“It had been torture. But every coffin needed its last nail, and that meeting was ours.” — R.K. Lilley Coffin Copy Share Image
“Please.” His voice was quiet. “I can’t stand the thought of losing you. What can I do?” — R.K. Lilley Losing Copy Share Image
“You can't call me boo." "Why not?" "Because you're not a rapper, and I'm not your shorty.” — R.K. Lilley Rapper Copy Share Image
“I wanted to belong to someone, and for someone to belong to me.” — R.K. Lilley Belong Copy Share Image
“If you can't be civil to my girlfriend you can fucking walk away.” — R.K. Lilley Fucking Copy Share Image
“This is all yours right here. All of me. No one else gets a thing from me, you understand? I wouldn’t do… — R.K. Lilley Promises Copy Share Image
“Life is funny like that, making us pay for the same stupid mistakes even after we've learned from them thoroughly.” — R.K. Lilley Life Copy Share Image
“He reached for my hand, looking sad. “Don’t get hurt, Buttercup.” I shrugged. “Life hurts. As long as it doesn’t kill us,… — R.K. Lilley Hurt Copy Share Image
“Everyone should get to experience a love like that. That kind of love that makes us better people.” — R.K. Lilley Experience love Copy Share Image
“I'd said it because I couldn't look directly at the sun and not remark that it was blinding and brilliant.” — R.K. Lilley Blinding Copy Share Image
“Well, boo, how does bacon sound?” “Bacon sounds great, but you can’t call me boo.” “Why not?” “Because you’re not a rapper,… — R.K. Lilley Bacon Copy Share Image
“You’re fooling yourself if you think I don’t have those feelings for you, Tristan. I’ve fallen in love with you.” — R.K. Lilley Fooling Copy Share Image
“If you are having trouble understanding, let me spell it out for you … This is serious, Bianca. I’ve never been more… — R.K. Lilley Learning Copy Share Image
“I thought you loved me. Taking it back so soon? Or is this it then? Have you built up enough of a… — R.K. Lilley Painful Copy Share Image
“He nuzzled his face into my ear. “I’m so sorry, sweetheart. I’m so sorry I hurt you. I’d take it all back… — R.K. Lilley Hurt Try Copy Share Image
“He ran his nose along my jaw, breathing on me. “We’re friends, right? This is going well, don’t you think?” The man… — R.K. Lilley Demented Copy Share Image
“Good, I thought, relieved. At least I’d actually gotten the flight right. Getting her schedule had turned out to be a challenge.… — R.K. Lilley Plane Copy Share Image
“You're my angel, Bianca. You've exorcised my demons. I don't have nightmares when I'm with you. I don't have to work seventy… — R.K. Lilley Angel Copy Share Image
“I don't know to this day if I screamed out loud, but deep down in my soul, in the place inside of… — R.K. Lilley Flesh and blood Copy Share Image
“I'll do it. I said I would. And, though I can't deny I've never thought of doing something like that, it appeals… — R.K. Lilley Feel Copy Share Image
“I thought that might have been the worst thing about losing someone, that moment between asleep and awake, when you had to… — R.K. Lilley Death Copy Share Image
“Tristan's decline was steady and sure after that. Every tragedy, every harship, seemed to suck him just a little bit deaper into… — R.K. Lilley Failure Copy Share Image
“I love the name of it. Makes me feel hopeful. I want it over my mantle.” I paused in what I… — R.K. Lilley Hopeful Copy Share Image
“You’re my favorite subject, Love. I’ll start with your eyes. I fell in love with those first. One look was like a… — R.K. Lilley Bad thing Copy Share Image
“…I processed that. Stephan was gay. He had told me as much. And she had told me that they were purely platonic.… — R.K. Lilley Platonic Copy Share Image
“I elbowed James as he shot my army guy in the head yet again. “This game is so sexist,” I complained. “I… — R.K. Lilley James Asked Copy Share Image
“He lay on top of me, buried deep, and fell asleep. He slept all night like that, and I did not move… — R.K. Lilley Life Copy Share Image
“The minister read, quoting the Benediction of the Apaches. “Now you will feel no rain, For each of you will be shelter… — R.K. Lilley Grounded Copy Share Image
“Give us privacy,” James told him, his voice sharp. The man beat a hasty retreat. James shut and locked the… — R.K. Lilley Cybersecurity Copy Share Image