Jennifer Echols > Quotes

“I understand I can’t have you. But I want to know you’re in the world with me.”
― Jennifer Echols, Forget You

“Your lot in life? A lot is something you draw, like straws. It's chance. You didn't get this life by chance. You chose it on purpose. If you're dissatisfied from it, you can change it.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“What happened was, I told you I loved you.”
― Jennifer Echols, Forget You

“I love you.”

I stared stupidly at him. Was he joking again, reciting another line from my story? I didn’t remember writing this.

He leaned in and kissed me. I didn’t respond for a few seconds. My mind lagged behind what my body was feeling.

“Say it,” he whispered against my lips. “I know this is hard for you. Tell me.”

“I love you.” Hearing my own words, I gasped at the rush of emotion.

He put his hands on either side of my jaw and took my mouth with his.”
― Jennifer Echols, Love Story

“And the rest is happily ever After.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“I knew exactly what you'd done. I know that feelings. You have to do something. You have to change something radically, because you can't stay like you are for another second, or you're going to explode.”
― Jennifer Echols, Forget You

“Waiter, this is not the policeman I ordered. I wanted one with a lot less sauce.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“Love isn’t something you have to deserve.”
― Jennifer Echols, Such a Rush

“But you can’t live your life worried about dying all the time. If you do, you’re dead already.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“My knee radiated heat. As I watched him pull himself from the car and walk casually across the brightly lit parking lot, I thought dumb things. I will never wash my knee again. I will never wash these jeans again. I will cut the knee out of these jeans and sew a pillow to sleep on every night, just to have a molecule of him in my bed with me.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“You can't tell a seventeen-year-old anything. They think they're immortal. They don't listen. Seventeen-year-olds have to see it for themselves.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“I'm dating Brandon," I told his bowed head.
"Really?" he asked without looking up.
"Yes!"
"I'll print you a wallet card to whip out every time you need to say that, so you can save your voice."
"Could you laminate it?”
― Jennifer Echols, Forget You

“And you told me the biggest lie of all. You told me you loved me,” It was my turn to wince like he’d slapped me. “I don’t remember saying that” “You would if it had been true. You would feel something”
― Jennifer Echols, Forget You

“No, I didn't remember the deer. Is the deer okay?'
'Fuck the deer. Hush now.”
― Jennifer Echols, Forget You

“Consider yourself hugged. Virtual hug."

I felt the virtual hug, warm and snug.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“Officer After leaned across the seat toward me - which, under the circumstances, made me start back. 'I'm sorry I'm not allowed to beat the shit out of him for you.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“It's one thing to think you're worthless, and quite another for somebody else to tell you that you are.”
― Jennifer Echols, Dirty Little Secret

“You’ve gone far away to a place with no horses and very little grass, and you’re studying how to write a story with a happy ending. If you can write that ending for yourself, maybe you can come back.”
― Jennifer Echols, Love Story

“But you are right, being stupid is not illegal. Otherwise half this town would be behind bars.”
― Jennifer Echols, Forget You

“It’s easier to remember your lies if they’re close to the truth,”
― Jennifer Echols, Such a Rush

“Love hurt. Honesty made it hurt worse, and I could hardly stand it.”
― Jennifer Echols, Endless Summer

“Yeah, I understood that last night at the wreck. Nothing says I love you like a dead body.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“Or that I couldn’t stand to watch anything bad happen to you, because it was like it was happening to me too.Is that love?”His hand clasped my hand again and squeezed.
I swallowed. “It could be.”
― Jennifer Echols, Forget You

“I am full of fear.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“Every strong swimmer has a story about nearly drowning.”
― Jennifer Echols, Forget You

“And it's time you learnd there's a big difference between your writing and your life. To do it right, your witing takes an incredible amount of work. Your life takes more.”
― Jennifer Echols, Love Story

“All right," I said. "But from now on, every time you show me a dead body, I'm having sex with Eric.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“I guess we both understood that our relationship was built entirely on witty repartee, and neither of us thought we could be witty on four hours of shut-eye.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“Of course I don't faint at the sight of blood. I jump onto the dance floor and do the Soulja Boy. Get the hell off me, Dr. McDreamy.”
― Jennifer Echols, The Ex Games

“I swear, Tiff, if my ass made good grades, you'd want to date my ass.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far