Kay Cove > Quotes

“Avery, no offense, but I don’t give a fuck about your friend. I’m hitting on you. Am I not being clear enough?”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“If a man doesn’t give, he doesn’t get. End of story. Don’t waste your time on selfish assholes.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“Men need to be more careful with the women they love.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“But confidence starts with you. A man is going to treat you how you treat yourself. So please, for the love of God, act like a fucking queen.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“Sex is sex. Even for women. Intimacy is great, but you can absolutely enjoy sex without making the world of it. I've had it both ways. There have been men I loved and there have been men I fucked. Both scenarios meant a great deal to me, just in different ways. Hell, your boss could even be your muse.”
― Kay Cove

“Men need to be more careful with the women they love.” He tilts his head, his expression full of pity. “They have no idea the damage they can do.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“Apologizing about your body is ridiculous. Please don’t ever do that for me or for anyone else, okay?”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“You want another lie?” Damn, he’s cute. The killer is cute. “Sure.” “I haven’t spent the entire week kicking myself for not kissing you. I don’t regret leaving your office like that at all.”
― Kay Cove, Whistleblower

“Anger lives in all of us, and those who don’t have a proper outlet suppress their agony until the pressure builds so great, they end up hurting other people. Violence is a misguided outlet for pain.”
― Kay Cove, Whistleblower

“I want some peace and quiet. I want to not pick at the wound while it’s so fresh. I want to stop feeling so broken, weak, and insecure. I want an overpriced fancy coffee.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“People do the most incredible, and the most atrocious things when they are scared. Fear gives you adrenaline. It makes you stronger, helps you think more tactfully. Truly, it’s our body’s secret serum for survival.”
― Kay Cove, Whistleblower

“You should be earned every day of your life. Don’t ever let any man make you question that.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“This one is for every single woman who was told to calm down, stop meddling, take up less space, and be a little quieter.

Here's a bullhorn.

Use it often.”
― Kay Cove, Snapshot

“This one is for all the kind, loving, tender souls who choose to take the high road, but secretly fantasize about getting even. Grace isn’t a weakness. You’re so much stronger than you realize.”
― Kay Cove, Whistleblower

“But the problem with very long-term friendships is that sometimes you’ve excused the bad behavior for so long, you almost don’t recognize it.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“fighting fire with fire means the entire world will burn.”
― Kay Cove, Whistleblower

“What good is it if you and every other man on this planet calls me pretty if I don’t believe it? Even more terrifying, what good is it if my entire worth is wrapped up in a man’s opinion of me?”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“Until we kissed the other night, it had been over a year and a half since a man had touched me. I’ve had a lot of time to fantasize about some boundaries I want to test. I’m not asking you to tie me up and hit me or anything….” I take a breath. How do I explain this? “I have to be in control all the time—of my reactions, of my emotions. It’s exhausting pretending to not be as scared as I feel. So, I just want to give up control of this. If you want me, then take over. Use me, however you want.”
― Kay Cove, Whistleblower

“It’s time to pick up your crown, Queen. Look in the mirror. You’ve been royalty all this time. Act like it.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“Let me tell you something right now. Something very important. Women are not weak. But the men who lay hands on them are.”
― Kay Cove, Whistleblower

“Eden, I’ve never cared about a first kiss.” His scorching gaze lingers on my lips. “But I do now.”
― Kay Cove, Whistleblower

“I see lives end almost every day, Eden. When I want something, I move fast. If you wait, you might miss it forever.”
― Kay Cove, Whistleblower

“Then right here, right now, I want you to kiss me like I’m precious, but fuck me like I’m not.”
― Kay Cove, Whistleblower

“You done?” Mani crosses her arms. “Because I love my godson. I have no issue with any of that. Let me break it down for you. Windex. Band-Aids. I love me some mac ’n cheese and I think I’d very much enjoy PJ Masks after an edible. There. I just bulldozed through all your bullshit excuses in seven seconds.”
― Kay Cove, Paint Me Perfect

“I don’t want you to change—not a goddamn thing about yourself. You be the light in this dark, depressing world. Let me be the big, bad wolf.”
― Kay Cove, Whistleblower

“For fuck’s sake, he smells amazing.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“Things with you and Avery are going to fizzle out, Finn,” Nora says with a new tone. “You freaked her out.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“Hold on to him tight, honey. When a man calls you a queen every day, hold on damn tight.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“Can I tell you something?” she asks. “Sure.” “You can be rich and sad. I don’t think money fixes everything. In fact, if I learned anything from my dad, it breaks far more than it fixes.”
― Kay Cove, Snapshot

“here we are, four years later, and I don’t know who I am. I just know who Mason wanted me to be. And spoiler alert—being exactly who he said he wanted still wasn’t enough to keep him.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy