Carrie Aarons > Quotes

“I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart for so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the time.”
― Carrie Aarons, Hitting to Win

“If it’s meant to be, it will find a way. Life is about mistakes. It’s how we correct them that matters.”
― Carrie Aarons, The Tenth Girl

“I’m weak, and I know it. But, I’ll never stop. Because being with him is the best high I’ve ever known. Because when he touches me, there is no better feeling in the entire world. Because I’m the moth and he’s the flame. And the thing is, I know he wouldn’t even notice if I burned completely.”
― Carrie Aarons, When Stars Burn Out

“my breath had stood still in my lungs. It was as if God or the creator of this beautiful planet, depending on which theory you subscribed to, had put this monumental place here just for people to stop and awe at.”
― Carrie Aarons, Privileged

“You think you’re prepared for it … the death of someone you love. But you can’t know. You can’t know the kind of dagger, the dull kind inserted slowly into the muscle that the world views as the symbol of love. It rips apart every piece of flesh, every nerve, every vessel, every synapse.”
― Carrie Aarons, Fool Me Twice

“Why do you want me?” Her gaze narrows off into the distance, her eyes thoughtful as she ponders my question. “You’ve always stood out in a crowd to me. Even on that playground at Mitchum Elementary. I’ve seen you loud and goofy, I’ve seen your surly and damaged. I guess I just always wanted to peel away those masks, see the real Miles underneath. I think I’d really like him.”
― Carrie Aarons, Hitting to Win

“Glancing back at Gretchen, I smile to myself. I’m about to bring her whole wicked kingdom down.”
― Carrie Aarons, Elite

“We're having Moqueca.”
― Carrie Aarons, Pitching to Win

“there are going to be people in this world armed and ready to take you down. You can scream, you can fight them, you can turn everything into a battle. Or you can walk. You can take your pride, your happiness, and your sanity and turn the other way. A lot of people call that chickening out or quitting. You know what I call it? Preserving your joy.”
― Carrie Aarons, Just About Over You

“Over time, he stopped being interested in what I said when I spoke, and I knew it would only get worse.”
― Carrie Aarons, Nerdy Little Secret

“You never know if you’ll be breathing in the next second after this one. Which is why I take every chance those precious seconds give me.”
― Carrie Aarons, Fool Me Twice

“After our win last night, we were untouchable. Gods.”
― Carrie Aarons, The Tenth Girl

“I love the smell of a new semester. It means new Charter girls; fresh meat.”
― Carrie Aarons, Elite

“An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.”
― Carrie Aarons, The Tenth Girl

“Miles is hung like the guys in pornos.”
― Carrie Aarons, Hitting to Win

“I need to see if your pussy tastes as sweet as your lips.”
― Carrie Aarons, Hitting to Win

“Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but, I hope, into a better shape.”
― Carrie Aarons, The Tenth Girl

“Like you’re the poshest thing since tea time.”
― Carrie Aarons, Privileged

“Comprised of the wealthiest, most athletic, most connected guys currently attending Jade Mountain, we threw the most epic parties, scored the hottest girls, and in general just caused debauchery … in the best way possible.”
― Carrie Aarons, Elite

“I’m just joking with you, Caro.”
― Carrie Aarons, Pitching to Win

“inconvenience”
― Carrie Aarons, Nash Brothers Box Set

“the issue with self-medicating though, whenever you come down, the crash is always worse than the initial place or problem you were in.”
― Carrie Aarons, Nerdy Little Secret

“that dude on that doctor show where everyone is either dying or fucking.”
― Carrie Aarons, Elite

“Antoine de St-Exupéry wrote it. It means ‘Love doesn’t mean gazing at each other, but looking, together, in the same direction.”
― Carrie Aarons, Then You Saw Me

“Well, I’m from London, but originally Liverpool.”
― Carrie Aarons, Elite

“Quantitative Techniques for Biological Systems, Human Anatomy, Molecular Control of Metabolism and Metabolic Disease, Topics in Cell and Regenerative Biology Stem Cell Seminar”
― Carrie Aarons, Nerdy Little Secret

“TV and chicken nuggets, the secret to parenting.”
― Carrie Aarons, Fleeting

“Does the universe know that? Did it drop Mick in my path to test me, or to help me out?”
― Carrie Aarons, Nerdy Little Secret

“You and only you can take care of yourself. If you never forget that, you’ll always succeed.”
― Carrie Aarons, The Tenth Girl

“The dark swathes us, and I can practically feel my heart crack wide open, emotion for her pouring out in my joints and tendons.”
― Carrie Aarons, Nerdy Little Secret