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1 " Seamlessly?” Stella’s laugh escaped her mouth and it was bitter and hard. “That may be an appropriate statement, because in order to look seamless, you must need to have an entire world of shit going on under the surface. I don’t see this seamless outside, but I’ll tell you I’ve never felt more lost inside. "
― R.L. Griffin , Seamless (By a Thread, #3)
2 " Perfection is something everyone strives for, but it’s elusive and may be an illusion. "
3 " I’m going to fight. I’m going to fight for you. You need to remember that. "
4 " Why keep putting yourself back together if you’re just going to keep breaking apart? "
5 " She was held together by a thread. Not even a strong fishing wire, but the kind of thread that could fray and break in the wind. A thread that could unravel at any moment, scattering and smashing all the pieces of her that she as trying desperately to keep together. "
― R.L. Griffin , By a Thread (By a Thread, #1)
6 " Time makes things tolerable. Time gives you perspective on events that shake your world to the core. Time allows you to move forward. But time doesn’t change the pain that sits in your gut. "
7 " She was hard, numb. The hardness had come about recently, spreading through her brain and chest. She worried that if she were hit hard enough she would just crack "
8 " I don’t get paid to be nice. I get paid to be right. "
9 " I want to be in the eye of the storm, holding your hand, and if you get sucked into it, I want to go with you. "
10 " It's just that I love you and I can't seem to get past it." He smiled down at her. "You're really hard to love, but even harder to get over. "
11 " I want to see you at your worst. I want to see you all the time. "
12 " Maybe he stomped on my vagina and I’m pissed about it.” Stella Murphy "
13 " Hatred had invaded her entire being; every cell in her body had hatred in it. She wondered if everyone could smell it on her. It smelled like death and coffee, like lilies and dirt, and it permeated her. "
― R.L. Griffin , Tension (By a Thread, #2)
14 " I want a good love story and a happy ending. Period. I don’t want to deal with real life shit in a book. I’m reading to escape. "
― R.L. Griffin , Sunshine & Whiskey (Drinking, #1)
15 " There’s No Waking From a Nightmare if You Aren’t Asleep "
― R.L. Griffin , Quiet Lies
16 " She wondered if everyone could smell it on her. It smelled like death and coffee, like lilies and dirt, and it permeated her. "
17 " I think you may be right.” Stella thought for a minute he had read her thoughts. Then he said, “Best regret ever.” Jamie "
18 " Hope. It had tempted her with its beauty and suffocated her with is reality. "
― R.L. Griffin , Razorblade Kisses
19 " There is not a person out there who is just good or just bad, we all have layers and scars and graveyards. "
20 " The problem with being a good liar is you forget who you are under all those layers of deceit. "
