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“Rather, I learned that it’s okay to like something and then lose it. To love and then let go. Because something beautiful, something brilliant, is waiting just around the corner.”
― Ki Stephens, Spring Tide

“If you’re struggling, I wanna be the guy you call for help. The one who can make you forget about everything else and just . . . be in the moment.”
― Ki Stephens, Fault Line

“Well, we’ve never used that particular word.��
“Okay, well . . . we’re using it now,�� he says, a slight edge to his voice.
“I’m your fucking boyfriend. You’re my fucking girlfriend.”
― Ki Stephens, The Trade

“I can do honesty. And maybe just . . . I’d like to hold you while we fall asleep.�� His hand drifts from my cheek to my shoulder, tucking me against his side. “If that’s okay?”
― Ki Stephens, Spring Tide

“I don’t know if I even have the mental capacity or the emotional bandwidth to deal with this right now.”
― Ki Stephens, Fault Line

“Because Daisy’s in trouble. She’s asking for my help. And already, I know I’d go to any lengths, push myself to any limits, just to be the one she leans on.”
― Ki Stephens, Ripple Effect

“the girl cradling stars in her eyes.”
― Ki Stephens, Ripple Effect

“Stop what?��
“Stop making me want you”
― Ki Stephens, The Trade

“These days, I find myself falling for a new boy for breakfast and then forgetting his name by dinner.”
― Ki Stephens, Spring Tide

“If it wasn’t obvious by now—I kinda give a shit about you, Karras.”
― Ki Stephens, Fault Line

“He just shakes his head, disappearing into his closet. When he returns, he’s holding a clean, fresh shirt. His shirt. He steps closer to me, the fabric clutched in his hand. “Change.”
― Ki Stephens, Ripple Effect

“So, you got a message for me to pass on or what?”
― Ki Stephens, Ripple Effect

“I'll stop if you stop,"
"Stop what?"
"Stop making me want you.”
― Ki Stephens, The Trade

“It’s not just school—the perpetual fear of failure—that weighs me down. My thoughts inevitably wander to my parents. For the most part, I try to keep them from entering my panicky, late-night thought spirals.”
― Ki Stephens, Fault Line

“You lean on me, I lean on you?”
― Ki Stephens, Ripple Effect

“But God, Daisy, I just hope your next love isn’t one you have to heal from.”
― Ki Stephens, Ripple Effect

“Maybe, if I’m lucky enough, they’ll let me think of them as my stand-in family, as my home away from home.”
― Ki Stephens, Ripple Effect

“Stop what?��
“Stop making me want you.”
― Ki Stephens, The Trade

“As I make my way back to the main area, I’m on the verge of a thought spiral. How am I going to compete with students who have spent months preparing, specially tailoring their applications, and have already submitted for early decision?”
― Ki Stephens, Fault Line

“I’m not nearly done making you mine.”
― Ki Stephens, Ripple Effect

“I’m running on approximately two hours and fifteen minutes of sleep today.”
― Ki Stephens, Fault Line

“I would get on my fucking knees in front of her, worship the ground she walked on, just for a chance to have a single taste.”
― Ki Stephens, Ripple Effect

“Tell me the truth . . . do you still want space from me? Because space is the last thing I want when it comes to you.”
― Ki Stephens, The Trade

“She’s a fucking vision, isn’t she?”
― Ki Stephens, Fault Line

“If the work gets done eventually, does the timeline really matter?”
― Ki Stephens, Fault Line

“And it makes me wonder if he’s ever truly faced adversity or been forced to fight for something he desperately wanted, knowing that failure wasn’t an option.”
― Ki Stephens, Fault Line