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Risk Taker (Mixed Messages, #3) QUOTES

Risk Taker (Mixed Messages, #3) QUOTES

1 " My mother used euphemisms about everything. She used to announce her visits to the gynaecologist by saying she was seeing someone about her problems with the down belows. Made her sound a bit like a cruise ship that had been beached. "

― Lily Morton , Risk Taker (Mixed Messages, #3)

2 " Oh, Henry, I’ve always wanted to be a patriarch. It sounds like something from The Thorn Birds. "

― Lily Morton , Risk Taker (Mixed Messages, #3)

3 " I may be clever, but I never said I was wise. "

― Lily Morton , Risk Taker (Mixed Messages, #3)

4 " When I die, I’ll have your name on my lips, and my last thought will be of you. "

― Lily Morton , Risk Taker (Mixed Messages, #3)

5 " That’s me being in fucking love with you, you utter moron.” I stagger back against the sink. “What?” “You heard me.” “You love me?” I sound like a stupefied parrot. “Yes, Henry,” he yells. “I’m in love with you, and I’m pretty sure that you’re in love with me too.” “I am,” I shout back. “Of course I am. I’ve always loved you. "

― Lily Morton , Risk Taker (Mixed Messages, #3)

6 " Which I have to say adds an interesting and slightly Flowers in the Attic twist.” “That was a brother and sister,” I say patiently. "

― Lily Morton , Risk Taker (Mixed Messages, #3)

7 " There’s the sound of barking and the skittering of tiny claws, and I throw the door open so that my dog can greet the person he loves best in the world. I’ll give you a clue – it’s not me. Bertie tolerates me in the same manner that the queen has at garden parties when she’s stuck with someone and is being polite. "

― Lily Morton , Risk Taker (Mixed Messages, #3)

8 " It’s only you that tethers me anywhere. We could live in a tent on the Yorkshire moors with nothing, and I’d want for nothing. It would be my home because it’s with you. You’re my fucking home. "

― Lily Morton , Risk Taker (Mixed Messages, #3)

9 " I’m capable of being wrong. It just doesn’t happen often.” “It happens a lot,” I say wryly. “It’s the admitting you’re wrong that’s rarer than unicorn shit. "

― Lily Morton , Risk Taker (Mixed Messages, #3)

10 " He watched The Walking Dead the other night and got ideas,” he says happily. “To hoard alcohol?” He shrugs. “He said if conversation was going to be that basic in the new world order he’d stay drunk. "

― Lily Morton , Risk Taker (Mixed Messages, #3)

11 " I feel tears in my eyes. “Fuck you, Ivo,” I whisper lovingly. “You could always talk me into anything, no matter the risk.” He laughs and gathers me close. “That’s my very special superpower. Is that a yes?” I nod and he kisses me, and we lay back in the scented water with steam rising around us as Louis sings about a life that’s finally mine. "

― Lily Morton , Risk Taker (Mixed Messages, #3)

12 " I’m sure ours is singing the chorus from Smack My Bitch Up. "

― Lily Morton , Risk Taker (Mixed Messages, #3)

13 " We’re human. We hurt each other all the time, but that’s not the sum of our existence.” “What is?” “Love,” I say simply. “That’s our greatest and hardest achievement. "

― Lily Morton , Risk Taker (Mixed Messages, #3)

14 " Gabe smiles. “How wonderful to see you, Ivo. Where have you been all week, and do you need the number of the sexual health clinic? "

― Lily Morton , Risk Taker (Mixed Messages, #3)

15 " If I was building a tree house and Charlie Hunnam brought me some sticks, I’d use them.” “Ivo is not your dog. "

― Lily Morton , Risk Taker (Mixed Messages, #3)

16 " My mum used to have a book that spelled out the hidden messages that flowers can send.” She starts to laugh. “I don’t think there "

― Lily Morton , Risk Taker (Mixed Messages, #3)

17 " My mum used to have a book that spelled out the hidden messages that flowers can send.” She starts to laugh. “I don’t think there was a chapter covering how to say I’m sorry I took you to a cow birth. "

― Lily Morton , Risk Taker (Mixed Messages, #3)