Helen Hoang > Quotes

“If you can’t stand being with a woman who’s more successful than you, then leave her alone. She’s better off without you. If you actually love her, then know the value of that love and make it a promise. That is the only thing she needs from you.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“All the things that make you different make you perfect.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“I don't want just a night or a week or a month with you. I want you all the time. I like you better than calculus, and math is the only thing that unites the universe.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“She didn’t know how to be semi-interested in something. She was either indifferent . . . or obsessed.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“Michael was mint chocolate chip for her. She could try other flavors, but he’d always be her favorite.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“When you love someone, you fight for them in every way you know how.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“This crusade to fix herself was ending right now. She wasn't broken. She saw and interacted with the world in a different way, but that was her. She could change her actions, change her words, change her appearance, but she couldn't change the root of herself. At her core, she would always be autistic. People called it a disorder, but it didn't feel like one. To her, it was simply the way she was.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“How did one not obsess over something wonderful? How did one like something a reasonable amount?”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“Women buy underwear for the men they love. It’s economics. Data supports this claim.”
“Are you telling me you love me, Stella?”
She hugged Karate Bear tight and nodded, suddenly overcome by shyness.
“You’re not going to give me the words?” he asked.
“I’ve never said them to anyone but my parents.”
“You think I run around telling women I love them?”
He pulled her close and pressed their foreheads together.
“I’m going to get the words out of you. Tonight.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“The hero didn’t even have to win. All he had to do to get the girl was fight for her. If he lost, she’d kiss him better.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“Everything about him pleased her. Not just his looks, but his patience and his kindness. He was good. He was an obsession waiting to happen.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“No one should need a diagnosis in order to be compassionate to themself.”
― Helen Hoang, The Heart Principle

“She had a disorder, but it didn’t define her. She was Stella. She was a unique person.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“Could you say something, please? When a guy tells a girl he loves her, he doesn’t want silence in response. Was I too late? Are you over me?”

“Are you wearing the underwear I got you?”

Laughter cracked out of him. “Sometimes, the way your mind works is a complete mystery to me.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“Everyone deserved to love and be loved back. Everyone.”
― Helen Hoang, The Bride Test

“The world stopped.
All was silence but for their hearts trying to synchronize their crashing.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“How did you change your life when you were trapped like this? Her history didn't define her. Her origins didn't define her. At least, they shouldn't. She could be more, if she had a chance.”
― Helen Hoang, The Bride Test

“All I can do is go forward, and to do that, I must stop chasing perfection. It doesn't exist. I can never please everyone. It's hard enough just pleasing myself. Instead, I must focus on giving what I have, not what people want, because that is all I can give.”
― Helen Hoang, The Heart Principle

“Yes, she was lonely. Yes, she had a broken heart. But at least she had herself.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“This goes two ways, Stella. You like the feel of me. I like the feel of you.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“Their bodies lined up next to each other in that perfect way, and he pressed his cheek to hers like he was savoring being close to her.

“Please, don’t let me make you cry,” he whispered in her ear. “If something is wrong, tell me so I can fix it. Please.”

Her heart squeezed, and she hugged him tight. “I’ll tell you.”
― Helen Hoang, The Bride Test

“My heart works in a different way, but it’s yours. You’re my one.”
― Helen Hoang, The Bride Test

“I do wonder if she’s acting just like I am. How much of what people say is genuine and how much is politeness? Is anyone really living their life or are we all reading lines from a giant script written by other people?”
― Helen Hoang, The Heart Principle

“Love, he found, was a jail. It trapped, and it clipped wings. It dragged you down, forced you to places you didn’t want to go”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“She ached so badly to be held it felt like a sickness had invaded her muscles and bones. As usual, her own arms provided little comfort.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“Money is better than men.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“For that’s the only place where true perfection exists—the blank page. Nothing I actually do can compete with the boundless potential of what I could do. But if I allow the fear of imperfection to trap me in perpetual beginnings, I’ll never create anything again.”
― Helen Hoang, The Heart Principle

“Warm. Content. Safe in his arms. Him safe in hers. She hugged him tighter. He was bigger and stronger, but she would protect him with everything she had.”
― Helen Hoang, The Bride Test

“When you loved something, you were good at it. If you weren't good right away, you got good at it.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“She was so beautiful she made his chest hurt.”
― Helen Hoang, The Bride Test