Piper Sheldon > Quotes

“Mean girls were symptomatic of most patriarchal cultures. Their appearance had always boggled me, as women had enough odds stacked against them. You’d think they’d band together rather than tear each other down. But then again, I’m sure the roots were based so deep in our patriarchal society, that it sought to do exactly that—keep them fighting.”
― Piper Sheldon, My Bare Lady

“To both of our surprises, I gripped her closer and squeezed her until she relaxed back into my arms. "Don't apologize for feeling things freely. Just because I'm bad at it, doesn't mean I don't envy it."
She sniffled and looked up at me. She shook her head and frowned. "Your issue is not that you don't feel, Ford. Your issue is that you feel too much." She smiled and put her head back on my racing heart.”
― Piper Sheldon, My Bare Lady

“There’s no logic in evil… or teenagers.”
― Piper Sheldon, The Unseen

“The rain lessened, but only because it was transforming into heavy, fat flakes of snow.”
― Piper Sheldon, Fall Shook Up

“I’ll never agree to anything without hearing it first. That’s how people end up with a tattoo of a platypus on their ass.”
― Piper Sheldon, The Treble With Men

“Every step brought me closer to a line I never thought I'd cross. But this was my life. My choices had all led me to this point. There was no changing those facts without doing what Occum asked. I had to live this role a little longer if I wanted to be someone new.

But it didn't change the fact that with every step toward that room, I felt like I was giving something of myself away I could never get back.”
― Piper Sheldon, My Bare Lady

“It's okay you know," she said without looking up.
"What is?"
"To have a little fire in you.”
― Piper Sheldon, My Bare Lady

“That’s my girl.”
― Piper Sheldon, Stranger Than Fan Fiction

“I was transfixed. It wasn’t just the way she mastered the room. It wasn’t just how her choreography perfectly correlated with the entrancing music. It wasn’t just her sex appeal. It was that unwavering gaze and focus on her task. To the rest of the room, staring blatantly at her admirable- ahem-assets, she was an object, but I recognize the barely controlled passion rolling under her skin. What would it be like to be that strong? Not just physically, but strong in a way that allowed her to bare her soul to a group of greedy strangers. My passions were locked away safely inside me and yet she had put it all out there. Such bravery and passion.”
― Piper Sheldon, My Bare Lady

“I sometimes forget to say the most obvious things,”
― Piper Sheldon, My Bare Lady

“I think you look very...sufficient."
"You can do better than that Ford." She frowned.
I squeezed my fists and on a whoosh of breath said, "You take my breath away every time I look at you." I gently shut the door and jogged around to the driver's side.
I started the car and pulled into the street without a glance in her direction.
After a few minutes, she relaxed back against the seat. "You don't look so bad yourself.”
― Piper Sheldon, My Bare Lady

“Today, I learned that forearms with popping veins are a breathtaking sight to see in real life.”
― Piper Sheldon, Fall Shook Up

“Put yourself first. Nobody else will.”
― Piper Sheldon, Stranger Than Fan Fiction

“Social media is the downfall of humanity,” I said through huffs of breath. “We pay fake tribute to pretend lives that nobody has and then bully ourselves for not living up to those expectations.”
― Piper Sheldon, Fall Shook Up

“If touching her felt like a gift from the universe, imagine what good conversation would be like.”
― Piper Sheldon, The One That I Want

“It doesn’t hurt to never have their respect, but it hurts like hell to lose it.”
― Piper Sheldon, My Bare Lady

“look.”
― Piper Sheldon, Band Together

“I would help out this woman in crisis, just once, and then I could go back to ignoring the world. I growled loud enough that a passing woman pulled her kid to another aisle. It wasn’t much as far as supplies went: the catastrophic half-and-half, a few protein bars, some trail mix, fresh ground coffee, a couple of cases of water, extra toilet paper and paper towels, and some fresh fruit jam from Sutton Farms. And vegetables. And a couple of extra blankets for when the temps dropped this week, as predicted. Maybe a fresh loaf of bread from Cozy Creek Confectionery and some sharp cheese to pair with the jam. Hopefully, she wasn’t gluten-free. I would not be getting her special bread.”
― Piper Sheldon, Fall Shook Up

“Eye contact was such a peculiar thing. It wasn’t even something I thought about until a moment like this. The countless random eyes that met mine in my life.”
― Piper Sheldon, Stranger Than Fan Fiction

“It’s like I feel simultaneously too soft and too hard for this world. I can’t let people in but somehow still manage to feel hurt by them all the time,” I said.”
― Piper Sheldon, Fall Shook Up

“Maybe most of us are just doing our best. We’re just a messy little collection of cells and matter given a conscience, and perhaps we’re doing okay with the chaos of the fact. Considering how hard it all can be. You know? Humans are cute.”
― Piper Sheldon, Fall Shook Up

“Anything I could learn needed to come from him in his own time.”
― Piper Sheldon, Fall Shook Up