…ever. And because of that, he had a feeling that, whatever he… — Lauren Gilley Best thing Copy Share Image
“He had to keep her at his side, because he’d need to lean on her the whole way, however long it took.… — Lauren Gilley Heart Copy Share Image
“Because I don’t like dating. I hate putting on a show and hoping someone will like me, and doing it again the… — Lauren Gilley Dating Copy Share Image
“For a wondrous golden second, they basked in the afterglow, not caring that it was four in the afternoon and they were… — Lauren Gilley Afterglow Copy Share Image
“He was silent, and she finally gave him her full attention. “You’re creepy, you know?” A small grin plucked at one corner… — Lauren Gilley Creepy Copy Share Image
