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“Sugar, you deserve to go out on your own terms. Just because you got dusted doesn’t mean you’re done.”
― Lyla Sage, Done and Dusted

“if you don’t like the road you’re on, you can always pave a new one.”
― Lyla Sage, Done and Dusted

“Emmy was worth the wait. I’d been waiting thirty-two years for her without even knowing it, and she’d been right in front of me the whole time.”
― Lyla Sage, Done and Dusted

“When it came to Emmy, I was playing with fire, but I would happily walk into the flames for her. And I’d have a smile on my face the whole damn time.”
― Lyla Sage, Done and Dusted

“Some love stories burn hot and fast, but you two are more low and slow,â€� she said. “It’s a strong and steady kind of love.”
― Lyla Sage, Done and Dusted

“I couldn’t believe the universe was so big, and I got placed on this random floating rock at the same time as Clementine Ryder.”
― Lyla Sage, Done and Dusted

“I took a pull of the whiskey before setting the bottle on my desk, but I didn’t swallow. I leaned into Emmy, my hand on her throat still keeping her pinned to my office door, and spit the whiskey in her mouth.”
― Lyla Sage, Done and Dusted

“Sometimes, it was just easier for me to live under the piles rather than face what might be in them. It wasn’t logical, but my brain didn’t really work normally.”
― Lyla Sage, Done and Dusted

“Emmy Ryder might have been in like with me, but it was then that I knew I was falling in love with her.”
― Lyla Sage, Done and Dusted

“And Emmy wasn’t just pretty. She was extraordinary.”
― Lyla Sage, Done and Dusted

“I know being diagnosed with ADHD looks different for all of us, but if you’ve ever had a hard time explaining why you leave literally everything until the last minute, why you feel out of control, why your tongue feels like it doesn’t belong in in your mouth when the music is too loud, or any of the countless other things we feel that are apart of ADHD, you might see yourself in Done and Dusted.”
― Lyla Sage, Done and Dusted

“She fit in my arms like she was made for them. I’d like to think she was.”
― Lyla Sage, Done and Dusted

“Wes?â€� I called. “Yeah?â€� “You didn’t ask me why I came home.â€� “I don’t care why you’re here, only that you are.”
― Lyla Sage, Done and Dusted

“You know, if you don’t like the road you’re on, you can always pave a new one.”
― Lyla Sage, Done and Dusted

“It was hard to breathe, but not because I was panicking. It was because this man had quite literally taken my breath away.”
― Lyla Sage, Done and Dusted

“And your family is my family, Emmy, so even if you weren’t in my bar, you would be my business. You’ve always been my business, and you’ll always be my business.”
― Lyla Sage, Done and Dusted

“I’d spent the past few years trying to be something, and there was something about Emmy that made me believe I could get there.”
― Lyla Sage, Done and Dusted

“She was Meadowlark’s sweetheart, a giant pain in the ass, and my best friend’s little sister.”
― Lyla Sage, Done and Dusted

“There was something in her eyes I hadn’t realized was missing when I’d looked at her before: fire. I started walking toward her, unable to help myself, ready to get burned.”
― Lyla Sage, Done and Dusted

“You know, if you don’t like the road you’re on, you can always pave a new one.â€� “Who said that? Robert Frost?â€� Brooks smiled and shook his head. “Dolly Parton,â€� he responded. “Ah, God herself,â€� I said with a laugh.”
― Lyla Sage, Done and Dusted

“I leaned into Emmy, my hand on her throat still keeping her pinned to my office door, and spit the whiskey in her mouth.”
― Lyla Sage, Done and Dusted

“My dad was like a river, steady and strong.”
― Lyla Sage, Done and Dusted

“Something about her just felt different. It felt good. I wanted to know where it could go, where we could go.”
― Lyla Sage, Done and Dusted

“Emmy never asks for anything. She just puts her head down and deals with things in the only way she knows how, by kicking shit around in her own brain. But she asked for you.”
― Lyla Sage, Done and Dusted

“Today, I saw the only thing in my life I ever thought was prettier than Rebel Blue, and that was Emmy.”
― Lyla Sage, Done and Dusted

“I kept an eye on Emmy throughout the night. Not in a creepy way–just in a “I really like you and think you’re the most beautiful woman aliveâ€� way.”
― Lyla Sage, Done and Dusted

“Yes. We need to make sure I get the present I wanted.â€� “And what’s that?â€� “Watching Luke Brooks fall to his knees the minute he sees you.”
― Lyla Sage, Done and Dusted

“Honestly, I didn't think I'd be able to stay away from her, no matter how hard I tried. Emmy Ryder was just...more. She was more than anyone was, or than anyone would ever be.”
― Lyla Sage, Done and Dusted

“I knew what she looked like when she was mad, and it wasn't how she looked right now. She looked calm. Comfortable.
I liked that she looked that way while she was with me.”
― Lyla Sage, Done and Dusted

“Thank you,â€� he continued, “for taking care of my baby girl.â€� “She can take care of herself,â€� I said. “I know she can, but you made sure she didn’t have to do it alone.”
― Lyla Sage, Done and Dusted