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You turn me on.” He cups my face, brushing my hair away from my eyes and a tear off my cheek.”“God, you turn me on. You're driving me crazy. I want you to need my hands on you. Do you?
— Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
People, like buildings, have facades. Tom created his. His walk was a feat. It had taken him twenty years of killing bad guys and a pair of Tony Lama boots to perfect the illusion. He made sure that everyone felt it by the third clunk of his boot heel. When he entered a crime scene there was a hush, and no one ever quite knew why they were holding their breath. But he did. A crime scene was theater and the stage was his.
— Michael Benzehabe
I wish you could see what I see when I look at you. You point out all of your flaws like they’re a bad thing, when in reality they are the best parts of you.
— Briana Pacheco, A Sky Full of Secrets
Phoenix wouldn’t stop looking at me like he was looking through a telescope. It was unsettling, being stared at like I was the most beautiful thing in space.
— Briana Pacheco, A Sky Full of Secrets
Looking at her is like looking up at a sky full of stars. You don’t know what you’ll see today, but you know it’ll still be breathtaking.
— Briana Pacheco, A Sky Full of Secrets
I never felt in love with anyone. Though right now with Luna, I’m pretty sure this is what it feels like to be in love with a person.
— Briana Pacheco, A Sky Full of Secrets
You’re like a newly discovered universe, and I plan on taking my time exploring everything about you.
— Briana Pacheco, A Sky Full of Secrets
Love and I, we’re on opposite sides of the galaxy. I’m pretty sure that bitch is hiding in a black hole to avoid me.
— Briana Pacheco, A Sky Full of Secrets
She can be a nightmare, but this still feels better than any dream.
— Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
It didn't excuse what he'd done. Even if he'd...saved me-I choked on the word-from having to refuse Tamlin. Having to explain.
— Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury
I'm going to hell. I'm pretty sure she'd going to drag me there herself.
— Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
I’ve wanted everything in my life to change for so long, and when it’s finally about to, my urge to escape slows down. I think that’s why people stay unhappy for so long, you know? Miserable or not, it’s easier to stick with what’s familiar. Do you notice that, too? How all of us just want to get through life as quickly and as easily as possible? And even though we know that without risk there’s no reward, we’re still so scared to chance it?
— Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
Love is not found, love finds.
— Colleen Hoover, Too Late
I'm going to hell. I'm pretty sure she's going to drag me there herself.
— Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
I’ll be strong for you. Live me, baby. Live for me. Please.
— Celeste Grande, Live Me
Kissing Bennet is like stepping into the lake. At first shocking, then slowly I acclimate until I’m sinking into the luxury of it. His hand wraps around my ribs, right below the swell of my breast, and I’m in way over my head, drowning in the sensations that overrun my body. No one has ever kissed me like this. Not even Andrew in all my wildest fantasies. Andrew. Andrew! Oh my gosh, what am I doing?
— A.S. Green, Summer Girl
That isn't fair." Her voice came out small, barely a whisper. "I didn't ask to be thrown into all this. I didn't ask to fall for a guy that isn't even human. It just happened and I have no idea what I'm supposed to do next so if you have some magical guidebook, I'd love to borrow it.
— Airicka Phoenix, Octavian's Undoing
Hey." He waited until he had her attention before continuing. "I'm not angry." He gave her a small smile. "You're back and I'm okay with that... for now."Her fingers trembled around the bottle. "For now?"His smile broadened and a wicked grin danced in his eyes. "Well, it's only a matter of time before you remember why you fell for me.
— Airicka Phoenix, Octavian's Undoing
You know what, Abigail? You’re right—it is selfish. But there’s nothing inherently immature about making a selfish choice. It is hard to put what you know is right for you first, when you know people you love don’t respect your choices. It is hard to say ‘what I want is worthy.’ It is hard to say ‘I know myself and what I need, even if everyone else thinks otherwise.’ Don’t tell me this is immature when it took me months of thinking about it every damn day to make this choice.
— Dahlia Adler, Right of First Refusal
So far he’d been there for three hours, hadn’t gotten a thing done, was heading out for a free lunch, and was getting paid for it. Jobs were awesome.
— J.P. Barnaby, Spencer
And all those things you listed right now, they’rethings Garrett and I do together. Dude, you don’t want me. You want me andGarrett.
— Elle Kennedy, The Mistake
someone like Grace. Someone exactly like Grace, with her Ted Bundy rantsand her calming presence and—hello, irony.
— Elle Kennedy, The Mistake
I broke up with her to avoid getting into a serious relationship with her, and now it
— Elle Kennedy, The Mistake
I should move away from his touch. But he’s a constant storm in my life, clouding my head, ensuring I make bad decisions. He doesn’t do it on purpose, he knows we’re not good for each other, but there’s something about us that makes us fight back harder, thinking we can overcome it.
— Brittany Butler, Hazed
His eyes are a hazy swirl ofgray, like a thick mass of clouds gathering before an impending storm
— Elle Kennedy, The Deal
The accusation raises my hackles. “Why? Because I’m a player?” Indignation makesmy tone harsher than I intend for it to be. “Have you ever thought that maybe it’sbecause I haven’t met the right girl yet? But no, I couldn’t possibly want someone tocuddle with andwatch movies with, someone who wears my jersey and cheers for meat games, and cooks dinner with me the way you and Garrett—
— Elle Kennedy, The Mistake
Moments like these are fleeting, and we have to grab onto them while we can. From the instant I saw you, I wanted to give you my heart. But today I’ll settle for giving you a flower.
