“Don’t break your heart trying to batter against the world, okay?” — Lia Riley Break heart Copy Share Image
“On her tombstone it would read: She came. She saw. She made it awkward.” — Lia Riley Awkward Copy Share Image
“My characters blather away to each other. I simply turn up and listen.” — Lia Riley Blather Copy Share Image
“I glance at the red-stenciled words crossing my chest—HOLDEN CAULFIELD IS MY HOMEBOY.” — Lia Riley Homeboy Copy Share Image
“Fifteen extra pounds padded her hips and butt, a result of an ongoing ménage a trois with Ben and Jerry.” — Lia Riley Extra Pounds Copy Share Image
“I adore chocolate. I require books. They are like oxygen or water, vital to my existence.” — Lia Riley Books Copy Share Image
“here are beautiful places inside him, where laughter comes easy, where sweet words appear like surprises. But I also know his bitter… — Lia Riley Beautiful place Copy Share Image
“People want to be with the sunflowers, those who rise and face the sky. Who prefers fungus, moss, things that grow in… — Lia Riley Flower Copy Share Image
“Maybe I’m turned upside down, but at last I’ve landed right side up.” — Lia Riley Landed Copy Share Image
“Pretending to be a normal, functioning member of society is exhausting stuff.” — Lia Riley Exhausting Copy Share Image
“Looks like I’m enduring a two-hour car trip with the human equivalent of a splinter—a sexy splinter.” — Lia Riley Copy Share Image
“I’ve ripped so many shameful secrets from my belly, held them out, covered in toxic grime for his inspection, but there’s no… — Lia Riley Copy Share Image
“Bran’s lips part. I glimpse his tongue and a slightly crooked incisor. These little details, I can’t stop gathering them like a… — Lia Riley Copy Share Image
“I remember something Bran said when we were hiking in Tasmania, about how people believe they see the same river but the… — Lia Riley River Copy Share Image
“want to get well and truly lost. I’d like to outrun my own name if the option is at all possible.” — Lia Riley Copy Share Image
“Breathing’s difficult if you overthink the action, like staring at the word the for too long. Grows unnatural, bizarrely wrong.” — Lia Riley Breathing Copy Share Image
“Let me get this straight. That necklace you're wearing is magical and it's the reason I'm standing here?" "Maybe. Maybe not. Oh,… — Lia Riley Life Copy Share Image
“There are beautiful places inside him, where laughter comes easy, where sweet words appear like surprises. But I also know his bitter… — Lia Riley Beautiful place Copy Share Image
