Hailey Gardiner > Quotes

“It feels like leaping into the frigid ocean all over again: a little bit crazy, but oddly refreshing at the same time.”
― Hailey Gardiner, Home Run Heart

“The way his eyes rove over me undoes another knot in my stomach.”
― Hailey Gardiner, Home Run Heart

“I’m soar-ey’.”
― Hailey Gardiner, The Holiduel

“If that means living within the confines of a schedule and dealing with disgruntled guests as well as a grouchy (albeit handsome) hermit out in the middle of the woods, so be it.”
― Hailey Gardiner, Girl Meets Grump

“It’s not about where you start, is it? It’s about where you end up.”
― Hailey Gardiner, Girl Meets Grump

“Whatever he’s got on smells expensive—like it’s made from the tears of mermaids in the Mediterranean.”
― Hailey Gardiner, Home Run Heart

“He shoots me a charming half-grin, lodging more arrows into my already punctured heart.”
― Hailey Gardiner, Home Run Heart

“You’d better keep your voice down!” He lifts a hand and drags his thumb across my cheekbone and down my jawline. I swear I forget how to breathe as he says, “I’ll be whatever you need me to be, Nora.”
― Hailey Gardiner, Home Run Heart

“I’ve got to wait until the right moment, even if it kills me.”
― Hailey Gardiner, Home Run Heart

“You might just throw Brooks off his game tonight looking as good as you do.”
― Hailey Gardiner, Home Run Heart

“That’s it. I’m convinced this woman was put on this earth to torment me.”
― Hailey Gardiner, Girl Meets Grump

“I wonder if he remembers the heart-melting effect his smiles used to have on me.”
― Hailey Gardiner, Home Run Heart

“How unfortunate for me that the one person I’m supposed to stay away from is directly in my way. Again.”
― Hailey Gardiner, Girl Meets Grump

“smells coming up through the vents from below, some of the”
― Hailey Gardiner, The Retreat

“As long as you want,” he says. “Wildwood is yours now.” I bring a hand to his cheek, gently brushing my thumb across his skin. “And so am I.”
― Hailey Gardiner, Girl Meets Grump

“Now I have to stare at her in one of my massive t-shirts and a rolled-up pair of grey sweats, looking irresistibly undone.”
― Hailey Gardiner, Girl Meets Grump

“I think those moments where you allow yourself to really process your grief are necessary. They’re so painful, but that’s what you need sometimes, you know? You have to let yourself grieve the full weight of what you’ve lost.”
― Hailey Gardiner, Home Run Heart

“As a result, I’ve developed a bit of FOMOOS, if you will: Fear of Missing Out On Sleep.”
― Hailey Gardiner, Girl Meets Grump

“stare, unabashed. This burly, brusque bear of a man is also a closet bookworm? This is the sexiest secret I’ve ever been privy to. Somebody hold my bookmark.”
― Hailey Gardiner, Girl Meets Grump

“You work so hard to take care of Ollie and everybody around you, so tonight, I want to take care of you.”
― Hailey Gardiner, Home Run Heart

“Holding her hand is like slipping on my favorite worn baseball glove. Warm and familiar.”
― Hailey Gardiner, Home Run Heart

“So, which one of you is Harry Styles?” I ask. “I’d like to have your babies.”
― Hailey Gardiner, The Retreat

“The entire family is conspiring against me. This is mutiny.”
― Hailey Gardiner, Home Run Heart

“But the more I try to resist her, the stronger the urge to be near her grows. It’s infuriating.”
― Hailey Gardiner, Girl Meets Grump

“Brooks showed up for me tonight, too, and he’s got no idea how much that means to me.”
― Hailey Gardiner, Home Run Heart

“People who struggle with perfectionism are often fueled by fear. Fear of letting others down. Fear of making mistakes. Fear of not being enough.”
― Hailey Gardiner, Home Run Heart

“It’s like muscle memory. I know how to do this. We know how to do this.”
― Hailey Gardiner, Home Run Heart

“To braid the threads of our lives together into one unbreakable knot.”
― Hailey Gardiner, Home Run Heart

“In sickness and in health.” I smile, smoothing back a piece of his hair that’s fallen down over his forehead. “Till our eyebrows depart.”
― Hailey Gardiner, The Retreat

“Five minutes?” I counter, placing a hand on my hip. “You sure that’s all you want?”
― Hailey Gardiner, Home Run Heart