C.W. Farnsworth > Quotes

“You can’t expect anyone to see you as above them if you lower yourself to their level. Insults say more about the speaker than the intended recipient.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Fake Empire

“But that’s the beauty of dreams: they’re yours. No one else’s. You don’t need permission or justification to pursue them. You can give them relevance and importance and meaning all by yourself.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Fake Empire

“That boy doesn’t love a thing in this world anywhere near as much as he loves you, Lennie.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Left Field Love

“She looks good in anything. But wearing the beat-up hat I’ve had since high school? She looks like mine.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, King of Country

“Hope never hurt anyone. As long as you remember: hope isn't always reality.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, First Flight, Final Fall

“You never responded to the photo I sent,” he says. “I was too busy getting myself off to it.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Against All Odds

“RYLAN: What is the problem with every other girl on campus? AIDAN: They’re not you.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Against All Odds

“I’ve had too much alcohol and too little sleep to have a conversation with you.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Four Months, Three Words

“I know you’re supposed to bring sick people chicken noodle soup, or whatever, but I don’t know where to get that from and I was already getting Mexican.” I stare at the bag. “You brought me dinner?” I ask, just as shocked as when I saw him outside my window. Aidan nods. “You said you were sick.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Against All Odds

“But today? She’s devastatingly, heartbreakingly beautiful. The untouchable sort of regal. An ice queen. A snow angel. A moon goddess.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Fake Empire

“Adler Beck may be German, but he's mastered the French kiss.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, First Flight, Final Fall

“Unseasonably chilly tonight.” “Feel free to take your weatherman audition elsewhere.” This time, the hum almost sounds like a laugh. “I was referring to your personality, dear.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Fake Empire

“Yes,” Conor grumbles. “I asked her to make it for me. She refused, told me to do it while I was sitting on the bus. So…” He shrugs, then rummages through the container again. I deliberate, then lean toward the aisle. “Give me some.” “What?” “Give me some beads so I can make a bracelet.” He rolls his eyes. “Phillips…”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Against All Odds

“Ryker holds out a hand as I approach. “I’m Ryker.” I shake it, smiling. “Rylan.” He smiles back. “Cute. We kinda match.” Alice and Aidan. We’re adorable.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Against All Odds

“Then Lennon spots me. And she freezes. Relief hits me like a wave. Because if she didn’t care, if she were totally over me, Lennon wouldn’t be looking at me like I’m a ghost.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Left Field Love

“I don’t have her number, and sending an email to her school address asking if she was okay after swallowing my cum felt way too weird.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Against All Odds

“We’re only inches apart now, and I feel my heart begin to race from both our proximity and the anticipation of how he’ll respond.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Two Decisions, One Duty

“Fuck, she looks hot. My fourteen-year-old self would have told you Elodie Clarke was the most beautiful girl in the whole world, and that’s an assessment I’m sticking by at seventeen.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“This is why I shouldn’t chug vodka. Because I can picture the worry in his gray eyes when he caught me.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Two Decisions, One Duty

“You get sick of people telling you what an amazing football player you are? I’m shocked.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Four Months, Three Words

“Weston Cole kissed me. And I want him to do it again.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Kiss Now, Lie Later

“I’m not yours to worry about, Ryder.” Problem is, she still fucking feels like it.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“I look calm. Regal. Poised. But there’s an ineffaceable sorrow in my eyes that I study closely, trying to discern the exact cyan flecks conveying woe.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Two Decisions, One Duty

“I want all her firsts. All her middles. And especially all her lasts. “Good.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Like I Never Said

“A reminder that I loved this boy. That a large part of me still does. His harsh rejection, followed by seven years of silence, ended our relationship. But it didn’t damage all the feelings that had already been there, just took away their outlet.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“I want you, Elodie Lily Clarke. I’ve wanted you since the first time I saw you. If you think that’s changed … it hasn’t. It won’t. I know I’ve hurt you, and I swear I never meant to.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“Aren’t you good enough to throw it to me with minimal effort on my part?” I ask grouchily.

“I could make a trained monkey look like a first-round draft pick,” Jace replies confidently.

“Great, why don’t we find one of those for you to practice with instead?”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Four Months, Three Words

“Aren’t you going to invite me in?” I finally ask when he continues to say nothing. “No,” Will replies. “Why not?” “Because you smell like tequila and you’re wearing a dress that barely covers your ass. Because I’ve had a shitty fucking week, and so far, this is the highlight of it, and all that means that you coming in is a really bad idea.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, All the Wrong Plays

“This would be a hell of a lot easier if I didn’t. If our connection was just a fascination with something different.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“And I’m not sure if it’s a good or bad thing that Elle will have more time to think about everything I just said to her.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again