Kristen Granata > Quotes

“Sometimes, all it takes is one person who believes in you, one person in your corner, to help you realize that all your broken pieces are worth a damn.”
― Kristen Granata, Dear Santa

“Chase smiled a smile that I recognized all too well – the kind of expression people make when they are smiling through the pain. The mouth puts on a show, but the eyes give it all away.”
― Kristen Granata, Collision

“You’re the most important thing you’ve got. You can love someone with your whole heart and still stay true to yourself.”
― Kristen Granata, What's Left of Me

“I believe in caring about someone so much that you’d do anything for them. I believe in putting someone’s happiness over your own. I believe in showing them every single day how much they mean to you, even if it’s in little ways to let them know you’re thinking of them.”
― Kristen Granata, Heart Trick

“It’s loving someone so fiercely and hoping it’s enough to glue together all the broken pieces of their past.”
― Kristen Granata, Heart Trick

“Fear traps you inside your own body, holding you prisoner, convincing you of lies that sound like the truth.”
― Kristen Granata, Fighting the Odds

“You have to listen in the silence too. That’s when people speak the most.”
― Kristen Granata, Inevitable

“My days have been filled with darkness. Black clouds raging overhead, winds whipping against me. I never thought the storm would pass—when you’re in the eye of it, it seems like it never will. But I’ve learned that you can’t give up. You can’t stop fighting. The storm circling you will pass, as do all things in life, big and small. And when the skies clear, what a magnificent sight you’ll see. Sunlight shines hope down on you, warming your face, breathing new life back into you amidst the rubble. Don’t focus on the wreckage. It can all be rebuilt.
You don’t want to miss out on the most incredible rainbow.”
― Kristen Granata, Dear Santa

“Love stories are like religion; people need something to believe in, something to cling to, even if they never actually find out whether it exists.”
― Kristen Granata, Collision

“We all carry around the weight of our traumas and try to survive. We do what we have to in order to cope.” I glance up at the night sky. “It’s not us who’s fucked up. Life is fucked up.”
― Kristen Granata, Bring Me Back

“I envy the people who stop eating when they’re stressed. I’m an emotional eater. I eat my feelings, and unfortunately, they aren’t fat free. They taste a lot like Ben and Jerry’s.”
― Kristen Granata, Hating the Boss

“When someone pushes you away, you need to find the strength to hold on tighter.”
― Kristen Granata, What's Left of Me

“Your mistakes don’t define you. They teach you, sure. But they don’t change who you are. They don’t dictate your future. Not unless you let it.”
― Kristen Granata, What's Left of Me

“When you have darkness inside you, it helps you recognize darkness in others.”
― Kristen Granata, Bring Me Back

“Maybe that’s why we have such a hard time moving on from trauma, because we’re still the same person we were before it happened, only everything around us has changed. Life goes on, but we’re stuck in purgatory, replaying old memories of the good times.”
― Kristen Granata, Bring Me Back

“You save everyone, but who saves you?”
― Kristen Granata, Bring Me Back

“Hear me when I say you cannot fix anyone but yourself. You can change, and grow, and become a stronger person who doesn’t feel the need to fix everyone around them. Right now, you need to focus on fixing yourself.”
― Kristen Granata, What's Left of Me

“If you want me to be flirty, then bring wine. If you want me to take off my top and dance on the table, then bring tequila. And if you want me to be happy, then bring mint chocolate chip ice cream—the green kind with big chocolate chunks in it.”
― Kristen Granata, Heart Trick

“Bring me back, James.” “I always will.”
― Kristen Granata, Bring Me Back

“You don't know. That's what trust is - you give someone the chance to hurt you, and hope that they don't.”
― Kristen Granata, Avoidance

“Music has a way of making me feel as if I’m not alone in my pain because there’s someone out there who feels as much as I do. The lyrics articulate the things I can’t bring myself to admit to anyone, sometimes not even myself, and for those few minutes, it heals my broken soul.”
― Kristen Granata, Bring Me Back

“They’re not porn books. They just have…” “Porn in them.”
― Kristen Granata, Bring Me Back

“Having something for a little while is better than not ever having it at all.”
― Kristen Granata, Back to You

“You blow me away, Eva. No one compares to you. You’ve changed me, you make me want to be better. But that doesn’t mean shit if you’re not with me. The truth is: I don’t want to live my life without you in it. Please, Eva. Give me another chance. I’ll do it right this time. I wasn’t ready for you when we met, and everything was so wrong, but I promise you, I’ll give you everything I have in me if you say you’ll be mine.”
― Kristen Granata, Inevitable

“Eh, I’d give him a solid six. At least he didn’t rub my clit raw like the rest of them. I don’t understand why they think they have to treat it like they’re buffing out a scratch on their car. It’s sensitive. Fucking take it easy, DJ Scribble.”
― Kristen Granata, Puck Pact

“Hey, Warden. What are you reading over there?” I glance two rows ahead of me. “My girl’s book.” McKinley waggles his eyebrows. “I heard your girl writes porn.” “We watch it; women read it. It’s all the same in the end.”
― Kristen Granata, Heart Trick

“I grasp his face in my hands, forcing his emerald eyes back to mine. Let them think what they want. You’re going to blow them away.
And how do you know that?
Because I know you. And I’ve heard your music. It’s amazing.
One corner of his mouth kicks up. That’s because all the songs are about you.
I grin. I mean, that helps.”
― Kristen Granata, Dear Santa

“Life's not a fairy tale. Princes don't come along on their white horses and rescue women from their terrible lives.”
― Kristen Granata, Collision

“if one-hundred-thousand dollars is worth being tied down. Because even though you’re not marrying for love, you have to be all in.”
― Kristen Granata, Puck Pact

“Then I remember something my therapist once told me: I need to stop overanalyzing everything. It doesn’t serve me to sit here and waste time wondering why someone did something.”
― Kristen Granata, Bring Me Back