Stacy Travis > Quotes

“I’m sorry. I’m so sorry … I don’t think I’ll get used to the way you look at me, like you don’t trust me. I know I did that. I wish I could undo it.”
― Stacy Travis, Second Chance at Us

“We’re…connected. It’s not just physical. It’s everything. I know you feel it. We were meant to be together.”
― Stacy Travis, Second Chance at Us

“I don’t hate you at all, but I don’t totally trust you. Not yet. I hope you can understand that. You broke my heart once, and a part of me is going to hold back because I can’t let you do it again.”
― Stacy Travis, Second Chance at Us

“I’d been ruined at sixteen because I’d had a shot at love then destroyed it.”
― Stacy Travis, Second Chance at Us

“You’re my one,” he whispered. “I love you.”
― Stacy Travis, Second Chance at Us

“That was the beauty of love. It didn’t tally up an exact tit-for-tat list of qualifications in two people and decide whether the scales were balanced. It just let hearts decide. And mine had decided on hers fifteen years earlier. I just hoped she could trust hers enough to trust me.”
― Stacy Travis, Second Chance at Us

“If it’s not fate, it’s something else, and I believe in whatever it was that led me to you. I don’t want to walk away again. I’ve been wanting to kiss you all night, since the day we ran into each other, really.”
― Stacy Travis, Second Chance at Us

“I remember everything about that night … The time we spent together was perfect, and I’ve never forgotten a moment of it.”
― Stacy Travis, Second Chance at Us

“People say that when a person meets the love of their life, they just know.
Well, what if that happens when you’re sixteen years old and ill-equipped to handle it.”
― Stacy Travis, Second Chance at Us

“We lost ourselves and found each other.”
― Stacy Travis, Second Chance at Us

“If you’ve thought about me even a fraction of the times I’ve dreamed about being with you exactly like this, then you know…I want you completely.”
I nodded. Of course I knew.”
― Stacy Travis, Second Chance at Us

“You don’t dictate what I deserve. Or what I want.” I spoke quietly and folded my arms.
His face reddened and he scrubbed a hand over his features again, exasperated. “Jesus, woman, do you really disagree with me or do you just like to argue?”
I licked my lips. “I do like to argue. But I don’t want to argue about this.”
His eyes heated, pupils dilating. I watched them lazily roam over me.
“What do you want, Sarah?” His voice was low and husky. It was a white flag surrender.”
― Stacy Travis, The Spark Between Us

“I never understood the point of love songs,” he whispers. “But that was before I danced with you.”
― Stacy Travis, No Match for Her

“You’re the beginning and end of every fantasy I’ve ever had.”
― Stacy Travis, No Match for Her

“Ren,” she says quietly after I bring the camera back to my face. Her expression is suddenly serious.
“Yeah? Is everything okay?”
She nods and presses her lips together. “Are you wearing a shirt?”
She knows I’m not. “No. Why?”
Blinking those soft blue eyes at me, she asks quietly. “Can I see?”
“See what? Me not wearing a shirt?”
She nods.
Oh, my horny little baby mama.”
― Stacy Travis, Love You Too

“I can’t hook up with you. I can’t keep doing that to myself. I deserve better.”
He shakes his head, a quiet laugh warming me to my bones. “That’s not what this is. Not how I see it.”
― Stacy Travis, He's a Charmer

“Walking around every day with my heart in my throat, cringing every time she called me a friend…I couldn’t take it when she’d yet to give me a sign she felt a fraction of what I’d been feeling for her since the first moment our lips connected.”
― Stacy Travis, Falling for You

“If one person in the proposed pair feels mismatched, it doesn’t matter how longingly the other one stars at her copper highlights and imagines them splayed across his pillow as morning sunlight streams in and he lovingly wakes her up with morning wood.”
― Stacy Travis, No Match for Her

“It’s real, sweetheart. This is love. But I can’t be in it alone. I’m still waiting for you to catch up.”
― Stacy Travis, No Match for Her

“We were so good together, it was hard to imagine a future with anyone but her.”
― Stacy Travis, Falling for You

“Oh, my soul. This man is going to make it ache and squeeze it dry. He’ll probably make me fall for him and break my heart. Crazy thing is, I kind of want to let him.”
― Stacy Travis, No Match for Her

“I never listen to reason. It’s a problem, I know, and I’m working on it. Not really. But I should be.”
― Stacy Travis, He's a Charmer

“This woman…she’ll be the end of me…and the beginning of everything I’ve ever wanted.”
― Stacy Travis, He's a Charmer

“I love you, Beatrix Corbett. I want to be very clear, so there’s no way to misinterpret my words. I. Love. You.”
― Stacy Travis, Love You Too

“Get your goddamn hands off my wife.”
― Stacy Travis, Love You Truly

“I’m at risk of falling so far, so fast for this woman, and there’s not a goddamn thing I can do about it. I’ll enjoy the entire way down, even if I land on my face.  ”
― Stacy Travis, Love You More

“Sweetheart, you are a beautiful painter.”
My breath hitches at his words, and I can feel the heat crawl over my face. “You shouldn’t call your friends ‘sweetheart,’” I whisper. But I don’t mean it. I love hearing him say it, but I’m worried it doesn’t mean the same thing to him as it would to me.
He leans toward me and whispers back. “You are sweet, and you have a big heart. I reserve the right to call you that whether we’re friends or something else. For the sake of accuracy.”
― Stacy Travis, No Match for Her

“I loved my family, but collectively, they were a piece of work.”
― Stacy Travis, The Spark Between Us

“Her long, auburn hair makes my heart beat faster, imagining it splayed out on a crisp white pillowcase. To be clear, it’s my pillowcase. And it’s just-fucked hair.”
― Stacy Travis, He's a Player

“I’m a goner for you, Linnie. I tried to talk myself out of it, but it was no use.”
― Stacy Travis, He's a Charmer