J. Bengtsson > Quotes

“The interview took about ten minutes. Apparently my life was so boring I couldn’t even get my fifteen minutes of fame.”
― J. Bengtsson, The Theory of Second Best

“I’m yours. Never forget that.”
― J. Bengtsson, Grace Note

“I decided right then and there that I loved this boy. I didn’t care that I’d only known him for a day. I didn’t care that he was living hard on the streets. I didn’t care that he’d lied his way through the day. All I cared about was the way he made me feel – like I was the only one for him. The girl who hurt his eyes.”
― J. Bengtsson, Grace Note

“I’ve decided,” he said.
“What have you decided?”
“I’ve decided to let you save me.”
― J. Bengtsson, Grace Note

“I get paid for my time, not sex, but if she’s hot and wants it, I say why not? I’ll throw it in as a freebie.” “And if she’s not hot?” “I’ll probably still throw it in. My standards aren’t real high.”
― J. Bengtsson, Fiercely Emma

“His fingers, long and nimble, closed around mine and the familiarity sent a wave of heat through me. My god, it was Rory Higgins. These hands were the first to ever touch me. They’d awakened me. The things he’d done, the way he’d made me feel…it wasn’t an exaggeration to say he’d ruined me for all others.”
― J. Bengtsson, Grace Note

“Falling in love was a funny thing. I’d always assumed it was something that crept up on you slowly, a feeling that gradually blossomed into something bigger and better until you knew that, yes, this was the one. But that’s not how it was at all. Not with Finn. Love with him was like a punch in the gut, leaving me dazed and breathless. I didn’t have time to prepare or to protect myself, he just barrelled into my life and staked his claim on my heart. And although I did my best to slow the process down, there was no way to stop it. Love could not be turned off any more than it could be forced on.”
― J. Bengtsson, Fiercely Emma

“You know I’ll always love you … I’ll always want you.”
― J. Bengtsson, Grace Note

“We can’t go back, Kyle. Life was never meant to be traveled in reverse.”
― J. Bengtsson, Hunker Down with the McKallisters

“Aren’t you scared? The whole world has gone to hell. How are we ever going to get back to what it was?” There was a long pause before he replied. “We can’t go back, Kyle. Life was never meant to be traveled in reverse.”
― J. Bengtsson, Hunker Down with the McKallisters

“genuine”
― J. Bengtsson, Next In Line

“It’s a trap,” Grace warned
“Don’t look him in the eye.”
“He’s using your newness against you,” Finn cautioned.
Scott groaned. “Don’t listen to them, Rory … just because you’re young and inexperienced and don’t know any different doesn’t mean a thing. This is about me wanting to bond with my new drum-in-law. If that’s wrong, I don’t want to be right.”
― J. Bengtsson, Grace Note

“He saw me. Not who I was supposed to be but me.”
― J. Bengtsson, Grace Note

“It wasn’t just the way he looked or the things he did to me to slay me. It was that I wanted him right down to my core. I’d never been so sure of anything in my life.”
― J. Bengtsson, Next In Line

“The second my mother lays eyes on you, she’ll be plotting our engagement. If you can’t handle that, speak now or forever hold your peace.”
― J. Bengtsson, Fiercely Emma

“If there was one thing us McKallisters did well, it was to close ranks when tragedy struck. You were either in by way of DNA or you were in by holding on to your chosen McKallister for dear life.”
― J. Bengtsson, Grace Note

“For the most part, I found people to be fairly black and white, but Jake was more like fifty shades of gray… and not the good kind.”
― J. Bengtsson, The Theory of Second Best

“Once I understood that someone like you could love me, it changed my whole life. You saved me, Grace. In every way”
― J. Bengtsson, Grace Note

“So much for this being my ticket to a better life,” Dad huffed. “It doesn’t get any better than this,” Mom deadpanned. “Yeah, that’s what I’m afraid of,” Dad grumbled.”
― J. Bengtsson, Cake

“I’d taken him in. I’d loved him and nurtured him and given him a home inside my heart. I’d given him other things, too – like, all of me. He was my first love, and if my heart had only had its way, he would’ve been my last.
He was the one who got away, the OG owner of my former lovesick, teenaged heart.”
― J. Bengtsson, Grace Note

“Six seconds, Kyle. That’s all it took for you to get on my nerves.” “I was going for four, but I’ll take six.”
― J. Bengtsson, The Theory of Second Best

“Jess was someone I could see myself with, not just for a night but for life.”
― J. Bengtsson, Next In Line

“Daddy, look at me. Look at me, Daddy,” Axel hollered, a big toothy grin accompanying my youngest’s spastic movements as he flopped on the grass like an earthworm. Yep, that one was all mine.”
― J. Bengtsson, Hunker Down with the McKallisters