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“Wait for me.�� The words come out choked and pained. “I need you to wait for me.”
― Krista Ritchie, Addicted to You

“Cheekbones that cut like ice and eyes like liquid scotch. Loren Hale is an alcoholic beverage and he doesn't even know it.”
― 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

“In this moment, I'm yours.”
― Krista Ritchie, Addicted to You

“I can't help but laugh into my next sip of water. For the first time, mine doesn't seem so bad.

"I don't know why you're fucking laughing. You have a girl's name and no middle name.”
― Krista Ritchie, Addicted for Now

“I can sue you for harassment".

"Lets play that fucking game." Lo replies "lets see whose lawyers are better. I'm a goddamn Hale. My family eats shitty fucks like you for brunch. Don't you ever force yourself on a girl ever again”
― Krista Ritchie, Addicted for Now

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

“I think the six of us—we’re all strong. We’re each just a different kind of strong. But we all have a
different kind of weak too. And I’m figuring out how to bottle my weakness to help them all.”
― Krista Ritchie, Addicted for Now

“He stands confidently in his hot pink mankini. When I told him it was the only suit left, he literally shrugged and put it on. Tan skin, ripped abs and stylish wayfarers- he instantly looked cool even wearing that damn thing. And the girls playing water volleyball even gawked at his ass”
― Krista Ritchie, Addicted for Now

“I’ll always be yours. No distance or time apart will change that, Lily. You need to believe that.”
― Krista Ritchie, Addicted to You

“I love you and no other man will ever say those words and mean them the way I do."-Loren Hale”
― Krista Ritchie, Ricochet

“I was hoping you'd finally open your eyes and realize that I was there. I was right in front of you.”
― Krista Ritchie, Addicted to You

“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

“I want to love you more than I love this' -he waves his bottle- 'and I don't know how else to do it unless there's something to lose.”
― Krista Ritchie, Addicted to You

“You're not going to be another name on my list of guys for the week. Okay?' (...) 'Then let me try,' he says, his hand cupping my face. 'Let me try to be enough for you.”
― Krista Ritchie, Addicted to You

“I want to love you more than I love this" --he waves his bottle--"and I don't know how else to do it unless there's something to lose.”
― Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

“Coulda, shoulda, woulda”
― Krista Ritchie, Addicted to You

“Lily and I—we may have started our relationship as pretend. But for as long as I can remember, our love has always been real.”
― Krista Richie

“He was right. He won't ever join my club.
It's just me.
By my lonesome.
How it should be.
"You ready?" Lo's voice wakes me from my reverie.....And then he nods to me like ”
― Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie, Thrive