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1 " Friends aren’t forever. They’re not even for a while. They come into your lifeand they leave when something or someone changes. Nothing grounds them to you.Not blood or loyalty. They’re just…fleeting.-Daisy Calloway "
― Krista Ritchie , Hothouse Flower (Calloway Sisters, #2)
2 " Because when you find something you love, you can’t quit. Every failure pushes you harder. It’s in your soul and in your fucking heart "
3 " I’m so fucking tired of being alone. I was scared that he’d tell me to fucking leave. Because that means going back to a life I can’t see for myself anymore. "
4 " You’re my favorite four-letter word.” -Daisy to Ryke "
5 " I love you, Dais, because you’re the wildest fucking girl with the biggest fucking heart. And without you in my life”—he shakes his head like it’s an inconceivable picture—“I’d be the unhappiest fucking guy. "
6 " You are your own anchor, Ryke. When you fail, you hurt yourself more than anyone else. Do you want to keep burning or are you going to let yourself rise "
7 " Big bad wolf, are you going to eat me?" You're a dirty girl, Calloway. My gaze drops to her mouth. "Until you fucking scream. "
8 " First off, don’t swear to God around me. He’s not listening when I’m in the room. "
9 " You are your own anchor. Do you want to keep burning or are you going to let yourself rise? "
10 " I’ve ignored a lot of bad shit in my life, but I don’t want to ignore this one good thing anymore. It’s too painful.” He stares at me deeply, my chest rising with something pure and warm. “I kissed you tonight because I want your lips to only touch mine. From now until forever. That’s the fucking truth. "
11 " I FUCKING LOVE HER!” I scream, my heart thrashing in my ribs. "
12 " She went a little fucking overboard on her anger." He looks at me. "Her daughters are all a bit nuts, so you know exactly where they get it from.”"She called the fucking cops on me," I retort. "That's not nuts that's --""It's nuts," he rebuts. "It's fucked up.""That too," he says. "
13 " My mom was Sara Hale.My dad was Jonathan Hale.I was no one’s son. "
14 " Freedom doesn’t come with age. It doesn’t magically appear when you’re a legal adult. It comes when you stand up for what you believe in. "
15 " You’re a hothouse flower,” I tell her. “You can’t grow under natural conditions. You need adventure. And security and love in order to stay alive. "
16 " She’s the sun. I’m the dark.If she’s gone, I can kiss that fucking light away.Without her, I know I’ll never see it again. "
17 " Lo: “How much did it hurt?”Ryke: “Did what hurt?”Lo: “Watching her with other guys.”Ryke: “It felt like someone was drowning me in fucking salt water and lighting me on fire. "
18 " Boys are like pillars,” Rose tells me. “Ryke is something to lean on. But they don’t make you move. You have to do that for yourself. "
19 " To me, he’s worth every loud moment, every peaceful silence, the crazy and the sad, the restless and the quiet. "
20 " Beginnings are the hardest because they’re the parts that pull people in, that make them want the ends. And endings are the most painful, the parts that can leave you bleeding out. "