15 Quotes by Lyssa Kay Adams

Men are idiots. We complain that women are so mysterious and shit, and we never know what they want. We fuck up our relationships because we convince ourselves that it’s too hard to figure them out. But the real problem is with us. We think we’re not supposed to feel things and cry and express ourselves. We expect women to do all the emotional labor in a relationship and then act confused when they give up on us.

If a man wants to leave you, wave goodbye and lock the doors. You've got better things to do than chase a lost cause.

Not everyone is willing or able to take on the world in a great big fight. It doesn't make them weak or wrong.

You use weakness as a weapon. You're so ashamed of your own mistakes in life, so afraid of your own fragility, that you accuse everyone else around you of being soft just for the crime of basic human frailty.

At seven o'clock, Noah pulled up in front of Mack's house in a dirty white van that couldn't have been more obvious in its nondescript creepiness if he'd spray painted "Free Puppies" on the side.

Of course I can cook. I'm an adult. Feeding myself is part of the deal.

We spend a lot of time talking about the unfairness of how our toxic musculine society forces us to be ashamed of embracing romance novels. Yet we buy our books in secret. It's time we practice what we preach.

Oh, she could get lost for days in here, Irena thought as she took in the towering shelves of the library. If only she could.

Irena had taken to exploring the library at night to keep from going mad.