— Chloe Asher, Daydreamer
I’ve broken your heart, haven’t I?”“A million times. And you can break it a million times more, Luna Moon. There will never be a day in my life that I don’t love you.
— Chloe Asher, Daydreamer
Once you're in the rumor mill, you never come out. You're stuck, constantly hearing the same half-truth stories about yourself.
— Annie Hughes, The Sound of You
So on a scale of one to Adele, how bad was this breakup?
— Jennifer Lane, Aced
Sure, he wanted her in a bad way, but he also had this insane urge to help her, to give her back everything she’d lost. He couldn’t explain it, but Lily mattered to him. In just two weeks, she’d gone from a fuck bet to someone he cared about.
— Apryl Baker, Touch Me Not
My back slams against the oven door, and I cover my face and cry. I cry so hard I can't breathe.
— Cassie Mae, Doing It for Love
Jamie Canning was my first crush and my first love. But he was never mine to have.
— Sarina Bowen, Him
You won't let anything bad happen to me, will you, Garrett?"A lump the size of Massachusetts lodges in my throat. I swallow hard and try to speak past it."Never.
— Elle Kennedy, The Deal
But I wasn't done. Staring into eyes that were as bright and beautiful than any tawny jewel, I said what I had never said before. And I said it with every ounce in my being behind it. "I love you, Roth." My voice shook with emotion."I'm in love with you.
— Jennifer L. Armentrout, Every Last Breath
You love Roth," he continued for me."You're in love with him." My eyes met his bright blue ones."Yes," I whispered, my lower lip trembling."It's him. It's always been him.
— Jennifer L. Armentrout, Every Last Breath
As Elijah collapsed, shaking, against him, Baz wrapped his arms around his lover, shut his eyes and let the velvet rope Elijah had used to lead him here settle comfortably around his heart.
— Heidi Cullinan, Lonely Hearts
I shook my head. "You know I ain't never going to be good enough for her. She can't fall in love with me, you know as well as I do that nothing good is going to come of her staying with me.""Then why do you stay with her? Why, if you seem to think that this is a bad idea, do you stay with her?"I raked my fingers through my hair. "I don't know! Maybe I'm stupid? A glutton for punishment."Jackson pointed his beer at me. "Or maybe you love her too and that scares the shit out of you.
— Magan Vernon, These Paper Walls
I think love is different for each person, but I think the one thing it has in common is putting the other person's feelings before yours. If you're so worried about Libby loving you, isn't that the same thing?
— Magan Vernon, These Paper Walls
With the music of our singing in the background, I looked at the church candles and thought about the surreal connection between images and memory. The peaceful and joyous candles flickering there during the Christmas ceremony projected warmth, comfort, and familiarity – even though thy emitted the same kind of fiery energy as the flames caused by the war.
— Zack Love, The Syrian Virgin
If I kissed her now, one of two things would happen. We’d either get naked right here on the beach and probably get arrested, or I’d somehow manage to get us up the hill to my house, and then we’d get naked. But kissing her once, then letting her go. That…wasn’t possible. I couldn’t kiss her then go back to my ordinary life. I wasn’t Superman. If I was, though, the girl in my arms was more lethal to me than kryptonite.
— Ophelia London, Crossing Abby Road
Oh, Moon, upon me shine-Give back his life, instead take mine.Send back his heart, return his breath.Please release him from his death.Give back his eyes, bring back his voice.I willingly have made this choice.Hand back his plans, restore his mind,I willingly grant you mine.Oh, Moon, Oh, Stars, upon me glow-Tell the river to let go.
— Ann M. Noser from HOW TO DATE DEAD GUYS
Well, honey, it is the south. These debutantes know how to verbally kick anyone’s ass. They learned it from their mamas in the womb.
— Magan Vernon, On Paper Wings
Well, you know that old saying, “Keep your friends close and make out with your enemies.
— Shae Ross, Lace Up
When we’re good, we’re really good, and when we’re bad, it’s really bad. Two people that have that much passion must be doing something awfully right.
— Magan Vernon, On Paper Wings
It’s in the past. I can’t control what they did, only how I react to it. I’m not going to change who I am because of what some jack offs think of me.
— Magan Vernon, On Paper Wings
To wake up each morning is a miracle.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
We’re not together anymore. Don’t forget it.There is a pause before he responds. Hard to forget that. The gaping hole in my chest that was left when u ripped my heart out kind of reminds me every time I breathe.
— D.R. Graham, One Percenter
I don’t think you’re crazy at all. I don’t want you to think that either. I can’t say that I understand what’s going through your head, but I can say that I’ll be here for you no matter what. If I haven’t made it clear, I love you more than anything.
— Magan Vernon, On Paper Wings
When you love someone it feels like their blood runs through your veins, their breath fills your lungs, their heart makes yours beat, and without them everything stops.”“Fuck. That sounds tragic.”Tell me about it. “It is.” I bend to kiss him again, this time on the forehead. “But it’s worth it.
— D.R. Graham, One Percenter
Bran and I are two loose ends who found a way to tie ourselves together.
— Lia Riley, Sideswiped
But the moment I saw you, I knew there was something more. There was something behind those big, beautiful brown eyes that I had to get to know, and, damn girl you’ve kept me in a trance ever since.
— Magan Vernon, On Paper Wings
All my life I’ve lived a beautiful lie. The governor’s son with the bright future set for him. The middle child. The one who no one knew how bad he was suffering until it made the nightly news.
— Magan Vernon, The Only Way
This song is for my Molly, who is the best fucking thing that´s ever happened to me. Also, for those suicidal idiots sending her fan mail asking her to run away with them, I will hunt you down and rip off you nuts.
— Nalini Singh, Rock Addiction
There was no 'I' in team, but there was meat in team. And we were all dead meat.
— Jennifer Lane, Blocked
His lips…his lips should've been illegal.
— Nalini Singh, Rock Addiction
Together, they at once dodged those parts of themselves and magnified them, making for enigmatic harmony and anarchy.
— Deirdre Riordan Hall, In the Desert
He held me as if my bones were made of glass, as if my skin would tear beneath his lips if he applied too much pressure. When his lips pressed against the pulse at the base of my throat, I wondered if he could feel the power in my pulse, the power he was solely responsible for. As if in answer, his hand moved from my neck to my chest, resting over the space that contained my heart. There was something beautiful and intentional about that gesture, like he was acknowledging the mortal part of me that reacted so restlessly to his touch.
— Whitney Barbetti, He Found Me
But sometimes you have to make a decision with your heart instead of your head, and that’s what I did. I know I’ve made the right decision even if it takes my brain a little while to catch up to my heart.
— Marie Landry, Blue Sky Days
I plucked one plump black olive from the plate and put it in my mouth immediately before saying, “Well, I feel bad for you, then.”“Why’s that?”“Because I love antipasto.”“I guess I don’t understand why that’s a problem.”“Because,” I emphasized, cutting into a piece of salmon. “I don’t like to share.” I quickly slipped the smoked meat in my mouth before winking at him. His smile finally met his eyes again. “Good to know, because I’m not the sharing kind of guy either.” He winked back at me, but it was so blatantly comical that I couldn’t help the laugh that flew out of my mouth. “Something tells me you’re not talking about cured meats,” I said before slapping his hand away from my olives. “I knew you were smart.”I swallowed the olive I’d snatched from his hand and glared at him, while mouthing, “Mine.”“Funny, that’s what I was thinking, too,” he said, looking directly at me.
— Whitney Barbetti, He Found Me
You could’ve pushed me away for years, I still wouldn’t have gone anywhere. I’d still be at your side, annoying the hell out of you until you finally agreed to marry me.
— Allie Everhart, Forever You
That's enough!" Holly scrambled out of her seat, too. "My three-year-old behaves better than all of you." She looked down at LJ, who was trying to stuff a fry up his nostril. "And that's not saying a whole lot.
— Nicole  Williams, Crush
I like difficult. I like a challenge. And as soon I realized you were the only person in the world for me, I had no choice but to keep chasing you until you agreed to be with me. Even if it took years. And given how stubborn you are, I’m surprised it didn’t take that long.
— Allie Everhart, Forever You
If snowflakes are like people, how is anyone lucky enough to find anyone in this world.
— Lisa Burstein, The Possibility of Us
But maybe she’d always been this fucking adorable and I’d just been the jackass who never bothered to notice.
— Sarah Darlington, Kill Devil Hills
Okay, on my first night, he tried to chat me up. You know how the story goes. ‘You have the most beautiful eyes, I’m very rich, want to see my bedroom?’ Blah, blah, blah.”“And because you turned him down, he’s more determined than ever,” Will guessed, with amazing accuracy. “You did turn him down, right?”“Of course,” I told him, insulted by the insinuation I would drop my knickers for a glass of wine. “Do you think I’d risk my job for a quick tumble in the sheets with him?
— Kyra Lennon, Game On
You make me feel like a stronger person and I can’t imagine a life without you in it. I need to be where you are.
— Sara Fiorenzo, A Sadness Within
Maybe we were too broken to put back together. Maybe we’d been too broken to ever put together in the first place.
— Lisa Burstein, The Possibility of Us
I plunged into him, kissing him like I was flame and he was wood, our tongues igniting
— Lisa Burstein, The Possibility of Us
As I watch Nicholas make his way back to his truck, I know one thing: this boy is going to make my life very interesting. I feel as if a fragment of the old me broke away tonight and disappeared, and I’m finally, truly beginning my new life.
— Marie Landry, Blue Sky Days
This world tainted everything it touched, and nothing good was left—could be left – beneath its menacing gaze.
— Cassandra Giovanni, In Between Seasons
It wasn’t fair. It wasn’t fair that I’d stumbled across the kind of man I used to find irresistible, or that he’d managed to stare right inside my head to locate my weaknesses. The thrill of being wanted while pretending not to be interested was a game I’d played over and over during my youth. I’d thrived on it. I’d done more than my share of getting mixed up with men who were all ego and muscles, and Radleigh McCoy reminded me exactly why I’d given them up. Danger, the chase. It was never worth the pain in the end.Unfortunately, my body hadn’t got the memo yet.
— Kyra Lennon, Game On
You’re his normality. You’re a part of him, and he is a part of you. That’s what makes this frightening, but that’s what makes it right.
— Becky Wicks, Before He Was Famous
Love isn't all sparks and firecrackers. Sometimes it’s more subtle than that.
— Becky Wicks, Before He Was Famous
I want to hear one more of your storiesTangle up in your dreams, give up the fight‘Pour one more glass of that wineAnd I might not go home tonight...
— Becky Wicks, Before He Was Famous
Love can provide strength when intellect can find no reason for it.
— Susan Waterwyk, A Tale of Two Worlds
We're a symphony--our limbs and lips and skin making up the instruments, working together to create a beautiful piece of music.
— Julie Cross, Fifty First Times
I'm sorry. I didn't know what else to do," I breathed, trying hard to pretend I wasn't fazed by what just happened. "You weren't listening to me."He stared at me with intensity for several seconds. "That's an interesting way to get my attention.
— Alicia Kobishop, The Fine Line
Not having your man card for so long has clearly turned your brain to mush. ~Justin
— Reese Monroe, Marked by Hades
The evolution of mind requires a diet of knowledge.
— Susan Waterwyk, Lantamyra: A Tapestry of Fantasy
I shrugged uncomfortably, leaning my head against hers, almost forgetting Mr. Gardner’s presence as Mo and I fell into that sort of exclusionary, near-telepathic best-friends communion. She knew that I would argue that I wasn’t ashamed, but that I hadn’t quite figured out how to truly mean it when I held my head up high. My entire life, people had been telling me to keep it down and stop being an embarrassment. So, I was still in that “fake it ’til you make it” stage, hoping genuine pride would come if I pretended confidence long enough. For now, I was relying on bravado and a complete lack of give-a-fuck to carry me through.
— Amelia C. Gormley, Saugatuck Summer
Ew. Can you not talk about my dad ogling people? Scarlett Johansson may be gorgeous, but still.”“It’ll be a challenge, but I think I can refrain from licking the screen,” Brendan deadpanned, placing the wine bottle on the coffee table next to the bowl of popcorn before settling into the chair where he’d been working on his computer ea
— Amelia C. Gormley, Saugatuck Summer
Nothing haunts the world more than the words of the dead.
— Susan Waterwyk, A Tale of Two Worlds
She really liked you, Noah,''Yeah, well, maybe I'm just an asshole.'I realize my hand is still in his hair and I retract it quickly. He grabs it, holds it against him. You're not an asshole I'm thinking, but for some reason I can't say it. It would be like admitting something else; like the fact that he's an asshole to every girl who likes him, but never to me. And then I'd have to really think about why that is and that's not something I'll ever be comfortable with at all, even though his eyes are like maps and his words are like anchors and his songs are like personal messages and I love all that.- Chloe
— Becky Wicks, Before He Was Famous
Two Parts. One Whole.
— Victoria Green Jinsey Reese
I know what you're thinking. ‘How the hell does this broke ass piece of trailer trash know words like caveat,’ right? Well guess what? I've read every single book on the New York Times list of 'Top 100 Literary Classics,' not to mention every Jane Austen, Sylvia Plath or Bronte sisters’ book ever written. And fuck you very much for judging me, by the way.
— Isobel Irons, Promiscuous
Around eighth grade Margot started getting really sensitive about her weight, even though she wasn’t remotely fat—just a little round-faced. So Margot did what any normal fourteen-year-old girl would do. She started puking on purpose, every day after fifth period. Of course now, she does more than puke. But we don’t talk about that. Because real friends don’t judge each other for what they do to survive in hell.
— Isobel Irons, Promiscuous
He knows exactly what I need even when I don’t. I’m not sure how he knows me so well, but he does. He knows that when I try to push him away, it means I need him even more. And when I say I don’t want to talk, it means I really need to. I’m crazy that way and other guys would’ve given up on me months ago. But Garret’s still here and he isn’t going anywhere. Just thinking about that makes me feel like the luckiest girl alive.
— Allie Everhart, Promising You
I missed you like I’ve never missed anyone. I missed the future I was going to have with you. I missed the feeling of having you in my arms like this. I missed hearing your voice and seeing your face and sleeping next to you. I missed all of it because I was sure it was gone.
— Allie Everhart, Promising You
What we have...is something most folks wait a lifetime for, and only touch for a heartbeat. They let go too quickly, or they're too scared to hold on, or they never see what's right in front of them. But we're going to hold on as tight as we can." - Jonah Walker
— Molli Moran, As You Turn Away
God damn, I wish I could fast-forward time and be old and wrinkly. How awesome would that be? No more worrying about getting ogled by douche bags like Trent Gibson, or getting all hormonal and bothered against my will over hotties like Grant Blue, who wouldn’t touch me with a ten-foot pole.
— Isobel Irons, Promiscuous
His name feels like a secret, and now he's wearing it on his wrist. I want to know all about this girl who put it there. What she looks like. If she's got freckles, fair hair or dark, like his. If she's scrappy or etheral, funny or serious, scrape-kneed or ladylike. I know that she loves him, so I want to know everything else. But West doesn't want to share her with me. I shouldn't keep trying to scale these walls he puts up. I'm a terrible climber.
— Robin York, Deeper
If he would see me again, I would die happy. In the meantime, I was merely dying.
— Leslea Tash, Bird After Bird
Leo backed me against the door frame, his demeanor turning all 'take-no-prisoners' as he pinned me in place with his hips. His hands traced up and down the curve of my body until they wound their way through the loose strands of my hair. He was in control, I was totally at his mercy, and I. Didn’t. Even. Care.
— Sarah Darlington, He Belongs with Me
This summer had been about finding herself, and learning to accept love in its various forms -- and to give love. - Quinn Reynolds
— Molli Moran, As You Turn Away
I had witnessed his pain in motion; the way he had stroked over the sea fueled by something so similar to what fueled me. The agony he couldn’t hide from his caramel-colored eyes. I was drawn to whatever was broken in him, probably in the same way that he was drawn to what was broken in me.
— Marni Mann, Pulled Beneath
They say opposites attract. Nobody ever said opposites live happily ever after.
— Linda Morris, The Mason Dixon Line
Maybe he would see me as weak and stupid. Maybe he was right.
