Top 100 Leisa Rayven Quotes (2026 Update)
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51. “The problem is, no matter how careful he is, I’ll always remember the other falls, and no matter how much he tells me he’s different, I’ll always know it was at my expense.”

— Leisa Rayven

52. “I know you’re thinking that you’ve been shut down for so long, you don’t know how to wake up. That all these messy feelings I bring out in you make you wish you’d never met me.”

— Leisa Rayven

53. “It’s not like I didn’t have friends in high school. I did. But I was always careful to be the Cassie I thought they expected. Happy, easy-going, nonthreatening. Smart but not intimidating. Pretty but not desired. The one who acted as the go-between when someone liked a boy, but never the one the boy liked.”

— Leisa Rayven

54. “I don’t think you understand. I have no moves. I’m move-less.”

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55. “The whole weekend turned out to be one giant round of excruciating foreplay, and if he doesn’t stop stalling and give me some relief pretty damn pronto, there’s going to be a girl-parts rebellion the likes of which he’s never seen. I’m wound tighter than Jane Fonda’s latest facelift, goddammit.”

— Leisa Rayven

56. “But this kiss? It’s ruined me. This is the type of kiss I never knew existed. It’s like falling and flying, all in the same moment.”

— Leisa Rayven

57. “I can’t believe that in the world of wrong we’ve created together, this can still feel so right.”

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58. “Do I need to explain how to make love to a woman? Because although I’ve never had the pleasure, I’m fairly certain it involves thrusting.”

— Leisa Rayven

59. “I’m trying to keep my optimism in check, because getting too invested before I know our score is mightily stupid. But when just walking next to someone is this thrilling, you know you’re a goner.”

— Leisa Rayven

60. “There’s only so much you can watch someone sacrifice before you realize they’re changing who they are for you, and not in a good way.”

— Leisa Rayven

61. “You had a huge impact on Ethan. No doubt, in the story of his life, you’ve left your mark everywhere.”

— Leisa Rayven

62. “We all need fantasies now and then. Sometimes believing our lives can be different is the only thing that keeps us going.”

— Leisa Rayven

63. “I take the lighter and resist the urge to hug him. Tristan says I can be a little too touchy-feely. Actually, his term is touchy-fucky but I modify it to make myself feel better.”

— Leisa Rayven

64. “We all have issues we’re trying to overcome, Miss Tate. Everyone wants to feel special, whether we admit it or not. And loving without limits and allowing ourselves to be loved in return is what life’s all about. Or at least, what it should be about. Everything else just gets in the way.”

— Leisa Rayven

65. “Cassie, I felt like a ghost while I was away from you. I was. Now, I want to feel real again.”

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66. “We’ve tried being enemies. It sucked. We’ve tried being friends, and it’s not enough. The way I feel about you isn’t platonic anymore. It’s primal.”

— Leisa Rayven

67. “It took me a long time to expect more from myself. To see that being vulnerable takes a shitload more strength than being closed off and sullen.”

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68. “I do a lot of things badly and a few things well. But I do one thing better than anyone else on the planet, and that’s love you.”

— Leisa Rayven

69. “I get a crystal-clear image of Holt as a modern-day Mercutio.”

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70. “Despite all the things I would have changed about our journey, I’d never want a different destination. It’s always been you.”

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71. “His eyes widen. Then he laughs. “Elissa isn’t my girlfriend. Jesus, that’s disgusting. She’s my sister.” It’s my turn to be surprised. “Your sister?” “Yes.” Relief has never felt more odious.”

— Leisa Rayven

72. “Dear God, Holt looks good in that costume. Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo.”

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73. “This man represents so many things to me. He was my first true friend. My first love. First lover. The master of more pleasure than I knew existed, and the architect of more heartache than I thought I could endure. It.”

— Leisa Rayven

74. “What self-respecting American teenager gets to the ripe old age of nineteen without getting high at least once?”

— Leisa Rayven

75. “You want to hold on to something?” he says. “Hold on to me.” He brings my hands to his chest.”

— Leisa Rayven

76. “Sometimes fate is what you make it, and I’m making my life with you.”

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77. “He worships my skin, and makes soft noises that speak louder than most of the words he’s ever said. Like this, he’s mine. Completely. It’s so clear in the way he watches me. As if he’s looking for every new milestone of pleasure while he convinces all of my nerve endings to dance for him.”

— Leisa Rayven

78. “I hit my favorite caffeine supplier near the subway station and get myself a big, fat triple-shotter. I need coffee like air this morning. Even with the muscle relaxants and alcohol, I didn’t sleep well. I kept having dreams that Max was in bed with me, all hard and warm and smelling like a spring orchard, touching me like I was precious and making me feel like I could do anything as long as he was by my side. It was the closest thing to a nightmare I’ve had in years.”

— Leisa Rayven

79. “The thing is, if people were books, Ethan would be a bestseller. A sexy, intelligent page-turner you’d find hard to put down, even after it reduced you to a sobbing mess.”

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80. “He has one of those faces that stops you when you’re flipping through a magazine. Not textbook handsome, but mesmerizing. Like a book cover that begs you to flip it open and get lost in the story.”

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81. “The chuckle happens again, and I swear to the Almighty God of Justifiable Homicide, I’m going to murder him with my bare hands.”

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82. “In fact, my yoga pants should be called “sitting around eating cheese pants.” A longer title, sure, but more accurate.”

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83. “This is precious. This is love. This is something I’ll never take for granted, because I know how it feels to be without it.”

— Leisa Rayven

84. “For all its amazing strength, our hearts are made of eggshells, and sometimes all it takes is someone you’d almost given up on declaring their love for it to crack wide open.”

— Leisa Rayven

85. “He’s a truly terrible dancer,” Ruby says. “It looks like he’s having a vertical seizure.”

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86. “And I have the strongest feeling that having part of you is going to be better than having all of anybody else.”

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87. “Sometimes people put up walls, not only to keep people out, but also to see who cares enough to tear them down. Understand?”

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88. “Just moving. Like most of our time together, we’re treading water. Trying not to drown.”

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89. “You rubbed your girl flower on his love muscle, Cass. It counts.”

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90. “If I don’t really try, I can’t really fail, right?”

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91. “He’s sold his soul to Lucifer in return for sexual powers over frustrated virgins. It would explain a lot.”

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92. “Isn’t that the point of living? To find the one person in all the world who’s your perfect match?” “Actually, Taylor, the point of living is not dying. Romeo and Juliet failed at that part.”

— Leisa Rayven

93. “Every day when you walk through that door, it takes more and more effort for me to stay away from you, and I can’t keep doing it. It’s too goddamn draining.”

— Leisa Rayven

94. “He’s untouchable. He’s freaking Teflon.”

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95. “He takes a step forward, and I hate the way he looks at me. Appraising and approving. Hungry. It draws me in against my will, like he’s flypaper, and everything inside me is buzzing and trying to wrench itself free.”

— Leisa Rayven

96. “And so Ethan and I orbit each other. Get on with things. Learn the art of pretending. Hone our craft to lie to others as skillfully as we lie to ourselves.”

— Leisa Rayven

97. “Lord of My Underpants,” Liam Quinn.”

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98. “He’s a walking, breathing erogenous zone who fascinates me and infuriates me in equal measures.”

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99. “Yep. Nineteen years of trying to be everything to everyone and ending up as no one to myself.”

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100. “I prepare to conjure a personality.”

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