Sadie Allen > Quotes

“You only really knew who your true friends were when you were at your lowest with nothing to offer. After the smoke cleared, that was when you finally saw who was left standing beside you.”
― Sadie Allen, Maybe Never

“He smiled, and instead of the usual butterflies, it felt like a flock of pigeons were flapping in my tummy.”
― Sadie Allen, Saving Me

“As long as he looked at me with that soft, sweet look offering me his hand, I would follow him anywhere.”
― Sadie Allen, Maybe Never

“Wounds to the soul didn't just bleed; they ate at your very being. They fed on everything good, everything right, until you were hollow.”
― Sadie Allen, Saving Me

“When you put labels on someone, it's like sticking them in a box with no air holes until they slowly suffocate. People aren't just one thing. They're many things.”
― Sadie Allen, Saving Me

“She was worth the risk. Life didn’t hand you many second chances, and I knew that, if I didn’t take advantage now, I would never be granted another opportunity to explore this thing that had started over fifteen years ago.”
― Sadie Allen, Always Been You

“Our small town was like a vortex that suspended time. If you didn’t leave, it would suck you in, and before you knew it, twenty years had passed and you were still there, working the same job you had since you graduated high school. Just add procreation, a trailer, and a drinking problem, and you would be just like the majority of my neighbors.”
― Sadie Allen, Maybe Never

“He didn’t have to say the words. His actions, his kiss, they showed me he thought I was worth something. That he thought I was precious. It was the little things. It was everything.”
― Sadie Allen, Saving Me

“The hollowness inside me was infinite. My heart felt heavy, like every beat was a Herculean feat. It, along with my mind and body, were sinking, too tired to fight the pull of the encroaching darkness. I wanted to slip under. I wanted the peace it would bring. To not feel a single thing ever again.”
― Sadie Allen, Saving Me

“if you hold on to all this, it’s going to change who you are. That kind of anger and bitterness … it will kill something inside of you that you may never get back.”
― Sadie Allen, Maybe Never

“I tried to visualize my happy place - a beach with warm, white sand and sparkling, clear blue water. However, the only blue I could see were Sterling Chapman's eyes.”
― Sadie Allen, Saving Me

“We’re like magnets, Red. When we’re in the same space, we’re drawn to one another. We can’t help ourselves, and I know that scares you, but I’m not going to let you down again.”
― Sadie Allen, Always Been You

“Don’t let those people get you down, Judd. A year from now, this will all be a memory. Not a good memory, but a memory just the same.”
― Sadie Allen, Maybe Never

“I’m not going to let you run from me again. You’re going to stay and fight, even if who you’re fighting is me. I’m not letting you go. God wouldn’t bring you back into my life just to take you away again. Whether you like it or not, I was made for you, too. Everything I am, every part of me, is yours. No more holding back, Emma.”
― Sadie Allen, Always Been You

“When you put labels on someone, it’s like sticking them in a box with no air holes until they slowly suffocate. People aren’t just one thing. They’re many things.”
― Sadie Allen, Saving Me

“Sometimes, the bravest thing we choose is to be ourselves and live on our own terms.”
― Sadie Allen, Saving Me

“I looked down into her beautiful face, cataloguing every feature: her dark, fathomless eyes; her smooth, soft-looking skin; and her full lips. I never stood a chance.
As I studied her, her eyes searched mine, and then she bit her lip, and I was gone.”
― Sadie Allen, Maybe Never

“All I’m asking for is a chance. We won’t know anything until we try. We didn’t get that chance fifteen years ago, and we’ve both suffered for it.”
― Sadie Allen, Always Been You

“I love you, Ally. I love you more than I’ve ever loved anyone. I’ll give you time, and when you’re ready, I will be right here waiting for you.”
― Sadie Allen, Saving Me

“Why? Why are you doing this?”
“What?”
“The snaps and this?” I gestured with my hand, moving it back and forth between us.
“It’s all part of my plan,” he said somewhat cryptically.
“Plan for what?” I was confused. What kind of plan did he have that involved me.
He didn’t make me wait for the answer.
“My plan for saving you.”
― Sadie Allen, Saving Me

“You know, babe, I like this attitude you’ve developed. Every time you open your mouth to say something snotty, it just makes my dick hard.”
― Sadie Allen, Always Been You

“Wounds to the soul didn’t just bleed; they ate at your very being. They fed on everything good, everything right, until you were hollow. Until you were a husk of the person you once were. Until you crumbled to dust and blew away in the wind. I was ready. I was past ready to leave this world on a breeze.”
― Sadie Allen, Saving Me

“It will never be done between us. I will always come after you. I will spend the rest of my life chasing you, if that’s what it takes.”
― Sadie Allen, Always Been You

“Your beauty isn’t just on the outside; you have this light inside you that you don’t even realize you have. You’re beautiful on the inside. I don’t know how it all got twisted inside your head, but you are. Your beauty shines so bright that you practically glow.”
― Sadie Allen, Saving Me

“I want more with you, Emma. I know you don’t trust me, and I’m beginning to understand why, but I really want to earn it. I’m going to prove myself, and when we take things further, it’s not going to be casual. This is forever, Red.”
― Sadie Allen, Always Been You

“Life rarely turns out how we plan it … It’s funny that way. How well it turns out depends on how you accept those changed plans and live the life you’re meant to, not the one you expected.”
― Sadie Allen, Saving Me

“It’s always been you, Emma. Always.”
― Sadie Allen, Always Been You