— Leslea Tash, Bird After Bird
The only reason guys wanna play pool with girls is to see you leaning over the table, looking sexy. Not that I wouldn't enjoy that... immensely." - Chris
— Jennifer Comeaux, Fighting for the Edge
See, the thing is, I had a little misunderstanding with Trent Gibson in Pre-Calculus earlier. I dropped my textbook on his face—accidentally, while we were discussing some…equations—and he thought I was trying to brain him. So of course, he narked to Shoemaker, and apparently accidents are grounds for disciplinary action these days.
— Isobel Irons, Promiscuous
You know what they say,' Suz had texted. 'Once you go geek, you never go back.
— Linda Morris, The Mason Dixon Line
Your problem is a serious lack of imagination. You can’t imagine being different than you are.
— Linda Morris, The Mason Dixon Line
There's a moment in every woman's life when she knows that for once, she stood on her own two feet, faced the world, and flipped it off. I just had that moment, and it feels fucking awsome.
— Rachel Firasek, Drowning
Feel free to scream, whisper, and everything in between. I want to hear it all.
— Kristen Hope Mazzola, Crashing Back Down
Don't think about that. Just believe I'll be okay.
— Shane K. Morgan, Impossibly Love
Monsters don't born they made, but still monsters can love.
— C.J. Roberts
My heart is yours. It beats for no one but you. Do you hear me? Only you.”~Jasper White Surrender to Me
— Monica  James
Because you should never run from something that scares you. This time, you won't be alone. I'll be with you.
— Faith Sullivan, Unexpected
I'll never forgive myself for putting you in danger, allowing you to get hurt.
— Faith Sullivan, Unexpected
He found me when I was at my lowest point.
— Faith Sullivan, Unexpected
How am I ever going to find the strength to leave him?
— Faith Sullivan, Unexpected
Why do you still feel the need to punish yourself for something that was out of your control?
— Faith Sullivan, Unexpected
Michelle, I think it's time you came back to New York with me.
— Faith Sullivan, Unexpected
I'll do whatever it takes to get you back in my life.
— Faith Sullivan, Unexpected
He's the light that guided me to where I am now, out of the darkness, out of despair.
— Faith Sullivan, Unexpected
I won't apologize for something I truly feel.
— Faith Sullivan, Unexpected
My heart was divided for so long. Now I'm able to give you every part of me. You deserve nothing less.
— Faith Sullivan, I Am Yours
I’m a fan of Belle from Beauty and the Beast. Brunette and doesn’t mind a guy that’s an animal? Hell yeah.
— Magan Vernon, The Only One
I don't know? Maybe because we had sex.
— Faith Sullivan, Take Me Now
Emma has it wrong. You don’t ditch your men, you kill them.”“I won’t kill you.” She stepped in front of me and took my hand, watching me take the last drag of my cigarette. “I like you too much.
— Rachael Wade, Declaration
I smiled and rolled onto my side, bringing my arms around her. She wiggled against me, letting me spoon her, and I swept some sweaty hair away from her neck to kiss beneath her ear. “How do you like your new tattoo?”“I love it. It makes me want to be a bird.”“You already are a bird.”“I don’t get to fly.”“You fly all the time. Haven’t you noticed?
— Rachael Wade, Declaration
Have sex with Adam? I'd rather grab a defibrillator paddle and burn the other side of my face.
— Faith Sullivan, I Am Yours
And then the lights went low, and our song began.The song I’d been working on since I’d arrived on the island. The one that morphed into something else entirely, something I never intended it to be. But music is like that. Much like life. It tells the story, it takes the lead.You’re just along for the ride.
— Rachael Wade, Declaration
It wouldn’t be long until I made my declaration. I didn’t just need my position to be clear, I needed to blind Whitney with blazing fireballs of glory. Real hardcore knock-em-down shit.
— Rachael Wade, Declaration
I don’t want any other girl.” He shook his head and took a step closer, cupping my face in his hands. “I belong with you and you belong with me.
— Magan Vernon, The Only One
Watch it, loincloth, I’m not afraid to spork your eyes out.
— Magan Vernon, The Only One
I hoped Tia was different. Easier to manage for people like me, who didn’t naturally jive with the little tykes. I’d only met her for a few seconds, so I had no idea what I was in for, here. All I knew was this wasn’t my element, and her father had just compared me to a pregnant woman.Wasn’t there something wrong with this picture?
— Rachael Wade, Declaration
She pursed her lips and nodded, swiveling around to continue her survey of my modest living space. Her arms were folded tightly across her chest as she strolled around. Letting out a long, deep breath, she dropped her hands to her sides when she reached my DVD collection. “Downton Abbey?”I jolted forward, clearing my throat. “Yeah, it’s uh…it’s a good show.
— Rachael Wade, Declaration
If you want to hit me, scratch me, punch me, I'll take it. If you want to yank my hair, spit on me, kick me, I'll endure it. I deserve to be punished. Leave your mark on my body. Show me how much I hurt you, then show me again. Because I'm prepared to withstand anything in order to keep you by my side.
— Faith Sullivan, I Am Yours
I’m fairly certain I’m having my first truly religious experience, and it’s probably a very bad thing that it’s happening in a church, but it’s over a sculpture. Mental note: Add idol worship to your list for confession.
— Lisa Desrochers
Sometimes the best things in life are unexpected.
— Faith Sullivan, Unexpected
I need to know if you would like it if I put him to ground for you.
— T.M. Frazier, The Dark Light of Day
For the first time in a long time a bit of something I was unfamiliar with crept up inside me.If I hadn’t known better, I’d have thought it was hope.
— T.M. Frazier, The Dark Light of Day
Why do you want to touch me? I'm nothing. I'm no one.
— T.M. Frazier, The Dark Light of Day
I feel myself implode, and all I can think about is how much I miss him. I miss curling into his arms and telling him about my day. I miss knowing he’ll always be mine—that no one will ever know me like he does. I miss his lips and his hands. I miss his heart and his soul. I miss every part of him.I feel so empty.Can a person die of emptiness?
— Lisa Desrochers, A Little Too Far
He thrust into me as if he were trying to climb into my soul.
— T.M. Frazier, The Dark Light of Day
I really miss us, Trent.” I swallow. “I miss how I could tell you everything and how I knew you’d never judge me. I miss how safe I used to feel when you held me. I miss that you knew me better than I knew myself. I miss my best friend so much,” I add, as a tear rolls over my lashes. “What we did stole him from me. I want him back.
— Lisa Desrochers, A Little Too Far
You never seem to run out of ways to blow my mind, Lexie. You’re my best friend, and you’re the one woman I can imagine spending the rest of my life with. Do you know how lucky that makes me?
— Lisa Desrochers, A Little Too Far
I looked like a hipster who broke his arm at a Vampire Weekend concert or some shit like that.
— Karina Halle, Shooting Scars
Now let’s go back to your place and bake shit and watch Harry Potter.
— Magan Vernon, The Only One
I don't know. I don't understand how boys think. If I knew that I'd be a millionare.
— Magan Vernon, The Only One
My guitar's name was Liz. As in, short for Elizabeth, Queen of England. She was a lady.Don't judge.
— Rachael Wade, Declaration
It means that I like you for you and you should like you for you.
— Magan Vernon, The Only One
Yes and no. I thought maybe there could be something more, but I couldn’t deny that I still wanted you in the dirtiest ways.” He ran his thumb along the seam of my jeans. “Then I watched you crumble. I never expected you to get that call from the doctor and watching you break made me see a whole other side of you. I want to be your knight in shining armor. To take away the pain. I’ve never felt like this before and whatever we have, I don’t want to lose it. I don’t care if it’s just starting and may be the most fucked up thing. I just want to give it a try. So please call me?
— Magan Vernon, The Only One
Next!” The taller of the guys at the door called. Saved by the yell.
— Magan Vernon, The Only One
With you, there's always music.
— Elyssa Patrick, Stay With Me
He is who he is, but it's not enough for me. I want more. I don't want him for just a night. I want him beside me every night.
— Faith Sullivan, Come What May
It’s always been you and me, Red. Even before we were us. You’ve always had the control in this relationship. Some things may distract us, but I’ll always come back to you
— Magan Vernon, The Only One
The bad thing caught you.I’ve never retreated in my life. I’ve never backed away from a fight and I’ve never cowered in fear. Ever. That’s not who I am. But I’ve been in combat long enough to know that when something unbeatable chases you, you do the only thing you can do.You run. - Gabe
— Courtney Cole, If You Leave
Maybe you should just take it off up in my room and I can help you get dry.” He leaned in, his full lips right on my ear. “Or make you wetter.
— Magan Vernon, The Only One
He thinks he's comforting a friend after a bad breakup. Little does he know-he's the one who's breaking my heart.
— Faith Sullivan, Come What May
Taking the safe road is good, but sometimes, you may miss what could be better. I’d rather love hard and get hurt then not really love at all.
— M.  Clarke
I'm making out with a dead girl in my dreams. I'm screwing women I have no business screwing. I'm pushing away the one person who actually gives a damn about me. It's like the Bermuda Triangle of heartache and I'm sinking fast.
— Faith Sullivan, Come What May
Everybody has something to tell. Everyone has a story. I want to know yours.
— Magan Vernon, The Only Exception
He kissed me with a fire like no other, as if he were afraid breaking the kiss would break us.
— Magan Vernon, The Only Exception
I don’t ever pray, but I’m praying now. If God could just give me you, I’ll never ask for anything else. Please come back to me. We’ve only just begun. We can get through this. We’re not broken…this can be fixed. I’ll fix it for us.
— M.  Clarke
If I wasn’t mated, and wasn’t straight, and you were a Mage, and we hadn’t made that pact for friendship’s sake, I would totally screw you.
— Scarlett Dawn, King Hall
If you're around someone who makes you feel good, you have to go for it. Don't hold back.
— Faith Sullivan, Heartbeat
He made me feel wanted - good about myself, even. Like he immediately accepted me for me, no questions asked.
— Faith Sullivan, Take Me Now
Chemistry's a tricky thing, and if I'm not feeling it, I'm not gonna pretend.
— Faith Sullivan, Heartbeat
Just your being here justifies that what I feel for you is strong enough to endure anything.
— Faith Sullivan, Take Me Now
This is New York, babe. Be ready to expect anything.
— Faith Sullivan, Unexpected
What is it about guys named Adam?
— Faith Sullivan, Come What May
I'd love to wake up next to you in this room, in this bed, every day.
— Faith Sullivan, Take Me Now
Your lips are the only stimulant I need.
— Faith Sullivan, Come What May
Katie, when I saw you again, there was nothing I wanted to do more than stand by your side for the rest of my life.
— Faith Sullivan, Heartbeat
I sort of figured we'd be dating. It makes things like sharing a room a little easier.
— Faith Sullivan, Come What May
Well if it isn't little miss 'Call Me Maybe' back from the dead.
— Faith Sullivan, Heartbeat
You know I'm always ready to indulge your fantasies.
— Faith Sullivan, Unexpected
Comb his Facebook page. See if he has a Twitter account. Follow up on every Google lead. I want to know what makes him tick, what makes him the man he is.
— Faith Sullivan, Take Me Now
I always fantasized about having a girl stand on my bar like in that movie Coyote Ugly, but I never thought it would happen.
— Faith Sullivan, Unexpected
Our eyes met and locked as the song came to a halt, followed by a screaming conclusion from the crowd, girls around us pressing me into the stage, forcing all the air out of my lungs, but I’d forgotten about doing anything so basic as breathing.
— Emme Rollins, Dear Rockstar
There were days I could run far, far away, never to see any of these people again.
— Scarlett Dawn, King Hall
See anything interesting out there in the woods of King Hall?
— Scarlett Dawn, King Hall
I’ll take her home. You guys finish … whatever … you were doing.” She glances to me, a slight blush on her face. I tug Cash’s borrowed shirt down, hiding my red ass cheek. The spatula is still in his hand. He’s only wearing boxers. Dear Lord.
— Pella Grace, Knock Love Out
Her eyes were a bottomless ocean that I would give up air to explore.
— Cora Carmack, Faking It
He took my hand and held it against his chest, "Feel that? It beats for you.
— Karli Perrin, April Showers
Whatever burden it was that she was carrying around, I wanted to carry it for her.
— Colleen Hoover, Slammed
Apparently having emotions equated to having a vagina.
— Cora Carmack, Faking It
Listen, I know you just got back, and you’re exhausted, but I need a favor.” Not again… I was looking forward to going home and sleeping for a day, or several. “I have a date tonight?” “A date?” He choked. I didn’t date, and he knew it. “Yeah, with my bed. We were totally going to sleep together.” I said sarcastically.
— Sophie Monroe, Battlescars: A Rock & Roll Romance
A movie playing on the TV screen in front of us. Some sort of bad Tom Cruise drama. I've never liked Tom Cruise. He always reminded me of someone's creepy cousin, who smiles too big before he touches your butt and whispers something gross in your ear with hot whiskey breath.
— Erin McCarthy, True
I know that whatever you decide, you’ll be happy, Summer, and that is the only thing I could ever wish. Whatever happens in the rest of this summer, whatever happens the rest of your life, it’s important that you are happy, and stay that way. – Aunt Sookie
— Kailin Gow, Loving Summer
His lips touched mine and I lost my breath. Everything slipped away until there was only him. - Natasha
— M.G. Morgan, Sacrifice
What if I wrenched the steering wheel hard to the right and we went crashing into those mist-shrouded trees? Hell, Jane’s hunkload of men would probably appear from nowhere to rescue us, throwing themselves in front of the car to protect my beautiful friend.
— Tabi Wollstonecraft, Thrown
I grinned. “So you are human after all.” I touched his chest, feeling him breathe hard in and out. “I always thought you were made of steel, you know,” I said.“Superman?” Nat arched his eyebrows.“No, the Tin Man,” I answered back. I settled my head against his chest, turning my ear to listen to his heartbeat. “I sometimes wondered if you had a heart.” - Summer, Perfect Summer
— Kailin Gow, Perfect Summer
The dining hall in our section of campus was like something out of an Ayn Rand novel: big, utilitarian, and impersonal.
— Kirstie Collins Brote, Beware of Love in Technicolor
When you find someone you want to spend forever with you, you don't let them go, whether forever turns out to be a day or a year of fifty years. Don't let the fear of losing them keep you from loving them.
— Nicole  Williams, Crash
Caring for someone is scary, because you both know how it feels to lose someone in the span of a heartbeat.
— Nicole  Williams, Crash
I can tell you, Jay, nothing that happens in this life is worth killing yourself over. Time passes, and you can decide to change your future. You don't let what some assholes say or do, direct you. In this life, it only matters what you do with it.
— Nicole Reed, Ruining Me
The day I met you is the day by which all others will be measured. — Levi Ian Bryson
— T.R. Graves, Grave Bound
I had a feeling that Ben Lancaster had just tattooed himself onto my soul and the thing about tattoos? They were painful to remove.
— Julie Bale, The Stillness of You
She was damaged and broken and there wasn’t any kind of glue in the world that could fix her.
— Julie Bale, The Stillness of You
But he was here. In my bed. His body warm and hard and feeling so much like home that I ached.
— Julie Bale, The Stillness of You
Lacing my fingers through his, I studied them. His fingers were so much longer than mine, and I envisioned what those fingers could do. And how long they would take to do it before they sent me over the edge. - Lacey
— Victoria H. Smith, The Space Between
Why do you do that?” Torrin’s voice echoes in the empty hall. His hand is holding my arm gently, not at all like Derek does. I can’t have this. I can’t. I shouldn’t have ever come here with him. I draw in a shaky breath and pull my arm away.  “Do what?” “Walk away every time I ask you something personal?” I stare hard at him. “Why do you do that? He blinks. “Huh?” “Ask so many questions.” His mouth drops open and closes and five long seconds pass before he says, “It’s what people do, Quinn. When they’re getting to know each other.”  I shake my head and spin toward the door.  “You don’t want to get to know me.
— Brooklyn Skye, Stripped
For now, I'll let you plead temporary amnesia," he said and lifted my chin to him. "But I'm never going to forget what it felt like when you were biting my lip instead of your own.
— Magan Vernon, The Only Exception
I plastered on my best poker face, attempting to appear cool and casual even thought I had never been so eager to deliver two Chicken Parmagianas in my life."Just be careful, hon," Rosanna said."Oh, are the plates hot?" I flinched back just before my hands made contact.Rosanna laughed. "No, but hot boys can burn just as easily.
— C.J. Duggan, The Boys of Summer
There’s nothing easier to ‘acquire’ than a girl with a broken heart.
— Daniele Lanzarotta, Insatiable
I’ve never been able to stand up for myself while growing up, but I will stand up for you against anyone who ever threatens to hurt you in any way.
— Daniele Lanzarotta, Insatiable
I don’t get where he gets off thinking he should be able to have his cake and eat it too because news flash, this cake store is fucking closed.--Lane
— Michelle A. Valentine, Rock the Heart
Yes we do. If I don’t have you soon, I’m going to implode. Can’t you see that? I want you to be with me. I can’t stand all these guys coming on to you. The fact that I’m not allowed to do a God damn thing about it because you’re not mine is killing me.”--Noel
— Michelle A. Valentine, Rock the Heart
Fuck the entire world. All that matters is what you think of me.--Noel
— Michelle A. Valentine, Rock the Heart
That's when I caught my first glimpse of Blaine Crabtree. He was sandwiched in between two guys that were laughing at who knows what. At first I didn't notice anything but a big mop of bleached blonde hair, then he looked up from his pack of cloves and I was locked into the bluest eyes that I had ever seen. His expression didn't change, he didn't smile and didn't blink. It seemed like I was lost in his eyes, like he was using them to do the most calculated math problem, and that math problem was me.
— Magan Vernon, My Paper Heart
When he flashed that rockin’ smile of his again, I couldn’t help but think that me being cute was what might be crossing his mind. Then again, maybe he thought I was a dumbass. Either way, he smiled, which was good enough for me. - Ariel
— Victoria H. Smith, The Crimson Hunt
He gazed deeply into my eyes. Placing his hand to my cheek, he caressed my skin with his fingertips. “Ariel, you have a strength that cannot be hindered by anything. A strength that I admire greatly.” - Luca
— Victoria H. Smith, The Crimson Hunt
And if I ever see you or your fake ass Chanel earrings around here again, I will shove my very real, very pointy Jimmy Choos up your prissy little ass. Do I make myself clear?
— Magan Vernon, My Paper Heart
That girl was a goddess and once a guy got hooked on her it was damn hard weaning off. - Drake
— Victoria H. Smith, The Space Between
I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.
— Edgar Allan Poe
I'll take crazy over stupid any day.
— Joss Whedon
The Edge... There is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.
— Hunter S. Thompson, Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga
We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds
—  our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
Sweet, crazy conversations full of half sentences, daydreams and misunderstandings more thrilling than understanding could ever be.
— Toni Morrison, Beloved
I mean, maybe I am crazy. I mean, maybe. But if this is all there is, then I don't want to be sane.
— Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere
Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.
— Ray Bradbury
Did I do anything last night that suggested I was sane?
— Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.
— Nikola Tesla
Insanity is catching.
— Terry Pratchett, Making Money
Now this is the point. You fancy me a mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded...
— Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings
Oh, and I certainly don't suffer from schizophrenia. I quite enjoy it. And so do I.
— Emilie Autumn
The sole difference between myself and a madman is the fact that I am not mad!
— Salvador Dalí
Innocence is a kind of insanity
— Graham Greene, The Quiet American
One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.
— Nikola Tesla
Unfortunately, Susan didn't remember what Jane Fulton once said, 'Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.
— Rita Mae Brown, Sudden Death
I attributed the incidence to temporary insanity, and in my own defense, I'd like to say I haven't run over anyone since.
— Janet Evanovich, One for the Money
For me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of imagination, lack of creativity.
— Jean Dubuffet
When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
— Hermann Hesse
Whoever's calm and sensible is insane!
— Jalaluddin Rumi, The Essential Rumi
Let us consider that we are all partially insane. It will explain us to each other
—  it will unriddle many riddles
Belane, are you nuts?"Who knows? Insanity is comparative. Who sets the norm?
— Charles Bukowski
There is no such thing as ‘too insane’ unless others turn up dead due to your actions.
— Mahatma Gandhi
I did learn something about insanity while I was down there. People go crazy, not because they are crazy, but because it's the best available option at the time.
— Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done
Was everybody seeing this stuff and acting as though they weren't? Was insanity just a matter of dropping the act?
— Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted
I rolled my eyes. "He's talking to himself. My vote is he's crazy." He thought about this. "Maybe he's normal and we're the crazy ones. Maybe everyone should talk to themselves. Maybe we're all just afraid of what we'd say.
— Katie Kacvinsky, Awaken
To be mad is to feel with excruciating intensity the sadness and joy of a time which has not arrived or has already been. And to protect their delicate vision of that other time, madmen will justify their condition with touching loyalty, and surround it with a thousand distractive schemes. These schemes, in turn, drive them deeper and deeper into the darkness and light (which is their mortification and their reward), and confront them with a choice. They may either slacken and fall back, accepting the relief of a rational view and the approval of others, or they may push on, and, by falling, arise. When and if by their unforgivable stubbornness they finally burst through to worlds upon worlds of motionless light, they are no longer called afflicted or insane. They are called saints.
— Mark Helprin, Winter's Tale
Never attempt to apply logic to madness, for there is none; it is the nature of madness to be illogical.
— Navessa Allen, Scandal
and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks.
— Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything
There are certain people in whom you can detect the seeds of madness - seeds that have remained dormant only because the people in question have lived relatively comfortable, middle class lives. They function perfectly well in the world, but you can imagine, given a nasty parent, or a prolonged bout of unemployment, how their potential for craziness might have been realized.
— Zoë Heller, What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]