Melanie A. Smith > Quotes

“Intentions aside, we’re all capable of hurting people.”
― Melanie A. Smith, Bad Boys Don't Make Good Boyfriends

“Love lost isn’t the end; it can always be found again if you’re open to it.”
― Melanie A. Smith, Finding His Redemption

“Falling in love is part choice, part fate. But how do you decide when to stop loving someone?”
― Melanie A. Smith, All of Me

“As I fall asleep in his arms, I wish I hadn’t resisted him all those weeks. Even though on some level I realize it’s because of exactly this; that I knew how much I could feel for this man. That our chemistry both inside the bedroom and out would be like nothing I’ve ever felt. It both excites me and terrifies me in equal measure. I close my eyes and hope for the best.”
― Melanie A. Smith, Never Date a Doctor

“Isn’t that what loving someone is? Taking a chance every single day that they’ll stick around? That the rug won’t get pulled out from under you?”
― Melanie A. Smith, Finding His Redemption

“I just want her to look at me and know that she's not just beautiful because of the strength she tries to project, but also because of the things she thinks make her look weak.”
― Melanie A. Smith, Everybody Lies

“People are only defensive when they have something to defend.”
― Melanie A. Smith, Bad Boys Don't Make Good Boyfriends

“Goodbye too painful a word to utter, we part in silence.”
― Melanie A. Smith, The Safeguarded Heart

“A month with her and I’ve found the courage to do what I’ve wanted to for years. I say a prayer that I survive this, so I can see what a lifetime with her would do.”
― Melanie A. Smith, Everybody Lies

“...that’s how life is, dear. Even when we think we know something, we’re all really just flying blind. Things change. People change. You can never have all the facts.”
― Melanie A. Smith, Everybody Lies

“...everybody lies. It’s a necessary coping mechanism. That’s easy for me to forget with the constant voice in my head reminding me of every little transgression, like it’s something unnatural, wrong, and harmful. And sometimes it is. But sometimes, it’s just what we need to do to protect ourselves.”
― Melanie A. Smith, Everybody Lies

“I'm like a druggie. And he's my drug. Can it last? Or is it, like any addiction, doomed to consume me, body and soul?”
― Melanie A. Smith, All of Me

“Wanting to care for someone, to put their needs above yours, is love.”
― Melanie A. Smith, Pompous Paramedic

“But the missing piece, and what there is no accounting for, is love. The force I've resisted all these years due to its destructive nature, its ability to make even the smartest among us do some truly unwise things.”
― Melanie A. Smith, All of Me

“But life happens in its own course, whether you’re ready or not.”
― Melanie A. Smith, Vegas Baby

“All you can do is try. You cannot control another’s reactions. And if you truly accept that, you’ll have peace no matter the outcome.”
― Melanie A. Smith, Finding His Redemption

“My past may have shaped me, but I choose what my life is now.”
― Melanie A. Smith, Everybody Lies

“Everyone can be selfish sometimes. Especially when they're hurting.”
― Melanie A. Smith, All of Me

“Bad things happen all the time to good people who've done nothing to deserve them. Only you can choose how you handle it. Whether to press through and overcome it or succumb to self-pity.”
― Melanie A. Smith, Never Date a Doctor

“My heart burns with anger, but the part of me that’s still his responds to him, still wants to believe there’s hope. It’s the thing I love and hate most about love: Hope dies last.”
― Melanie A. Smith, Everybody Lies

“Why does anyone love someone? Some things are just meant to be.”
― Melanie A. Smith, Her Dirty Secret

“...just because you know a lie when you hear one doesn’t mean you know the truth...”
― Melanie A. Smith, Everybody Lies

“I would have preferred whiskey. There’s nothing like its bold flavor and strong burn to remind you that you’re alive. And then quickly dull that feeling.”
― Melanie A. Smith, Everybody Lies

“Everything I knew I’d feel around him floods me at once. Loss so deep it tears me open. Love so strong it heals. Hope that grates too sharply on the jagged edges of my heart.”
― Melanie A. Smith, Finding His Redemption

“You can’t buy love. But you also can’t help who you fall in love with. You just have to be able to let yourself see them for who they really are, not just who you see them as. It’s hard, getting past your own perceptions, past the hurts that scar you along the way. But I think that’s the real lesson in life: being willing to revisit your assumptions before they keep you from living happily ever after.”
― Melanie A. Smith, You Can't Buy Love

“Why is it so easy to believe the worst opinions of ourselves and not the best?”
― Melanie A. Smith, Pompous Paramedic

“But I know three things, Serafina Evans,” he replies, kissing me lightly on the lips. “First, that I’ve loved you since the moment I saw you.” He kisses me more deeply. “Second, that I missed you even when I didn’t remember you, I just didn’t realize that’s what I was feeling until my memories came back.” He kisses me again in a way that causes me to moan against him. “And finally, that life is too short, too precious to live another moment without asking you to be my wife.” He slips out of my arms, crouching on one knee next to the couch, the ring mysteriously having appeared in his hand. “Marry me, Sera.”
― Melanie A. Smith, Never Forget: A Steamy Soulmates Romantic Suspense

“Something inside me breaks. It's that fucking heart I didn't know I had.”
― Melanie A. Smith, Everybody Lies

“Hope is the light inside you that gets you through the darkest times.”
― Melanie A. Smith, Pompous Paramedic

“Believing him isn’t a choice. I have no doubt he means it. He’s spoken to me more plainly than he ever has to demonstrate his veracity. But truth and trust are two different things. And how can I possibly trust him when he kept something this big from me?”
― Melanie A. Smith, Everybody Lies