--- title: "8 Safe Quotes By Karen Marie Moning" description: "8 Safe quotes by Karen Marie Moning. Plus more from Karen Marie Moning and more Safe sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3a/karen-marie-moning-189_brilliant_you-re-grumpy-and-broody-and-secretive-a_877540.png" --- > [You're grumpy and broody and secretive all the time. You're no joy to live with, I can tell you that!""I smile sometimes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/you-re-grumpy-and-broody-and-secretive-all-the-time-you-re-no-joy-to/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3a/karen-marie-moning-189_brilliant_you-re-grumpy-and-broody-and-secretive-a_877540.png) > [A comfort zone can be a mental state:Belief in God is a lot of peoples's comfort zone. Dont get me wrong, I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/a-comfort-zone-can-be-a-mental-state-belief-in-god-is-a-lot-of/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39e/karen-marie-moning-189_belief_a-comfort-zone-can-be-a-mental-state-bel_1379566.jpg) > [His heavy-lidded gaze reflected a languor that had nothing to do with having just awakened, and there was no doubt what was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/his-heavy-lidded-gaze-reflected-a-languor-that-had-nothing-to-do-with/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/944/karen-marie-moning-189_cherries_his-heavy-lidded-gaze-reflected-a-languo_1559982.png) > [I'll never get laid trying to keep you safe. You're a train wreck on steroids.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/i-ll-never-get-laid-trying-to-keep-you-safe-you-re-a-train-wreck-on/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e6/karen-marie-moning-189_fitness_i-ll-never-get-laid-trying-to-keep-you-s_1678554.png) > [There’s only one question that matters, Ms. Lane, and it’s the one you never get around to asking. People are capable of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/there-s-only-one-question-that-matters-ms-lane-and-it-s-the-one-you/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39d/karen-marie-moning-189_asking_there-s-only-one-question-that-matters-m_1736379.jpg) > [I'm here. You're safe now. It's okay to remember. They can never hurt you again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/i-m-here-you-re-safe-now-it-s-okay-to-remember-they-can-never-hurt/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce0/karen-marie-moning-189_hurt_i-m-here-you-re-safe-now-it-s-okay-to-re_1846434.png) > [I felt the electricity of his body behind me as he reached around me and took the card from my hand. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/i-felt-the-electricity-of-his-body-behind-me-as-he-reached-around-me/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdd/karen-marie-moning-189_arms_i-felt-the-electricity-of-his-body-behin_2323631.jpg) > [I didn’t say, You are such a stuffy asshole. And he didn’t say, If you ever burn one of my quarter-of-a-million dollar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/i-didn-t-say-you-are-such-a-stuffy-asshole-and-he-didn-t-say-if-you/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a81/karen-marie-moning-189_asshole_i-didn-t-say-you-are-such-a-stuffy-assho_2692365.png) ## Other authors on Safe ## More by Karen Marie Moning > [“I can either be a victim—or a winner. Fuck victimhood. I don’t wear it well; it clashes with my wardrobe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/i-can-either-be-a-victim-or-a-winner-fuck-victimhood-i-don-t-wear-it/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) > [Ancient eyes had stared at me, filled with ancient grief. And something more. Something so alien and unexpected that I'd almost burst into tears.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/ancient-eyes-had-stared-at-me-filled-with-ancient-grief-and-something/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) > [Some things are sacred. Until you act like they're not. Then you lose them](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/some-things-are-sacred-until-you-act-like-they-re-not-then-you-lose/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) > [Who would ever understand me?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/who-would-ever-understand-me/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) > [Sometimes, Ms. Lane," he said, "one must break with one's past to embrace one's future. It is never an easy thing to do. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/sometimes-ms-lane-he-said-one-must-break-with-one-s-past-to-embrace/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) > [“I think I’m under control, that I’ve stripped away all weaknesses. That committing to my mission has made me impervious. I’m wrong. The thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/i-think-i-m-under-control-that-i-ve-stripped-away-all-weaknesses-that/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) > [Desire makes life happen. Makes it matter. Makes everything worth it. Desire is life. Hunger to see the next sunrise or sunset, to touch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/desire-makes-life-happen-makes-it-matter-makes-everything-worth-it/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) > [“Finally, someone had seen him. And what had he done? Let her get away. Undermined by his disgusting human anatomy. It had just been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/finally-someone-had-seen-him-and-what-had-he-done-let-her-get-away/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) > [“Our sex is fierce. We will both be bruised. "I want it to always be like this," I tell him. "Try holding onto that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/our-sex-is-fierce-we-will-both-be-bruised-i-want-it-to-always-be-like/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) > [Keep hoping to see the light in her eyes. Even knowing it'll mean she's saying good-bye.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/keep-hoping-to-see-the-light-in-her-eyes-even-knowing-it-ll-mean-she/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) > [Strength wasn‘t about being able to do everything alone. Strength was knowing when to ask for help and not being too proud to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/strength-wasn-t-about-being-able-to-do-everything-alone-strength-was/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) > [“He swapped the fistful of my shirt for one in my hair, and ground his mouth against mine.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/he-swapped-the-fistful-of-my-shirt-for-one-in-my-hair-and-ground-his/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) > [He’s so beautiful,” she said wistfully. “He’s like an angel.” “Yep,” I agreed flatly. “The one that fell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/he-s-so-beautiful-she-said-wistfully-he-s-like-an-angel-yep-i-agreed/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) > [And when he did that, my hands curled into fists because I thought about touching his face like maybe I could catch joy in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/and-when-he-did-that-my-hands-curled-into-fists-because-i-thought/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) > [“Flattered as I am that you count me among the beautiful people, Barrons, allow me to point out that I’m still alive. I encountered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/flattered-as-i-am-that-you-count-me-among-the-beautiful-people/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/safe/karen-marie-moning/#itemlist", "name": "8 Safe Quotes By Karen Marie Moning", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You're grumpy and broody and secretive all the time. You're no joy to live with, I can tell you that!\"\"I smile sometimes. 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