Charlotte Byrd > Quotes

“I watch him start to undress me. The ground moves my feet, but it’s my knees that are shaking. The temperature in the room goes up a few degrees. My breathing quickens.
I watch his fingers pick at my tank top. Nicholas slides one hand underneath. He runs his fingers over my torso, presses them against my stomach. They move up and down with each one of my breaths.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“But I guess that’s the thing about mothers, you only get one and you keep giving her chances because you don’t want to lose her.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“I just want you to know me.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“Teenagers don’t have the experience of years to know that it’s possible to go through a lot and still live a happy life. Life is long. Full of many ups and downs. Things get worse and then they get better.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“How do you know me?” I ask.
Now, it’s his turn to look down at the floor. Now, it’s his turn to hesitate.
“You have to tell me or I won’t even entertain this offer,”

“You owe me a debt, Olive,” he says, slowly. “I don’t have to explain anything to you beyond stating the terms of how you can replay it.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“I love the feeling of a real book in my hands, but I hate having the light on and physically holding the book and turning the pages, especially when I am tired. EBooks make everything so much easier. I can store thousands of them in my device’s library and read whichever one I’m in the mood for that night.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“Tell me to stop,” Nicholas said earlier when he led me here.
“Tell me to stop,” he said when he fastened my arms to the headboard.
“Tell me to stop,” he says now when he lifts up my shirt. He waits for my answer. Again, I say nothing and let him pull it up to my collarbone.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“My hands search for an entrance into his flesh.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Go

“We are always looking, striving, seeking that approval that we never got as children. We don’t trust our strength. We don’t trust standing on our two feet.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“It may have been you at one time, but it’s likely not the you that you are today.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Lie

“but that’s the thing about perspectives, isn’t it? We each have our own and we each live in our own reality according to our perceptions of the world around us.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Black Bounds

“My lust for him has no bounds. I don’t just want him. I crave him. I need him. It’s as if I am addicted to him. I have never experienced anything like this before.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stay

“I want you to spend 365 days and nights with me,” he says slowly and deliberately. "Live with me. Go everywhere I go. Business trips. Dinners with clients. You will act charming and happy to be there. The people I deal with will have to like you. A lot. Some will have to want you.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“But you can’t keep doing the same thing over and over again and expect different results. That is the definition of insanity.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“But ties with toxic mothers are the most difficult ones to break. We, their children, can never really fully do it because our mothers never really taught them how to be adults. We are always looking, striving, seeking that approval that we never got as children. We don’t trust our strength. We don’t trust standing on our two feet.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“No,” he whispers just as I think he’s going to kiss me again. He lets go. My hands drop to my sides. “What’s wrong?” I ask, trying to hide my disappointment. With a wink, Nicholas says, “We have a job to do first.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“otherwise.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Dark Intentions Box Set: Complete Series Books 1-5

“The person to marry is the one who you want to sit on the couch with forever. It’s the person who can make you laugh and fill your heart with excitement and happiness. It’s the person you want to go on an adventure with, life being the biggest adventure ever.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Lie

“I won’t have sex with you,” I say categorically. “You don’t have to,” Nicholas says, his eyes challenging mine. “But I promise you one thing. You will be begging me to do it before our time is up.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“spend on my shoes, but then has no problem spending money on stuff like this. At least, after it’s all said and done, I still have my shoes.” “My husband is the same way with cars.” We laugh as I deliver his drink back to the table. “Thank you,”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Go

“not around. I want to text and talk to him all the time. I can never get enough of him. There are important things going on and yet I can barely bring myself to care.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stay

“and she made fun of me for wanting to actually deposit that ridiculous check, her words not mine. “I was thinking that this person must’ve dropped it off in our mailbox”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“It’s so easy for others to say to just cut out the toxic people from your life, but it’s a very difficult thing to do. The people that get entrenched the deepest are those who are tied to your childhood. They are those who raised you and those who you cannot erase because that would mean erasing every part of who you used to be.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Lie

“I guess that’s the thing about mothers, you only get one and you keep giving her chances because you don’t want to lose her.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“What I do know is that when he touches my hand, he rouses every cell in my body. What I do know is that when he intertwines his fingers with mine, I never want to let him go.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Go

“Sometimes, standing still isn’t enough. Sometimes, you have to take a chance. Sometimes, doing something that scares the shit out of you is the only way to move forward.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Go

“There is still a lot you don’t know about me,” he says. I meet his eyes and don’t look away. “But I always pay my debts.” “Okay,” I say. “Also…” He leans over and kisses me.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Go

“But that’s the thing about secrets, if they are forced into a dark place, they find a way”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Go

“Real life is all about the everyday moments. You can have an explosive love that takes you from one day to another, but it’s the moments in between that matter the most. The person to marry is the one who you want to sit on the couch with forever. It’s the person who can make you laugh and fill your heart with excitement and happiness.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Lie

“I want you to spend the year with me. But that has nothing to do with this money. Your mother’s life is in danger. I can help her with a swipe of a few buttons. That’s what I did.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop