Sarah Adams > Quotes

“Your soul is my favorite in this entire world,”
― Sarah Adams, The Cheat Sheet

“But the thing about quiet people is, we’re only quiet because our brains are so busy overthinking everything.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“Bree is everything I aspire to be, everything I love, everything I desire. She holds my heart, and, with all that I am, I hope she never gives it back.”
― Sarah Adams, The Cheat Sheet

“It seems to me, Annie, that you are just waiting for someone to give you permission to be yourself out loud.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“I think some things are worth waiting for, no matter how long it takes.”
― Sarah Adams, The Cheat Sheet

“I am the quiet one in my family. The one with her nose always in a book because she prefers worlds where she doesn’t have to interact with other humans. It’s so much easier to read about relationships than to foster them. Less dangerous too.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“This one is for the softies. The tenderhearted sweeties. The introverts who are afraid to shine.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“I think we'll get hurt a lot in this life, but maybe it's worth it because sometimes we will experience really amazing things, too. Maybe not everything will end in hurt. But we'll never know if we don't try.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“To my left is a floor-to-ceiling three-million-dollar view of the ocean, but to my right is the view I would give my soul to see every day for the rest of my life.”
― Sarah Adams, The Cheat Sheet

“Do you see now? You’re always giving me things that remind you of me, but I’m over here stealing things that remind me of you. I’m not humoring you, Bree. I’m not taking this lightly. I’m so devastatingly in love with you, it hurts sometimes—and I have been since high school.”
― Sarah Adams, The Cheat Sheet

“If I waited until I felt confident to live my life and do the things I want to do, I’d never live.” He stares into my eyes. “This lesson is one as old as time: Fake it till you make it. If you want something, pretend you’re the kind of person who’s not scared of it.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“Sometimes a woman is just worn out and needs a break, you know?” The lines on her forehead deepen. “That doesn’t prove that you’re weak or neglectful, it proves to all the women standing by and watching you pave the road to success that it’s okay to say no. It’s okay to shut your door every now and then and put up a sign that says Busy taking care of me today. Piss off.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“Your ability to shoulder everything, to give 200% of yourself all the time, to be perfect at everything you attempt…these are not the attributes that make you a valuable human being.” I pause. “And they are not why I fell in love with you.” His black eyes shoot up to me. I smile. The weight of these heavy secrets falls off of me, and I feel relieved to continue. “I fell in love with you because you’re goofy. You’re fun. Your heart is so big I don’t know how it fits in here,” I say, pressing my hand to his chest. “You’re a terrible singer. You make me soup when I’m sick. You bought me tampons that time I was laid out on the couch with cramps and couldn’t move. You didn’t even send someone else for them. You went yourself!”
― Sarah Adams, The Cheat Sheet

“You think you’re unlovable, but I think I’ve never known how to love until knowing you.”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“Annie: You’d do that for me? Will: I’m quickly learning I’d do anything for you.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“I love you too,” he whispers over and over again. “I love you, Bree. I love you. I always have.”
― Sarah Adams, The Cheat Sheet

“No one loves anything they're miserably chained to.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“Annabell, I need you to know, I’ve fallen madly in love with you.”
“But you don’t believe in love.”
“It was easier to say I don’t believe in love, rather than admitting to myself that I was afraid I wouldn’t be loved back.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“Life can be a little shit sometimes. But shit also makes great fertilizer.”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“Grief – that mean son of a bitch – doesn’t have a timeline or rules. It hits when it wants.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“Care is reckless because it doesn’t come with the seat belt that selfishness offers. Care has so much to lose, and almost always ends in heartbreak.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“I’m terrified to admit that holding her in my arms is the closest I’ve come to feeling truly happy in a very long time.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“And to think you consider yourself hard to love.” I kiss her temple. “Loving you is the easiest thing I’ve ever done.”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“The honest truth is I’m celibate by choice. I don’t know, one day I just woke up and realized I was done trying to trick myself into thinking I wanted anyone other than Bree. If it’s not with her, I don’t want it.”
― Sarah Adams, The Cheat Sheet

“When the hell did it become such a crime to be selfish now and again?”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“Life can be a little shit sometimes. But shit also makes great fertilizer. Grow from your experiences, don't let them smother the light out of you.”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“The problem is, you’re trying to rationalise your feelings. I have bad news for you, the heart wants what it wants, and there’s no talking it out of it.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“How is it possible to crave change and relish familiarity at the same time?”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“I have millions of dollars and I will spoil you with them if I want.”
― Sarah Adams, The Cheat Sheet

“Listen to me, darlin’, and remember this for the rest of your life: it’s always okay to go home. Anytime you feel uncomfortable or scared, never worry about what anyone else is going to think if you call your daddy and have him come get you. Your house is a safe place, and you love being there, and that’s something to be proud of, not embarrassed about.”
― Sarah Adams, The Match