Catherine Gayle > Quotes

“The beauty you have on the inside is ten times more luminous than the world could handle seeing on the outside. We'd all be blind in an instant”
― Catherine Gayle, Wallflower

“Panic attacks are crazy beasts. They don’t care what you think you’re ready for. They don’t care what you want. They just take control, and then you suffer.”
― Catherine Gayle, Breakaway

“Screwing up one minute doesn’t mean you can’t be amazing the next. You just have to learn from your mistakes. Go in and try something different next time.”
― Catherine Gayle, Breakaway

“It is not those things that have been done to us that make us who we are; it is what we choose to do with them. Live, laugh, love, and choose to be fearless.”
― Catherine Gayle, Breakaway

“I've never been more sure of anything in my life than I am of the fact that I love you and I can't stop loving you. I tried. God knows I tried, because I didn't think you'd ever be able to let me love you like I wanted to. But I failed, and now I love you even more than I did before.”
― Catherine Gayle, Breakaway

“My heart fluttered and my skin tingled anytime I was near him. How I viewed him had changed. He wasn’t just Brenden’s best friend anymore, not in my head. Not in my heart.”
― Catherine Gayle, Breakaway

“I couldn't help myself. The more confidence she gained, the more beautiful she became. The more she smiled, the more I allowed myself to hope. The more she let me touch her, the less capable I felt of stopping.”
― Catherine Gayle, Breakaway

“She wanted us to go on like nothing had ever happened between us. Like she didn’t have her hand circled around my heart. Like she wasn’t squeezing the life out of it every time she left.” ~ Jamie”
― Catherine Gayle, Dropping Gloves

“Sometimes in life, dreams aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. When they’re not, though, there’s usually another dream—a better dream —waiting for you in the wings.”
― Catherine Gayle, Dropping Gloves

“It was one of those simple facts of life: the sky was blue, gravity kept our feet firmly on the ground, and I loved Katie Weber.” ~ Jamie”
― Catherine Gayle, Dropping Gloves

“I want to be by your side through everything that's coming, to hold your hand when you're scared and to pick you up when you're weak... I want you to run to me… Because I love you. And because you love me. And because I can’t go one more day without being able to tell you that as often as it comes to mind.”
― Catherine Gayle, Dropping Gloves

“:That's what you do when you love someone." ... "You give all you have to give," he said, "and they do the same. You fill each other up." ... "It doesn't work if it isn't even, though," I said. "If one does all the giving and the other does all the taking”
― Catherine Gayle, Breakaway

“Nobody’s perfect. But that doesn’t mean you’re not perfect for me. And maybe I can be perfect for you, too.”
― Catherine Gayle, Dropping Gloves

“Love hurts, but that isn’t a good enough reason not to love. The truth is, it hurts even more not to love”
― Catherine Gayle, Comeback

“She wanted us to go on like nothing had ever happened between us. Like she didn’t have her hand circled around my heart. Like she wasn’t squeezing the life out of it every time she left.”
― Catherine Gayle, Dropping Gloves

“I love you because I don’t know how to not love you. Becuase I can’t imagine my world without you, and I don’t ever want to have to face that again. Because you are sweetness and light and life, and you see me as the man I could be, not as the man I am.”
― Catherine Gayle, Dropping Gloves

“I love you because I don’t know how to not love you. Becuase I can’t imagine my world without you, and I don’t ever want to have to face that again. Because you are sweetness and light and life, and you see me as the man I could be not as the man I am.”
― Catherine Gayle, Dropping Gloves

“So now, here Jamie was, looking at me with that same hurt look in his eyes that I’d seen every time I’d come back to Portland in the last four years. The look I’d put in his eyes. The look that ripped me apart.”
― Catherine Gayle, Dropping Gloves

“But do you know what I want? I want you to want me again. I don’t know if that will ever happen, but if it doesn’t, I don’t think I will ever be okay again.”
― Catherine Gayle, Dropping Gloves

“Meaning I want to put words to it. I want to give it a name. I'm not okay with kissing you and holding you, being by your side for all the things a boyfriend would be there for, without it being understood in no uncertain terms that that's what I am to you. I wan us to be a couple. I want to be by your side though everything that's coming, to hold your hand when you're scared and pick you up when you're weak. I want to know that you're not going to run to some other asshole when we disagree or when I try to make sure you do what we both know is the best for you. I wan you to run to me, even if I piss you off. Because I will piss you off. Because I love you. And because you love me. And because I can't go one more day without being able to tell you that as often as it comes to mind, which is about a dozen times a minute. - Jamie Babcock”
― Catherine Gayle, Dropping Gloves

“Portland wasn't my home; Jamie was. There is nothing in this world that feels as good as being completely at home. Not even chocolate.”
― Catherine Gayle, Dropping Gloves

“AMANI’S FAMILY-STYLE Italian Restaurant was nearly empty. Not surprising, considering it was three o’clock on a Thursday afternoon in the middle of February. It wasn’t the sort of place you’d expect someone to take a date for Valentine’s Day—more the type of place you’d have a family reunion. But today”
― Catherine Gayle, Breakaway

“You make the puzzle work. Without you, we’re just a bunch of pieces that look like we belong together, but no matter how hard we try to hold on to each other, we fall apart. You’re the glue. You’re the fifth piece that makes everything fit just right.”
― Catherine Gayle, Comeback

“For me, it’s all or nothing. I can’t half-ass this. If we do this, I will pursue you like no man has ever pursued you before. And even after I’ve caught you, I plan to continue pursuing you like my life depends on it. If you’re not prepared for that, if you’re not ready to be treated as something special and treasured and precious, then I need you to roll over, go back to sleep, and pretend none of this ever happened.”
― Catherine Gayle, Portland Storm: The Second Period

“Do you suppose that there is chocolate in heaven? Or hell, since I’m likely on my way there. What would eternity be with no chocolate? Let us all hope we never have to learn.”
― Catherine Gayle, Twice a Rake

“you could put Nick Lidström in that category. Players like that are always two or three steps ahead of everyone else on the ice. As”
― Catherine Gayle, Breakaway

“I don’t think you understand, since you’re not married, but there’s no making Tallie do anything. Ever. If the thought strikes her that she wants something, then she and I both have to do everything required in order to be sure she gets it.” “You”
― Catherine Gayle, Ghost Dance

“He was a handsome man even when he was brooding, but when he was happy it was like a piece of his soul was shining through his eyes and piercing me with his goodness. “Are”
― Catherine Gayle, Light the Lamp

“Kids always know. And sometimes, they become adults who are all too aware of the darker, shadier sides of life.”
― catherine gayle, Smoke Signals

“There’s nothing worse than feeling alone, and I don’t want you to feel alone. Okay?”
― Catherine Gayle, Smoke Signals