Denise Williams > Quotes

“Lord, give me the confidence of an old, rich white man.”
― Denise Williams, How To Fail at Flirting

“I’m just saying, we don’t need to insert men into every aspect of our language.” “Okay, ovary up. Fallopian forward. Vulva with a vengeance.”
― Denise Williams, How To Fail at Flirting

“Do you know how rife with toxic masculinity the phrase man up is?” I challenged, mirroring her pose. “It implies that to be courageous is to be a man.”
― Denise Williams, How To Fail at Flirting

“I’d convinced myself it wasn’t abuse. I was educated, and I thought I knew better, so what was happening was something else. I’d thought it would get better, and when it didn’t, it was too late. I’d started to believe his lies, that I needed him. By the time I stopped believing the lies, I believed the threats.”
― Denise Williams, How To Fail at Flirting

“Someone who really wants to be with you would be willing to move mountains, let alone break rules.”
― Denise Williams, The Fastest Way to Fall

“You’re a badass, hot-as-hell, fucking brilliant doctor, not some insecure high school girl. Man up!” “Do you know how rife with toxic masculinity the phrase man up is?” I challenged, mirroring her pose. “It implies that to be courageous is to be a man.” “Do you know how annoying it is when you change the subject?” Her tone was smug. “I’m just saying, we don’t need to insert men into every aspect of our language.” “Okay, ovary up. Fallopian forward. Vulva with a vengeance.”
― Denise Williams, How To Fail at Flirting

“So, woman up.”
― Denise Williams, How To Fail at Flirting

“She outsmarted me. In my experience, you marry the girl who outsmarts you, and you always have someone smart in your corner.”
― Denise Williams, Do You Take This Man

“You’re better than easy fixes, Britta. You don’t need fixing at all. You’re making changes, but not because you were broken to begin with. Please promise me you won’t let this guy, or any guy, make you question yourself again. Anyone who makes you feel you’re not good enough isn’t worth the breath it takes to tell them to go to hell.”
― Denise Williams, The Fastest Way to Fall

“I shouldn’t think about you as much as I do or count down the hours until I see you next. I shouldn’t want to kiss you again more than taking my next breath, but I do.”
― Denise Williams, The Fastest Way to Fall

“Eh, we’re nowhere near perfect, and you’re aware of that because she tells you everything.” He fixed me with a knowing look, hands tucked behind his head. “I screw up weekly, and living with your best friend, the love of my life, is not always a picnic, but that’s normal. People are imperfect, so relationships will always have flaws.”
― Denise Williams, How To Fail at Flirting

“For my husband. If I were rearranging the alphabet, I’d put U and I next to each other.”
― Denise Williams, How To Fail at Flirting

“Also, you indicated wanting to lose weight on the registration form—many of our clients do, but I want to make sure you know we don’t focus on that with coaching. It can happen when people exercise more and eat well, but my focus will not be the numbers on the scale, but on you moving more and feeling good. This is challenging for some people who have been conditioned to believe that the numbers are the only things that matter—let me know if you have questions.”
― Denise Williams, The Fastest Way to Fall

“If I could put heart first for anyone, Cord, it would have been you.”
― Denise Williams, Technically Yours

“something inside that felt like coming home, and that scared the hell out of me.”
― Denise Williams, Technically Yours

“I had the overwhelming sense I’d found something inside that felt like coming home, and that scared the hell out of me.”
― Denise Williams, Technically Yours

“There’s so much going on in the world that I wanted to write happily ever afters for those who have found love or those who hope to.”
― Denise Williams, The Love Connection

“The normal messages were tempting to respond to, but every time I opened them, I fast-forwarded to getting hurt, to feeling betrayed, and I froze.”
― Denise Williams, The Love Connection

“Hey, this dress was expensive. I can't have you tearing it off me."
"Give me more credit than that. I'd ease it off slowly," he said, planting sweet little kisses by my ear before lightly sucking on my left lobe. "And I'd place it gently on a padded hanger before even thinking of pleasuring you. You'd beg, tell me you want me, but I'd say, 'No, Naya, you know this dress is my first priority, and I'll be back in twenty minutes after I run it to the dry cleaner.'"
I giggled and pushed against his chest. "That's all I ask.”
― Denise Williams, How to Fail at Flirting

“. . . .but now she was looking at me, unaware I had been turning her into my main character.”
― Denise Williams, Love and Other Flight Delays