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“Calm down, man, the wedding isn’t off,�� Luke announced.
“It is,�� Ava retorted angrily, whirling on her man.
“It isn’t,�� Luke replied calmly, staring down his nose at his woman.
“Are you going to dance with me?�� she asked.
“Vertically?�� he asked back, and I pressed my lips together in order not to laugh.
“Yes!�� she snapped.
“Yeah, baby,�� he said. “I’ll dance with you vertically, in the bathroom on the plane on the way to Bermuda.”
― Kristen Ashley, Rock Chick Revolution

“<��>When I was done speaking I felt his body had gone still again, stone still.
And silent.
Then he asked quietly, "Nightmare?"
"Nightmare," I replied firmly.
Ty didn't move.
By a miracle, I held it together.
Then he moved but it was to rest his chin on my shoulder and I closed my eyes because I needed him to go, go, go so I could fall apart again on my own.
Then he said, "Your nightmare, mama, was my dream."
My heart clenched.
He kept going. "Never had a home until you gave me one."
My breath started sticking.
"Never had anyone give to me the way you gave to me."
My breath stopped sticking and clogged.
"Never thought of findin' a woman who I wanted to have my baby."
Oh God.
"Never had light in my life, never, not once, I lived wild but I didn't burn bright until you shined your light on me."
Oh God.
"Whacked, fuckin' insane, but, at night, you curled in front of me, didn't mind I did that time that wasn't mine 'cause it meant I walked out to you."
He had to stop. He had to.
He didn't.
"Your nightmare," he whispered, turned his head and against my neck he finished, "my dream."<��>”
― Kristen Ashley, Lady Luck

“Does he make you see stars?�� he asks in a low voice. ‘Does he call you his north star? Because that’s what you are to me. You’re the reason I made it home.”
― Mila Gray, Come Back to Me

“It's a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you're ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now. And you may as well do it now. Generally speaking, now is as good a time as any.”
― Hugh Laurie