Karla Sorensen > Quotes

“You want to know why I’ve never once been tempted to cheat on my wife when most guys wouldn’t think twice? Because I don’t want to. There ain’t nothing out there that’s better than what I’ve got at home. No one who could ever compare.”
― Karla Sorensen, The Bombshell Effect

“Because how she looked didn’t matter. How I treated her did.”
― Karla Sorensen, The Bombshell Effect

“You Ward women, you should come with a warning label, princess.”
― Karla Sorensen, Faked

“And then a few years pass, and you want to slap your past self for ever thinking something that stupid.”
― Karla Sorensen, Focused

“You make me feel amazing just by being you, Bauer.”
― Karla Sorensen, Faked

“I love you,” I told her. Simply because I couldn’t not tell her. The words just … refused to stay inside me, now that I knew what they meant.”
― Karla Sorensen, Faked

“sometimes, the best things in life come straight from your blind side.”
― Karla Sorensen, Focused

“We only run scared from the things that matter. And every time we do, they just get bigger in our minds until we can’t see anything past that. Until you wake up one day and realize that whatever you’re afraid of isn’t bigger than the thing you want.”
― Karla Sorensen, Forever Starts Tonight

“I'd give you anything you want, princess. Anything to make you smile like you are right now.”
― Karla Sorensen, Faked

“He didn’t ask me to dim who I was to appease his own ego; he simply matched me toe to toe.”
― Karla Sorensen, The Marriage Effect

“Why'd you make that?" she asked quietly. "The movie."
"Because there needs to be a record somewhere," I told her. "There should be proof, undeniable proof, of the very best thing I've ever achieved in my life." I wrapped my arms around her back and lifted her up in my arms so I could whisper where no one but us would hear. "Falling in love with you is the greatest thing I've ever done, Molly Ward.”
― Karla Sorensen, Focused

“Luke is my neighbor,” I said. “In case you’re wondering why he’s acting like an insane person right now.”
― Karla Sorensen, The Bombshell Effect

“Because you are the most frustrating, adorable, mystifying woman I've ever had the pleasure of meeting, [...]”
― Karla Sorensen, Faked

“And I hated her at that moment because she was so beautiful that it hurt to look at her. Like waking up in the morning to find the sun aimed straight at me when I wasn’t prepared for it.”
― Karla Sorensen, The Bombshell Effect

“I don’t do casual, and the second you bare your body to me, the second I get my hands on you like I’ve imagined a thousand times, the second you take me in, it’s you and me, you got it?”
― Karla Sorensen, The Marriage Effect

“It’s not about being worthy or perfect. It’s about finding the right person and choosing them.”
― Karla Sorensen, Forbidden

“You know nothing about me. You know nothing about the type of person I am. I’ll treat you with the respect you deserve as the team quarterback, but you sure as hell better do me the same courtesy as the team owner. I may still be getting my footing, but I bet I could make all sorts of trouble for you if you ever felt the need to remind me what women who look like me usually do or say in your obnoxious, golden boy presence.”
― Karla Sorensen, The Bombshell Effect

“Here's the deal: you've got more natural talent in your pinky finger than most players on my entire defense. And if you tell anyone I said that, I'll deny it until my dying breath.”
― Karla Sorensen, Focused

“The moment you break someone’s trust, it doesn’t matter what your intentions were. You just have to deal with the fallout.”
― Karla Sorensen, One and Only

“I knew it," I whispered to Lia. "I told you I'd be the only one wearing a dress." People milled around the center, and all those jerks wearing jeans and leggings and cute T-shirts were like one giant taunt when I thought about the fact that I'd shaved my legs for this.”
― Karla Sorensen, Faked

