Emma St. Clair > Quotes

“Maybe it’s not too much. Maybe you’ve just grown used to not enough.”
― Emma St. Clair, Just Don't Fall

“Isn’t that love? Wanting what’s best for the other person, even if it breaks your heart?”
― Emma St. Clair, Royally Rearranged

“He laughs again, and I think that I need to secretly record the sound. I could probably play it for plants and make flowers bloom, even on non-flowering varieties. It's that magical.”
― Emma St. Clair, Falling for Your Best Friend's Twin

“My tone is light, but my inner voice is saying things like, Marry me. How many children should we have? I prefer sapphires and emeralds to diamonds.”
― Emma St. Clair, Falling for Your Best Friend's Twin

“Did you wear my jersey?” I ask. I can’t not ask. And yeah, maybe it makes me a brute or an egomaniac or whatever. But I have to know. Parker’s smile is soft. “Of course. I’ve only ever worn your jersey, Logan.”
― Emma St. Clair, Just Don't Fall

“That was actually why I was standing outside Parker’s apartment door when she flung it open last night. I came back because I didn’t want to let the night end without kissing her. Or asking her if she wanted me to kiss her for real.”
― Emma St. Clair, Just Don't Fall

“every story has been told but not by you in your words.”
― Emma St. Clair, Runaway Bride and Prejudice

“My list is one word. And it’s not a character trait. It’s a name.”
― Emma St. Clair, Royally Rearranged

“After celebrating any of our successes, she would always hug us and tell us that we did a great job, and now it was time to dream bigger.”
― Emma St. Clair, Falling for Your Best Friend's Twin

“Logan is my business,” she says. “Not yours.”
― Emma St. Clair, Just Don't Fall

“It doesn’t have to be that bad, I tell myself. Just turn off your mind, do what he says. Don’t let him touch your emotions. Wall them up. It will be fine. You will be fine. You’re a survivor.”
― Emma St. Clair, Royally Rearranged

“I notice there’s a fourth cup, one she didn’t gesture to. “And what’s that one?” “That’s a chai latte,” Parker says. “For me.” “And what if chai lattes are my signature drink?” I deadpan. Without any hesitation, Parker pushes the cup my way. “Then it’s yours.”
― Emma St. Clair, Just Don't Fall

“She laughs then, which was my goal, and I catch a glimpse of the girl I remember. If Parker wasn’t laughing, she was smiling. Always. She was a compact ball of sunshine who drove away the constant storm cloud I lived under. For a while.”
― Emma St. Clair, Just Don't Fall

“I don’t come close to being good enough for Amelia. But if she were mine? I would never let her go. I would spend every waking day and every single breath just hoping I could show her the love she deserves.”
― Emma St. Clair, Runaway Bride and Prejudice

“I don’t want her to think she only looks beautiful when dressed up or something. Because the truth is, Parker looks every bit as beautiful walking around the Summit in her work clothes or or in leggings and a pair of skates. I actually prefer her in skates. Maybe even to the pink dress she’s wearing now.”
― Emma St. Clair, Just Don't Fall

“No—my crush on hockey’s beautiful bad boy began on a typical Tuesday night fifteen years ago when he shared a half-eaten chocolate chip cookie with me and told my brother to stop being a jerk.”
― Emma St. Clair, Just Don't Fall

“What do I want?
Her. Only ever her.”
― Emma St. Clair, Falling for Your Best Friend

“glitter is the butthole of crafts.”
― Emma St. Clair, The Buy-In

“The truth is—I don’t hate dancing. I rarely dance, but only because that usually means being somewhere public. And being somewhere public means people are watching me, maybe even filming me. It’s hard to let go and enjoy when that’s on my mind.”
― Emma St. Clair, Just Don't Fall

“Back in the day, she had the singular ability to make me smile, something I rarely had reason to do. She was always overflowing with energy and big ideas, like some kind of fiery woodland sprite fueled by straight espresso.”
― Emma St. Clair, Just Don't Fall

“But perhaps love is being the exact right size of drill bit to tighten the other person's very specific loose screws.

Okay, this analogy may not fully work since I don't use tools and it sounds unnecessarily dirty. What I mean is that maybe love is giving the other person the something they may not have on their own.”
― emma st. clair, If All Else Sails

“stop with all the flirting and the touching and the pretending!"
Van's face shifts, and before I can blink, he's trapped my magazine wielding hand in his. Our faces are much too close as he says, "Who said anything about pretending?”
― Emma St. Clair, Runaway Bride and Prejudice

“(Because let’s face it—all teenage boys exist on a sliding scale of stupidity.)”
― Emma St. Clair, Just Don't Fall

“That I don’t want to fake date her as some move for my career. I want to really date her because I really want to.”
― Emma St. Clair, Just Don't Fall

“I'm starting to suspect Amelia is going to ruin me.”
― Emma St. Clair, Runaway Bride and Prejudice

“I could be worthy of her. I would give up everything for her. If she really needed me to marry her to keep the crown and to prevent her from marrying the lecherous Prince of Valdonia, I would. I would do anything for her. Including marrying her when she sees it as duty. I’d have a lifetime to convince her it’s love. To win her over.”
― Emma St. Clair, Royally Rearranged

“She was always overflowing with energy and big ideas, like some kind of fiery woodland sprite fueled by straight espresso.”
― Emma St. Clair, Just Don't Fall

“I’m the broke, disheveled failed baker who apparently teleports in llama pajamas.”
― Emma St. Clair, The Serendipity

“You are the very best fake boyfriend I’ve ever had,” she says softly.”
― Emma St. Clair, Just Don't Fall

“I gave Aaron your number. The one he had must have been wrong. He said it went to some business.” It sure did: Franco’s Birthday Clowns. Because after the dinner with my parents and the Wagners, that’s the number I gave him. It’s what Aaron deserves. Clowns.”
― Emma St. Clair, Just Don't Fall