Tracie Puckett > Quotes

“there’s just something about him that makes my heart beat way too fast and my nerves a little too jumpy. But then there are times when he makes me feel so… angry. I mean, I have literally wanted to smack him since the moment we met. But then… there’s this tiny part of me that only wants to smack him so I feel his skin under my palm. And I’m just so confused. I’ve never met anyone so incredible, yet so infuriating”
― Tracie Puckett, Just a Little Crush

“Because one of these days, someone's going to come along, someone who deserves your time and attention, someone who might really care about you, and you're going to be too far gone to even see what's right in front of your face. You're going to miss out on true love, Mandy.”
― Tracie Puckett, Breaking Rules

“If you want things to change, then you have to change them.”
― Tracie Puckett, Breaking Rules

“Don't let yesterday use up too much of today”
― Tracie Puckett, Coming Out

“Whatcha got there?” I asked, looking at the crumpled piece of paper in his hands. As we walked through the quiet halls, he folded it into a small square and tucked it into his back pocket. He turned to look at me, and then his grin grew wider. “It’s an article.” “About what?” “Nothing special. Just a Mandy Parker original.” “It’s”
― Tracie Puckett, Breaking Walls

“I may be your strength, Amanda Parker, but you are my weakness.”
― Tracie Puckett, Breaking Walls

“ducked away and took a few steps backward in the direction of her door.”
― Tracie Puckett, Breaking Rules

“#3: Cut out Mom. #2: Keep everyone at arm’s length. #1: Never fall in love.”
― Tracie Puckett, Breaking Rules

“Baby, do you have any questions for Calvin?” I took a bite and ignored her question. “Anything at all?” “Hmm, let’s see,” I said, pretending to think hard. “Are you a serial killer?” “No,” Calvin said, widening his stare. Mr. Rivera chuckled next to me and Mom pursed her lips. “Rapist?” “Of course not!” “Married?” “No.” “Homosex—” “That's enough, Baby,” Mom snapped. She took a moment to compose herself and then said, “I meant serious questions.” “In my defense, none of those questions were intended jokingly.”
― Tracie Puckett, The New Girl

“I watched as my sister shook her head, still stunned. “So what, then?” I asked. “You’re just going to shoot it down? You’re not even going to think about it?” “Shut your mouth before I slap you, Amanda Parker.”
― Tracie Puckett, Breaking Rules

“classroom”
― Tracie Puckett, The New Girl

“It’s a common belief that a person finds what they’re looking for the moment they stop searching for it,” he said. “And I’ve come to believe that’s not something that’s limited to matters of the heart. Sometimes we even find the things we’re wanting long before we ever realize we want them.”
― Tracie Puckett, Breaking Rules

“Covering up the pain was just somehow easier than facing the real emotion.”
― Tracie Puckett, Breaking Rules

“We have a tendency to be drawn to comfort and familiarity, and sometimes we find those things in the people we least expect.”
― Tracie Puckett, Breaking Rules

“But my biggest fear was that maybe I had the potential to develop a crush, and that thought frightened me to the depths of my very soul.”
― Tracie Puckett, Breaking Rules

“DL.”
― Tracie Puckett, The New Girl

“ducked away and took a few steps backward in the direction of her door. Somehow,”
― Tracie Puckett, Breaking Rules

“Rule number ten,” I said quietly to myself as I slowly pulled away. “Keep moving forward.”
― Tracie Puckett, Breaking Rules

“No matter how angry I was, no matter how much I wanted to hate him, I was still irrevocably drawn to Gabriel Raddick and every moment we’d shared together.”
― Tracie Puckett, Breaking Walls

“I planned to see that commitment through to the very end. Rule #5: Never make a promise you don’t intend to keep.”
― Tracie Puckett, Breaking Rules

“Rule #4: Never let one moment define the rest of the day.”
― Tracie Puckett, Breaking Rules