Annah Conwell > Quotes

“One day, I hope to have all of it. All of her. I want all her dreams and fears, her sleepy smiles, her sick days, her uncontrollable laughter and her tears. Because I may know Sutton better than any person at this party, but I know there’s so much more to learn. If I’m lucky, I’ll get a lifetime of learning every little quirk and trait of hers.”
― Annah Conwell

“I can’t believe I just willingly made plans that involve golf. Naomi was right. I have it bad.”
― Annah Conwell, The Perfect Putt

“If being delusional was a sport, I’d be smiling on the podium with my gold medal.”
― Annah Conwell, The Perfect Putt

“She doesn’t worry about my opinion though, that’s for sure. She’s just herself. It’s like getting my own version of Sutton Jones that no one else gets to see. I know the real her, and even if she wouldn’t believe me, I love that version of her the most.”
― Annah Conwell, The Golden Goal

“Sorry about him!” Smiley twin yells across the yard. “He gets nervous around beautiful women.”
― Annah Conwell, But He's My Grumpy Neighbor

“Your choices need to be based on what you want, not in reaction to her desires.”
― Annah Conwell, The First Taste

“but he hasn’t been in love with Sutton for close to a decade. I have.”
― Annah Conwell, The Golden Goal

“I had a plan for when I saw Sutton. That plan was to meet her at the door–which I accomplished by waiting in the parking lot for her–and tell her she looked beautiful. Then I was going to open the door for her and say I wanted to start over and ask for a clean slate. But when I saw her standing there I just couldn’t help but tease her. Something about seeing her brown eyes narrow at me gets my blood pumping.”
― Annah Conwell, The Golden Goal

“In fact, I’d like even more than that, as in her wearing my jersey on game days and jumping in my arms when we win. That’s what I’d like, but unfortunately, I’ve been sabotaging myself for years.”
― Annah Conwell, The Golden Goal

“I want to prosecute my heart for reckless endangerment, because falling for him is sure to end in pain.”
― Annah Conwell, But He's My Roommate

“I was going to ask you to marry me, but I figured we should get dinner first.”
― Annah Conwell, One Last Play

“But you don’t have to do it alone anymore. I’ll be here with you, fighting back the darkness side by side, because I love you. All of you. You’re not too much, you’re everything.”
― Annah Conwell, One Last Play

“I need you to vote against the ducks this week. They are an invasive species that are constantly multiplying. Those baby ducks are going to terrorize the neighborhood!” I sigh. Yes, the adorable baby ducks waddling behind their mother are absolute terrors.”
― Annah Conwell, But He's My Grumpy Neighbor

“Hockey is my favorite sport, and sports medicine is my passion,”
― Annah Conwell, The Golden Goal

“I like you just the way you are, Charlotte. You don’t have to shrink around me.”
― Annah Conwell, The Love Audit

“Please don’t assume that because I’m a woman I can’t know anything about football.”
― Annah Conwell, One Last Play

“There should be a law that states when a woman’s best friend gets engaged, said woman should also at least have a boyfriend. That way, she doesn’t experience any forms of jealousy toward her best friend.”
― Annah Conwell, One More Song

“I know I’m going to get burned, but I’d rather be consumed by her than barely warm next to anyone else.”
― Annah Conwell, The First Taste

“He steps to me and growls, “You drive me absolutely insane, Charlotte Parker.” His hands cup my jaw on either side. My heart beats wildly in my chest. “You are stubborn, smart-mouthed, and too passionate for your own good. You are maddening—no, infuriating—and yet all I’ve thought about for the past week is what it would be like to kiss you.”
― Annah Conwell, The Love Audit

“Sebastian has opened the door to my little fixer-upper heart, rolled up his sleeves, and gotten to work. With every reassuring word, he sweeps out the cobwebs. Each sweet kiss is like a fresh coat of paint. And moments like this feel like he’s repairing cracks in the very foundation of my heart. It’s overwhelming and I can’t decide if I want to push him out or ask him to stay forever. When Maddie reaches out and grabs my other hand, the part of me wanting forever gets a little bigger. Maybe I’m allowed to have this after all. Maybe I don’t have to be alone.”
― Annah Conwell, One Last Play

“She’s so gorgeous I feel like I need to track down her parents and shake their hands as a thank you for their part in her existence.”
― Annah Conwell, The Love Audit

“It’s okay, Soph. You don’t have to get it all right now. I want you to get better, not be better. Because this is more about you healing from the past than becoming someone different for my sake.”
― Annah Conwell, The First Taste

“My brain is more like a chest at the bottom of the ocean with thick chains wrapped around it and a padlock the size of a football keeping it shut.”
― Annah Conwell, One Last Play

“One day”
― Annah Conwell, The Golden Goal

“I love you,” I breathe out and meet his eyes. “I loved you five years ago, and it terrified me back then, but it doesn’t anymore. Well, it might a little bit, but–” He cuts off my words with another kiss.”
― Annah Conwell, One More Song

“Be respectful or I’m going to shove your face into your locker so hard you’ll need more than a little physical therapy to recover,” I warn in a low voice,”
― Annah Conwell, The Golden Goal

“If being by your side tonight is torture, then it’ll be the sweetest torture I’ve ever endured.”
― Annah Conwell, The First Taste

“Because, when you look at me it sends a shock straight to my heart. Like a defibrillator pressed to my chest.”
― Annah Conwell, The First Taste

“Because the woman I like cares about my daughter. I can worry about everything else later.”
― Annah Conwell, One Last Play

“I hope one day a man looks at me like that. Like I’m a priceless heirloom but also the last cinnamon roll he wants to snatch up.”
― Annah Conwell, One More Song