Julie Cross > Quotes

“Nothing went exactly right. And yet it was perfect.”
― Julie Cross, Tempest

“He said if I was good enough to throw a perfect game, I’d be good enough to date his daughter.”
― Julie Cross, Whatever Life Throws at You

“We were an island. Me and Holly. Completely alone in this strange moment.”
― Julie Cross, Tomorrow is Today

“Pressure is just that—pressure. It’s all in your head. It has nothing to do with what you can or can’t do.”
― Julie Cross, Whatever Life Throws at You

“People are good at hiding the ugly parts of their lives.”
― Julie Cross, Third Degree

“You’re always observing people, but maybe you’re studying the wrong things.”
― Julie Cross, Third Degree

“You can’t conquer everything in a day. Or even a week. Maybe not even a year. There’s no way to work hard at grieving. You just have to let it happen. And you are, so don’t fight it.”
― Julie Cross, Letters to Nowhere

“You should really relax your shoulders more. You look better with a neck.”
― Julie Cross, Whatever Life Throws at You

“Emily's got a chicken obsession.”
― Julie Cross, Vortex

“I don’t feel like a whole person anymore. Something is missing and I’m afraid I can’t ever get it back.”
― Julie Cross, Letters to Nowhere

“Kansas City, that’s like in Kansas, right?” I ask. “Missouri,” Frank and Dad both correct.”
― Julie Cross, Whatever Life Throws at You

“If you love someone, even the best one-night stand isn’t going to erase that.”
― Julie Cross, Whatever Life Throws at You

“Today, Jackson and Holly are in love. Tomorrow, she will lie dying in his arms. Yesterday, he must undo it all....”
― Julie Cross, Tempest

“Real people complicate things. Real people die. Real people can be killed by other people.”
― Julie Cross, Third Degree

“Kendrick has this look of deep concentration, then she sat up really quick and grinned. "Oh, my God... I know what your task is."
...
"You have to kiss her... like, in front of everyone. Total hard-core make-out session.”
― Julie Cross, Vortex

“I didn’t think it was possible to lose IQ points from reading, but I’m positive I just did.”
― Julie Cross, Third Degree

“I shared a womb with someone... does that mean we shared a soul?
Maybe half my soul is buried, deep under the ground, and I'll never get it back.
I'm cold when it isn't. I hear storms that aren't there. There's space in me I can't fill.
Empty. Cold. Storms. And then I smell the carpet, hear deep breaths that aren't mine.
When I open my eyes, she's still gone.”
― Julie Cross, Vortex

“Ella puso mi mano a su alrededor, luego murmuró algo incoherente pero sonó como,
"Dime un secreto"...

...."Estoy loco por ti”
― Julie Cross, Tempest

“I think you're a good person," I say quietly, before slipping the bed to retrieve my clothes. He exhales, and his eyes meet mine.

"All I know is that I want to be the person you and your dad think I am. Maybe even more than I want to be a great pitcher.”
― Julie Cross, Whatever Life Throws at You

“As I’m heading back to the ER, my hands shaking from both nerves and anticipation, it occurs to me how much I’m aching to hear his voice again. To brush my thumbs across his cheek and feel the sexy stubble that always seems to be there. I’m dying to tell him about the man with no one to call and make sure he knows that no matter what, when he’s forty and injured in the ER, he can call me. He can always call me.
Is this what love is?”
― Julie Cross, Third Degree

“Pensé que dijiste que no estabas enojada.”

Ella palmeó con las manos sobre sus ojos y apretó con fuerza. “Yo estaba enojada. Tiempo pasado.”
“¿Significa que podemos tener sexo de reconciliación?”

♥”
― Julie Cross, Tempest

“Lenny London: In case you're wondering, running is like driving only there's more sweating and less sitting. I don't recommend trying it if you haven't already.”
― Julie Cross, Whatever Life Throws at You

“So this is what it’s like to have so much desire for something it clouds all fear and embarrassment.”
― Julie Cross, Fifty First Times

“Are you texting a boy?"

“No,” I said, “a boy is texting me.”
― Julie Cross, Letters to Nowhere

“Arms are around me, hands in my hair, lips moving across my cheek, over my neck, and I’m thinking about poetry, about Edgar Allan Poe and words that move like waves, people who move like waves together, and all the non-words we can make with our bodies.”
― Julie Cross, Third Degree

“Me incliné hacia ella y la besé, presionando mi cuerpo al de ella. Ella sabía muy bien, como fresas y menta. Sus brazos fueron de contra la pared a alrededor de mi cuello, tirando de mí aún más cerca. Sus dedos estaban en mi cabello, sus labios moviéndose a través de mi mejilla, su corazón latiendo con fuerza. Quería arrancar nuestra ropa y dejar que ella se arrastrara por todo mi cuerpo.”
― Julie Cross, Tempest

“My greatest fear is saying I" I love you", even if its true. Im scare to say it because it sounds so final, like a goodbye. But im not saying goodbye, not ever. Maybe you could just try to stay longer, for me, because I don't know if I can be me without you.”
― Julie Cross, Tempest

“Observé su cara atentamente mientras le desabotonaba los vaqueros, y tiraba de ellos desde abajo, arrastrándola hasta el final de la cama, se rió muy fuerte, restándole algo de tensión al ambiente....

.....Me rozó el cuello con los labios y deslizó una mano dentro de mi camisa. Un momento después, la mayoría de nuestra ropa estaba por el suelo, Holly encima de mí y mis manos por todo su cuerpo.”
― Julie Cross, Tempest

“Tengo que decirte algo.”

Oh-oh. Aquí viene el discurso de los amigos.

“Oh, ¿sí?”

Sus ojos azul claro miraron a los míos. “Feliz cumpleaños, Jackson.”
― Julie Cross, Tempest

“Su suave risa resonó a través de mis oídos, y tuve el repentino impulso de echármela al hombro y salir corriendo de aquí. Asegurándome de que nunca le ocurriera nada malo. Respiré e intenté concentrarme a pesar del dolor que sentía por dentro. Ella no me conocía. Sabía que no me conocería, pero aun así se sentía como una patada en el estómago.”
― Julie Cross, Tempest