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Long Way Down (Calloway Sisters, #4) QUOTES

Long Way Down (Calloway Sisters, #4) QUOTES

1 " She blames herself. I hurt from knowing that I hurt her. Even when we know all of these other people are to blame. My friends. The media. Not her. Not me.

I can’t help myself. I continue the cycle and I say, “I don’t want to hurt you.”

Lily is quiet for a moment before she says, “I’m tougher than you think. You just need to believe in me. You know, like a fairy.”

I do believe in fairies. I do. I do. The jubilant chorus from Peter Pan fills my ears.

I look up at her, tears in both our eyes. Is that how we end this? I trust that I can share my grief with her and that she won’t crumble beneath the pain?

She nods to me like go on. I can handle it. "

― Krista Ritchie , Long Way Down (Calloway Sisters, #4)

2 " I’m tougher than you think. You just need to believe in me. You know, like a fairy. "

― Krista Ritchie , Long Way Down (Calloway Sisters, #4)

3 " I am the biographer of my own life. And no one can take that away from me. "

― Krista Ritchie , Long Way Down (Calloway Sisters, #4)

4 " Never give up or back down on the things that fill your soul, Calloway. There is no worse life than a hollow one. "

― Krista Ritchie , Long Way Down (Calloway Sisters, #4)

5 " A NOTE FROM RYKE   Fuck off. "

― Krista Ritchie , Long Way Down (Calloway Sisters, #4)

6 " People say you can’t describe love, but I have this theory that you can. It’s just subjective. Do you want to know what love feels like for me? It’s breathing and suffocating. Sobbing and smiling. Yearning and fading. To ache that much harder. To live that much larger. It’s every moment. Every single, tiny one. "

― Krista Ritchie , Long Way Down (Calloway Sisters, #4)

7 " She’s my fucking sun, and even though she’s set tonight, she means nothing less to me. I love her just as fucking madly. "

― Krista Ritchie , Long Way Down (Calloway Sisters, #4)

8 " You’re my favorite fucking wild thing. "

― Krista Ritchie , Long Way Down (Calloway Sisters, #4)

9 " What’s the point of speaking up when no one hears you?”

It broke my heart.

I stepped closer to her. “The fucking point is for people to understand that you have opinions, that your voice counts, and if they don’t hear you then yell louder "

― Krista Ritchie , Long Way Down (Calloway Sisters, #4)

10 " So I pointed at the sun ascending in the horizon. Just as the darkened sky began to lighten. "Keep your eyes there."
Her green ones flickered to me before following my finger. Her pulse picked up speed. "And what happens when it disappears?"
I would've loved to tell her that it never would. That no matter where we were the sun would always be present. But it wouldn't have been true.
The only thing we could count on was that the sun would rise again.
"Wait for it to return," I told her.
She gave me the saddest smile I'd ever fucking seen. "That's an awfully long time."
For some people, I knew a minute could seem like an infinity. So maybe one night seemed like forever to Daisy.
"Hey, Calloway," I said softly, tucking a flyaway strand of hair behind her ear, one that escaped her pony.
"Hey," she whispered back.
"You ready to feel your fucking heart burst out of your chest?"
Her features illuminated tenfold. And she said quietly, "Yes. "

― Krista Ritchie , Long Way Down (Calloway Sisters, #4)

11 " … our favorite Sayings from Ryke Meadows.
My favorite: I fucking love you.
Willow’s: I don’t fucking understand Tumblr.
Lo’s: Fuck you, you fucking fuck.
Lily’s: Fucking fantastic.
Rose’s: No means no. Better yet, fuck no.
Connor’s: Connor Cobalt is a fucking narcissist. "

― Krista Ritchie , Long Way Down (Calloway Sisters, #4)

12 " I’ve watched Lo become sober.
I’ve watched Lily curb a relentless addiction. (I’m proud of you, sis.)
I’ve watched Rose blaze her own trail and put fire to stereotypes.
I’ve watched Connor fall in love. With more than just himself.
I’ve watched Ryke Meadows unclip his shackles and rise again.
And me. I’ve discovered who I am. "

― Krista Ritchie , Long Way Down (Calloway Sisters, #4)

13 " Wherever you go, I’ll go.” As long as I’m alive, this will never fucking change. "

― Krista Ritchie , Long Way Down (Calloway Sisters, #4)

14 " He never gives up on me, even when I disappear at night. Even when I wane like the setting sun. His love is unyielding and exists to cloak me through heartache, through misery, through laughter and pain. I love him in every moment.
In every smile. In every frown.
And I will love him after every long way down. "

― Krista Ritchie , Long Way Down (Calloway Sisters, #4)

15 " One-hundred-and-fifty miles per hour. No brakes.”
His eyes redden. Our gazes are locked, all of our experiences together rushing through us, every moment where we kissed death but never tasted it. Every time we lived life so terribly— so fully.
And then he snatches my hairband, my brown locks tumbling out of a bun. His jaw glides across my cheek, his hand protectively on the back of my head, his breath warming my ear. And he says, “I’m right beside you, Calloway. "

― Krista Ritchie , Long Way Down (Calloway Sisters, #4)

16 " So I pointed at the sun ascending in the horizon. Just as the darkened sky began to lighten. “Keep your eyes there.” Her green ones flickered to me before following my finger. Her pulse picked up speed. “And what happens when it disappears?” I would’ve loved to tell her that it never would. That no matter where we were the sun would always be present. But it wouldn’t have been true. The only thing we could count on was that the sun would rise again. “Wait for it to return,” I told her. "

― Krista Ritchie , Long Way Down (Calloway Sisters, #4)

17 " I’ve heard that people spend a really long time finding their soul mates.”
I squeeze Lily’s shoulder. She’s been in her soul mate’s arms since she was little.
“It took you two long enough, didn’t it?” Lo says. “No thanks to me.” He pauses. “But I want you two to know— from the bottom of my black, decaying heart— I love you both, and the only perfect world has Ryke standing beside Daisy and Daisy standing beside Ryke. Anything less is fucked up. Remember that, will you? "

― Krista Ritchie , Long Way Down (Calloway Sisters, #4)

18 " I never thought I’d love someone this way.” His hard eyes almost soften. “I never thought I could, but you’ve made me love my life more than I ever fucking have. I can’t even imagine spending the rest without you. "

― Krista Ritchie , Long Way Down (Calloway Sisters, #4)

19 " Your lives have value, and your deaths have none. "

― Krista Ritchie , Long Way Down (Calloway Sisters, #4)

20 " I miss my brother, and if you won’t fight for the thing that makes you happy, then I’m going to fight for you. "

― Krista Ritchie , Long Way Down (Calloway Sisters, #4)