“«Voglio qualcuno che mi ami così tanto da non sopportare l’idea di doverci nascondere nell’ombra. Voglio qualcuno che mi ami così tanto che tutte le cose brutte e difficili che possono derivare dall’uscire alla luce del sole non lo preoccupino perché le affronteremmo insieme.» Mi sfuggì un piccolo singhiozzo. «Non voglio supplicare per avere tutto questo.»«Con lui avevi la sensazione di farlo?»Un’altra lacrima scivolò lungo il mio viso, scomparendo nei miei capelli. «No. Era… bello. Giusto.» Luke mi mancava. Con lui non mi sentivo una persona diversa. Mi sentivo la versione più forte e più potente di quella che ero già. Adesso ero disposta ad ammettere il mio valore; sapevo che valevo più di una sola notte a settimana.Anche lui, del resto. Solo che non voleva correre il rischio. E io non sarei stata la rete di sicurezza di nessuno, convenientemente piazzata e su cui atterrare in tutta tranquillità.Volevo essere il viaggio avventuroso, la caduta libera, il salto da una scogliera verso qualcosa di esaltante.Prima o poi, sarei stata in grado di stare nella sua stessa stanza senza pensare che lui era stato esattamente quello per me, anche se per breve tempo.«Quindi sei innamorata di lui?» domandò Paige a bassa voce.Mi morsi l’interno della guancia. Non volevo più piangere. Innamorarsi avrebbe dovuto essere piacevole, giusto? Non qualcosa che ti faceva piangere. D’altronde, suppongo che questo fosse ciò che accadeva quando capitolavi nello stesso giorno in cui qualcuno faceva scoppiare una bomba nella tua vita privata.Ma ero davvero innamorata di Luke Pierson?Sì.Doveva essere l’unica spiegazione per cui tutto questo mi rendeva così infelice. Perché, mentre sedevo sul divano nella casa in cui ero cresciuta, non pensavo più all’imbarazzo che avevo provato. Non pensavo a chi aveva visto cosa, o se i tifosi avevano perso il rispetto per me. Pensavo solamente a lui.«Ha importanza?» chiesi a Paige. O all’universo. O a chiunque mi stesse ascoltando.Lei non rispose. Nessuno lo fece. Di sicuro sarebbe stato carino se una voce tonante mi avesse detto cosa fare. Ma non c’era nessuno. Solo io, che cercavo di capire cosa diavolo sarebbe accaduto ora”
― Karla Sorensen, The Bombshell Effect

“Don't be so consumed with what you're missing that you stop paying attention to what's in front of you.”
― Karla Sorensen, Floored

“Because the worst feeling in the world was falling in love with someone who wasn’t capable of returning that love in the way you needed.”
― Karla Sorensen, Forbidden

“And I knew the moment she appeared because the scariest defensive end in the league, the one who grew up in the house behind ours, absolutely crumpled when he saw my sister walking toward him. He held a hand over his mouth briefly, eyes shining with unshed tears. His friend and teammate, standing in the mirror position to mine, slapped him on the back and whispered something to Noah that had him dropping his hand, straightening so that he could watch Molly. A tear slid down the side of his cheek when he smiled at her.”
― Karla Sorensen, Forbidden

“Be the thermostat, not the thermometer. Set the bar for your reaction instead of allowing outside circumstances to tell you what the temp was.”
― Karla Sorensen, Baking Me Crazy

“«Dormi» bisbigliai contro la sua fronte.Non volevo più chiedermi perché stessi facendo le cose che stavo facendo. Sembrava giusto sussurrarle quella parola con tutto il suo significato sottinteso. Sembrava giusto farla rannicchiare tra le mie braccia e lasciare che il suo corpo esausto si distendesse ancora di più.Dopo un momento di silenzio carico di interrogativi – le sue domande quasi una presenza tangibile tra di noi – la sentii rilassarsi. Il suo braccio scivolò sul mio stomaco e la sua testa si posò sul mio petto, e pochi istanti dopo il suo respiro si regolarizzò.Il sonno arrivò molto più tardi per me mentre guardavo la luce allontanarsi dal letto, lasciandoci nell’oscurità. Un’analogia appropriata per ciò che sapevo di dover fare.”
― Karla Sorensen, The Bombshell Effect

“What comes next is whatever you want, and that's the biggest, scariest, most beautiful part of living.”
― Karla Sorensen, Baking Me Crazy

“How rude of him to require actual words and actual sentences to understand me. It was his fault I was like this. If he’d been a good husband and screwed me on our wedding day, I wouldn’t have been reduced to this stuttering, fumbling version of myself.”
― Karla Sorensen, The Marriage Effect

“and groaned. And Tate, saint that he is, just sighed and helped Rachel stand up, wrapping an arm around her waist to keep her steady as their sad little group moved towards the exit. "Okay Mike Tyson, let's go." He turned to Casey”
― Karla Sorensen, By Your Side

“Men are so unbelievably stupid,” I hissed. This is why God created vibrators.”
― Karla Sorensen, The Bombshell Effect