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“No means no. I don’t care when you say it, Lily. Once it’s out there, it’s out there. Any halfway decent guy would have backed off.”
― Krista Ritchie, Addicted to You

“Just yesterday I was twenty and meeting some of these people⏤people that I'd spend my life with, that'd become my home.
Just yesterday I was twenty⏤still deeply and desperately in love with my best friend.
I grew older.
We all grow older.
In a blink of an eye, our children will grow old too.
And I'll think: just yesterday they were twenty. Headed for college. Falling in love. Memories will flood behind us, the lake house no longer filled to the brim. As quiet as the moment we first walked in⏤and we'll sit on this hill. Feeling the stillness that exists.
And then we end⏤we end where we started.
Just us.
All six of us.”
― Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

“I hate that I had to pull out my wallet and buy respect.”
― Becca Ritchie, Addicted to You

“Don’t you ever fucking apologize for another guy’s offense.”
― Krista Ritchie, Kiss the Sky

“you're easily lovable, Loren Hale.”
― Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

“I want to live here. In his arms. Where I know it’s safe.”
― Krista Ritchie

“Did you bet on me?' I ask dumbfounded.
'Yeah,' Lo says, unabashed. His eyes fall to mine. 'And I'll always bet on your side.”
― Krista Ritchie, Addicted for Now

“It doesn’t matter if she wanted it or not. No self-respecting man would offer something like that to a girl, especially one that’s drunk.”
― Krista Ritchie, Addicted for Now

“My hothouse flower that I will always keep alive”
― Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

“My brain works perfectly," she says. "I see a disgusting human being and it says die.”
― Becca Ritchie & Kristia Ritchie

“By the fridge, Lily holds a sleepy toddler in a panda onesie, and she whispers quietly with Lo. He has this look like he’s half-listening but really he’s thinking about how adorable his wife fucking is, especially with his daughter right there. I know how this’ll go so I don’t wait around to watch. He’ll tease her by leaning in for a kiss, only to stick his tongue in Lily’s ear. She’ll whisper-hiss his name and then slug his shoulder. He’ll mock wince. They’ll look infatuated with each other, remembering how many years they’ve spent. How far their lives have come. How much love they’ve shared. Their romance has never changed. We all thank the fucking world for that because there is no Lily without Lo. There is no Lo without Lily”
― Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

“I notice Rose, dressed in a silk black robe, by the coffee pot. She tries to fix the machine, but Connor whispers to her too, drawing her away from the broken thing. With fire beneath her yellow-green gaze, Rose looks just as unaltered by the years. Just as fucking immortal. Just as enduring. Is it surprising—that they’d be equal in this measure too? It never has been to me. As I pass them to the side door, I see their spouse’s names on their lips. Richard. Rose. War and love is in their eyes”
― Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

“I don't want to drag myself down anymore.”
― Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

“The fear of losing eachother is always stronger than the pain we cause”
― Krista Ritchie, Addicted to You

“He wished I wasn't alive. But truth is, I kind of did too. Until I looked at Lily. Until I talked to her. I don't think I could have survived this life without that girl.”
― Krista Ritchie

“I’m trying to live without my best friend.
It’s hard.
My whole reason for waking up in the morning and putting on a smile was taken from me.”
― Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

“Maybe I should've just written help instead”
― Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

“But I feel like the inked skeleton,
fingers slipping from the one thing still alive in its hand.
And I hold on.
I’m holding on.”
― Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie