Elisabeth Naughton Quotes & Sayings

Ella. Look at me." Her head tossed. Her fingernails dug into his forearms. But he didn't care. Sliding the fingers of his other hand into her hair, he forced her to face him. "Only you," he whispered when their eyes met. "You're it for me."
~ Tate — Elisabeth Naughton

I want you to kiss me like you did at my house, to make love to me like you did at yours. I want to wake up with you every morning and go to bed with you every night. I want our kids and our life together. I want it all, but mostly, I just want you. — Elisabeth Naughton

Some nights, a woman just wanted to bash her brain against a wall to keep from screaming. — Elisabeth Naughton

You know the difference between a brownnoser and a shithead, right, Isa?" Isadora frowned. "Depth perception. — Elisabeth Naughton

Not trust. There is none.
Not honesty. Honesty is a farce.
And definitely not love. Love was the greatest ruse of all. Designed to trap and enslave and ultimately destroy. — Elisabeth Naughton

Nothing in life is static. The course your life takes depends on the choices you make. — Elisabeth Naughton

Sometimes we spend way too much time questioning the gifts we're given instead of being thankful for them. — Elisabeth Naughton

Nice to see you again, querido. Her flat palms connected with his solid chest. She pushed hard, catching him off guard, knocking him right off his feet. — Elisabeth Naughton

Joke in book:
You know the difference between a brownnoser and a shithead, right? Depth perception. — Elisabeth Naughton

He grasped a bag of zip ties from the shelf. — Elisabeth Naughton

Shane, listen, I need a favor."
"Sure, anything." She was the only woman in the world who could draw those words from his lips. — Elisabeth Naughton

You don't understand. I didn't want to forget what happened, Zander. I wanted to forget you. I wanted to forget how I felt about you ... "
"Is this your way of telling me you finally did?" he whispered.
"No. I didn't. I never have. That's the problem. It didn't work ... Pain isn't freeing. It's just one more reminder of what you've lost. And now all I have are these ugly scars. That's what I'll have when this is all over. — Elisabeth Naughton

For every reader, like me, who scheduled his/her classes around their favorite soap opera. — Elisabeth Naughton

Alecto was the oldest, unceasing in anger. Magaera was next, retaliator of jealousy, and Tisiphone, the last, regarded as the avenger of murder. — Elisabeth Naughton

Your penguin. You know, penguins. They mate for life. Penguins are one of the only animals on the planet that do that, like humans. It's sweet. You've got yourself a little penguin, Uncle Mitch. — Elisabeth Naughton

Pain isn't freeing. It's just one more reminder of what you've lost. And — Elisabeth Naughton

Never question your ability or what destiny has called you to do. This is your Star Wars moment, my son. Stand up and do what you were meant to do. — Elisabeth Naughton

Hello, boys," he said, reaching for the parazonium strapped to the small of his back. "You look a little lost. Let me direct you back to hell. — Elisabeth Naughton

You know what, Julia?" Mitch asked. "I love you. I even like you, a lot, which is pretty important to me because love is a requisite in families, liking each other isn't. But you're acting like a spoiled brat right now. — Elisabeth Naughton

He was doing the right thing. No matter how painful, no matter how upset she thought she was now ... in the long run, ending it here, before she learned the truth about him, was the only thing he could do. — Elisabeth Naughton

Still hate the water, bitch?"
"Wh-What? — Elisabeth Naughton

How can you think that? How can you believe God would let us go through this hell?" "Because you have to think of the alternative. If it hadn't happened the way it did, you'd have been on that plane. You'd really be gone now. There'd be no second chances. There'd be no Reed. — Elisabeth Naughton

That you gotta go after the things you want, because they might not be there when you finally pull your head out of your ass and realize they're important. — Elisabeth Naughton