Ava Wilder > Quotes

“Nobody pitied him. Which was good, because he pretty much had the market on self-pity cornered.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“The woman he’d carried a torch for for almost ten years, whom no one else could hold a candle to.”
― Ava Wilder, Will They or Won't They

“That was the thing about Lilah that had always scared the shit out of him: that she was fully, terrifyingly, immutably herself, whether anyone else liked it or not. Whether they liked her or not. She was fearless in a way that he, a people pleaser to his core, could never be, which from the very beginning had intimidated him ten times more than her already formidable talent.”
― Ava Wilder, Will They or Won't They

“They spoke the secret language of old friends, that unconditional love and acceptance that could only come from years of shared history.”
― Ava Wilder, Will They or Won't They

“Control is a hard thing to come by in this business. Whenever you think you’ve gained some, it usually turns out you’ve just given it up from somewhere else.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake It in Hollywood

“But I was always trying on different things when I was growing up, different personas, trying to figure out who I was supposed to be. I never really felt the urge to commit to anything permanently like that.”
― Ava Wilder, Will They or Won't They

“Hopefully there's life after life after death.”
― Ava Wilder, Will They or Won't They

“She'd already met more than her fair share of conventionally hot people with the charisma of a rock.”
― Ava Wilder, Will They or Won't They

“His favorite aunt, the one who'd been married five times (but to only three different husbands).”
― Ava Wilder, Will They or Won't They

“Maybe that was what fame did to you: made you paranoid that none of your private moments would ever be private again.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake It in Hollywood

“He was the sun and she merely orbited around him, reflecting his incandescence.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake It in Hollywood

“They couldn’t live in that bubble forever, but being able to catch a glimpse of it every now and then was enough for her. Maybe that was what love was, after all.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake It in Hollywood

“We’re supposed to be madly in love and you won’t even give me your phone number? Do you resent this whole idea that much? Resent me that much? We already signed the damn contract, it’s a little late for cold feet.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“It was either that, or allow the impossible standards of the industry to chip away at her self-esteem, one nitpick at a time, until she crumbled under the weight of her insecurities. But he said it so easily, without hesitation, as if he’d already told her a million times. As if tonight weren’t surreal enough already.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“Yeah, I was in love with her”
― Ava Wilder, Will They or Won't They

“It’s what I do,” he said dully. “Everyone . . .” He swallowed. “Everyone I care about. Eventually.” Ah.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“There were more than enough potential candidates in an industry crawling with men who knew that their wealth, fame, and power would shield them from ever facing consequences for their actions. No career boost was worth selling her soul like that.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“However, that Ethan would have had Grey naked and screaming his name at the first hint of an opportunity, so maybe he could learn a thing or two from his younger self.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“How was she being sent both “middle-aged suburban mom” and “teenage babysitter” roles?”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“So, let me get this straight. I’m being punished for . . . what, exactly? Having my privacy invaded? Having sex with someone everyone thinks I’ve been dating for months?”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“Three hours into her extended quality time with Ethan and she had already turned into one of those clumsy rom-com heroines who couldn’t get out of bed without falling down and breaking her nose—adorably, of course.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“Emily Grey Brooks I am madly, desperately in love with you.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake It in Hollywood

“It was kind of funny, in a ghoulish way: the two of them forced to reanimate the corpse of their former intimacy, without even the barrier of their characters to hide behind.”
― Ava Wilder, Will They or Won't They

“Acknowledge that they were both at strange junctures in their respective careers and laugh about it, agreeing to move forward together in this charade based on a foundation of mutual respect (and also maybe they kissed sometimes). Well, that was out the window.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“She and Kamilah were the only people in Grey’s life who didn’t make her feel like she had to second-guess every word before she spoke.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“Still, he’d never been able to shake his constant, involuntary awareness of her, like there was some Lilah-specific radar burrowed deep beneath his skin that couldn’t help but ping out a warning whenever she was in close proximity.”
― Ava Wilder, Will They or Won't They

“She couldn’t exactly be the one that got away if he could never fucking escape her.”
― Ava Wilder, Will They or Won't They

“If you don’t love me, tell me now. I’ll leave you alone. We can move on with our lives. But if you have any kind of feelings for me…it doesn’t even have to be love, if that’s too much. Because I don’t know about you, but it’s way too late for me. I’m already in too deep, and it scares the shit out of me, too. I just need to know. I need to know if you…if you feel the same.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“Now, six seasons and 132 episodes of Poison Paradise later, she took it in stride. It was better than not being recognized at all. “Thank you, that’s so sweet! Do you want a selfie?”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“Maybe they just needed to fuck once, get it out of their systems, and move on with their fake relationship like mature adults.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood