“Break up with him,” he said softly, “or I’ll put his head through a window.” — Lauren Gilley Break Copy Share Image
“people saw what they wanted to, expected to, and so rarely what was.” — Lauren Gilley Expected Copy Share Image
“It sounds like the men are men and the women are women.” Ava’s” — Lauren Gilley Feminism 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
“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
“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
“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 Think Hate Copy Share Image
“He felt her heartbeat against his shoulder, through his jacket, light as raindrops.” — Lauren Gilley Heartbeat 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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 Ponies 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
“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
“She took a deep breath and it was her eighteenth birthday; it was Jess’s wedding and a summer evening at the pool;… — Lauren Gilley Summer evening Copy Share Image
“He was the kind of man you didn’t notice at first…but then found yourself staring. There was something…something she’d never been able… — Lauren Gilley First impressions 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
“As Jordan sagged back against the door and his eyes did an aimless sweep of the antique sideboards that lined the foyer,… — Lauren Gilley Normal Copy Share Image
“So anyway. If I let Corey take me out again, he’s got this buddy – Kyle maybe? Dunno – anyway, he’s single.… — Lauren Gilley Dating Copy Share Image
“Calculated, focused destruction – the cold cruelty of an impartial predator – was devastating. A man in his forties, lean and sharp-eyed… — Lauren Gilley Jaded Copy Share Image
“spanning the entire width of his back were two massive feathered, folded wings, their roots at his shoulder blades, their tops curving… — Lauren Gilley Tattoo Copy Share Image
“I know.” Her smile twitched, wry. “It’s taken me a while to figure out that love turns some men into shitheads every… — Lauren Gilley Green eyes Copy Share Image
“She didn’t understand love, not the golden, shimmering, romance-novel stuff that existed between mates. She was skeptical of it, and had never… — Lauren Gilley Day by day Copy Share Image
“It was quiet another moment. The priest said, “I think it would be good to pray.” “For his soul,” Ray consented. Father… — Lauren Gilley Old testament Copy Share Image
“He knew he loved her in February: steam leaving the mug of coffee in her hands in thick curls; her hair a… — Lauren Gilley Oliver twist Copy Share Image
“Ben tasted like wine; felt animal beneath her hands; chased away the shadows until her room was only darkness, only them, nothing… — Lauren Gilley Darkness Copy Share Image
“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 New Parts Copy Share Image
“A little fear’s healthy. The day we stop being afraid is probably the day we stop being human.” — Lauren Gilley Afraid Copy Share Image
