Melissa Brayden > Quotes

“There is nothing boring about happily ever after.”
― Melissa Brayden, Just Three Words

“Every now and then in life, a truly serene moment hits where you’re infinitely content with where you are, and the magic is hard to ignore.”
― Melissa Brayden, Eyes Like Those

“The ice cream is worth the brain freeze”
― Melissa Brayden, Kiss the Girl

“I just wish he didn't have the power to get to me." "I know, but you're a human being Hunter, and you have feelings. What would be weak is if you didn't.”
― Melissa Brayden, Just Three Words

“Tell her where the knives go before you use one of them on her.”
― Melissa Brayden, Just Three Words

“Because love ripped you apart and left you there to reassemble the pieces of yourself.”
― Melissa Brayden, Ready or Not

“When you fall in love, it changes you. I didn’t know that before. It’s this all-encompassing connection to another person that leaves you open to whatever they decide to do to you or throw your way. Who knew that we gave each other such power?”
― Melissa Brayden, Back to September

“Some of us struggle when it comes to knowing where we belong in this world.”
― Melissa Brayden, Beautiful Dreamer

“I would lay down my life for this ice cream.'
'Wow. That's an endorsement. If I ever decide to mass produce, I'll have to put that on the carton.”
― Melissa Brayden, How Sweet It Is

“My life wasn’t glamorous, or exciting, or even overly social, but it was mine. Comfortable. I read my books, fed my cats, went to work, and enjoyed my quiet evenings at home. As a bonus, I have you and a few friends to keep me company. That’s what I need again. This love stuff?” I lifted a shoulder. “Let’s leave it for the romance novels. There’s a reason they live in the fiction section.”
― Melissa Brayden, Back to September

“I’ve watched the world fall off you since you’ve been here. One layer at a time until it’s just you standing in front of me. I can see you so clearly now...Who you are.”
― Melissa Brayden, Beautiful Dreamer

“The emotion I'd held back for years assaulted me with staggering intensity. Everything. All of it. I cried for Clay, for the lost years with Courtney, but most of all for myself and the cowardly person I'd become. They were right. I was a shell of who I used to be and lived a lonely little life. I'd been certain that protecting my heart had been the right way to go. That Courtney and I didn't mix in the long term. That love was not for me. I'd been wrong on all counts.”
― Melissa Brayden, Strawberry Summer

“Happily ever after was a cliché I used to fantasize about with one foot firmly in the land of realism.”
― Melissa Brayden, Exclusive

“Make sure you’re eating. Read a good book. And find someone to fall in love with.”
― Melissa Brayden, Just Three Words

“You can’t choose who you fall in love with. I used to think you could. But sometimes your heart overrules your head. And you know something? I think it knows what’s best for you.”
― Melissa Brayden, How Sweet It Is

“I matter to some people,” she said...through tear-filled eyes. “Me.”
― Melissa Brayden, Beautiful Dreamer

“Her favorite was the magnet on the fridge that said, “Dinner will be ready when the smoke alarm goes off.”
― Melissa Brayden, Kiss the Girl

“Love is love. It can be temporary or it can be long lasting, but it’s never a bad thing. If you think there’s a chance at love here, Had, you have to follow your heart and sort the rest out as you go.”
― Melissa Brayden, Love Like This

“Now, you’ve been dealt some tough blows along the way, but those trials don’t define you. You can’t let them hold you back from getting out there and living.”
― Melissa Brayden, How Sweet It Is

“Believe the pattern, not the promises. That’s what my mother used to always say.”
― Melissa Brayden, Back to September

“I’ve learned to take nothing for granted because no one is guaranteed a tomorrow. Put all your cards on the table. We don’t have the luxury of holding back from the people we love.”
― Melissa Brayden, Exclusive

“She deserved someone… more cultured, in my opinion. I was being petty, yes, but I was allowed a moment of immaturity now and again, and Carissa Swain wore outfits that left little to the imagination and tweeted things like, “Gettin’ lit tooo-nite.”
― Melissa Brayden, Back to September

“It’s weird. You and me being here at the same time, around everyone we know, and acting like life is status quo when I’m secretly making out with you back home. Dreaming about it the rest of the day.”
― Melissa Brayden, Sparks Like Ours

“This was a bad idea. A bad, bad idea. Like something George W. would have thought up.”
― Melissa Brayden, Ready or Not

“Remind me again why I felt the need to pack every outfit I own? I don’t need to be cute for my family. They have to like me. It’s in the rulebook.”
― Melissa Brayden, Kiss the Girl

“Sometimes it is easy to forget to pay attention”
― Melissa Brayden, Kiss the Girl

“That’s the best news I’ve had all day.” I could hear her smiling through the phone, and now I could picture it. “How’s your thing?”
― Melissa Brayden, Back to September

“Wow. That’s the big time.” But in my head, I’d said it less than enthusiastically. Even hearing about Wally and Tillie, the sweet couple I adored a month ago, now brought on a hit of bitterness. Apparently, I now belonged to the love sucks club.”
― Melissa Brayden, Back to September

“Happy to hear that. Okay, I gotta run. Be ready to tell all about your day tonight. I want all the details.”
― Melissa Brayden, Back to September

“Hi,” I said, and handed over my copy. Bernie smiled at me. Pinky relaxed, understanding she had a moment or two free from her pseudo security detail.”
― Melissa Brayden, Back to September